On 18 June, the police announced the sealing of the 23 council secretariats in the state “to forestall more bloodshed and prevent a further breakdown of law and order.”

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has decried the recent violence in Rivers State following the outcome of Saturday’s Local Government Area elections. Naija News reports that after the election, Governor Sim Fubara subsequently swore in the newly elected council chairmen of the 23 local government areas of the state on Sunday. However, after the ceremony, hoodlums […]

A statement issued on Monday by the Public Relations Officer of the Rivers State Police Command, Grace Iringe-Koko, conveyed the directive. 

The attacks occurred a few hours after the police announced the unsealing of the secretariats of the 23 local government areas of the state.

Just hours after the Rivers State Police Command lifted the closure on several local government secretariats, violence erupted across the state, leading to arson, shootings, and fatalities. Naija News earlier reported that on Monday morning, a part of the Eleme Local Government Area secretariat was set ablaze shortly after newly elected Chairman Brian Gokpa arrived […]

The Inspector General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, has ordered the immediate withdrawal of police personnel previously deployed to seal off the 23 local

The Rivers State Police Command has officially unsealed all 23 Local Government Area Secretariats in the state, following the successful election and swearing-in of new chairmen. This development was confirmed in a statement released by the Command’s spokesperson, Grace Iringe-Koko, earlier on Monday morning. According to Iringe-Koko, the newly appointed Commissioner of Police, CP Mustapha […]

Home minister G. Parameshwara has said that in order to prevent the increasing number of cybercrimes in the State, officials of the rank of Superintendent of Police would be appointed to the already existing CEN (Cyber, Economic and Narcotics Crime) police stations.