The Vicar of the Church of the Resurrection, Anglican Communion, 1004 Estate, Victoria Island, Lagos, Ven. Ife Okupevi has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to take urgent steps to steer the nation’s economy from recession as the suffering in the land is becoming unbearable. He stated this while delivering his sermon at the funeral service for late Mrs Elizabeth Nwogwugwu, the mother of THISDAY Newspaper Editor and Group Executive Director, Ijeoma Nwogwugwu. While recognising eminent personalities at event, he turned to the Minister of Transport, Rotimi Amaechi and appealed to him to inform the president that Nigeria is not working. […]
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Tell Buhari Things Are Not Working, Nigerians’ Are Suffering – Anglican Bishop Tells Amaechi
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Mass Defections Of APC Members In Rotimi Amaechi’s Ward, Ubima
…Says PDP Is Ready To Receive, Accommodate Remnants Excited over the continued mass defections of leaders and supporters of the All Progressives Congress, APC, to the populous and ruling Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in the State, the Chairman of the State chapter of the Party, Bro. Felix Obuah says it is an action taken in demonstration of their disappointment and frustration over the failure of the APC to provide a better leadership alternative. The PDP Chairman, particularly reacting to the latest of this development, where in Ubima community in Ikwerre Local Government Area, the home of the former Governor, […]
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APC Splits Into Factions Ahead of 2019 General Elections; Here Are The Various Camps
All is not well with the ruling party, All Progressives Congress (APC), as major forces within the party have split the party into three major factions ahead of the 2019 election. According to a report by New Telegraph, the APC has split into Bola Tinubu camp, Abuja group and Buhari loyalists as the various camps checkmate each other over who controls the party. Members of the Tinubu camp are Chief Bisi Akande, ex-Interim National Chairman of the APC and a few APC governors, while the Abuja group has governor Nasir el-Rufai, Babatunde Fashola, Rotimi Amaechi and some other ministers as […]
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Rotimi Amaechi Sacks FAAN Directors, GMs, Deputy GMs In A Major Shake-Up
A major shake-up hit the aviation industry yesterday as the federal government sacked directors, general managers and deputy general managers of the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN). The sack was part of the planned restructuring of the agency which was said to have been in the pipeline since the new administration took over. Also affected were general managers who were said to have not been properly placed in the organization. Those sacked have been directed to hand over to the most senior person in each of the departments. A Source, who confirmed the sack to our correspondent said it was […]
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Embatteled Supreme Court Justice Okoro Exposes Buhari’s Minister Who Tried To Bribe Him To UpTurn Rivers Election
John Inyang Okoro, a justice of the Supreme Court of Nigeria, has written a letter to the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Mahmood Mohammed accusing Buhari’s transport minister, Rotimi Amaechi of attempting to bribe him to pervert justice in the matters of the appeal of election tribunal judgements for Akwa Ibom, Rivers, and Abia states. In the letter dated, Tuesday, October 17, 2016, Justice Okoro recounted visits to his home by Amaechi, a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, APC, and offering to bribe him with millions to influence the judgements in favour of the APC candidates in those three states. […]
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Rotimi Amaechi Hurriedly Issues Statement, Denies Bribing Judge Over Rivers Election
In a press release issued on Tuesday, Rotimi Amaechi denied allegations that the DSS raided Justice Okoro’s home due to the judge’s refusal to be bought out by Mr. Amaechi. Read the statement below: This accusation from Justice Okoro against Amaechi is a figment of his imagination, concocted to obfuscate and politicize the real issues for his arrest and DSS investigation of allegations of corruption against him. The claims by Justice Okoro against Amaechi are blatant lies, bereft of any iota of truth or even logic. Amaechi did not, and has never approached Justice Okoro in respect of the cases […]
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APC Gives Justice Okoro One Week To Withdraw Bribery Allegation Against Rotimi Amaechi
The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Rivers State has given Justice Inyang Okoro of the Supreme Court one week to withdraw the bribery allegation he made against Minister of Transportation, Rt. Hon. Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi, or be ready to go to jail for contravening the Corrupt Practices And Other Related Offence Act 2000. The party further asked why should Amaechi or anybody attempt to bribe Justice Inyang Okoro for an election upturned by both the Tribunal and the Appeal Court? An election widely condemned by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). This was made known in a statement signed […]
