Tag: Governor Rotimi Amaechi
Nigerian Police distorted arrest of Lloyd, says government
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt The Rivers State Government has reacted to the allegations made by the Police concerning the arrest of…
The Ominous Political Tension
On 2 December, 2013, former President Olusegun Obasanjo wrote an open letter to President Goodluck Jonathan to express his perceived…
More PDP Governors to Join APC 2014, Amaechi says
The Rivers State Governor, Mr. Rotimi Amaechi, has said unless the Peoples Democratic Party rigs the polls, it can never…
Jonathan, Amaechi, lead love choral to Nigerians at Xmas
Love is the thrust of the celebratory messages sent out by Nigeria’s politicians to compatriots in marking Christmas. From President…
APC will win in 2015, says Buhari
Former Nigerian Head of State, Gen. Muhammadu Buhari has expressed optimism that the All Progressives Congress (APC) would win the…
Minority lawmakers plan to impeach Amaechi, alleges APC
The Rivers State Chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has alleged a plot by six rebel lawmakers in the…
Soyinka leads tributes for Mandela
FOLARIN ADEMOSU South Africa’s legend, Nelson Mandela, will be interred Sunday at a private ceremony in Qunu, his village where…
Amaechi’s NGF seeks audience with Jonathan over NNPC funds
The Nigeria Governors Forum (NGF) by Governor Rotimi Amaechi of Rivers said it wants to meet with President Goodluck Jonathan…
APC Leaders Slam State Of Emergency
Leaders of the All Progressives Congress, APC, have declared that the state of emergency imposed on three states in the…
Amaechi accuses Okonjo-Iweala of blocking funds for water
Rivers State Governor and Chairman of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum, Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi has called on the House of Representatives…
Amaechi sacks Obio-Akpor councillors, chairman
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Forty eight hours after a Port Harcourt High Court reinstated Timothy Nsirim, the Chairman and 17 Councillors…
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President Jonathan, Dame Patience And I
Governor Rotimi Amaechi of Rivers State explains his fractious relationship with President Goodluck Jonathan to TheNEWS editors In the last…
Amaechi: Battered But Unbowed
Rattled. That is what Rotimi Amaechi should be. Months of enduring body blows from an out-and-out heavyweight that is the…
NGF urges Nigerians eschew docility, sycophancy
The Nigeria Governors Forum (NGF) led by Governor Rotimi Amaechi has appealed to Nigerians to eschew docility by participating more…
Amaechi To Host BON Nominees
On Sunday, 17 November, the Rivers State Government will host the nominees of this year’s Best of Nollywood Awards at…
Why Amaechi is being persecuted —Senator Abe
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt THE Senator representing Rivers South-East Senatorial District, Magnus Abe has attributed Governor Rotimi Amaechi’s persecution in the…
Exclusive: Why Jonathan, Wife Are Fighting Me —Amaechi
The Governor of Rivers State, southern Nigeria, Rotimi Amaechi, has disclosed that he incurred the wrath of President Goodluck Jonathan…
Rivers Assembly to be named after late Speaker
Rivers state governor, Chibuike Amaechi on Saturday said the state House of Assembly complex would be named after the late…
Jonathan snubs Port Harcourt centenary celebrations
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt President Goodluck Jonathan today snubbed Governor Rotimi Chibuike Amaechi’s invitation to attend a symposium to mark the…
Amaechi group’s battle to reclaim PDP suffers setback
NNAMDI Felix / Abuja Rivers state Governor Rotimi Amaechi’s battle to reclaim the structure of the People’s Democratic Party, PDP,…
Police stop Abuja Meeting of PDP Governors
Ayo Oluokun/Abuja A detachment of policemen from the Asokoro, Federal Capital Territory of the Nigeria Police on Sunday evening barged…
Jonathan, Amaechi fly in same chopper to Okrika
.Security Chokes Okrika for First Lady’s Mother’s Burial Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Governor Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi of Rivers state was at…
Cops withdrawn from Amaechi’s aides, police deny
Okafor Ofiebor /Port Harcourt Despite the withdrawal last night of Policemen attached to Tony Okocha, the Chief of Staff to…
Wike takes charge of burial of Patience Jonathan’s mom
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt There are clear indications that the Rivers State Government would not have any input in the burial…
APC warns on desperate plots against Amaechi
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has condemned the reported plot to abduct, blackmail and force Gov. Chibuike Amaechi of Rivers…
Amaechi reports police boss to rights commission
Nnamdi Felix/ Abuja Rivers state Governor Rotimi Amaechi on Friday explained his petition to the National Human Rights Commission, NHRC,…
Amaechi rallies citizens against jackboot reign in Rivers
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Hacourt After repeated crackdown by the Nigeria police on peaceful assembly in Rivers state, Governor Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi…
Rivers Police stops distribution of job letters to teachers
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Thirteen thousand newly recruited teachers by the Rivers State Government were this morning in Port Harcourt, the…
Police end blockade to Rivers Government House
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt After widespread public condemnation of the Police blockade of the access road to one of the entrances…
Police block Gov. Amaechi from residence
Governor Rotimi Chibuike Amaechi of Rivers State was denied access by the Nigerian police to his private residence in the…