Rivers State

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...

August 27, (THEWILL) - An unidentified helicopter reportedly fired shots at a local passenger boat travelling from Port Harcourt to Bonny in Rivers State, killing some commuters. The incident, which occurred on Thursday evening, was said to have caused casualties with...

August 18, (THEWILL) - The Rivers State House of Assembly has passed the anti-open grazing Bill. The Bill, "Prohibition of Open Rearing of Livestock and Ranching Administration," was passed after an extensive debate by members of the House. It was passed...

August 09, (THEWILL) - A Federal High Court sitting in Port Harcourt has restrained the Federal Government from collecting some taxes from Rivers residents. The court declared that Rivers Government, not the Federal Inland Revenue Services (FIRS), should collect the Valued...