Rivers's city in Naija Life is Port Harcourt. Its landmark is Isaac Boro Park. Port Harcourt is open: fly or ride there from any open city.
The game greets you there with: “Ibaate! Welcome to the Garden City 🌊 PH, we move! Bole and fish is calling”
More: Port Harcourt life in Naija Life.
What makes it home
| Landmark | Isaac Boro Park |
| Signature | Creek boats — Ride out from Bonny Jetty and work the oil and port jobs. |
| Festival | () — |
| Invites to open | Open now |
The places (34)
| Place | Area | What it is |
|---|---|---|
| ⚓ Abonnema Wharf | Old Township | The waterfront at the bottom of the Ikwerre Road where boats leave for Abonnema. Periwinkle, oysters, starch and owo soup. |
| 🛬 Port Harcourt International Airport | Omagwa | Where flights from Lagos land. Book your next flight at check-in, suya at arrivals, a cool departure lounge, and planes coming in low over the bush. |
| 🐟 Mama Ibiba's Bole Spot | Rumuokoro | Roasted plantain, grilled fish and the pepper sauce Port Harcourt is famous for. Palm wine on the side. |
| 🚤 Bonny Jetty | Bonny Waterside | Where the speedboats leave for Bonny Island. Life jackets on, fresh prawns on the grill, and boats coming and going all day. |
| ⛪ Corpus Christi Cathedral | D-Line | The cathedral of the Catholic Diocese of Port Harcourt. Mass every day, a big Sunday Mass, the choir and quiet candles. |
| 🎧 Playhouse | New GRA | King Perekule Street's big night out: sparklers, VIP tables and PH's finest DJs till 5am. Quilox money, Garden City style. |
| 🐟 Creek Road Market | Old Township | The waterside market where the canoes come in: fresh fish, crayfish, periwinkle and the best haggling in Port Harcourt. |
| ⛳ Port Harcourt Golf Club | Old GRA | Eighteen holes on Forces Avenue since 1928. Oil money, single malts and slow rounds under old trees. |
| 🏛️ Rivers State Government House | Old GRA | The Brick House, seat of the Rivers State Government. Photos at the gates, a tour of the grounds, and convoys rolling out. |
| 🌳 Isaac Boro Park | Old Township | Big lawns and shady walks round the memorial to Major Isaac Adaka Boro. Picnics, morning workouts and evening strolls. |
| 🏝️ Kidney Island | Bonny River | The island across the water from the old town, once an oil company base. Boat out, fish off the old jetty and watch the city. |
| 🏟️ Liberation Stadium | Elekahia | The old Yakubu Gowon Stadium in Elekahia. Rivers United home games, joggers on the track at dawn, and suya at the gate. |
| 🪩 Orange Room Lounge | New GRA | King Perekule Street's orange-lit lounge. PH rap, Afrobeats and catfish pepper soup at 2am. |
| 🛍️ Port Harcourt Mall | Azikiwe Road | The cinema, a big supermarket, a food court and air-con. Where the whole city goes on a Saturday. |
| 🧺 Mile One Market | Diobu | Crayfish, periwinkle, okrika bales and everything in between. Bring cash and your best haggling face. |
| 🕌 Port Harcourt Central Mosque | Township | The oldest mosque in Rivers State, in the old town. Daily prayers, Jumu'ah on Fridays, and the Imam's lectures. |
| 🦀 Nembe Waterside | Township | Smoke from the fish racks, crayfish by the basin, and canoes nosing in from the creeks. Port Harcourt's busiest waterfront. |
| 🎭 Dr. Obi Wali International Cultural Centre | GRA Phase 1 | The big conference and cultural centre named after Senator Obi Wali. Owu masquerades, Kalabari drums, art shows and craft stalls. |
| 🛢️ Trans-Amadi Oil Base | Trans-Amadi | Hard hats, pipe yards and the offshore crew bus. Where the Oil & Gas people work. |
| ⛴️ Okrika Jetty | Abuloma | The jetty on the Abuloma waterfront where the boats cross to Okrika Island. Fisherman soup, fresh fish and ferries all day. |
| 🚢 Onne Port | Onne, Eleme | Ships from all over the world, cranes as tall as towers and containers stacked like Lego. The oil and gas port of the Niger Delta. |
| 🎡 Port Harcourt Pleasure Park | Rumuola | Rides, a boating lake, lawns and the big Ferris wheel. Port Harcourt's favourite day out. |
