Dangote Refinery Boosts Fuel Supply with Free Delivery to Six States
Dangote Petroleum Refinery has announced the introduction of a free delivery service for Premium Motor Spirit (PMS), also known as petrol, in six locations across Nigeria, while keeping its ex-depot price unchanged at N1,075 per litre. The refinery disclosed the new initiative in a notice shared on its official X account on Wednesday, saying the […]
Akuku Toru Chair Moves To End Perennial Flooding
In a deliberate efforts to avert perennial flooding in the area, the Chairman of Akuku Toru Local Government Area of Rivers State, Hon. Aboiya-a Bob-Fubara, has commenced desilting of drainage networks in Abonnema. The exercise which commenced on Tuesday, July 7, 2026, will according to the chairman end the mayhem brought on the people by […]
EFCC Arraigns Ex-Warri, PortHarcourt Refinery Bosses Over Alleged N1.42bn Fraud
Former Managing Directors of the Warri Refining and Petrochemical Company (WRPC), Jimoh Yisawu, and the Port Harcourt Refining Company (PHRC), Ahmed Dikko, are set to be arraigned by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) over separate alleged money laundering cases involving more than N1.42 billion and $989,630. According to charge sheets filed before the […]
Businesswoman Hospitalized After Alleged Brutal Task Force Attack in Oyigbo
A businesswoman, Ogechi Ekweme, residing in Oyigbo Local Government Area (LGA) of Rivers State have been hospitalized following an alleged attack by the members of a task force. Ogechi was said to be reportedly attacked by the members of the task force while trading on 2 July. She had been allegedly accused of having some […]
RSUTH Raises Alarm Over Preventable Skin Diseases, Quackery
Millions of Nigerians are living with preventable and treatable skin diseases due to poor awareness and delayed access to specialist care, the Chief Medical Director of the Rivers State University Teaching Hospital (RSUTH), Professor Chizindu Alikor, has said. Alikor disclosed this during a one-day workshop on the recognition and management of skin diseases held on […]
Bori Zonal Hospital Inducts Tai LGA Chairman as Friend of the Hospital
Zonal Hospital, Bori management has sought assistance from Tai Local Government Council in tackling the various problems the hospital is facing, as part of measures to enhance healthcare services delivery to people living in Tai and other nearby areas. The request was made Tuesday during a courtesy call made to the Executive Chairman of Tai […]
Rivers Welfare Ministry Deputy Director Bags FCIA Fellowship
Queen Maxwell, Deputy Director in the Child Welfare Department of the Rivers State Ministry of Social Welfare and Rehabilitation, has been admitted into the Fellowship cadre of the Institute of Corporate Administration of Nigeria (FCIA), the highest professional distinction awarded by the Institute. The honour was bestowed on Maxwell during the Institute’s induction and investiture […]
Nigerian Army Commissions Over 250 Projects Nationwide
The Nigerian Army has commissioned more than 250 Special Intervention Civil-Military Cooperation (CIMIC) projects across the country’s six geopolitical zones as part of activities marking the Nigerian Army Day Celebration (NADCEL) 2026, reaffirming its commitment to strengthening civil-military relations and supporting national development. Speaking at the inauguration of a renovated Community Secondary School in Lussue, […]
Nigerian Army Reaffirms Commitment to Community Development
The Nigerian Army has reiterated its commitment to fostering public support, enhancing Civil-military cooperation, and promoting community development. The Chief of Army Staff, COAS, Lieutenant General Waidi Shaibu, made the assertion at the commissioning of Community Primary and Secondary School Rumumasi in ObioAkpo local government area of Rivers State in Commemoration of Nigerian Army Day […]
NUJ Rivers Names Chief Lesi Maol Zonal Patron, Seeks Stronger Partnership
The Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), Rivers State Council, has nominated the President of KAGOTE and Chief Executive Officer of Giolee Global Resources Limited, Chief Lesi Maol, as its South-South Zonal Patron. The Chairman of the Council, Comrade Paul Bazia-Nsaneh, presented the letter of nomination during a courtesy visit by members of the State Executive […]
Ogoni Leaders Support Fresh Peace Talks
The Movement for the Survival of the Ogoni People (MOSOP) has endorsed the ongoing dialogue process between the federal government and the Ogoni people, which aims at ending the long-standing issue of oil exploration in Ogoniland. This stance was adopted during the Ogoni National Congress held at the Peace and Freedom Centre of the MOSOP […]
Navy Uncovers Illegal Fuel Depot in Rivers
The Nigerian Navy has found an illegal storage depot in Rivers State, where it has seized around 11,800 litres of suspected Automotive Gas Oil (AGO) that had been illegally refined, in its latest attempt to stop the theft of crude oil in the Niger Delta. This was found through Operation DELTA SENTINEL, which is a […]