Prominent human rights lawyer Femi Falana (SAN) has called on President Bola Tinubu to immediately remove Vice Admiral Ibok-ete Ibas (rtd.) as Sole Administrator of Rivers...
In response to the ongoing political crisis in Rivers State, the House of Representatives has inaugurated a 21-member ad hoc committee to oversee the state of...
Vice Admiral Ibok-Ete Ibas, the Administrator of Rivers State, has announced the appointment of Professor Ibibia Worika as the new Secretary to the Rivers State Government...
The Rivers State Sole Administrator, Vice Admiral Ibok-Ete Ibas, has ordered the Heads of Local Government (LG) Administration to pay the outstanding workers’ salaries in the...
A former Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, on Wednesday condemned President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s imposition of emergency rule in Rivers State. In a statement issued on...
Sultry Nollywood actress Hilda Dokubo has taken to social media to condemn the state of emergency declaration imposed on Rivers State by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu....
President Bola Tinubu on Tuesday nominated a former chief of naval staff, Vice Admiral Ibok-Ete Ibas (retd) as the administrator of Rivers State. This followed the...
A section of the Trans Niger Pipeline (TNP) has been engulfed in flames following an explosion in Bodo Community, Gokana Local Government Area, Rivers State. The...
The Rivers State Police Command has refuted reports that the Port Harcourt home of the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Chief Nyesom Wike, was...
Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, has strongly criticized Rivers State Governor Siminalayi Fubara for sending a letter to the state House of Assembly....
The political crisis in Rivers State has deepened, with the Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the state, Tony Okocha, calling on Governor Siminalayi...
The Rivers State government will conduct fresh local government elections in the state on August 9. The Chairman of the Rivers State Independent Electoral Commission (RISIEC),...
The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) has confirmed that the fire outbreak at the Cawthorne Channel 1 oil facility in Rivers State has been successfully...
Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, has lauded the Federal Government and the Inspector-General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, for donating six operational gunboats to the state’s police...
The Rivers State police command on Wednesday confirmed the murder of a father and son at their family home in Igwuruta-Ali community of the state. The...
Police operatives in Rivers have arrested two suspected child traffickers and rescued two children in Chococho, Etche Local Government Area of the state. The spokesperson for...
At least three passengers died in a boat accident in Rivers State on Sunday. The boat was travelling from Port Harcourt to Bonny Island when it...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) National Working Committee (NWC) has accepted the ruling that nullified the Rivers State congresses held last year. On Monday, Justice Stephen...
Tensions reached a boiling point in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, on Thursday, as police barricaded the entrance to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) secretariat along the...
Tragedy has struck Rivers State as nine lives have been lost to a suspected cholera outbreak in two local government areas, the state government confirmed on...
Suspected cultists have killed a vigilante member providing security in Ahoada Town, Ahoada East Local Government Area of Rivers State, Precious Nnamdi. An eyewitness told journalists...
A Netherlands citizen, Gibson Reuben, drowned when his vehicle plunged into the Aleto-Eleme River while attempting to escape from his abductors on Monday night. The deceased...
The Chairman of Obio-Akpor Local Government Area of Rivers State, Chijioke Ihunwo, on Thursday announced the appointment of 130 special assistants to help drive his administration....
Troops of the Nigerian Army have shot dead two suspects accused of killing four soldiers in Rivers State. The spokesman of the Nigerian Army, 6 Division...
The Rivers State police command has confirmed 18 persons were injured in a gas explosion in the Oroazi community of Port Harcourt, the state capital. The...
The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Ezenwo Nyesom Wike, has launched a blistering critique of former Rivers State Governor, Dr. Peter Odili, accusing him...
The National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Abdullahi Ganduje, has declared his party’s ambition to capture Rivers State in the 2027 general elections. Ganduje...
Police operatives attached to the Zone 16 Command in Rivers State have arrested three suspects for allegedly engaging in illicit drugs and fraudulent activities. The spokesman...
The Rivers State Police Command has thwarted a kidnap attempt and killed a wanted kidnapper, identified as Ikem ThankGod, popularly known as ‘General 2Man’. According to...
A report by Invictus Africa has named Ekiti, Lagos and Rivers as the states with the highest number of reported cases of gender-based violence in Nigeria....
The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Rivers State on Saturday elected Chief Tony Okocha as its new chairman. He was elected unopposed alongside other members of...
The Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, on Friday asked the Court of Appeal to set-aside the judgment that stopped the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) from...
The Rivers State Police Command has arrested three of its officers for alleged involvement in extortion of motorists in Port Harcourt, the state capital. The three...
The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited )NNPCL) has confirmed that three of its workers died in the ill-fated helicopter that crashed in Port Harcourt, Rivers State,...
Police operatives in Rivers have arrested three suspected persons over their alleged abduction of travelers in the state. The police also accused the suspects of abducting...
Police operatives in Rivers have arrested four persons in connection with the sudden disappearance of a National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) member in the state. Yahaya...
The Rivers State Police Command has initiated a comprehensive investigation into a devastating wave of violence that swept through several local government areas in Rivers State...
The Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, has appealed to his cabinet members to work with him in restoring peace and order in the state. Fubara, who...
The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, on Tuesday blamed the Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, for the crisis in the state. The...
The Rivers State House of Assembly led by Martins Amaewhule, on Thursday asked the Rivers State Independent Electoral Commission (RSIEC) to put on hold Saturday’s local...
Protests have began at the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) secretariat in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, on Thursday, as tensions rose ahead of the Local Government election...
Justice Peter Lifu of the Federal High Court, Abuja, on Wednesday restrained the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Governors, National Working Committee (NWC) and Board of Trustees...
Justice Peter Lifu of the Federal High Court, Abuja, on Friday, dismissed a suit seeking the removal of 27 members of the Rivers State House of...
The Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, has suspended the Chairman, Caretaker Committee of the Akuku-Toru local government area of the state, Otonye Briggs. The Chief Press...
The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has advised seven states in the country to be prepared for floods that would soon affect communities in their territories....
The Federal Government on Friday alerted Nigerians on the rising water levels of the River Niger. The Director-General of the Nigeria Hydrological Services Agency (NIHSA), Umar...
The All Progressives Congress (APC) National Working Committee (NWC) on Thursday rejected the court ruling that reinstated the dissolved Chief Emeke Beke-led Executive Committee in Rivers...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Saturday conducted a ward congress in Rivers State in defiance of court orders. Justice Charles Wali of the Rivers State...
Justice Charles Wali of the Rivers State High Court, Port Harcourt, on Friday restrained the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and its National Executive Committee (NEC) from...
The Labour Party has suspended actress-turned-politician, Hilda Dokubo, over alleged financial misappropriation. She was also accused of abusing her position and violating party rules, among other...
