Meanwhile, Idris Musa, a resident of Mayo Selbe, disclosed that each year, one to two persons lose their lives in the river, giving rise to the nickname Kogin Mutuwa (Hausa for 'River of Death').
Earlier, there was jubilation in Omoku when the news filtered in that the leader of the gang, Don Wanny, was among the persons that were killed, but it was later told that the gang leader had fallen into a river after he was shot.
Governor Similayi Fubara-led Rivers State Government has shut down the operations of Africa Independent Television (AIT) and Raypower FM in Port Harcourt, the state capital.
An Uber driver stripped down to his boxers in protest at the General Aviation Terminal, GAT, of the Murtala Muhammed Airport, Lagos, after being detained and fined by an airport tow truck driver who wanted to seize his car.
The refusal of filling stations to make PMS available to the public is beginning to bite harder in Port Harcourt, Rivers State. DAILY POST reports that filling stations in the city of Port Harcourt open their stations at night to dispense at N190 per litre
Some angry security guards on Monday barred pupils and teachers from getting access into some public primary school in Rivers over unpaid salaries, The Nation reports. Some of the security guards said they had not been paid for 11 months. One of them, Mr Chijioke
A 17-year-old boy, identified as Ferdinand Afor, was shot dead by a hunter in the forests of Wula in the Boki Local Government Area of Cross River State.
The Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA) said its officials have arrested the driver of a Julius Berger trailer that knocked down a newly erected barrier on Ojuelegba bridge inward Fadeyi, Lagos.
Holding the box of watch and getting down, she saw a black Range Rover SUV and was told who had got her all the mouthwatering gifts. She immediately threw the box away and stormed off back to her house, leaving others puzzled.
Operatives of the Rivers State Police Command have gunned down two notorious kidnappers, including a gang leader known as 'Occasion' during a shootout in a forest in Emohua Local Government Area of the state.
In its alleged response to the defections, the state government pulled down the state Assembly complex with the excuse that the structural integrity was compromised.