No fewer than 18  persons have been burnt to death by fire that engulfed an illegal oil refinery site at Ibaa, Emohua Local Government Area of Rivers State. Twenty-five others at the scene were injured when the inferno broke out Sunday night. An amateur video of the fire showed remains of children, men and women littering the scene. The Commandant of …

Air strikes from the air component of Operation Delta Safe have destroyed no fewer than 30 active illegal oil refining sites in Cawthorne Channel and Bille, in the Degema Local Government Area of Rivers State. Also, storage tanks, reservoirs, and Cotonou boats suspected to be siphoning crude oil from a flow station were destroyed in the operations. In a statement …

The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) said it had carried out successful air missions on some illegal refining sites and terrorist hideouts in Rivers State and some areas in the Northeast respectively. This was contained in a statement by the force’s Director of Public Relations and Information, Air Commodore Edward Gabkwet, on Sunday in Abuja. The statement reads: “In continuation of …

The Rivers State deputy governorship candidate of the African Democratic Congress in the 2023 elections, Tonto Dikeh said on Saturday that she would not stop contesting the election until she realised her ambition. The Nollywood actress said her chances of governing the oil-rich state in the future were both high and slim because politics is dirty. stated these In an …

A young man was led into my office as the editor of The PUNCH one day decades ago; his name: Ibe Eresia-Eke (where is he now?), Executive Chairman (as title-crazy Nigerians often over-burden the title “Chairman” as if, standing alone, it is not “executive” enough!) of Ogba/Egbema/Ndoni Local Government Area (LGA) of Rivers State. He should be happy  being an …

President-elect, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu has promised to work evenly for the country without marginalising any part in areas of development. Tinubu, who is due to be inaugurated as president on 29th May, said this Wednesday in Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital. The President-elect is on a two-day visit to the state to inaugurate projects executed by the Nyesom …