I Am Not Tribalistic – Amaechi Reveals Why He Dumped Jonathan For Buhari In 2015

“You know, when Goodluck fought us, he was not fighting me, he was fighting God and I knew he would fail."

Nigeria’s Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, has said he dumped former President Goodluck Jonathan for incumbent President Muhammadu Buhari in the build-up to the 2015 presidential election because he is not tribalistic.

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Wike urges Amaechi, APC, to support him in moving Rivers forward

Wike urges Amaechi, APC, to support him in moving Rivers forward

Posted on April 12, 2019 Authornewsheadline247

Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State has urged the Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, and the All Progressives Congress (APC) to join him in building the state. He made the appeal on Thursday after the Supreme Court struck out the appeals of the APC on the just concluded elections in Rivers. The APC had asked

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Amaechi mocks PDP, says opposition is broke and hungry

Amaechi mocks PDP, says opposition is broke and hungry

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The Director-General of President Muhammadu Buhari reelection campaign and Minister of Transport, Rotimi Amaechi has said the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) is broke and hungry. Amaechi, a former governor of Rivers state under the platform of the PDP, said this at a political rally organised to receive 18 prominent PDP members in Bauchi who

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Amaechi again in secret tape says under Buhari, Nigerians are hungry, poverty is growing

Amaechi again in secret tape says under Buhari, Nigerians are hungry, poverty is growing

Posted on January 7, 2019 Authornewsheadline247

Rotimi Amaechi, Nigeria’s Minister of Transportation was heard in yet another audio recording expressing degrading comments about Nigeria and the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari. The former River State governor leads the re-election bid Buhari as the director-general of President Muhammadu Buhari Campaign Organisation, (PMBCO). But the minister according to what was heard in the

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AUDIO: Killing everybody is the only way to change Nigeria, says Amaechi

AUDIO: Killing everybody is the only way to change Nigeria, says Amaechi

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The director-general of President Muhammadu Buhari Campaign Organisation, (PMBCO), Rotimi Amaechi was allegedly heard in yet another leaked audio describing Nigeria as hopeless and saying the country can make progress only if ‘everybody is killed’. Amaechi, minister of transportation, said this in a conversation with some journalists In an Audio released by Phrank Shaibu, an

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Amaechi’s anti-Buhari audio comment leaked – Omokri exposes transport minister lambasting president

Amaechi’s anti-Buhari audio comment leaked – Omokri exposes transport minister lambasting president

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In fact, he hero worshipped former President Obasanjo… A former aide to ex-president Goodluck Jonathan, Reno Omokri has released short audio of Rotimi Amaechi, the Minister of Transportation allegedly condemning President Muhammadu Buhari. In the short audio released by Omokri on his twitter handle, Amaechi allegedly speaking against the president was heard saying Buhari does

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Corruption! Reps summon Amaechi over allegations

Corruption! Reps summon Amaechi over allegations

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The House of Representatives Committee on Land Transport has summoned the Minister of Transport, Mr Rotimi Amaechi over corruption allegations. Chairman of the committee, Abdulmumin Jibrin, disclosed this in an interview with Channels Television on Thursday after plenary in Abuja, the nation’s capital. Mr Jibrin explained that the minister was summoned to appear before the

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2019 Presidency: ‘You are speaking trash’, Sowunmi hits Amaechi at first presidential debate

2019 Presidency: ‘You are speaking trash’, Sowunmi hits Amaechi at first presidential debate

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Spokesperson of the Atiku Campaign Organisation, Segun Sowunmi and Rotimi Amaechi, minister of transport, locked horns at the first 2019 presidential debate. In the debate hosted by The Osasu Show held at NAF Conference Centre and Suite where President Muhammadu Buhari sent no one, Atiku Abubakar was visibly represented by Sowunmi. Speaking on the plans

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Saraki taunts Amaechi, says you won’t be minister without Abe – Daily Post NG

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Saraki taunts Amaechi, says you won’t be minister without Abe – Daily Post NG

February 12, 2018

President of the Nigerian Senate, Senator Bukola Saraki has called on leaders of the All Progressives Congress, APC in Rivers state to respect Senator Magnus Abe

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Nigerian youth ‘support’ corruption, not ready to embrace corrupt-free society’ — Amaechi

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Nigerian youth ‘support’ corruption, not ready to embrace corrupt-free society’ — Amaechi
December 12, 2017

The Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, says Nigeria youth are copying the wrong model of leadership, an act, he notes, may jeopardise their future.

