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TODAY January 21, 2021 Seventeen newly promoted officers of the Federal Road Safety Corps in Rivers Command were decorated on Thursday. The command said the newly decorated officers would strengthen its operations in 2021. The State Sector Commander, Corps Commander Salisu Galadunci, said in a statement on Thursday that the newly promoted officers were among those whose names appeared on the promotion list in 2019. He said that 17 officers from the command, cutting across different ranks, were successful. The sector commander said that the list was approved by the FRSC Board and released by...

Police Sergeant, one other caught in Port Harcourt robbery  On By Egufe Yafugborhi, PORT HARCOURT RIVERS State Police Command on Sunday confirmed the arrest of one of its officer, Sergeant Ibrahim Odege, for alleged involvement in an armed robbery in Port Harcourt. Sergeant Odege, attached to the Operations Department of the Rivers Police Command was caught Saturday night along with one  Sampson Inomoghe ‘m’ 32 years by security guards and residents at Elekahia Estate, where they were robbing victims at gunpoint. Police Public Relations Officer, Rivers Command, SP Nnamdi, in a statemen...

Vanguard News Gang violence claims one at Ogoni village in Rivers On By Egufe Yafugborhi – Port Harcourt Police have reported suspected cult leader, Bariya Timothy, killed in a Tuesday night gang violence in Luubara, an Ogoni community in Khana Local Government Area (LGA), Rivers State. Police Public Relations Officer, Rivers Command, SP Nnamdi Omoni, said Wednesday, Timothy, 35, died in a supremacy battle with a rival gang, just as a resident in the community, Nwibani Barry, noted that two persons died in the clash. Nwibani narrated that, “The gunmen invaded the community at about 8pm a...

Vanguard News CBN driver missing in Rivers, car recovered in canal On By Egufe Yafugborhi POLICE in Rivers State have declared a Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Port Harcourt branch driver, Barnabas Bonwin missing on duty. A statement Sunday by the Commissioner of Police (CP) Joseph Mukan, through the Rivers Command’s Spokesman, SP Nnamdi Omoni, noted that Bowin hails from Bodo, Gokana Local Government Area of Rivers. Mukan’s statement further held that, “The said Barnabas Bonwin, dark in complexion, about 6.2 fit tall and speaks Ogoni and English languages fluently was on official assi...

Vanguard News NNPC staff dispossesses kidnappers of AK47 On By Egufe Yafugborhi POLICE in Rivers State have praised the bravery of lawyer and staff of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Tamuno Igbikiberebima, for dispossessing a kidnapper of his AK47. Commissioner of Police, Rivers Command, CP Joseph Mukan, on Thursday, recognised the heroics of Igbikiberebima who also held the kidnapper he dispossessed of his gun till police came in to arrest him. Mukan was giving a rundown on his stewardship, measuring challenges and achievements since taking over as Rivers CP April this y...