Rivers State

January 15, (THEWILL) - Rivers State governor Nyesom Wike has issued a 48-hour ultimatum to all local government chairmen in the State to provide a comprehensive list of illegal refineries and their operators within their jurisdiction. The Governor gave the...

January 06, (THEWILL) - The Rivers State Commissioner of Police, Eboka Friday, has ordered the arrest of police who were on duty on Wednesday morning during an attack on a Police Divisional Headquarters in Okrika. Hoodlums suspected to be cultists...

November 21, (THEWILL) - There are concerns that Nigeria’s worsening revenue challenge may escalate into a financial implosion, with the 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory (sub-nationals), being the worst hit. The situation is aggravated by the nation’s...

November 03, (THEWILL) - Heavily armed men on Tuesday killed two policemen on a stop-and-search duty at Diobu axis of Port Harcourt, Rivers State. A Commander of a local vigilante group in the area, Phalga Security Watch, Victor Ohaji, said the...

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...