Court Sentences UNIPORT Student to Death for Murder
PORT HARCOURT, Nigeria – A Rivers State High Court sentences 400-level University of Port Harcourt (UNIPORT) student, Damian Okoligwe, to death after finding him…
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Rivers State
NAFDAC Presses Rivers to Enforce Drug-Safety Rules Amid Abuse Surges
ABUJA, Nigeria – The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) is warning the Rivers State Government to urgently strengthen enforcement…
Rivers, FRSC Launch Vehicle Tracking to Curb Car Theft
PORT HARCOURT, Nigeria – The Rivers State Government, in partnership with the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), has launched a new integrated vehicle tracking…
Rivers, Cross River, Ondo Lead with Nigeria’s Lowest Fertility
ABUJA, NIGERIA – Rivers, Cross River, and Ondo States have recorded Nigeria’s lowest fertility rates, according to the Nigeria Demographic and Health Survey (NDHS)…
Lagos, Rivers, FCT Dominate as States’ IGR Hits ₦3.63trn in 2024
LAGOS, Nigeria – Internally Generated Revenue (IGR) across Nigeria’s 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) rose sharply by 49.7 per cent in…
Tinubu Commissions Nigeria’s First Indigenous Oil Export Terminal
LAGOS, Nigeria – President Bola Ahmed Tinubu will on 8 October 2025 commission Nigeria’s first indigenous onshore crude oil export terminal in over 50…
Court Upholds Tinubu’s Emergency Rule, Dismisses Rivers Suit
ABUJA, Nigeria – The Federal High Court in Abuja on Thursday, 25 September 2025, dismissed a suit challenging President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s declaration of…
President Tinubu Lifts Rivers State Emergency Rule
LAGOS, Nigeria – President Bola Tinubu has approved the lifting of the state of emergency imposed in Rivers State, effective from 12:00 a.m. on…