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January 22, 2025 No Responses

FG Targets Oil Production In Ogoniland

President Bola Tinubu on Tuesday directed the National Security Adviser (NSA), Nuhu Ribadu, to coordinate negotiations with various parties within Ogoniland in the oil-rich Niger Delta area to resume oil production in the area. The President, who gave the directive...

January 5, 2025 No Responses

NDDC Commissions Solar Street Lights In Ogoni Communities

The Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, has commissioned solar-powered streetlights in Bodo, Biera and Bera communities in the Gokana Local Government Area of Rivers State as part of its ongoing Light Up the Niger Delta project. Inaugurating the project,...

January 3, 2025 No Responses

Fubara Signs ₦1.1tri Rivers 2025 Budget Into Law

Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, has signed the state’s 2025 budget worth N1.1 trillion into law. The budget, christened ‘Budget of Inclusive Growth and Development,’ was presented before the Victor Oko-Jumbo-led State House of Assembly on Decem...

December 30, 2024 No Responses

Rivers Budgets N1.1tri For 2025

Rivers state governor,Siminalayi Fubara has presented a 2025 budget proposal of N1.1 trillion to the Victor Oko-Jumbo-led state house of assembly.Fubara presented the appropriation bill, tagged the “Budget of Inclusive Growth and Development,” to the four-...

December 25, 2024 No Responses

Fubara Approves ₦100,000 Christmas Bonus For Rivers Workers, Pensioners

Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, has approved the sum of ₦100,000 for civil servants, public servants, and pensioners in the state. The approval was communicated in a statement that was signed and released by the States Head of Service, George...

April 28, 2024 No Responses

120 Vehicles Burnt As Tanker Explosion Causes Carnage In Rivers

More than 120 vehicles and goods worth estimated billions have been destroyed in tanker fire along the East-West Road in Rivers State. Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, who visited the scene of the devastating tragedy on Saturday, confirmed five ...

November 24, 2023 No Responses

Rivers Governor Pledges To Collaborate With NDDC

The Rivers State Governor, Sir Siminalayi Fubara, has promised to collaborate and support the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, in its efforts to fast-track the development of the Niger Delta region. Governor Fubara spoke at the Rivers State Government...

November 25, 2022 No Responses

Corpreneurship Challenge: Unity Bank Splashes N10m Grant On 30 Corps Members

Unity Bank Entrepreneurship Development Initiative – Corpreneurship Challenge, targeted at empowering fresh graduates and Corp Members on one-year compulsory national youth service has, in its ninth edition of the Corpreneurship Challenge held ...

October 22, 2022 No Responses

TotalEnergies/NNPC Joint Venture Donates Relief Materials To Flood-Affected Communities In Rivers

Joint Venture partners, TotalEnergies (Exploration and Production) Nigeria Ltd. and the NNPC donated relief materials to their Oil Mining Lease (OML) 58 host communities in Rivers on Friday. The communities were devastated by recent floods. Mr Guil...

September 3, 2022 No Responses

Photo News

L-R: The Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) Executive Director, Finance and Administration, Aderenle S. Adesina, Minister of Transportation, Muazu Jaji Sambo, Managing Director, NPA, Mohammed Bello Koko, Executive Director, Marine & Operations, NPA, Onari Brow...

August 13, 2022 No Responses

NLNG Launches GMoU Phase 2 In Rivers State

Nigeria LNG Limited (NLNG) on Thursday in Port Harcourt launched the second phase of the Global Memoranda of Understanding (GMoU) for its pipeline host communities to actively support community-driven sustainable development. A statement issued by Acting Man...

January 24, 2022 No Responses

NLNG,RSUTH Seal New Infectious Diseases Unit MoU

Nigeria LNG Limited (NLNG) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Rivers State University Teaching Hospital (RSUTH) for the provision of a multi-million-naira Infectious Diseases Unit to support healthcare delivery in Rivers State. At ...

December 30, 2021 No Responses

NSPRI Distributes Processing, Storage Equipment To Farmers In Rivers

The Nigerian Stored Products Research Institute (NSPRI) on Wednesday distributed some equipment for processing and storage of fish and grains to some farmers in Rivers State. Speaking at the event in Port Harcourt, the Executive Director of the agency, Mrs.....

September 30, 2021 No Responses

VAT: Oyo Seeks To Join Rivers’ Suit Against FG

The Oyo State Government has asked the Court of Appeal, sitting in Port Harcourt, to be joined in the suit instituted by the Rivers State Government against the Attorney-General of the Federation. The suit is in respect of the bid...