Rivers State

December 05, (THEWILL) — Sixteen members of the Rivers State House of Assembly, led by Speaker Martin Amaewhule, have officially defected from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the All Progressives Congress (APC). Amaewhule announced the decision during plenary on...

December 04, (THEWILL) — The Rivers State Police Command has rescued five kidnapped persons from a cultist hideout in Emuoha Local Government Area, following a coordinated midnight operation. In a statement issued on Thursday morning, the command’s spokesperson, SP Grace...

November 12, (THEWILL) — The Department of State Services (DSS) has filed a six-count charge against Innocent Onukwume, a 27-year-old man from Oyigbo Local Government Area, Rivers State, for allegedly advocating a military coup in Nigeria. The charges were filed...

October 29, (THEWILL) — The Department of State Services (DSS) has arrested a man in Oyigbo, Rivers State, for allegedly using social media to incite the military to overthrow President Bola Tinubu’s government. The suspect, identified as Innocent Chukwuma, was...

October 22, (THEWILL) — The Nigerian Army, 6 Division Headquarters, Port Harcourt, has cautioned residents of Rivers State against handling unidentified explosive materials, following the discovery of an Unexploded Ordnance (UXO) at Oromeruzimagu Community in Port Harcourt Local...

October 16, (THEWILL) — Governor Siminialayi Fubara has ordered the revocation of the N134 billion contract awarded to China Civil Engineering Construction Company, CCECC, by the administration of Vice Admiral Ibok Ete Ibas (rtd). The governor also ordered the...

October 14, (THEWILL) — Residents of Rivers State are eagerly awaiting Governor Siminialayi Fubara's decision on who becomes his Chief of Staff, following the appointment of Barr Benibo Anabraba as the new Secretary to the State Government (SSG). Governor Fubara,...

October 13, (THEWILL) — Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, has approved the appointment of Hon. Benibo Anabraba as the new Secretary to the State Government (SSG). According to a statement signed by the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Information and Communications,...

October 08, (THEWILL) — Governor Siminalayi Fubara of Rivers State has expressed relief that no life was lost in Monday's fire outbreak, which damaged a section of the Rivers State Secretariat Complex. The governor, at Tuesday's inspection of the outcome...

October 07, (THEWILL) — The Rivers State Secretariat was engulfed by fire on Monday evening, destroying the sections housing the Rivers State Pensions Board. ‎ ‎Although no reason has been given for the inferno, some eyewitnesses suspected an electrical fault. ‎ ‎The...