President Bola Tinubu has once again assured Nigerians that the Warri and Port Harcourt refineries will soon resume operations, a promise that follows a familiar pattern of celebration and disappointment that has characterised Nigeria’s refinery rehabilitation efforts for decades. Tinubu gave the pledge on Thursday during a meeting with the leadership of the Nigeria Union…
DP World is planning to build a new port and a container terminal on the United Arab Emirates’ east coast that would reduce Dubai’s dependence on its flagship Jebel Ali hub and bypass the Strait of Hormuz. The Dubai-based port operator is in talks to develop a brand new multipurpose port in the coastal area…
The United States military repaired and reopened a key seaport in the hardest hit area of Venezuela on Monday, as the country began burying more than 1,700 victims of twin earthquakes that have left tens of thousands still missing. Five days after powerful back-to-back quakes flattened entire neighborhoods, the task of recovering the dead…
A major national security and economic sabotage has unfolded in Nigeria’s South-East as suspected pipeline vandals have excavated and removed more than three kilometres of a strategic high-pressure petroleum pipeline that transports refined petroleum products from Port Harcourt, Rivers State, to Kaduna in Northern Nigeria. A SaharaReporters investigation revealed that the large-scale vandalisation occurred in…
(A Tricycle Rider. Photo by Reuter) In Port Harcourt, Rivers State, a tricycle rider known only as IK is accused of beating his lover to death and leaving her body with her two children. According to reports, the incident happened on Tuesday along CPM Street in Ogbogoro Community, Obio/Akpor Local Government Area. According to…
There is a particular kind of brand confidence that does not need to announce itself loudly. It simply shows up, consistently, in the right rooms, with the right people and the right energy. Over three carefully curated weekends across Lagos, Abuja and Port Harcourt, The Macallan did exactly that, rolling out its Timeless Collection in…
1 Nigeria’s travel and tourism sector took centre stage in Port Harcourt as Finchglow Travels, the country’s leading travel consolidator, convened airlines, travel agencies, and trade partners for the latest edition of PartnerPlus Connect (PPC) Live. The high-profile industry dialogue addressed the pressing challenges of foreign exchange volatility, surging ticket prices, and evolving traveller behaviour,…
General Hospital spoilers for September 29th through October 10th cover Michael Corinthos’s (Rory Gibson) panic and Nathan West (Ryan Paevey) finally meeting his namesake son, James West (Gary James Fuller). Tracy Lashes Out on General Hospital On Monday, September 29th, Tracy Quartermaine (Jane Elliot) is unhappy to find a mystery woman, Veronica “Ronnie” Bard (Erika…
Olayinka said while Atiku is preoccupied with what he termed “run kitikiti with kolision,” his state governor, Ahmadu Fintiri, was in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, dancing hip hop with Wike. Lere Olayinka, Senior Special Assistant on Public Communications and Social Media to the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, took a jab at…
At least 127 passengers and crew members aboard an Air Peace Flight P47190, escaped death on Sunday morning after the plane veered off the runway while landing at the Obafemi Jeremiah Awolowo International Airport in Port Harcourt. A statement confirming the incident signed by the spokesman of Air Peace Limited, operators of the airline, Osifo-Whiskey…
