FCT Minister, Nyesom Wike on Saturday joined other top national leaders and dignitaries at the burial ceremony of the former Chairman, Senate Committee on Works, Senator Barinada Barry Mpigi, PhD, held in Koroma, Tai Local Government Area of Rivers State. The event was marked by solemnity and deep respect,...
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Director-General of the Rivers State Investment Promotion Agency (RSIPA), Dr Chamberlain Peterside, has warned the BRACED states against allowing the economic carpet shift below their feet again. BRACED is an acronym representing the six states in the South-South geopolitical zone of Nigeria that formed a regional economic development bloc....
The Port Harcourt Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), has commenced investigations of eight suspected oil thieves handed over to it by the Nigeria Navy Ship, NNS Pathfinder, Naval Base, Port Harcourt, Rivers State on March 23, 2026. The suspects were arrested on Sunday, March...
Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Port Harcourt Area I Command, has intercepted and handed over improperly declared pharmaceutical products to the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC), reinforcing its resolve to prevent unregulated medical supplies from entering the Nigerian market. According to a statement issued to...
President Bola Tinubu has congratulated the winners of Saturday’s elections in the Federal Capital Territory and the states of Kano and Rivers. INEC conducted elections in the six area councils of the FCT and by-elections in the Ahoada East II and Khana II state constituencies of Rivers State, as well...
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has called on voters, security agencies, and officials of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to conduct themselves in an orderly manner during Saturday’s polls in the Federal Capital Territory and the states of Kano and Rivers. INEC will conduct elections in the six area councils...
Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara has debunked speculations that he is supporting the candidates of the African Democratic Congress (ADC) for the forthcoming bye -election scheduled to hold on February 21, 2026. The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has slated the bye-election to fill two vacant seats in the...
Rivers State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has firmly rejected the impeachment proceedings initiated by the Rivers State House of Assembly against Governor Siminalayi Fubara and his deputy, Ngozi Odu, describing the move as unnecessary and capable of destabilising the state. In a statement issued on Thursday...
Troops of 6 Division, Nigerian Army, in close synergy with other security agencies, have continued to dominate the operational landscape, effectively denying criminal elements freedom of action across the Niger Delta Region (NDR). The Army authority disclosed this in a post issued on Monday via its X handle @NigeriaArmyInfo...
Nigeria’s growing security challenges took centre stage on Wednesday as the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) led coordinated protests across several states, calling on authorities to move swiftly from promises to concrete action. The demonstrations, which drew support from various civil society organisations, were aimed at drawing attention to the...
Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has taken a decisive step to strengthen its internal structure with the constitution of Caretaker Committees for its Enugu, Delta and Rivers State chapters. The decision was approved by the National Working Committee (NWC) of the party on behalf of the National Executive Committee (NEC),...
A powerful coalition of charismatic leaders, including the President of The Men of Issachar Vision, Pastor Samson Ajetomobi, and the fiery Apostolic voice, Apostle Michael Orokpo, is set to descend on Port Harcourt this January for the 11th Annual edition of “Prayer Storm.” The highly anticipated spiritual convergence will...
As part of measures by the Federal Government to alleviate students’ accommodation challenges in public tertiary institutions in Nigeria, the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) has commissioned a 244-bed female hostel at Ken Saro-Wiwa Polytechnic, Bori River State. The commissioning was performed by the member representing the South-South Geopolitical...
On July 13, 2025, a serious runway incident involving an Air Peace flight in Port Harcourt sent ripples through Nigeria’s aviation sector, raising concerns about safety protocols and crew conduct. The event, which prompted an investigation by the Nigerian Safety Investigation Bureau (NSIB), has sparked a public dispute, with...
A total of 160,200 bottles of codeine-based syrup were discovered in a 40ft container during a joint examination of the shipment by NDLEA officers and men of Nigeria Customs and other security agencies at the West Africa Container Terminal (WACT) Port Harcourt Ports Complex, Onne, Rivers state on Thursday...
Federal High Court in Abuja has fixed July 18 for ruling on a motion seeking to restrain the National Assembly from approving budgets or appointments of the Rivers State Government under the current Sole Administrator, Vice Admiral Ibok-Ete Ibas (rtd.). The motion was filed by some indigenes of Rivers...
By OLA MODUPE, Lagos- Former People’s Democratic Party (PDP) Deputy National Chairman, Chief Bode George, has dismissed claims that the party’s structure in Lagos has collapsed, describing the party as an “Iroko tree” with deep roots that cannot be easily shaken. George made this assertion while addressing journalists after...
By OLA MODUPE, Lagos – No fewer than six million pills of opioids namely: tamol 225mg, tapentadol 225mg and carisoprodol 225mg as well as 332,000 bottles of codeine-based cough syrup with a combined street value of Six Billion Five Hundred and Twenty-Four Million Naira (N6,524,000,000.00) have been intercepted by...
Nigeria’s premier gas distribution company, Shell Nigeria Gas (SNG), last week engaged more than 100 gas off takers in the Agbara Ota industrial zone in Ogun State on ways of consolidating the gains from the supply of gas to the businesses. Set up in 1998 as a fully Shell-owned...
Mr Lere Olayinka, spokesman to the FCT Minister Nyesom Wike says those waiting for the minister’s political downfall will wait endlessly. Olayinka, Senior Special Assistant to the FCT Minister on Public Communications and Social Media, made the remarks while reacting to comments by former governor of Ebonyi Sam Egwu....