Rivers state

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…

Rivers State Commissioner of Police, Okon Effiong, has ordered the immediate arrest of a yet-to-identified policeman seen in a viral video assaulting a man at Elibrade junction in the Emohua Local Government Area of the state. CP…

Governor Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna State on Thursday hailed his counterpart in Rivers State, Nyesom Wike for backing power rotation to Southern Nigeria. El-Rufai, who joined Wike to commission the Eneka-Igbo Etche Link Road in the…

All Progressives Congress APC has condemned Monday’s attack on Rivers governorship candidate of the party, Tonye Cole, and some APC chieftains on their way to the office of the Independent National Electoral Commission to inspect the…

Amid the controversy trailing the arrest of lawyers filing proceedings at the Election Petition Tribunal for the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Rivers State, the police authorities in the state have spoken on the matter. The…

Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State says he won’t leave office on May 29, 2023 to “run away” from the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). The governor and Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)’s strongman said he has nothing…

Siminialayi Fubara of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has been declared the winner of the Rivers State governorship election. State Returning Officer, Professor Akpofure Rim-Rukeh announced the result late Monday night at the end…

Governorship candidates of some political parties in Rivers State on Friday stormed the state police headquarters, protesting alleged intimidation by Governor Nyesom Wike ahead of Saturday’s election. The candidates are Senator…

Former Minister of Transportation and leader of the All Progressives Congress in Rivers State, Rotimi Amaechi, has denied the allegation that he promised to return all abandoned property to the people of Igbo ethnic nationality in the…

A former Minister of Transportation and leader of the All Progressives Congress in Rivers State, Rotimi Amaechi, has apologised to the people of Igbo ethnic nationality over the loss of properties in the state after the 1967-1970 civil…