Rivers State

Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has cautioned the judiciary against setting Rivers State on fire. The warning came in the wake of Wednesday’s judgement, wherein a Federal High Court in Abuja ordered the Central…

A Federal High Court in Abuja has restrained the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) from further releasing financial allocations to the Rivers State Government pending when a lawful appropriation act is passed by a validly constituted House of…

Former Niger Delta militant leader, Mujahid Asari-Dokubo, has alleged that President Bola Tinubu is supporting the minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, to destabilise the peace in Rivers State. Punch reports.…

The Rivers State Police Command has confirmed a helicopter crash in the Bonny axis of Rivers State, saying the two crew members and six occupants were on board on Thursday. Punch reports. This is as the police said its marine…

A former presidential media aide, Reno Omokri has appealed to the Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara to desist from raising issues that could challenge his capacity to govern the oil rich state which is currently engulfed by…

Officials of the Rivers State Independent Electoral Commission and voters, on Saturday, ran for their lives as armed men dressed in police uniform arrived at Elekahia Primary School in Port Harcourt City Local Government…

The Rivers State Police Command has said it would comply fully with the judgment of the Federal High Court, Abuja which barred it from participating in the October 5 local government election in the state. Punch reports. This…

Governor Siminalayi Fubara of Rivers State faced intense backlash from EndBadGovernance protesters at the Port Harcourt Government House on Thursday following his offering of pure water money to them. His offer of money for…

The Court of Appeal, sitting in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, on Monday, struck out a suit filed by the sacked Local Government Chairmen loyal to the Minister of Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike. The sacked council…

A former presidential spokesperson, Dr Doyin Okupe, has described the political crisis in Rivers as a “total misfortune”, saying that it requires a political solution. Punch reports. Okupe, a former Director-General of the…