Rivers State

January 02, (THEWILL) - Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, has appointed the immediate past Speaker of the State House of Assembly, Edison Ehie, as his new Chief of Staff. Ehie replaced Chidi Amadi, who is a kinsman to the Minister...

December 23, (THEWILL) - Some concerned elders in Rivers State have dragged President Bola Tinubu before a Federal High Court in Abuja, for allegedly compelling Governor Siminilaya Fubara to enter into an unconstitutional agreement. Led by a member of...

December 20, (THEWILL) - The defected members of the Rivers State House of Assembly, led by Martin Amaewhule, have withdrawn their impeachment notice against Governor Siminalayi Fubara. THEWILL reports that the development followed the peace pact reached on Monday night,...

December 20, (THEWILL) - The Rivers Elders and Leaders Forum (RELF), has said that the resolutions and subsequent directives issued after Monday’s peace parley on the political crisis in Rivers State, at the instance of President Bola Tinubu, cannot...

December 20, (THEWILL) - Governor Siminalayi Fubara has expressed his commitment to ensuring peace in Rivers state and among the people, to foster development, saying: "There is no amount that is too big to pay for peace. “Let me...

December 19, (THEWILL) - Elder statesman and leader of the Pan Niger Delta Forum (PANDEF), Chief Edwin Clark, says the 8-point resolution reached in Abuja, on Monday, to resolve the political crisis in Rivers State is not only appalling...

December 19, (THEWILL) - The national leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has rejected the resolution reached in Abuja on Monday, to re-admit 25 members of the Rivers State House of Assembly whose seats have been declared vacant,...

December 18, (THEWILL) - President Bola Tinubu has directed an immediate halt to all impeachment proceedings initiated against Governor Fubara by members of the Rivers State House of Assembly led by Martins Amaewhule. The President also directed Governor Fubara to...

December 18, (THEWILL) - A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has restrained the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), from conducting fresh elections to fill the seats of 26 members of the Rivers House of Assembly, who defected...

December 18, (THEWILL) - Speaker of the Rivers State House of Assembly, Edison Ehie, has formally notified the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), of the existence of 25 vacant seats in the state’s legislative chamber. A High Court in Port...