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14 Mar
The Port Harcourt refinery is set to begin producing refined petroleum products within two weeks, according to the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL). NNPCL’s Group Chief Executive Officer, Mele Kyari, made the announcement during a meeting with a Senate committee. Kyari said the refinery repairs were on schedule. He also confirmed that the rehabilitation…
8 Feb
Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, (EFCC) has moved against persons issuing invoices in dollars and mutilating the naira in Lagos and Port Harcourt.
5 Feb
A Port Harcourt-based firm, Indorama Eleme Petrochemicals Limited, has denied abandoning a contract staff member, David Depreye, after he suffered a workplace accident in December 2020.
12 Jan
The 6 Division of the Nigerian Army, Port Harcourt, has arrested a soldier seen in a viral video torturing a man in his house.
16 Sep 2023
Capital TV has opened its new corporate headquarters in Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital. The building, according to the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and Founder, Ndume Green, will house the TV station, Capital TV, and other media subsidiaries of the group, including a production company, LighBox Studios, a regional online community news network Ogonitv,…
23 Aug 2023
Operatives of the Port Harcourt Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, (EFCC) have arrested 38 suspected internet fraudsters. They were arrested on August 21, 2023 in a sting operation at Ogbogoro and Aluu Road, Port Harcourt, Rivers State. The suspects are: Marvelous Obuah, John Don Precious, Batholomen Ifeanyi, Onyenaturuchi Akuma Chima, Maxwell…
11 Jul 2023
The police have arrested officers who were seen assaulting an unidentified man in a viral video in Rivers State. The spokesperson of the Rivers state police command, Grace Iringe-Koko, disclosed this in a statement in Port Harcourt on Tuesday. "The Commissioner of Police, CP Nwonyi Polycarp Emeka Psc LLB PhD, has condemned the police assault…
5 May 2023
Parishioners of Immaculate Heart Catholic Church located at Ekwe Street, Mile 3 Diobu, Port Harcourt, Rivers State, were thrown into shock when an alleged mentally challenged man ran into the church on Wednesday night, confessing to killing a commercial sex worker, a year ago.
29 Apr 2023
A newborn baby that was dumped, yesterday, at a waste bin in front of Mile 3 Park, Diobu, Port Harcourt, Rivers State, has been rescued by a member of a vigilance group.
28 Apr 2023
A newborn baby was left at the mercy of death at a waste bin in front of Mile 3 Park, Diobu Port Harcourt but was rescued early morning Friday by a Vigilante group.
5 Apr 2023
About 20 people were rendered homeless, while property worth millions of naira were destroyed when fire completely razed down a building at No 9 Awkwuzu Street, Mile1 Diobu, in Port Harcourt City Local Council of Rivers State.
31 Mar 2023
An oil thief, Alu Isaac, has been sentenced to two years imprisonment in Port Harcourt for unlawfully dealing in petroleum products without a requisite license. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) disclosed this in a statement on its website. Isaac was sentenced by Justice P.I. Ajoku of Federal High Court sitting in Port Harcourt,…

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