Rivers state

Siminalayi Fubara, the beleaguered governor of River State, has stated that he has done nothing to merit the state House of Assembly impeaching him. Shortly after the House members assembled to start the impeachment process against…

Favour Nweke, a resident of Rivers State, has given an explanation for why she attaxked her husband, Ekelediri Nwokekoro, with hot groundnut oil in Okehi in the state's Etche Local Government Area. This was stated by the woman on…

In the Okehi community in Rivers State's Etche Local Government Area, a woman known as Mrs. Hope Nwala is accused of bathing her husband, Ekelediri Nwankwo, in hot groundnut oil. It was discovered that the wife's younger sister, who…

Police operatives in Rivers State have arrested one of the suspects linked to the killing of Mr Bako Angbashim. Angbashim, Superintendent of Police, had led his men to raid criminal hideouts in the Odemude community in Ahoada West…

Governor Siminalayi Fubara of Rivers State, on Saturday, has ordered the indefinite suspension of a monarch in relation to the “gruesome murder” of the Ahoada Divisional Police Officer (DPO), SP Bako Angbashim, by “a bunch of…

The Rivers State Police Command has arrested one Michael Charles alias Thankgod Ekwueme for allegedly selling his three children. This follows the Command’s busting of a child trafficking ring operating in the state. Parading the…

Major APC supporters in Rivers State have encouraged President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to give the former governor of River State, Nyesom Wike, serious consideration while choosing his ministerial appointees. The call was based on the…

Tonto Dikeh, a renowned Nollywood actress and the African Democratic Congress' deputy governorship candidate for Rivers State in the 2023 election, declared on Saturday that she would continue to run for office until she achieved her…

The Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, on Friday, said at least 16 projects are estimated to be ready for commissioning in his first 100 days in office. He said that this is according to his mantra of continuing and…

In the state's Aluu, Ikwerre Local Government Area, the Rivers State Police Command has discovered a "baby factory" run by a child trafficking organisation. Six expectant women were freed from the factory that made babies by the…

Nyesom Ezenwo Wike, the outgoing governor of Rivers State, has refuted social media rumours that he and Siminalaye Fubara, the incoming governor, had a falling out. Social media was buzzing with reports of a confrontation between the…

Evidence that some presidential election results in Nigeria may have been falsified has been discovered by the BBC. The opposition is contesting Bola Tinubu's inauguration, which is scheduled for May 29. The BBC has found major…

The President-elect, Bola Tinubu, on Thursday, pledged that his administration will put incentives and policies in place to make corruption unattractive for judges and other legal officials working in the judiciary. Tinubu made the…

Chief Dele Momodu, Director of Strategic Communications of the Peoples Democratic Party Campaign Council has begged Nigerians to pray for outgoing Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, whom he described as a hardworking man possessed by…

Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike has disclosed reasons behind the arrest of All Progressives Congress lawyers in the State. Wike stated that the lawyers were arrested because they tried to forge the Independent National Electoral…