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Port Harcourt

June 23, 2026

Rivers CP orders detention of officers caught extorting motorist

The police commissioner in Rivers, Gbenga Adepoju, has ordered the arrest and detention of some officers caught in a viral video on Monday, extorting a motorist.

Olugbenga Adepoju
June 21, 2026

PDP wins Rivers South-East senatorial by-election

Ms Ogwu said Mr Johnson polled 47,961 votes to defeat three other candidates.

Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)
June 19, 2026

Rivers By-election: Police restrict movement in seven LGAs

The police have announced movement restrictions in seven local government areas ahead of the Rivers South-East senatorial district by-election scheduled for Saturday.

Governor Siminalayi Fubara
June 17, 2026

NDDC warns Niger Delta students against drug abuse, cultism

The Niger Delta Development Commission says it has intensified its campaign against rising cases of drug abuse and cultism in the Niger Delta region.

NDDC Niger Delta
June 17, 2026

Rivers High Court suspends sitting for annual recess

The chief judge of Rivers, Simeon Chibuzor-Amadi, has announced that the annual vacation for judges of the Rivers State High Court will commence on July 20.

Rivers state judiciary
June 16, 2026

Train Crash: NRC says injured passengers discharged, equipment recovered

NANAll passengers injured in the June 8 train crash on the Warri-Itakpe route have been treated and discharged from the hospital.

A derailed NRC train
June 15, 2026

Police begin crackdown on covered vehicle number plates in Rivers

The police command in Rivers has commenced a statewide enforcement exercise against vehicles with covered, obscured, defaced, unauthorised or unregistered number plates.

POLICE OFFICERS ACCOSTING MOTORIST
June 14, 2026

Navy dismantles illegal refining sites

He reaffirmed the Navy’s commitment to sustaining intelligence-driven operations.

illegally
June 5, 2026

UNIPORT gets new vice-chancellor

The governing council of the University of Port Harcourt has approved the appointment of Princewill Chike as the institution’s 10th vice-chancellor.

Princewill Chike
June 4, 2026

Three suspects nabbed in Rivers over killing of driver

She added that the remains of the deceased had been deposited at the mortuary.

Police officer