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Amaechi: “I don’t believe in 35 per cent affirmative action for women”

John Ogunsemore May 24, 2022 0

A 2023 presidential aspirant on the APC platform, Rotimi Amaechi says he does not believe that women only deserve 35 affirmative action in politics. According to him, women are more competent and intelligent than men and as such at least…

Politics

2023: I will grow agriculture, revamp economy – Amaechi

Lucy Ogalue May 18, 2022 0

An All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential aspirant, Rotimi Amaechi, has promised to grow the nation’s economy by revamping the agricultural sector if he wins the primary and gets elected in 2023. Amaechi, the immediate past…

Government

2023: Buhari orders Amaechi, Ngige, Akpabio, others to resign

John Ogunsemore May 11, 2022 0

President Muhammadu Buhari has ordered all members of his cabinet seeking elective office in the 2023 general election to resign. It was gathered that Buhari gave the order as he presided over Wednesday's Federal Executive Council (FEC)…

Politics

2023: I’ll tackle insecurity if elected president – Amaechi tells Oba of Benin

John Ogunsemore May 7, 2022 0

The Minister of Transportation, Mr. Rotimi Amaechi, has pledged to tackle the insecurity plaguing the country. Amaechi made the promise on Friday when he visited Oba of Benin, Oba Ewaure II, in his palace. He further promised to give…

Politics

2023: Elites are the problem of Nigeria, vote wisely – Amaechi tells electorate

John Ogunsemore May 3, 2022 0

Minister of Transportation, Mr Rotimi Amaechi, says the Nigerian elite are the problems of Nigeria, urging the electorate to vote the right people into positions of authority, to salvage the country from its current challenges. Amaechi,…

Politics

APC ticket: I’ll support Buhari’s preferred choice of presidential candidate –…

John Ogunsemore May 1, 2022 0

Minister of Transport, Rotimi Amaechi says he will support his principal, President Muhammadu Buhari's choice for 2023 presidential flagbearer of the All Progressives Congress (APC). The presidential aspirant stated this during a…

Insecurity

Kaduna Train Attack: Falana Calls For Prosecution of Amaechi, NRC MD

News Agency of Nigeria Apr 5, 2022 0

A Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN) Femi Falana has called for the prosecution of the Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, and the Managing Director (MD) of the Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC) Fidet Okhiria following the attack on…

News

I Predicted Attacks on Kaduna-Abuja Bound Train – Amaechi

News Agency of Nigeria Mar 30, 2022 0

The Minister of Transportation, Mr. Rotimi Amaechi, on Tuesday said he predicted the Monday attack on the Kaduna-bound train.

Politics

2023 presidency: Tinubu, Umahi, Amaechi’s supporters take over APC Convention arena

Ali Baba Inuwa Mar 26, 2022 0

Supporters of Presidential and other aspirants on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC) on Saturday took over the area of the National Convention of the party in Abuja. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the…

Transportation

Amaechi: Lekki deep seaport operations set for September kick-off

Lucy Ogalue Mar 13, 2022 0

The Federal Government says Lekki Deep Seaport in Lagos State will begin full commercial activities in September. The Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, while inspecting the project on Saturday in Lagos, said it was a huge…

Culture

Buhari congratulates Amaechi on Daura chieftaincy title

John Ogunsemore Feb 5, 2022 0

President Muhammadu Buhari has congratulated the Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, on the conferment of the title of “Dan Amana,” (the trusted one) on him by the Daura Emirate Council. The president’s congratulatory message is…

Politics

Respect my age, stop wanton killings – Elder statesman Amaechi urges Igbo youths

John Ogunsemore Dec 2, 2021 0

An elder statesman, Chief Mbazulike Amaechi, 92, has urged Igbo youths to respect his age and stop the wanton killings and destruction of property in the South-East Zone. Amaechi made the appeal on Wednesday in Abakaliki while briefing…

Politics

Ohanaeze, Amaechi tackle ACF for opposing Nnamdi Kanu’s release

John Ogunsemore Nov 23, 2021 0

The Ohanaeze Ndigbo socio-cultural group and First Republic Aviation Minister, Mbazulike Amaechi have flayed a chieftain of the Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF), Anthony Sani and the Coalition of Northern Groups (CNG) for opposing the…

Politics

Nigeria’s devt hindered by ethnicity – Amaechi

Lucy Ogalue Sep 25, 2021 0

Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, has said that ethnicity is a big challenge to development in Nigeria. Amaechi, in a statement on Friday, said rail projects around the country were built for the growth of the economy rather…

Politics

2023 presidency: Why Amaechi will be a better choice than Tinubu – APC chieftain

John Ogunsemore Sep 6, 2021 0

Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi is the best Southern candidate to flag the All Progressives Congress (APC)'s in the presidential election in 2023 because of his good health and experience, a chieftain of the party, Senator Alex…