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For Allegedly Bribing Nigerian Judges, PDP Wants Minister Amaechi Probed
Ekiti State chapter of the peoples Democratic Party has called on President Mahammadu Buhari to immediately set up a probe panel to investigate the bribery allegations made against the Minister of Transportation Rotimi Amaechi by Justices Sylvester Agwata and Nyang Okoro. The party said the call became imperative especially now that the president has put the judiciary on test of integrity, adding that the probe of allegations against Amechi will go to a certain extent to determine the culpability of individuals who might have been involved. The publicity secretary of PDP, Mr Jackson Adebayo, in a statement said President Buhari […]
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APC Wants God To Vindicate Rotimi Amaechi From All Allegations By Nigerian Judges
The Rivers State Chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has risen in defence of the Minister of Transportation, Rt. Hon. Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi, dismissing calls for his resignation led by the State Chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) following allegations by some recently arrested Judges that he tried to influence their rulings on some election petition cases. Rivers APC in a statement issued on Monday in Port Harcourt and signed by the State APC Chairman, Chief (Dr.) Davies Ibiamu Ikanya, insisted that Amaechi is clean and not guilty as charged. “We are convinced that God, who has always […]
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Rivers APC Wants Yoruba Group To Leave Rotimi Amaechi Alone
The Rivers State Chapter of the All Progressives Congress has asked the Yoruba socio-cultural group, Afenifere, to leave the Minister of Transportation, Mr. Rotimi Amaechi, alone. Afenifere had three days ago asked Amaechi and the Minister of Science and Technology, Ogbonnaya Onu, to resign as a result of the allegations that they attempted to bribe judges. The group had maintained that this was necessary for to allow for proper and effective investigation into the matter. But the APC in Rivers State described the call for Amaechi’s resignation by the Yoruba socio-cultural group as rascally, shameful and obnoxious. The Deputy Chairman […]
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Group Drags Buhari To Court, Want Ameachi, Onu Investigated And Sacked For Allegedly Bribing Judges
A Non-Governmental Organisation known as Incorporated Trustees of Kingdom Human Rights Foundation International yesterday filed a suit at the Abuja Division of the Federal High Court, asking the court to issue an order of mandamus compelling President Buhari to immediately sack Minister of Transport, Rotimi Amaechi and his counterpart in Science & Technology, Ogbonnaya Onu. According to the group, the sack of both Ministers is important after two Supreme Court judges, Inyang Okoro and Nwali Sylvester Ngwuta, who are currently being investigated for corruption, accused both men of offering them bribe some years ago, Vanguard reports. In a suit marked […]
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The PDP Questions Why Alleged ‘Corrupt’ Judges Have Been Suspended, And Buhari Keeps Amaechi, Onu
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has asked President Muhammadu Buhari to suspend Chibuike Amaechi, minister of transportation and Ogbonnaya Onu, minister of science and technology, for alleged attempts to bribe judges whom the National Judicial Commission (NJC) have now suspended. On Thursday, the NJC announced the suspension of seven judges who are being investigated for corruption. Two of the suspects – supreme court judges – had alleged that Amaechi and Onu tried to influence them to manipulate appeals on the governorship elections in Abia, Rivers and Akwa Ibom states. In a statement on Friday, Dayo Adeyeye, spokesman of the PDP, […]
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Prof Itse Sagay Defends Rotimi Amaechi Over Accusation of Allegedly Bribing Nigerian Judges
The Chairman of the Presidential Advisory Committee, Prof Itse Sagay has described as diversionary, malicious and vindictive, the call for the Minister of Transport, to step down from office. In an interview with select journalists on Thursday in Lagos, Prof Sagay made it clear that he was speaking in his personal capacity. He insisted that the outburst of Justice Okoro and Ngwuta (two justices of the Supreme Court) is “surprising considering that it is totally unrelated to the raids of their premises, their arrests and subsequent charges before the courts”. The Professor also says that “Men of that status should […]
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Amaechi Will Not Be Pleased: Nigerian Governors’ Forum Lauds Wike For Transforming Rivers
