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Rivers communities, firm sign N336m host community development agreement
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NCDMB, NLNG inaugurate galvanising plant for Train 7
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Rivers family accuses police of torturing, illegally arresting son
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Shell confirms spill in Rivers community, repairs faulty pipeline
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NDDC partners UN agency to address Niger Delta environmental challenges
After 10 years, Rivers LG chair resumes bursary payment, lifts 400 students
The Chairman of the Caretaker Committee of Ogu/Bolo Local Government Area of Rivers State, Rt. Hon. Evans Bipi has awarded bursaries to over 400 students from different institutions across the country...
29th August 2024
Rivers communities, firm sign N336m host community development agreement
Communities in Andoni Local Government Area of Rivers State have signed a N336 million contract award with Joint Venture Partners operating in the area, aimed at improving the people’s standard of l...
29th August 2024
NCDMB, NLNG inaugurate galvanising plant for Train 7
The Executive Secretary of the Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board, Felix Ogbe, has commissioned a 10,000-ton per annum galvanising plant, for the Nigeria Liquefied Natural Gas Train 7 p...
29th August 2024
Rivers family accuses police of torturing, illegally arresting son
The family of a man, Isaac Bristol Alagbariya, have accused men of the Rivers State Police Command of illegally arresting and torturing their son after breaking into his hotel room along Ada George on...
29th August 2024
Shell confirms spill in Rivers community, repairs faulty pipeline
Oil giant, Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria Limited, has confirmed a spill on its Trans Niger Pipeline in Elelenwo in Obio/Akpor Local Government Area of Rivers State. The company howeve...
29th August 2024
NDDC partners UN agency to address Niger Delta environmental challenges
The Niger Delta Development Commission has pledged readiness to partner with the United Nations Institute for Training and Research, to find solutions to the environmental challenges hampering the eff...
28th August 2024
It's frustrating, commuters lament transportation hike in Rivers
Commuters in Port Harcourt and its environs are lamenting the hike in transportation fares on major routes caused by the increase in the price of Premium Motor Spirit, otherwise known as fuel. Despite...
28th August 2024
Shell confirms oil spill, repairs in Rivers community
Oil giant, Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria Limited has confirmed a spill on its Trans Niger Pipeline in Elelenwo in Obio/Akpor Local Government Area of Rivers State. The company, howeve...
28th August 2024
Rivers family accuses police of son’s arrest, torture
The family of a man, Isaac Alagbariya, has accused men of the Rivers State Police Command of illegally arresting and torturing their son after breaking into his hotel room along Ada George on the outs...
28th August 2024
Rivers protesters barricade NLNG office over fisherman’s death
Protesting youths from Ogu/Bolo community in Rivers State have sealed the premises of the Nigeria Liquefied Natural Gas along Amadi-ama in Port Harcourt, the state capital, for two days following the ...
28th August 2024
Protesters seal NLNG office in Rivers over fisherman's death
Protesting residents of Ogu/Bolo in Rivers State have sealed the premises of the Nigeria Liquefied Natural Gas along Amadi-Ama in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, following the death of a fisherman on the...
27th August 2024
Gunmen kidnap Rivers revenue board director
Gunmen have abducted a director of the Rivers State Board of Internal Revenue Service, identified as Aribibia Fubara. Fubara was said to have been abducted by the gunmen who reportedly came through th...
26th August 2024
Be magnanimous in victory, ex-Bayelsa LP gov candidate urges Diri
The former governorship candidate of the Labour Party in Bayelsa State, Udengs Eradiri, has called on Governor Douye Diri to be magnanimous in victory following the affirmation of his election by the ...
26th August 2024
APP woos Fubara, says PDP morally bankrupt
The Action Peoples Party in Rivers State has called on Governor Siminalayi Fubara to seek reelection on its platform in 2027. The APP Chairman in Rivers State, Sunny Wokekoro, who made the call on Sat...
