Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt The political crisis in Rivers State has taken another dimension with the Special Assistant to Governor Amaechi on Conflict Resolution, Mr Obinna Anyanwu resigning his appointment. In a letter dated 20 May, 2013 and addressed to Governor Amaechi, Obinna Anyanwu said his resignation was occasioned by “recent political development in our great [...]
The imbrogio occasioned by the suspension of a council’s executive committee is threatening peace in Rivers State There were ominous signs that all was not well in Rivers State on Friday 3 May, when Otelemaba Amachree, the Speaker of the state House of Assembly raised an alarm accusing the Commissioner Of Police in the state, [...]
Governor Rotimi Amaechi of Rivers State and his Edo State counterpart, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole on Sunday shunned the South-South/South-East Governors’ meeting held in Asaba, the Delta State capital. During the summit the governors drummed up support for President Goodluck Jonathan’s second term ambition. Although Amaechi, the Chairman of Nigeria Governors’ Forum, was represented by his [...]
The political crisis rocking Rivers state, southsouth Nigeria, took a new dimension when on Thursday the State Police Command ordered the withdrawal of Mobile Policemen guarding the Okrika Local Government boss and the council secretariat. The withdrawal of the policemen from Mr Tamuno Williams, the chairman of Okrika Local Government Council, who is Governor Rotimi [...]
By Peter Claver Oparah To start with, I am no fan of Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi, the governor of Rivers State. Not that he is my enemy though. He is of the PDP, the party most of us believe, has been behind the monumental wreck of the Nigerian state in the past fourteen years. I took [...]
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt After keeping mum since the executives of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Rivers State, were swept away by a disputed court order, Governor Chibuike Amaechi, has threatened to expose all his traducers. He said by the time he revealed their true identity, people will realise why they should be prepared to [...]
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt The Rivers State Government has dismissed any threat of impeachment of Governor Chibuike Ameachi by five minority lawmakers in the State assembly. She said Governor Amaechi “is fully in charge and in full control of the situation in the state.” Mrs Ibim Semenitari, commissioner for information and communications made the clarification in [...]
