On Thursday, October 26, TheNiche Newspaper will once again fulfill its annual corporate social responsibility obligation, spearheaded by its developmental arm, TheNiche Foundation for Development Journalism, by holding its signature annual lecture. The lecture will hold at the Nigerian Institute of International Affairs (NIIA), Victoria Island, Lagos at 10am. This year’s edition of TheNiche Lecture will feature the former governor of Rivers ...
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How Tinubu’s APC, Yakubu’s INEC Mortgaged Nigeria’s Democracy — Atiku
…says Amaechi’s revelation confirms electoral commission in ruling party candidate’s pockets The Presidential candidate of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, has reacted to a revelation by the immediate past Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, that the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Mahmood Yakubu was recommended for re-appointment by a member of Bola Tinubu’s camp in ...
Read More »Rivers: APC Chieftain Commends Ndigbo For Donating N20m For The Election Of Tonye Cole
… laughs off Wike’s civil servants promotion and employment gimmick Erstwhile National Publicity Secretary of the defunct New People’s Democratic Party (nPDP), and Chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, Chief Eze Chukwuemeka Eze, has commended the Igbo Community in Rivers State for adopting the governorship candidate of the APC, Pst. Tonye Cole as their sole candidate for the rescheduled February ...
Read More »Wike’s Alleged Plot To File Fresh Criminal Charges Against Amaechi, Cole, Uncovered In Rivers
Chieftain of the All Progressives Congress and erstwhile National Publicity Secretary of the defunct New People’s Democratic Party (nPDP), Chief Chukwuemeka Eze, says plot by the Gov. Nyesom Wike -led state government to frame-up fresh criminal charges against former Governor, Chibuike Amaechi, and the Governorship Candidate of the APC in Rivers State, Pst. Tonye Cole, has been uncovered. In a ...
Read More »2023: Tinubu Is Eminently Qualified But I’m More Qualified Than Him, Amaechi Tells Lagos APC
…urges them to vote for their conscience The Minister of Transportation and Presidential hopeful of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Rt. Hon. Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi, has urged party members in Lagos State to support his presidential aspiration by voting for him in the party’s primary slated for May. Chief Amaechi who stressed the need for APC to present a sellable ...
Read More »Electoral Act: Malami, Amaechi May Contest Primaries While Still In Office
Barely nine days after the Senate refused to remove Section 84(12) of the Electoral Act, a Federal High Court in Umuahia on Friday, annulled the section, insisting that it was at variance with the provisions of the Nigerian Constitution. This effectively allows serving ministers and aides to the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), serving state commissioners to contest at ...
Read More »Rivers APC Cautions Sen. Abe To Be Measured In His Reactions
The Rivers State Chapter of the All Progressives Congress, APC, says the party’s attention has been drawn to a press statement by Senator Magnus Abe expressly accusing the Honourable Minister of Transportation, Rt. Hon. Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi, and leader of APC in Rivers State, as being behind a recent press conference by some two individuals who confessed to working with Senator ...
Read More »The Demystification Of A Regional Political Warlord
Oby Christie Ndukwe The 2019 Governorship election in Rivers State was a peculiar one. APC lost its place on the ballot due to internal crisis fuelled by external interlopers. Within two days, it adopted another party, AAC with a relatively unknown Biokpomabo Awara as the Governorship Candidate pitching him against a more formidable Nyesom Wike of PDP. While other neighboring ...
Read More »Wike Was My Employee, I Can’t Bring Myself Low To His Level, Says Amaechi
Ex-Governor of Rivers State, Rotimi Amaechi, has said he won’t join issues with his successor and current governor of the South-South state, Nyesom Wike. Amaechi, who is the Minister of Transportation, stated this on Thursday while featuring on an Arise TV programme, monitored by The PUNCH. For some years, Amaechi of the All Progressives Congress and Wike of the Peoples Democratic ...
Read More »Chinese Loan: FG Confirms Sovereignty Clause As Reps Fault Dangerous Terms
Nigerian government officials signed empty pages of loan agreement Amaechi defends contentious clause The House of Representatives on Monday faulted the sovereignty clause in Nigeria’s loan agreement with China, saying it was dangerous. The Chairman of the House Committee on Treaties, Protocols and Agreements, Nicholas Ossai, who stated this in Abuja at the investigative hearing on external loans and commercial ...
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