The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited has signed a fresh agreement with two Chinese firms in a move aimed at accelerating the long-delayed rehabilitation and commercial restart of Nigeria’s refineries, while opening a new window for technical equity partnerships. The deal, structured as a Memorandum of Understanding, was signed with ...
Amstel Malta has brought the magic and warmth of Christmas to life across three major cities of Enugu, Port Harcourt and Aba with spectacular light installations that transformed streets into festive destinations for families, visitors, and returning loved ones. Between December 2 and 4, thousands gathered across the three cities to witness th...
•Warri Refinery The refineries in Port Harcourt, Kaduna, and Warri are rotting away despite the over $3bn contract sum to resuscitate them, findings have revealed. Visits to the refineries by our correspondents in Rivers, Kaduna and Delta states confirmed that the humongous amount, which is now subject of investigation by the Economic and Fina...
•Governor Fubara finally arrives Rivers State governor, Siminalayi Fubara, has arrived in Port Harcourt, the state capital. The governor arrived at the Port Harcourt International Airportat about 11:50 a.m. today, more than 24 hours after President Bola Tinubu ended the six-month emergency rule in the state, reports Channels TV. He was greeted...
The Nigerian Safety Investigation Bureau (NSIB) has published its preliminary findings on the serious incident involving an Air Peace Boeing 737-524 aircraft, which occurred on July 13, 2025 at the Jeremiah Obafemi Awolowo International Airport, Omagwa, Port Harcourt, Rivers State. According to the Bureau, the aircraft, registered as 5N-BQQ, w...
•Fire outbreak An early morning fire has razed goods and property worth millions of Naira in Port Harcourt, Rivers State. The incident happened this morning at 57 Azikiwe Street, Mile 2 Diobu in Port Harcourt City Local Government Area, reports Vanguard. It was gathered that the fire started around 3 am, but the cause of […]
Three persons have died, while four persons sustained injuries in a motor accident in Port Harcourt, Rivers State. The accident occurred on Monday around Eliozu area of Obio/Akpor Local Government Area of the state, reports Vanguard. Another account said five persons died in the accident and that three were students of the University of Port [...
•President/Chief Executive of Dangote Group, Aliko Dangote The President of the Dangote Group, Alhaji Aliko Dangote, has doubted the possibility of the state-owned Port Harcourt, Warri, and Kaduna refineries functioning again. Dangote also stated that the refineries, which are under the management of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Lim...
•Warri Refinery The Director General of the Manufacturers Association of Nigeria (MAN), Segun Ajayi-Kadiri, has urged the federal government to fully privatise the country’s state-owned refineries, describing them as a “pure drain on the Nigerian economy.” Ajayi-Kadiri, who was a guest on Channels Television last night, argued that the governm...
•Assaulted female birthday celebrant, Thonia Okoye Two young women have narrated what could be summed up as a life-scarring ordeal after allegedly being assaulted by a popular Port Harcourt-based realtor, Maduba Okechi Christian, and his security details at a nightclub in the Rivers State capital. It was learnt that what was meant to be a [&he...

