Rivers State

April 15, (THEWILL) – The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) has refuted claims that the Rivers State Government paid a hosting fee for its 2025 Annual General Conference (AGC), stating that the decision to hold the event in Port...

April 14, (THEWILL) – Rivers State Administrator, Ibok-Ete Ibas, has asked the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) to refund the N300 million the Rivers State Government paid to the association for hosting the 2025 NBA Annual General Conference. "While we respect...

April 14, (THEWILL) – A Chief Magistrate in the employment of the Rivers State Judicial Service Commission, Ejike King George, Esq., has resigned in protest of emergency rule in the State. The Chief Magistrate, in a letter addressed to the...

April 14, (THEWILL) – Hundreds of women took to the streets of Port Harcourt on Monday in a coordinated rally backing the declaration of a state of emergency in Rivers State, describing the measure as both lawful and necessary...

April 13, (THEWILL) – The prospect of oil-rich Rivers State recovering from the calamitous impact of emergency rule   remains uncertain, with its debt hitting N683 billion as of December 31, 2024. THEWILL reports that industry experts have expressed concern over...

April 11, (THEWILL) – Tension is mounting in Rivers State as hundreds of women took to the streets of Port Harcourt in a mass protest demanding the reinstatement of Governor Siminalayi Fubara, 25 days after President Bola Tinubu declared...

April 11, (THEWILL) – The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) has made a change in the venue of its 2025 Annual General Conference earlier scheduled for Port Harcourt in Rivers State, to Enugu. A statement jointly signed by its President, Afam...

April 10, (THEWILL) – Former Rivers Governor, Rufus Ada-George, has accused Nyesom Wike, Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), of orchestrating the declaration of a state of emergency and the contentious appointment of sole administrators across all 23...

April 09, (THEWILL) – Vice Admiral (Rtd) Ibok-Ete Ekwe Ibas has approved the appointments of Administrators for the 23 Local Government Areas of Rivers State. A statement signed by the Secretary to the State Government, Prof. Ibibia Worika, said the...

April 07, (THEWILL) – Four individuals recently acquitted in connection with the 2023 arson incident at the Rivers State House of Assembly have alleged that they were offered ₦200 million and an overseas relocation package to falsely implicate Edison...