Corporate Accountability and Public Participation Africa (CAPPA) has raised the alarm over another gas explosion caused by suspected gas leakage in Bille, an island community in Degema Local Government Area of Rivers State. The organisation called on the Federal and Rivers State governments to take immediate action to prevent further explosions and possible loss of…
The Youths and Environmental Advocacy Centre (YEAC-Nigeria) has reaffirmed its report and casualty figures concerning the recent incident in Okrika Local Government Area of Rivers State, insisting that people died in the incident. The Centre also called on the Rivers State Governor, Sir Siminalayi Fubara, to visit the affected community and constitute an independent panel…
The Inspector-General of Police, IGP Olatunji, Disu, has declared that the welfare of police officers remains non-negotiable, stressing that personnel who risk their lives to protect the country deserve decent living and working conditions. Disu stated this while addressing police officers and their wives at McCarthy Barracks, Obalende, Lagos State, over the weekend, amid concerns…
Saturday’s event organised by the Chairman of Ikwerre Local Government Area of Rivers State, Hon. Charles Wobodo, in honour of the FCT Minister and former governor of the state, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike, has been highly condemned. Chairman of the African Democratic Congress ADC, in Omuma Local Government Area, Hon. Felix Ekpendu, described the rival event…
A labour leader in Rivers State, Comrade Sir Ikechukwu Foster Onyefuru, has dragged the leadership of the Trade Union Congress (TUC) and the Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN) before the National Industrial Court in Port Harcourt over alleged unconstitutional suspension and dissolution of elected union executives. The suits, marked NICN/PH/60/2026…
The Inspector-General of Police, Olatunji Disu, on Thursday presented cheques totalling N2.32 billion to 2,971 beneficiaries and next-of-kin of deceased police officers under the Group Life Assurance, Group Personal Accident and IGP Family Welfare Schemes. The beneficiaries are families of police officers who died in service and were covered under the 2017/2018, 2018/2019, 2020/2021, 2021/2022,…
The Rivers State Police Command has arraigned two of four police officers dismissed over the alleged killing of a 22-year-old man, Anthony Obodo, who was shot dead around Ada George Junction in Port Harcourt on August 27, 2026. The officers arraigned before a Magistrate Court sitting in Port Harcourt are Corporal Alfred Louis and Police…
More than 37 people are feared dead after reportedly inhaling a substance locally known as “Indorama fuel” during an alleged illegal oil-loading operation in Okrika Local Government Area of Rivers State. The incident reportedly occurred at about midnight on Thursday, September 3, 2026, around Okari Jetty in the Okrika Mainland area. The Youths and Environmental…
The Pilex Centre for Civic Education Initiative (PILEX) has instituted a landmark lawsuit challenging the continued statutory authorisation and regulation of gas flaring in Nigeria under Sections 104 and 107 of the Petroleum Industry Act (PIA) 2021. The organisation said the suit, filed in the public interest, seeks to protect Nigerians, particularly communities in the…
The Inspector-General of Police, IGP Olatunji Disu, has reaffirmed the Nigeria Police Force’s commitment to strengthening its partnership with the Nigerian Air Force to tackle emerging security threats across the country. Disu stated this on Wednesday when he received the Chief of the Air Staff, Nigerian Air Force, Air Marshal S.K. Aneke, who paid a…