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Tinubu replies Okorocha: APC will not promote automatic tickets like PDP

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Tinubu replies Okorocha: APC will not promote automatic tickets like PDP
December 12, 2017

…….says only internal democracy can strengthen Party
A national leader of the All Progressives Congress, Bola Tinubu, has reiterated his stance on internal democracy as opposed to the idea of giving automatic tickets to aspirants.

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Rumble in Port Harcourt: Rival political figures, Gov. Wike, Amaechi in ‘Dirty Street Fight’

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Rumble in Port Harcourt: Rival political figures, Gov. Wike, Amaechi in ‘Dirty Street Fight’
November 12, 2017

The political rivalry between Rivers State’s two giants was displayed Saturday night in what onlookers described as ‘Street Discreditability’.

Both parties have been alleging assassination attempt

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PREMIUM TIMES INTERVIEW: Why Jonathan could not accuse me of corruption – Amaechi

PREMIUM TIMES INTERVIEW: Why Jonathan could not accuse me of corruption – Amaechi

In this interview with PREMIUM TIMES, Transport Minister, Rotimi Amaechi, speaks on the challenges and advantages of Nigeria’s latest rail transport system, Rivers State politics and the ruling All Progressives Congress.

PT: What are the challenges you have faced in this ministry?

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Amaechi: Money has been the basic challenge. The contracts that you need to deliver on a railway are in tonnes of naira. Take for example the approval by the president that we should do a railway from Abuja to Lokoja to join Itakpe to Warri as well as a sea pot in Warri; that project was put at $3.1 billion, which is nearly N1 trillion. Where will you get the money from?

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Revealed! Amaechi reveals cause of his problem with Goodluck Jonathan

The Capital NG>>> The Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi has attributed his problem with former President Goodluck Jonathan to illegal and excess deduction from the federation account during the administration of the then President.

Amaechi, a former governor of Rivers State made the revelation in the book, ‘Against the Run of Play’ written by the Chairman of ThisDay Editorial Board, Olusegun Adeniyi.

Fani-Kayode exposes Rotimi Amaechi

…links him to recovered looted $50 Millon

The Capital NG>>> Former Minister of Aviation, Chief Femi Fani-Kayode, has claimed that the $50million found in a Lagos apartment by operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) belongs to the Minister of Transport, Rotimi Amaechi.

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On Rotimi Amaechi’s unending jousts…How Transport Minister’s knack for controversies robs him of peace

Peace is overrated. Ask Rotimi Amaechi. The seeds of peace and slumberous calm wilted in his yard ever since his foray into politics. It will be recalled that while he served as executive governor of Rivers State, his eight-year tenure was fraught by endless challenges, political conflicts and controversies.

Controversy trails customs’ seizure of military helicopters at Lagos Airport

•Amaechi accuses Wike of abandoning choppers

The Guardian NG>>> Documents related to the controversial Bell Helicopters reportedly seized by the Nigeria Customs officials at the Murtala Muhammad International Airport, Ikeja, Lagos show that there was communication regarding the transaction on September 2015.

Revealed! These are the ministers Buhari would sack in January

Intrigues as presidency prepares to rid cabinet of dead weight in 2017 as axe dangles on Kemi Adeosun,Rotimi Amaechi, Raji Fashola, 7 others

The Capital NG   Like the proverbial empty vessels, they made the loudest noise as members of President Muhammadu Buhari kitchen cabinet. They promised to be diligent and exceptional. Some of them vowed to build bridges even where there were no rivers. But promises are like pie crust, made to be broken.

Suspend ministers accused of corruption, PDP tells Buhari

President Muhammadu Buhari

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to emulate the judiciary by asking ministers accused of corruption to step aside for proper investigation.

The party made the call in a statement by its National Publicity Secretary, Mr Dayo Adeyeye, on Friday in Abuja.

Buhari commissions Abuja-Kaduna rail service

About seven years after its commencement, the first phase of the Abuja-Kaduna Standards Rail Gauge was commissioned by President Muhammadu Buhari, with a pledge to ensuring that the country has a working rail system.

Towards this end, his administration would pursue a 25-Year Strategic Railway Master Plan which is aimed at rehabilitating the existing 3,505km narrow gauge rail line as well as constructing new standard gauge rail lines across the country.