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Dele Cole, former managing director of the Daily Times and Nigeria’s ambassador to Argentina and Brazil, died on the morning of 17 October 2026 at the age of 86, according to family sources.
The Rivers State Police Command has removed two divisional police officers after a video suggested members of the Vikings cult helped refurbish the Abuloma police outpost. The commissioner has ordered a full probe into the incident.
A ruptured pipeline owned by the Nigeria Gas Company exploded on Old Bori Road in Aleto, Eleme LGA, Rivers State on Thursday evening, killing no one but injuring about 20 people and razing more than 50 houses.
During the launch of the APC Presidential Campaign Council in Abuja, Minister of the Federal Capital Territory Nyesom Wike called on all APC governors to work hard in their states and ensure President Bola Ahmed Tinubu wins the 2027 election, warning against false claims of victory.
Federal Capital Territory Minister Nyesom Wike called on ADC vice‑presidential candidate Rotimi Amaechi to account for a US$10 million fumigation project allegedly undertaken in Rivers State during his governorship. Wike said the scrutiny is essential as Amaechi seeks the nation’s second‑highest office.
The Independent National Electoral Commission released its official list of governorship candidates on Saturday, naming Chinda Ogundu as the All Progressives Congress candidate for the upcoming Rivers State election. The list also includes candidates from PDP, ADC and several smaller parties.
Ignatius Ajuru University of Education has removed a final-year English Language and Literary Studies student after a video in which she alleged a lecturer demanded payment for supervising her project went viral. The Senate announced the expulsion during a Wednesday meeting.
Amnesty International Nigeria urged Madonna University’s Elele Campus in Rivers State to overturn the dismissal of a final‑year nursing student and the suspension of fourteen other 500‑level students after a TikTok video went viral, calling the punishments disproportionate.
Minister of the Federal Capital Territory Nyesom Wike said the late PDP South‑South vice‑chairman Daniel Orbih rejected offers meant to sway him from supporting Wike’s 2015 governorship campaign in Rivers State. He praised Orbih’s loyalty and urged a state burial in Edo.
Minister of the Federal Capital Territory Nyesom Wike and Rivers State APC governorship candidate Kingsley Chinda met with Governor Siminalayi Fubara on Tuesday in a four‑hour closed‑door session aimed at healing political divisions in the state.
Two members of a six‑person kidnapping gang were arrested by the Rivers State Police Command in Port Harcourt, and a victim was freed after his relatives paid a N10.3 million ransom.