River State

May 28, (THEWILL) – The Senate has pledged to exercise strict oversight over the ₦1.48 trillion 2025 appropriation bill submitted for Rivers State by President Bola Tinubu. THEWILL had earlier reported that the President, in a letter dated May...

October 07, (THEWILL) – Tension escalated in Rivers State on Monday morning, following heavy gunshots in some local government secretariats. Hoodlums, suspected to be political thugs, attacked and set fire on Eleme and Ikwerre Local Government Council Secretariats. The violence follows...

September 02, (THEWILL) – Suspected sea pirates have abducted ten maritime workers along the Bonny – Port Harcourt waterway. Chairman of Maritime Workers Union of Nigeria Rivers State Chapter, Israel Pepple, who confirmed the incident, said the 10 workers were...

June 19, (THEWILL) - Rivers State governor, Siminalayi Fubara, has appointed Caretaker Committee Chairmen to oversee the administration of 23 local councils in the State, following the expiration of tenure of elected council officials on June 17, 2024. The Governor...

February 28, (THEWILL) - Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, says his administration is determined to immortalise the former Group Chief Executive Officer (GCEO) of Access Holdings Plc, Dr. Herbert Wigwe, as a worthy son of the state. THEWILL reports that...

January 28, (THEWILL) - Last Thursday, was a joyful day for the embattled Rivers State Governor, Sim Fubara, as his position was ratified by the Supreme Court of Nigeria. The court, in a unanimous decision by a five-memRiversber panel led...

January 11, (THEWILL) - President Bola Tinubu, on Thursday, met with Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, at the Presidential Villa in Abuja. Although, details of the meeting, which was held behind closed doors on Thursday evening, are sketchy, THEWILL, however,...

January 07, (THEWILL) - The Rivers State Police Command has said it will begin screening of applicants who had indicated interest to join the force on January 8, 2024. The Public Relations Officer of the Command, SP Grace Iringe-Koko made...

December 31, (THEWILL) - Rivers State House of Assembly Speaker, Edison Ogerenye Ehie, has resigned his position. Ehie, in a letter addressed to the Chairman, Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), also said he has resigned as the member representing Ahoada-East...

December 19, (THEWILL) - The Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS), Rivers State Command, has decorated 98 newly promoted Senior and Middle Cadre Officers in the Command. The NIS in Rivers State also inducted 54 newly recruited personnel after their convocation and...