Port Harcourt, Nigeria (TheGavel) – The Rivers State Police Command has vehemently denied claims that its officers sealed off the office of the Rivers State Independent Electoral Commission (RSIEC). These reports emerged following a Federal High Court order halting the local government council elections scheduled for October 5. SP Grace Iringe-Koko, the command’s spokesperson, clarified that ...

Operatives of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT Police Command have arrested four criminal elements terrorizing the territory. A statement on Thursday by the command’s spokesperson, SP Josephine Adeh said the suspects are notorious kidnappers responsible for several killings and kidnappings in the nation’s capital. According to the statement, the criminals suspected to be bandits have ...

Love knows no limits. An Oyinbo (Western) woman visiting her African boyfriend couldn’t bear to leave him behind. In a moment of love and drama, she tried to fit him into her travel bag to take him back to Europe with her, since he didn’t have a visa. Their love started online. After many months of chatting, she decided to visit him in Africa. They grew even closer in person, sharing many ...

Meanwhile, at the Investor’s and Exporter’s (I&E) window, the Naira traded between ₦1,699 and ₦1,550 against the dollar. The Naira on Wednesday depreciated at ...

A Federal High Court in Abuja has dismissed the application by the Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of the Telcom Satellite Television Service (TSTV), Dr Bright Echefu seeking to stop the Inspector General of Police (IGP) from investigating him on an alleged N2 billion fraud. Justice Inyang Ekwo on Wednesday dismissed the application for being frivolous and lacking in merit as the ...

The Niger state Emergency Management Agency (NSEMA) said it has so far rescued 150 out of about 300 passengers involved in a boat mishap in Gabjibo community of Mokwa Local Government Area of the state. The Director -General of NSEMA, Alhaji Abdullahi Baba-Arah, made this known in a statement in Minna on Wednesday,October 2. ”The boat mishap occurred last night Oct. 1, around 8:30 pm on the ...