University of Port Harcourt (UNIPORT) has named its new convocation arena after the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, in recognition of his contributions to the institution. The arena was officially commissioned on Saturday by retired Vice Adm. Ibok-Ete Ibas, Sole Administrator of Rivers State, during...
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Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Minister, Nyesom Wike, outlined his extensive contributions to the University of Port Harcourt (UNIPORT), Rivers State University, and the legal profession during UNIPORT’s 35th Combined Convocation and 50th Anniversary celebration in Port Harcourt on Saturday. Reflecting on his time at UNIPORT, Wike credited the institution...
Former Minister of Transportation and two-term Rivers State governor, Rotimi Amaechi, has disclosed that leaders of the African Democratic Congress (ADC) coalition will fully back the party’s chosen presidential candidate for the 2027 general elections. Speaking to journalists in Port Harcourt on Wednesday, July 23, 2025, Amaechi emphasized the...
By BARBARA KALU, Port-Harcourt – President Bola Tinubu has directed the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) to prioritize the completion of abandoned critical projects across the Niger Delta region. This directive was issued during the 25th anniversary plenary celebration of the NDDC in Port Harcourt. The event was themed,...
By BARBARA KALU, Port-Harcourt – Senate President Godswill Akpabio has attributed the Niger Delta Development Commission’s (NDDC) challenges to infighting among its management team members. Akpabio spokes on Friday at the agency’s 25th-anniversary celebration in Port Harcourt, Rivers State. He revealed that disunity among board members hindered the commission’s...
By BARBARA KALU, Port-Harcourt – Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, has declared that no sacrifice is too great for the peace and stability of the state. Addressing his supporters in Port Harcourt, Fubara emphasized that the recent peace deal brokered between him and his predecessor, FCT Minister Nyesom Wike,...
The Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) has awarded foreign postgraduate scholarships to 200 successful candidates under its 2025 scholarship program. The Director, Corporate Affairs, Mrs. Seledi Thompson-Wakama, announced that the Managing Director, Dr. Samuel Ogbuku, presented the award letters to the beneficiaries at a ceremony in Port Harcourt. Dr....
By BARBARA KALU, Port-Harcourt – The Port Harcourt Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arraigned the director of Glossalalia Nigeria Ltd and Pelenged Nigeria Ltd, Precious Williams before Justice S. I . Mark of the Federal High Court, sitting in Port Harcourt, the Rivers...
By BARBARA KALU, Port-Harcourt – Operatives of the National Drug Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) at the Port Harcourt International Airport (PHIA) have arrested another businessman, 44-year-old Ezemokwe Chukwuebuka Christian for ingesting 53 wraps of the same class A drug while on his way to Tehran Khomeini, Islamic Republic of Iran....
By BARBARA KALU, Port-Harcourt – As Nigeria celebrates 26 years of uninterrupted democratic governance, suspended Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, has reaffirmed his administration’s unwavering commitment to upholding the rule of law and protecting fundamental human rights. In his Democracy Day message, Fubara emphasized the importance of robust security...
by BARBARA KALU, Port-Harcourt – Rivers State Police Command has arrested a suspected notorious car snatcher, believed to be involved in multiple vehicle hijackings within the state. Spokesperson for the command, SP Grace Iringe-Koko, made this known in a statement issued in Port Harcourt on Wednesday. Iringe-Koko said that...
National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), has advised members of the 2024 Batch B Stream I, who have just concluded their service year, to focus on wealth creation. NYSC Coordinator in Rivers, Mr Moses Oleghe, gave the charge on Tuesday during the passing-out ceremony of corps members held in Port...
By BARBARA KALU, Port-Harcourt– The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has intercepted a massive haul of opioids worth N9.3 billion in Rivers State. A statement issued on Sunday by the NDLEA spokesman, Mr. Femi Babafemi, said the seizure was made at the Port Harcourt Ports Complex in Onne,...
The shutdown of the Unit 10 of the Port Harcourt Refinery should serve as a wake-up call to building long-term capacities and ensuring sustainability in the management and execution of refinery projects. A lawyer and engineer, Mr Patrick Edward, gave the advice on Thursday in an interview with the...
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...
Rivers State Government has announced plans to revitalise the underutilised Technical and Vocational Centre in the state. The Rivers Sole Administrator, Vice Admiral (Rtd) Ibok-Ete Ibas, disclosed this during the inspection of some facilities in the state, in Port Harcourt on Saturday. The facilities were the Dr Obi Wali...
By JOY ADARA , Abuja- The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC Ltd.) has said the Port Harcourt Refining Company (PHRC) will undergo a maintenance shutdown. Chief Corporate Communications Officer, NNPC Ltd., Mr Olufemi Soneye, said in a statement on Saturday that scheduled maintenance and sustainability assessment would commence...
The Coalition of Ijaw Interest Groups (CIIG), on Wednesday, described the current political situation in Rivers as undemocratic and worrisome. The group which made the expression in a statement to newsmen in Yenagoa on Wednesday, described the emergency rule in Rivers as unconstitutional. The statement was signed by Ben...
Rivers State Government, has reiterated its commitment to build a strong institutions, promote efficiency, and foster a results-driven public service through leadership training. The Rivers Sole Administrator, Vice Admiral Ibok-Ete Ibas (Rtd), made the remark during the opening ceremony of a 4- day Transformational Leadership Training for Senior Civil...
The 115 Special Operations Group of the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) has commenced free medical screening, diagnosis, and treatment for about 900 residents of its host community, Rumuomasi, in Rivers. Group Capt. Abdulafeez Opaleye, Commander of Special Operations Group, NAF, Port Harcourt, disclosed this on Saturday during a one-day...