Features

I never said stealing’s being done quietly under Buhari – Amaechi

John Ogunsemore Sep 1, 2021 0

Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi says he did not say that officials serving in President Muhammadu Buhari's government quietly steal money. The minister made the clarification while reacting to viral news headlines that sprang…

Politics

Corruption in PMB’s govt: Amaechi’s confession vindicates us – PDP

John Ogunsemore Aug 31, 2021 0

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) says Transport Minister, Rotimi Amaechi's "confession that stealing is going on quietly under the President Muhammadu Buhari-led All Progressives Congress (APC), vindicates its stand that the APC is a…

Politics

Poverty: All big men in Nigeria now live in Abuja because they’ve been chased from their…

John Ogunsemore Aug 30, 2021 0

The Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi said insecurity fuelled by poverty has chased all "big men" from their respective states to Abuja, where they enjoy the protection offered by the presence of President Muhammadu Buhari. He…

Features

Under Jonathan, even those without a carpentry shop became billionaires – Amaechi

John Ogunsemore Aug 29, 2021 0

Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi has said that many emergency billionaires emerged under the Goodluck Jonathan administration because of unbridled corruption. He stated this while praising the Muhammadu Buhari administration's…

Politics

2023: I’m not planning to run for presidency – Amaechi

John Ogunsemore Aug 29, 2021 0

Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi may have ruled himself out of vying for the presidency in 2023. Amaechi, who was the Director-General of the Buhari/Osinbajo Campaign Organisation in 2015 and 2019, spoke in an interview with…

Government

Amaechi: FG to commence Kano-Kaduna rail project July

Muhammad Nur Tijani May 28, 2021 0

Minister of Transportation, Mr Rotimi Amaechi, on Friday said that the Kano- Kaduna rail project would commence in July. Amaechi made the disclosure when he paid a courtesy visit to Gov. Abdullahi Ganduje in Kano. “Kano-Kaduna railway…

News

2023: UK vows to deny visa to Nigerian politicians that disrupt election

John Ogunsemore May 19, 2021 0

Nigerian politicians that disrupt the 2023 general elections will be banned from entering the United Kingdom, according to British High Commissioner to Nigeria, Catriona Laing. Laing stated this in Port Harcourt, Rivers State when she…

Features

30 years after, train freight services begin from Warri to Itakpe

Aisha Cole/Edeki Igafe Apr 16, 2021 0

The Minister of Transportation, Mr. Rotimi Amaechi, has said that the freight services on Warri-Itakpe Standards Guage Railway Line would create more jobs and promote the ease of doing business in Nigeria. Amaechi made the disclosure on…

Government

Hasten Lagos-Ibadan rail project completion – Amaechi tells CCECC

Lucy Ogalue Apr 11, 2021 0

Minister of Transportation Rotimi Amaechi has urged the China Civil Engineering Construction Corporation (CCECC) to speed up work on the Lagos- Ibadan rail line project. Amaechi, who said this on Saturday while inspecting the project in…

Features

Nigerians raising “legitimate” concerns about nation’s future – Amaechi

John Ogunsemore Mar 26, 2021 0

The Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, says Nigeria's destiny can best be actualised in the context of one indivisible and united nation. Amaechi stated this while delivering the 34th Convocation Lecture of the University of…

Politics

I’ve got a tape of Amaechi saying after God, I came next – Wike

John Ogunsemore Mar 21, 2021 0

Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike has said that Minister of Transport, Rotimi Amaechi once described him as the next person in his life after God. He disclosed this in a Saturday interview with BBC Pidgin in Port Harcourt. The…

Features

Amaechi hits back at critics of narrow gauge lines

Aisha Cole Mar 14, 2021 0

The Minister of Transportation, Mr Rotimi Amaechi, has said that narrow gauge rail lines were not inferior to the standard gauge lines. Speaking in Lagos on Sunday, the minister said that the only difference between the two lines was…

Politics

“I’m not on Wike’s level; he was my staff” – Amaechi

John Ogunsemore Mar 11, 2021 0

Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi says he would be bringing himself low by engaging Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike, whom he described as his former "staff". Amaechi, a former governor of Rivers, stated this in an…

Politics

Sule Lamido faults Tinubu, Fashola, others over treatment of Fulani in South-West

John Ogunsemore Jan 29, 2021 0

Former Jigawa State Governor, Sule Lamido says Fulani people are being persecuted in Nigeria, especially in the South-West zone, because they are President Muhammadu Buhari's tribe. He faulted National Leader of All Progressives Congress…

Politics

Amaechi breeds cultists in his hometown – Wike

John Ogunsemore Sep 28, 2020 0

Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike says his predecessor, Rotimi Amaechi was more interested in awarding political projects to boost his personal ego than delivering services to Rivers people. He stated this in a statement by the…

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