| 🐎 Port Harcourt Polo Club | Old GRA | On Tombia Street since 1972, one of the best polo fields in the country. Chukkas, ponies, champagne in the members' tent. |
| 🏨 Hotel Presidential | Old GRA | The grand old hotel of the Garden City. A pool, a native soup buffet and a soft bed for the night. |
| 🎓 Rivers State University | Nkpolu-Oroworukwo | RSU, the old Rivers State University of Science and Technology. Engineering lectures, the library, the sports field and the buka. |
| 🏭 Port Harcourt Refinery | Alesa-Eleme | The refinery at Eleme: tank farms, towers and the flare you see from miles away. Hard hats on for the guided tour. |
| 🛒 Rumuokoro Market | Rumuokoro | The huge market at the Rumuokoro junction: yams, garri, wrappers, keke horns and traders calling from every side. |
| 🏖️ Port Harcourt Tourist Beach | Kaduna Street | Sand, beach chairs and live music on the bank of the Bonny River. Suya, chapman and the sunset over the water. |
| 🏥 University of Port Harcourt Teaching Hospital | Alakahia | UPTH on the East-West Road: doctors, nurses, a pharmacy and a canteen. Get checked, or visit somebody on the ward. |
| 🎓 University of Port Harcourt | Choba | Uniport, out at Choba by the New Calabar River. Lectures in the big theatres, the library, the buka, and gist at Abuja Park. |
| 🚌 Waterlines Motor Park | Waterlines, Olu Obasanjo Road | Port Harcourt's interstate park at Waterlines junction, where the Aba Road meets Olu Obasanjo Road: luxury coaches for Lagos and Abuja, roasted corn and ube by the gate, and conductors who know every pothole to Owerri. |
| 🦁 Port Harcourt Zoo | Trans-Amadi | Lions, chimps, ostriches, crocodiles and peacocks off Peter Odili Road, open since 1975. The kids' favourite Saturday. |
| 🔑 Port Harcourt Property Centre | GRA Phase 2 | Agents, surveyors and property managers. Buy land, list your house, find a tenant in Port Harcourt. |
| 🏗️ Rumuosi New Layout | Rumuosi | Fresh plots in Rumuosi, surveyed and ready. Buy one, build on it, live in it, let it, sell it. |
The jobs (16)
| Job | Skill | First rung | Top pay a shift |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🛢️ Oil Services | Fitness | Roustabout | ₦42,000 |
| ⚓ Shipping | Hustle | Dock Hand | ₦31,500 |
| 💊 Pharmacist | Coding | Pharmacy Intern | ₦32,900 |
| 🐟 Seafood Trader | Hustle | Fish Carrier | ₦27,300 |
| 🎓 Lecturer | Charisma | Graduate Assistant | ₦31,500 |
| 🔥 Bole Chef | Cooking | Plantain Peeler | ₦30,100 |
| 🎧 PH DJ | Music | Hype Man | ₦41,230 |
| 🎷 Highlife Musician | Music | Backup Singer | ₦43,890 |
| 📱 PH Creator | Charisma | Aspiring Creator | ₦39,900 |
| ⚽ Football Coach | Fitness | Ball Boy/Girl | ₦30,590 |
| 🛍️ PH Mall Retail | Charisma | Sales Rep | ₦26,600 |
| 💇🏾♀️ PH Hairstyling | Hustle | Salon Assistant | ₦29,920 |
| 🔑 Estate Agent | Charisma | Letting Agent | ₦34,540 |
| 👷🏾 Builder | Fitness | Labourer | ₦33,080 |
| 📐 Surveyor & Architect | Coding | Trainee Surveyor | ₦35,280 |
| 🏢 Property Manager | Hustle | Caretaker | ₦31,970 |
The homes
| Home | Area | Kind | Rent a week |
|---|---|---|---|
| Single room | Rumuokoro | Single room | ₦450 |
| Mini flat | D-Line | Mini flat | ₦1,050 |
| Self-contain | Rumuola | Self-contain | ₦1,050 |
| Serviced apartment | Woji | Serviced apartment | ₦5,600 |
| Terrace duplex | Elelenwo | Terrace duplex | ₦15,000 |
| Colonial duplex | Old GRA | Detached duplex | ₦38,500 |
| Mansion | Peter Odili Road | Mansion | ₦225,000 |
Real estate
Port Harcourt's new layout is Rumuosi New Layout, with 16 plots to buy and build on, sold from the property centre. See real estate for what land and building cost.
Questions
Is Port Harcourt in Naija Life?
Yes. Port Harcourt is Rivers's city in Naija Life.
What can you do in Port Harcourt?
Visit 34 places including Abonnema Wharf, Port Harcourt International Airport, Mama Ibiba's Bole Spot, work 16 jobs, and join the .