The Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, on Friday flagged off the dredging of the River Niger from Ajaokuta to Onitsha. The minister said that the maintenance dredging would enable the country reap the benefit of the N36 billion investment in the project. He said that the dredging, apart from enhancing economic activities in the host […]
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Former governor of Rivers State and minister of transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, has filed a N500 million suit against Femi Fani-Kayode, a former minister of aviation, and Lere Olayinka, spokesman of Ayo Fayose, governor of Ekiti state. Recall that they both accused Amaechi of owning the $43 million which the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) […]
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Nigeria’s Minister of Transportation and former Governor of Rivers State, Mr Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi, has refuted the allegation of Governor Nyesom Wike that the $43m discovered in a flat in Ikoyi, Lagos, belongs to Rivers state government. The incumbent Rivers State governor had alleged at a press conference on Friday night, that “the money in […]
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The Governor of Rivers State Nyesom Wike, huge sums of money, uncovered by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), in an apartment in the Ikoyi area of Lagos on Wednesday, belong to Rivers state. A court in Lagos has ordered forfeiture of the money. The fund which has generated a lot of controversies and […]
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David Iyofor, media aide of Rotimi Amaechi, minster of transportation, got involved in a Twitter tirade with Lere Olayinka, spokesman of Ayodele Fayose, governor of Ekiti state, over the money recovered by operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) in lkoyi, Lagos. The EFCC released pictures and video of the money, saying it […]
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Four committees of the house of representatives on Tuesday jointly expressed dissatisfaction over the implementation of the ministry of transportation’s 2016 budget. Rotimi Amaechi, former governor of Rivers state, is the one in charge of the ministry. The committees on aviation; land transport; maritime safety and administration; ports, harbours and waterways visited the ministry’s headquarters […]
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Rotimi Amaechi, minister of transportation, has told governors not to ban motorcycles and tricycles because doing so “would affect the nation’s economy negatively”. Speaking on Tuesday in Abuja during the celebration of the national day of Amalgamated Commercial Tricycle and Motorcycle Owners, Repairers and Riders Association of Nigeria (ACOMORAN), Amaechi said a lot of Nigerians […]
Continue ReadingSpeaking at a town hall meeting in Ilorin, the Kwara State Capital on Monday, Rotimi Amaechi, minister of transportation, posited that the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari did not promise to solve the country’s problems in one year, he adviced Nigerians to wait till 2019 before assessing the government. “We did not promise you that […]
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The Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, has said the Federal Government has awarded contract for the dredging of the critical part of River Benue. Mr. Amaechi, who disclosed this at the 2017 budget defence before members of the Senate Committee on Marine Transport on Thursday in Abuja, said that work will soon commence. He said […]
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Former Governor of Rivers State and Nigeria’s Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, has admitted that his administration procured the two helicopters impounded by the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), but alleged that the incumbent Rivers governor, Nyesom Wike lied to former President Goodluck Jonathan that the helicopters would be used to campaign against him. Recall that […]
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