Rivers State

October 07, (THEWILL) – The Inspector General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, has directed the immediate withdrawal of Policemen from the 23 local government areas of Rivers State. Commissioner of Police in the State, CP Bala Mustapha, conveyed the directives of...

October 06, (THEWILL) – Former President Goodluck Jonathan has called for peace in the political situation in River State to avoid a breakdown of law and order. Arguing that the current political crisis in Rivers State compares to the crisis...

October 05, (THEWILL) – Suspected arsonists, on Saturday morning, attacked the Rivers State secretariat of the All Progressives Congress (APC) led by the factional Caretaker Committee Chairman (CTC), Chief Tony Okocha. It was gathered that the assailants allegedly threw suspected...

October 04, (THEWILL) – Ahead of Saturday’s local government elections in Rivers State, youths, on Friday, took over the office of the State Independent Electoral Commission (RSIEC) to protect the facility from further incursion by operatives of the Nigeria...

October 03, (THEWILL) – The Rivers State House of Assembly led by Victor Oko-Jumbo has declared that the State local government elections scheduled for Saturday, October 5, must be conducted in adherence to the rule of law and...

October 03, (THEWILL) – Governor Siminalayi Fubara of Rivers State has declared Thursday, October 3 and Friday, October 4, 2024, as public holidays. The Governor, in a state-wide broadcast to the people of Rivers on Wednesday, said the...

September 30, (THEWILL) – The Federal High Court, Abuja has restrained the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) from releasing the 2023 voters’ register to the Rivers State Independent Electoral Commission (RSIEC) to conduct the October 5, 2024, local...

September 30, (THEWILL) – A Rivers State High Court has ordered security agencies, including the Nigeria Police Force (NPF), to provide adequate security and ensure the maintenance of peace, law and order during and after the October 5...

September 18, (THEWILL) – Operatives of the Rivers Police Command have rescued a teenager who was kidnapped in Enugu and transported to Port Harcourt, in a ‘Ghana-Must-Go’ bag. The outgoing Rivers Commissioner of Police, Olatunji Disu, who confirmed the incident...

September 17, (THEWILL) – Rivers State Governor, Sir Siminalayi Fubara, has suspended Barrister Otonye Briggs as Chairman of the Akuku-Toru Local Government Caretaker Committee (CTC), effective immediately. The Governor, in a statement signed on Tuesday, by his chief press secretary,...