Sources: Reuters
Eight people are killed when a NNPC Limited Sikorsky S-76C+ helicopter crashes into the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Bonny Island, Rivers State, Nigeria. 2024-10-24
Four soldiers and two civilian drivers are killed and two South Korean workers are kidnapped in an ambush against a convoy in Rivers State, Nigeria. 2023-12-13
At least 18 people are killed and 25 more injured by an oil refinery explosion in Emohua, Rivers State, Nigeria. 2023-10-3
Sixteen people are killed when a pipeline explodes in Emohua, Rivers State, Nigeria. 2023-03-3
Thirty-one people are killed and seven others are injured in a stampede at a church charity event in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Nigeria. 2022-05-28
At least 25 people are killed during an explosion and fire at an illegal oil refinery in Rivers State, Nigeria. Children are among the victims. 2021-10-22
At least seven police officers are killed in a shooting spree in Rivers State, Nigeria. 2021-05-7
Voters in Nigeria go to the polls for gubernatorial and state Assembly elections. At least nine people are killed in election day violence, most of them in Rivers State. 2015-04-11
Police in Nigeria arrest 13 people in connection with the lynching of four university students who were accused of stealing laptops and mobile phones in Rivers state. 2012-10-8
An oil tanker in Okogbe, Rivers State, Nigeria, explodes after crashing, leaving around 90-115 dead. 2012-07-12