In the past eleven months, the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Rivers State has been locked in a cycle of legal tussle that only came to an end at the Supreme Court, last week. The APC’s self-inflicted crisis due to its failure to adhere to the tenets of internal democracy flagrant disobedient to court orders,…

The purported resignation of the African Action Congress (AAC) running mate in Rivers State, Akpo Bomba Yeeh, has been flayed by its gubernatorial candidate, Engineer Biokpomabo Awara, who also berated the former for defecting to the Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP).

The maritime sector is often seen as a catalyst for commerce, economic growth and nation-building, because of its link to imports and exports. This makes it critical to trade facilitation, hence the need to review key industry indices and forecasts to guide investments in the sector. The latest Maritime Industry Report 2019- 2020, released by…

Rivers State Governor Nyesom Wike has linked major political crisis bedeviling the country to godfatherism. Wike, who spoke in an interview at the Government House, Port Harcourt yesterday, regretted that some former governors and out-going governors expend energy and resources to impose successors on their respective states. He said the struggle to impose a governor…

The Minister of Transportation and Director General of the President Muhammadu Buhari 2019 Campaign Organisation, Mr. Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi...

President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the appointment of Minister of Transportation, Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi, as Secretary and Director-General of the campaign organisation for his re-election bid. Amaechi was the Director-General of the Buhari-Osinbajo Presidential Campaign Committee in 2014 to 2015 that won the election. A statement signed by Senior Special Assistant to the President on…

Despite reports of massive infrastructure development in Rivers State, Director General of Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), Dr. Dakuku Adol Peterside...

The United Nations has appointed Minister of Transportation, Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi, as an advisory board member of the United Nations Road Safety Trust Fund (UNRSTF) in Geneva, Switzerland.

(By popular demand, this article first published on May 9, 2017 is republished in view of the bedlam that Apapa has become and the unconcern of the Federal Government towards rehabilitating the road. This cry will continue until the road and railway are done for easy evacuation of containers from the port). Wailing, lamentation, wailing,…

Major stakeholders in the maritime sector are expected to converge in Lagos, next week, to examine the policy, technical, and financial challenges bedevilling indigenous ship operations in Nigeria.

The Movement for the Survival of the Ogoni People (MOSOP) has flayed alleged attempts by Transport Minister, Rotimi Amaechi to stop the governorship ambition of Senator Magnus Abe. Spokespersons for the MOSOP elders Bari-ara Kpalap, declared this yesterday in Port Harcourt. He accused Amaechi of plotting to impose a riverine person as the candidate of…

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has alleged that the President Muhammadu Buhari-led government was covering up corruption in critical sectors of the nation’s economy.It stated that the development has resulted in the collapse of the Nigerian economy