Tag: Governor Rotimi Amaechi
Wife pleads for Anglican Archbishop’s release
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Mrs Beatrice Kattey, the wife of the kidnapped Archbishop of the Ecclesiastical Province of the Niger Delta,…
Analysis: Tested by dissent, PDP in unfamiliar territory
The party that has controlled Nigeria’s presidency since a return to civilian rule in 1999 has found itself in unfamiliar…
Police declare Amaechi’s ADC a deserter
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Barely 72 hours after Governor Chibuike Amaechi and other Governors joined a breakaway faction of the Peoples…
Amaechi’s loyalists snub PDP convention
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Loyalists of Governor Rotimi Chibuike Amaechi, have announced a boycott of the 31 August national convention of…
Rivers PDP faction in comic expulsion of Amaechi’s cabinet
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt A faction of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in the southern Nigerian oil rich Rivers State today…
Between Man And Beast
By Ademola Adegbamigbe I was an undergraduate visiting Lagos in the 1980s when I experienced my first culture shock. That…
Amaechi stirs new controversy over acting chief judge
Okafor Ofiebor /Port Harcourt A new Acting Chief Judge for Rivers State resumed duty today after being sworn in by…
Dame Jonathan grinds another axe with Gov. Amaechi
Wife of Nigeria’s president, Dame Patience Jonathan said on Monday that Governor Rotimi Amaechi of Rivers State and Judith, his…
Amaechi: Why no reconciliation yet with Mrs Jonathan
Rivers State Governor and Chairman of Nigeria Governors’ Forum, Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi said his misunderstanding with President Goodluck Jonathan’s wife,…
TV report: Amaechi speaks on political rift with Jonathan
In an interview with TV360, Governor Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi explains his rift with President Goodluck Jonathan.
Rivers State Calm, Peaceful, says Presidency
The Nigerian presidency has declared that contrary to popular impression and reports in the media, there is no cause for…
Amaechi opposes Dickson as PDP’s chief mediator
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt The much awaited reconciliation moves in the troubled Peoples Democratic Party,PDP, and the appointment of Governor Seriake…
Amaechi vows to stand firm on principle
Governor Chibuike Amaechi of Nigeria’s Rivers State has said he would remain on the path of principle as Chairman of…
Rivers PDP faction expels Governor Amaechi
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt A faction of the People’s Democratic Party, loyal to President Goodluck Jonathan, has announced the expulsion of…
Rivers State’s Crazy ‘Demo’
With the recent drama at the Rivers State House of Assembly and others, subterranean moves to remove Governor Rotimi Amaechi…