NAPTIP Busts Suspected Baby Trafficking Facility in Rivers, Arrests Three
PORT HARCOURT, Nigeria – The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) has shut down a suspected illegal maternity home in…
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Rivers State
NMA Seeks Investigation into Doctor’s Death
PORT-HARCOURT, Nigeria – The Port Harcourt doctor’s death has sparked renewed concern among healthcare professionals after the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA), Rivers State Branch,…
NLNG, Rector Cares Launch Rivers Sanitation Project
PORT HARCOURT, Nigeria – A new River’s sanitation project targeting schools and host communities has been launched by the Rector Cares Foundation in partnership…
One Feared Dead as Emergency Teams Search for Survivors
PORT HARCOURT, Nigeria – Rescue agencies continued emergency operations on Wednesday after a three-storey building under construction collapsed along Peter Odili Road in Port…
Navy Seizes 63,000 Litres of Illegal Diesel
ABUJA, Nigeria – The Nigerian Navy has seized more than 63,000 litres of suspected illegally refined diesel during an intelligence-led operation in Rivers State…
Navy Seizes 1.2m Litres in Oil Theft Crackdown
ABUJA, Nigeria – The Nigerian Navy intensifies its crackdown on crude oil theft, recovering more than 1.2 million litres of stolen and illegally refined…
Market Clash Kills Trader, Sparks Ethnic Tension in Rivers State
ABUJA, Nigeria – A violent clash at a fruit market in Rivers State leaves one trader dead and triggers tension between members of the…
FGM Persists Despite Laws as Rivers State Vows Total Elimination
Port Harcourt, Nigeria – The Rivers State Government renews its determination to eradicate Female Genital Mutilation (FGM), admitting that the harmful practice still persists…
NDLEA Officer Killed as Drug Raid Sparks Violent Resistance
LAGOS, Nigeria – A National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) officer dies following a violent confrontation during a raid on a notorious drug enclave…
Ogoni Group Issues 14-Day Ultimatum Over Alleged $300m Fund Diversion
RIVERS, Nigeria – The Ogoni Liberation Initiative (OLI) issues a 14-day ultimatum to the Federal Government over the alleged diversion of a $300 million…