Port Harcourt
Over the recent efforts by the Nigerian government to rehabilitate and put the refineries in the country—Warri, Port Harcourt, and Kaduna—to work since 2024 seem to have failed, pressure is mounting for the refineries to be sold to private investors. The call for the government to sell or privatize the four refineries was made […]
The Nigeria National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) board members and executives seem to be entangled in a web of probing, starting from the mismanaged finances of the Warri and Port Harcourt refineries and yet another issue stemming from a trip to Rwanda. Pressure is mounting on the company following a revelation by […]
A sad incident has once again hit the Akwa-Ibom State government just a few months after the state governor, Umo Eno, lost his wife. The deputy governor, Akon Eyakenyi’s daughter, has suddenly passed away. According to reports, Blessing, the deputy’s daughter, died of complications during childbirth in Port Harcourt, Rivers State. Condolences have begun […]
Former Governor of Delta State, Ifeanyi Okowa has been arrested by operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) over mismanagement and diversion of funds meant for the state. Okowa was arrested over N1.3 trillion, which was a 13 percent derivation fund from the federation from 2015-2023 meant for oil-producing states. Okowa was […]
Concerns have begun rising over the distrust among stakeholders involved in the Port Harcourt refinery as the Nigeria National Petroleum Company Limited, NNPCL, is yet to commence production in the refinery. Showing their disappointment over numerous failed promises, the Niger Delta Youth Network, NDYN, clearly shows a cabal is deliberately exploiting the region of […]
Contrary to the viral information spreading on social media that protesters in Rivers State, Port Harcourt, stormed the private residence of Nyesom Wike, police have refuted the claims. This was made known by the Police Public Relations Officer, Grace Iringe-Koko, that nothing of such occurred, but she would make her findings. Rumors have it […]
Some concerned residents in Port Harcourt, the River States capital have raised the alarm of supermarkets selling expired products which might cause more health issues to people in the present harsh economy. While calling on the Federal Competition Consumer Protection Commission, FCCPC, to look into the case with all urgency to checkmate these stores […]
A viral video online shows the moment a police officer shot sporadically to scare protesters who stormed the Eleme Secretariat in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, to demand Local Government Chairmen whose term in office has elapsed to vacate the seat. The Nigeria police force in the State has debunked the video, that none of […]
Panic was sent down the spine of passengers after an Air Peace aeroplane from Port Harcourt to Lagos made an emergency landing following a fire alarm. A statement by the airline said despite the fire alarm indicator on the cockpit by the captain, all passengers of the P47193 aircraft were safely disembarked. The statement […]
An enforcement raid was carried out by the Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission on Thursday in Abuja to ensure that sellers are complying with regulating their prices as stated by the FCCPC. Earlier the agency had made a call to business owners to reduce the market price of commodities sold since there […]