Rivers State

October 24, (THEWILL) - Rivers State governor, Nyesom Wike on Sunday  said that the State is not fighting the Federal Government or any of its agencies over collection of Value Added Tax (VAT). Speaking on Sunday in Abuja at a...

October 23, (THEWILL) - At least, five suspected illegal oil bunkers have been confirmed dead following an explosion on Friday at an illegal refining site in Rumuekpe, Emohua Local Government Area of Rivers State. THEWILL gathered that the incident occurred when...

October 16, (THEWILL) - The names of Senator Magnus Ngei Abe and his loyalists were not on the delegates’ list for the ongoing state congress of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Rivers State. Some prominent loyalists of the former...

September 27, (THEWILL) - President Muhammadu Buhari will on Tuesday commission the Police Barracks, Special Protection Unit (SPU) Base 6 at Omagwa, Rivers state. Vice President Yemi Osinbajo is expected to represent President Buhari at the event, to inaugurate the...

September 20, (THEWILL) - The spokesman for the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Rivers State, Ogbonna Nwuke, has resigned his position. Nwuke in a letter dated September 19 and addressed to the leadership of the party  in the State, said...

September 12, (THEWILL) - The Rivers State Police Command has rescued eight boat passengers who were abducted by pirates in two separate attacks on September 6 and 7, 2021, respectively, along the Bodo/Bonny waterways. THEWILL on Friday learnt that the...

September 10, (THEWILL) - The Abuja Court of Appeal has ordered the Lagos and Rivers state governments to hold off on collecting value-added tax (VAT) until all legal disputes relating to the matter are resolved. All parties involved are to...

September 06, (THEWILL) - A Federal High Court sitting in Port Harcourt, Rivers state on Monday dismissed a suit seeking to stop River state's collection of value-added tax. The suit was filed by the Federal Inland Revenue Service seeking a Stay...

September 06, (THEWILL) - Former military Administrator of Rivers State, Brigadier General Anthony Ukpo, is dead. Brigadier General Anthony Ukpo, died at a private hospital in Calabar in the early hours of Monday at the age of 74. Constitutional lawyer, Leonard Anyogu,...

August 30, (THEWILL) - The Nigerian military has denied that its chopper shot at a passenger boat along the Port Harcourt–Bonny waterway in Rivers State last week Thursday. According to the Defence Headquarters (DHQ), the report that civilians were shot...