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…