…Lagos-Ibadan rail project to gulp $1.5bn The Federal Government of Nigeria Friday said Itakpe-Ajaokuta-Warri rail project is about 80 per cent complete. It also revealed that the total cost for the Lagos-Ibadan rail line was $1.5bn, adding that the Itakpe-Ajaokuta-Warri rail would be completed before the scheduled date. The Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, disclosed […]
The Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi has called Nigerians and the members of All Progressive Congress, APC over the defection of the Sokoto state governor, Aminu Tambuwal as he was bound to leave the party because of his political ambition. The Minister, who was speaking on the spate of defection of some members of the […]
The Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi on Friday warned that if the youths of Niger Delta don’t stop militancy, it could lead to under-development of the region in the future. Amaechi said this at the sideline of the inspection of the Dualisation of the East-West road in Rivers on Friday. He urged the youths in […]
Minister of Transport, Rotimi Amaechi, Wednesday urged Nigerians to seek dialogue as a means providing answers to the national question. He said disintegration as some are championing, is not an option worth pursuing. Amaechi stated this at the presentation of ‘Dignity in Service,’ the autobiography of late former Foreign Affairs Minister, Ambassador Matthew Mbu, in […]
The National Chairman of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Prince Uche Secondus, weekend accused the Minister of Transport, Rotimi Amaechi, of trying to deceive the South-east zone to support President Muhammadu Buhari’s re-election bid in 2019. Recall that Mr. Amaechi at a convocation lecture of the Nnamdi Azikiwe University in Awka last Wednesday urged […]
Minister of transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, has said that the Port-Harcourt to Maiduguri rail line will cut across six states of Imo, Anambra, Ebonyi, Gombe, Adamawa and Yobe. Addressing journalists on Friday, the minister said the rail line will cover a total of 2,000 kilometres. In August, Amaechi said President Muhammadu Buhari approved the rail line […]
The Federal Government has commenced the audit of the entire operations of the maritime sector in its quest to increase its contribution to the national purse. The review was initiated by the Federal Ministry of Transportation, and has been duly approved for a private independent entity – Compliance Professionals Plc, to examine the flow of […]
The Chairman of All Progressives Congress (APC) in Rivers State, Davies Ikanya, has said since the Minister of Transport, Rotimi Amaechi, has insisted he won’t support Senator Magnus Abe’s governorship aspiration, the party cannot coerce him. He also said Abe had to secretly lobby Amaechi if he wants him to support his governorship ambition. Ikanya […]
The Rivers State chapter of All Progressives Congress, APC, has dismissed claims that, Rotimi Amaechi, Minister of Transportation was attempting to bribe some APC members who dumped the party with the sum of N20m. The Coordinator of APC’s non-indigenes in the state, Callistus Nwachukwu alleged that its former coordinator, Chief Uchenna Okokoba; the former vice […]
Minister of Transport Rt Hon. Rotimi Amaechi at the weekend, joined other stakeholders in the transport sector to commend the critical role being played by Sterling Bank Plc in the repositioning of the sector. The minister, who spoke to reporters at the end of the2017 National Conference organised by the Ministry of Transport, commended Sterling […]
Nigeria’s Minister of Transport, Rotimi Chibuike Amaechi, on Thursday, met Governor Akinwunmi Ambode of Lagos State for about one hour, at the Lagos House, Alausa, Ikeja. At the end of the meeting, Amaechi declined interaction with journalists for fear of being misquoted. Amaechi, who drove himself in a Black Lexus SUV, with number plate Lagos […]
The Rivers APC has alleged an assassination attempt on the Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi by an outrider attached to River state Governor Nyesom Wike’s convoy. It was not clear how it happened, but the All Progressives Congress spokesman in the state, claimed the outrider blocked Amaechi’s car, after allowing Amaechi’s security cars to pass. […]
The All Progressive Congress, APC, in Ogoni land, Rivers State, is now sharply divided over who will fly the flag of the party in the next general election. While the Khana Chapter of the party is rooting for Senator Magnus Abe, other stakeholders in other local government areas said they were pitching their tent with […]
President Muhammadu Buhari has approved a rail line from Kano to his hometown in Daura, Jibia local government areas of Katsina state. This was disclosed by Rotimi Ameachi, the minister of transportation, at The Osasu Show Symposium — which bothers on the economy and its effects on the less privileged. According to Ameachi, the president […]
The two armoured Bell helicopters seized by Nigerian Customs Service (NCS) and given to the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) were ordered by former Governor Rotimi Amaechi, when he was at the helms in Rivers State. His successor Nyesom Wike made this known today, contradicting the claim of NCS that the owner of the aircraft was […]
The leadership of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Rivers State has described the eight-year reign of Rivers State Governor, Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi, as unequalled since the creation of the State in 1967, stating that Governor Amaechi is the best governor in the history of Rivers State. “Governor Amaechi has set new standards in […]
The Governor of Rivers State, Rotimi Amaechi revealed that he would have been in trouble if General Muhammadu Buhari did not win the presidential election and he would have left the country. Amaechi revealed this in a public presentation of a book titled “Dynamics of Change: The Amaechi Years” yesterday, the 14th of May […]
After a careful review of the just concluded general election in the country, the Elders Council (Igbimo Agba) of All Progressives Congress (APC), Osun State has declared that the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) lost to the APC because it took its previous electoral victories for granted. Rising after a meeting held over the weekend, […]
Voters apathy in Otuoke, Bayelsa the home of President Goodluck Jonathan due to his failed re-election bid.The governor of Rivers State, Rotimi Amaechi convoy was attacked on his way to accreditation. Low turn out of voters in many parts of Osun State. At Umuahia, Abia State card reader machines function perfectly. Two people Killed in […]
Governor Rotimi Amaechi of Rivers state on Thursday stated that the gubernatorial candidate of the Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP) in the state, Mr. Nyesom Wike, was capable of anything including betraying his biological mother for the love of money. Amaechi who stated this while speaking at a town hall meeting in Port Harcourt on Thursday, described […]
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