The court of Appeal sitting in Abuja on Friday stopped the Rivers State government from collecting Value Added Tax (VAT), as it ordered all parties (Rivers...
The Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike, has called on the United Nations (UN) and other world bodies, to put pressure on President Muhammadu Buhari, to...
The crisis rocking the Rivers State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has continued to deepen following a renewed war of words between Minister of...
The Rivers State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has given reasons why the National Chairman of the party, Uche Secondus, was suspended. The state...
At last, justice has come the way of the people of Ogoniland in Rivers State after one of the International Oil Companies (IOC) operating in the...
The Rivers State Police Command has arrested four kidnap suspects for kidnapping, killing and burying Friday Olakada, a 56-year-old pastor of a local church, God Is...
There was confusion in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, on Friday morning following the closure of the corporate headquarters of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) in...
Rivers State House of Assembly on Wednesday approved the ban on contractors and private consultants collecting personal income tax in the state. The measure followed a...
Rivers Governor, Nyesom Wike, has disclosed that he is yet to nominate anyone as his successor once his tenure expires by 2023. Wike further vowed to...
The Ignatius Ajuru University of Education (IAUE) in Port Harcourt, has expelled six of its students for various offences, including gang-raping a female colleague in one...
The Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike, has lambasted the former Governor of Niger State, Babangida Aliyu, calling him a pathetic liar, serial traitor and a...
Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, has extended the curfew imposed on the state from 7pm to 6am, with effect from Tuesday, in order to stem the...
The Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike has accused the Federal Government of causing a crisis in Rivers State despite the insecurity bedevilling the country. Wike made...
Fire has gutted an illegal crude oil refining site at the Rumuji-Ibaa river in Emuoha Local Government area of Rivers State, killing at least four persons....
The Rivers State government has reinforced security at the Port Harcourt Correctional centre, as well as the various police stations in the city due to fears...
Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike has stated that only the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) stakeholders in the state will decide his successor. According to him, no...
Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, has accused the Federal Government of diverting two armoured helicopters which were purchased to tackle crude oil theft and terrorism. Wike...
Nyesom Wike, governor of Rivers state, has revealed that the federal government should be held culpable, in the event of the assassination of his Benue counterpart,...
The Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike, has once again vowed never to follow the band wagon and defect from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to...
Nigerians on social media Wednesday greeted with shock and disbelief, the reports that public school teachers in Rivers State were being owed salaries for a whooping...
The Commissioner of Police in Rivers State, Eboka Friday, has on Friday, disbanded the police command special tactical team, popularly known as Eagle Crack Squad (E-Crack)...
A policeman in Rivers State, Sergeant Ibrahim Odege, has been arrested alongside a 32-year-old Sampson Inomoghe over their alleged involvement in armed robbery in Elekahia community,...
A former governor of Anambra State, Peter Obi, has challenged President Muhammadu Buhari-led government to point at the capital projects executed with borrowed funds for everyone...
Governor Nyesom Wike has said that the N78 billion Rivers State government spent on federal projects had been refunded by the Federal Government. He said that...
Rivers State Governor Nyesom Wike has challenged a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the state, Senator Andrew Uchendu, to showcase his achievements in...
Gunmen that abducted a female councillor in Rivers State, Hellen Alasomuka, have demanded N50 million ransom from her family to aide her release from their custody....
The police in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, have arrested one Tigidam Bright, a driver, for allegedly leading a gang of kidnappers to kidnap his boss’ wife...
The Rivers State Government has issued a warning to principals and head teachers of public schools in the state against the collection of illegal charges and...
The social media space on Monday accommodated a range of topics, with issues on the country’s politics and governance making top trends. The names of top...
The Biafra Nations League (BNL) has dismissed claims by the Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, that the people of the state are not Biafrans, asking him...
The N78.9 billion refund for the execution of federal roads projects carried out by the Rivers State government in the state is yet to be paid,...
The Rivers State Police Command has confirmed the killing of one of the commanders of a local vigilante group, Khana Security Planning and Advisory Committee operating...
Commentaries on reports of another alleged military massacre were more on Twitter than in the other social media platforms on Sunday. Reactions to the graphic images...
Members of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) have been warned to relocate from Rivers State or risk the embarrassment of being treated as terrorists...
The Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike has signed an executive order which officially bans the activities of the Indigenous Peoples Organization of Biafra (IPOB) and...
The Governor of Rivers State, Nyesome Wike has proscribed all the activities of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) in the state, for causing violence and...
Suspected hoodlums have set the Afam Divisional Police Office in Oyigbo Local Government Area on fire. According to reports, the Police Area Command in the council...
A Rivers State High Court presided over by Hon. Justice Adolphus Enebeli, has sentenced a suspected serial killer, Gracious David-West to death by hanging. David-West was...
The Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike has continued his war of words against his predecessor, Rotimi Amaechi, whom he claimed should be in jail and...
The management of Ignatius Ajuru University of Education, Rivers State, has suspended a lecturer in the Department of Sociology, Dr. Rowland Igwe, indefinitely for allegedly impregnating...
The government of Rivers State has ordered the reopening of secondary schools, vocational centres and tertiary institutions in the state. The order to reopen secondary schools...
Local government workers in Rivers have vowed to embark on an indefinite strike to protest 13-month unpaid salaries of some of their members in the state....
A notorious, and most wanted armed robber in Rivers State, Honest Digbara, a.k.a Bobisky, has reportedly died. Reports say he died soon after his arrest when...
The Rivers State government has told members of the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) and Trade Union Congress (TUC) in the state that they were forbidden by...
The Rivers State Police Command on Saturday confirmed the arrest of a police officer who allegedly shot a 19-year-old boy in the leg for impregnating a...
Some workers in Rivers State on Thursday marched to the state House of Assembly to protest the refusal of Ahoada West Local Government chairman, Hope Ikiriko,...
A former leader of Rivers State House of Assembly, Dr. Chidi Lloyd, on Monday, dumped the All Progressives Congress (APC) for the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)....
Shell Petroleum Development Company said it would appeal the ruling of the Rivers State High Court, affirming the enforcement of the purported sale of interests in...
The Rivers State Government on Thursday ordered the sacking of two Principals in Emuoha Local Government Area of the state, for allegedly flouting COVID-19 guidelines. The...
Soon after an investigative story by Ripples Nigeria on how thugs in Rivers State are used by local governments in Port Harcourt to harass, and collect illegal...
