…Allegations are False, Baseless – Contractors By Emma Sunday, Port Harcourt Host communities of Oil Mining Lease (OML 11) along the Imo River axis, cutting across Rivers and Abia states have accused Martinsevid Nigeria Limited, the contractor providing surveillance services for the crude oil pipeline of abetting illegal oil bunkering …
Read More »Hardship: Rivers Woman Attempts to Sell 5-Yr-old Son for Food
By Emma Sunday, Port Harcourt As the economic hardship in the country bits harder on the citizens, some Nigerian parents are now devising means, legal or illegal, to raise funds to feed their families. This is just as a young woman (name withheld) attempted selling her 5 year old son …
Read More »6 Div, Nigerian Army, Prioritizes Education, Training of Soldiers, Command School Staff
...Holds Maiden Educational Corps Conference By Emma Sunday, Port Harcourt The 6 Division Nigerian Army yesterday, held her first ever education corp conference, aimed at training soldiers and Staff of the Command’s school for improved service delivery. The maiden edition of the 6 Division Education Quarter Conference which was held …
Read More »Navy conducts Search And Rescue Simulation exercise to enhance safety on Maritime
…As Gov Fubara hints at revatilising the State’s Emergency Agency Emma Sunday, Port Harcourt In keeping with the statutory mandate of the Nigerian Navy in ensuring safety and security of the nation’s waterways, the Nigerian Navy Ship, NNS, Pathfinder, on Thursday, in conjunction with the Rivers State Government and other …
Read More »Navy uncovers illegal refining site in Port Harcourt, confiscates 750,000 litres of diesel
By Emma Sunday, Port Harcourt The Nigerian Navy yesterday says it has busted an illegal oil refining site in Port Harcourt City Local Government Area, capital city of Rivers State. About Seven hundred and fifty thousand (750,000) litres of illegally refined Automated Gas Oil, AGO, popularly known as diesel was …
Read More »Shippers Council Launches Online Portal for Port Service Providers in Delta
By Emma Sunday On Thursday, February 15, 2024, the Nigerian Shippers Council (NSC) launched an online portal for registration of regulated port service providers at the Petroleum Training Institute (PTI) conference center in Effurun, Delta State. The event was attended by members of the organized private sector and other maritime …
Read More »Rivers Police close in on suspected killer of late Ahoada DPO
Emma Sunday, Port Harcourt The Rivers State Police Command says it is still trailing Mr. Gift David, aka 2Baba, a wanted leader of the Iceland cult group, who is the prime suspect in the killing of late Ahoada Divisional Police Officer (DPO), SP Bako Angbashim back in September, 2023. The …
Read More »NDDC has 953 Abandoned Projects in Rivers – Okocha
…As Commission gets N300bn for development of N’Delta in 2024 budget Emma Ovundah, Port Harcourt The Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, has revealed that it has a total of 953 abandoned projects in Rivers State alone. Rivers State Representative on the Board of the NDDC, Chief Tony Okocha made the …
Read More »NECA trains hundreds of job seekers on employability skills
Nigeria Employers’ Consultative Association (NECA) an umbrella organization of employers in the Organised Private Sector of Nigeria in collaboration with Plant Geria has sensitised youths and job seekers on needed employability skills. NECA which is saddled with the responsibility of providing a platform for private sector employers to interact with …
Read More »Gov Fubara woos investors, promises tax reduction to grow Rivers economy
Emma Ovundah, Port Harcourt The Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara is wooing foreign investors to consider the state for investment. Governor Fubara, who spoke while speaking at the unveiling of the third branch of HyperCity Supermarket, at Ikoku Junction, Mile two Diobu in Port Harcourt Local Government Area of the …
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