26th August 2024
Fubara approves N126m for family planning kits
Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, has approved the release of N126m for the procurement and distribution of essential family planning kits. The governor said the state was leading among states...
26th August 2024
Rivers crisis: APP woos Fubara ahead of 2027 gov poll
The Action Peoples Party has called on the Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, to seek re-election under its platform in 2027, even as it said the governor neither owns the party nor is a member...
25th August 2024
Fubara approves N126m for family planning commodities, others
The Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, on Sunday, approved the release of N126m for the procurement and distribution of essential family planning commodities. Fubara said the state is leading a...
25th August 2024
Rivers elders kick against moves to impeach Fubara
Some elders in Rivers State have criticised the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, over his clandestine moves to remove Governor Siminalayi Fubara from office, saying the state wi...
24th August 2024
A'Ibom youths storm NNPC premises in Rivers over kinsman's death
Members of the Akwa Ibom community in Rivers State on Friday blocked the premises of the Nigeria National Petroleum Company Limited along Moscow Road, Port Harcourt, Rivers State capital, protesting t...
23rd August 2024
Nigeria's system allows fraud to flourish - EFCC boss
The Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Mr. Ola Olukoyede has said “Nigerians are good people”, but the problem is that the country operates “a system that al...
23rd August 2024
Nigeria's maternal, child mortality rates unacceptable - Senator Banigo
Former deputy governor of Rivers State and chairman of the Senate Committee on Health, Secondary and Tertiary, Senator Ipalibo Banigo, has called for urgent action to address Nigeria’s alarming ...
23rd August 2024
Family suspects foul play as NNPC cleaner dies inside facility
The family of 23-year-old Asher Christopher has called for a thorough investigation into circumstances surrounding his death inside the Nigerian National Petroleum Company office building located alon...
23rd August 2024
Court stops APC from conducting Rivers congresses
A Rivers State High Court sitting in Port Harcourt has granted an ex parte order restraining the national leadership of the All Progressives Congress from going ahead with the scheduled wards, Local G...
23rd August 2024
I want justice, father of dead NNPC worker cries out
The family of 23-year-old Asher Christopher has called for a thorough investigation into the circumstances surrounding his death inside the Nigeria National Petroleum Company office building located a...
22nd August 2024
Fubara approves N2bn monthly to clear pension, gratuity arrears
The Rivers State Government has said it would set aside ₦2bn monthly to offset the backlog of pension and gratuity to retired civil servants. The State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, disclosed this wh...
22nd August 2024
Trustees rise against oil theft, pipeline vandalism in Rivers community
The Board of Trustees of the Krakrama Host Community Development Trust in Asari Toru Local Government Area of Rivers State has vowed to end acts of economic sabotage, including oil theft and pipeline ...
22nd August 2024
Rivers APC faction threatens LG poll boycott
The All Progressives Congress loyal to the sacked Caretaker Committee Chairman, Chief Tony Okocha, has announced that the party will not participate in the October 5, 2024 Local Government elections. ...
22nd August 2024
Fubara, Wike Assembly factions hold parallel public hearings
Rival factions of the Rivers State House of Assembly have held separate public hearings on different bills. Martin Amaewhule leads the faction loyal to the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, N...
22nd August 2024
Rivers crisis: Pro-Fubara, Wike Assembly factions hold separate public hearings
Rival factions of the Rivers State House of Assembly held separate public hearings on different bills. Martin Amaewhule leads the faction loyal to the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom...
21st August 2024
Rivers NBA slams Okocha over bribery allegations, demands apology
The Nigerian Bar Association in Rivers State has condemned a public statement attributed to the dismissed Caretaker Committee Chairman of the All Progressives Congress in the state, Chief Tony Okocha,...
21st August 2024
APC faction vows to boycott Rivers LG election
The Rivers State chapter of the All Progressives Congress loyal to the sacked Caretaker Committee Chairman, Tony Okocha, said they will not participate in the October 5, 2024, local government electio...
21st August 2024