Rivers State

September 24, (THEWILL) – Rivers State governor, Nyesom Wike, has denied reports that the Presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Ahmed Tinubu, offered him a senatorial ticket to defect to the APC. The Governor, in a statement...

A Port Harcourt based businessman, Mr Terrance Abang, has been physically assaulted by some officials of Yakurr Local Council Area of Cross River State. Abang was allegedly assaulted by officials of Yakurr Taskforce after he stopped at Omilakwa Petrol Filling...

September 07, (THEWILL) - At least 17 governorship candidates of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), including governorship flag-bearer in Jigawa State, Mustapha Sule Lamido, have visited Governor Nyesom Wike at his Private residence in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, on...

September 02, (THEWILL) – A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Rivers State, Dakuku Peterside, has said that Rivers people are politically-sophisticated and as such, no one could influence how they would vote during elections. Peterside is a former...

August 19, (THEWILL) - The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Rivers State, has condemned the clampdown on facilities belonging to some loyalists of the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, in Port Harcourt by...

August 15, (THEWILL) - The speaker of the Rivers State House of Assembly, Hon. Ikuinyi Ibani, is not in the good books of some members of his constituency. The bone of contention, THEWILL gathered, is so serious that it is...

June 08, (THEWILL) - Siminialayi Fubara, the governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Rivers State, for the 2023 general election, has reportedly escaped an attempt by officials of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to...

June 03, (THEWILL) - Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, has sent the names of  commissioner-nominees to the state House of Assembly for confirmation. The Governor had on May 24, in a statement issued by his Special Assistant, Kelvin Ebiri, announced the dissolution of...

May 25, (THEWILL) - The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, on Wednesday, dismissed an ex-parte application seeking to to stop the governorship primary election of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Rivers State. Justice Taiwo Taiwo, dismissed the ex-parte...

May 06, (THEWILL) - The Supreme Court on Friday resolved the legal dispute between Rivers and Imo over the ownership of 17 oil wells in favour of Rivers state. In a unanimous judgment, the apex court specifically declared that the...