Rivers State

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...

July 29, (THEWILL) - Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar  says Nigerians are waiting eagerly for the People's Democratic Party (PDP) to take over power at the Federal level come 2023. Speaking to journalists at the Rivers State Government House, Port...

July 10, (THEWILL) - A fatal accident along the NTA Road, in the Obio/Akpor Local Government Area of Rivers State,  has claimed the lives of five persons. THEWILL gathered that the driver of a Lexus Saloon car at high speed...

June 30, (THEWILL) - Chairman of Emohua Local Government Area of Rivers State, Dr. Chidi Julius Lloyd, on Wednesday, locked out hundreds of civil servants from the council secretariat for reporting to work late. The development came exactly one week...