The Chairman of Nigerian Governors’ Forum (NGF), Alhaji Abdulaziz Yari, has commended Gov. Nyesom Wike of Rivers for transforming the state IN spite of the prevailing economic recession in the country. Yari, who is also the Governor of Zamfara, gave the commendation at the Government House, Port Harcourt, on Saturday after a closed-door meeting with Wike. “It is quite commendable that Wike has managed to come up with some programmes for the betterment of Rivers people. “This is in spite of the fact that we are having a serious economic crisis in our hands, which we are trying to manage. […]
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“We’ll Match Wike Threat For Threat”– Rotimi Amaechi Declares War Says APC Cannot Lose Any Seat
The Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, yesterday vowed to resist any form of intimidation and threat from any quarters in the December 10 Rivers rerun. He promised the All Progressive Congress (APC) will match whatever antics and strategies deployed by the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and Governor Nyesom Wike during the exercise. He also said all candidates of the APC must win at all costs, urging supporters never to succumb to the threats and intimidation of Wike. The former Rivers governor said the APC will not take security for granted like it did in previous elections in the state. […]
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“This Is What We Call The Election of Our Lives”– Rotimi Amaechi On Rivers Rerun
Rotimi Amaechi, minister of transportation, has described Saturday’s legislative rerun poll of Rivers state as “the election of our lives”. Speaking at a mega rally of the All Progressives Congress (APC) at the Liberation Stadium in Port Harcourt on Thursday, Amaechi said the era of asking the people not to fight was over, reports TheCable.. He charged the people to turn out en masse, and he assured them of their safety. “This is what we call the election of our lives. Before I used to tell you, ‘Please don’t fight’. Is that not what I used to tell you?” he […]
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In Just 18 Months In Office, Wike Has Had Seven Commissioners of Police – Senator Slams Amaechi & APC Gov’t
Senator Lee Meaba represented Rivers South-East in the 6th Senate. In this interview, Meaba attributes the crisis in Rivers State to political fanatism and an attempt by the All Progressives Congress (APC) – led Federal Government to take the state by force. He also concern and the implications of President Muhammadu Buhari keeping quiet while a component of the country that produces about half of its resources is in turmoil. “You say a man is an armed robber but you take money from him to eat; you say the man is a killer, but you feed from the money you […]
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“Amaechi Inciting Nigerians Against National Assembly”– War of Words Between Transport Minister And Nigerian Senate
The Senate has accused Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi of lying against the National Assembly in order to incite Nigerians against the legislature. The Senate was reacting to a statement credited to the Minister in which he alluded to the refusal of the National Assembly to approve a foreign loan request to fund rail projects in the country. In a statement Wednesday, Senate spokesman, Aliyu Sabi directed Mr. Amaechi to withdraw the statement he made in Ilorin on Monday during the North Central Town Hall meeting by the Federal Government. According to Sabi, the statement by Amaechi was not […]
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Ikoyi $43m “Abandoned” Loot: APC Defends Rotimi Amaechi, Keeps Mum About Property Owner
The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Rivers State has hit out hard at Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State, Governor Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti State and former Aviation Minister, Femi Fani-Kayode, for linking the contentious Ikoyi $43 million to Mr. Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi, erstwhile Governor of Rivers State and incumbent Minister of Transportation. The party in a statement signed by the State Chairman, Chief (Dr.) Davies Ibiamu Ikanya described the accusation as mischievous, wicked, diabolical, evil and a desperate attempt to run down an innocent man whose only crime is that he led APC to defeat a party that prides […]
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Wike Accuses Amaechi Of Forming New Cult Group Ahead Of 2019 Elections
The Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike has accused his predecessor, Rotimi Amaechi and the All Progressives Congress, APC, in the state of forming a new cult group christened “new Rivers cult group” with the aim of creating security crisis in Rivers. He stated this on Monday during the commissioning of the Kpopie-Bodo Road in Gokana Local Government Area of the state as part of activities marking the second anniversary of his administration. Wike called on security agencies to call the immediate past governor now Minister of Transportation to order, warning that the new cult group will be resisted by the […]
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