LAGOS OCTOBER 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Honourable Minister of State for Defence, H. E Dr. Bello Muhammed Matawalle, MON, has condemned in the strongest terms recent statements made by Rt. Hon. Rotimi Amaechi, accusing him of inciting violence and unrest among the Nigerian populace. Dr. Matawalle issued a stern warning to the former Minister of Transport, urging…
LAGOS OCTOBER 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Lagos Lawyer and Human Right Activist, Chief (Barr.) Malcolm Omirhoho slammed former Minister of transportation under Mohammed Buhari’s administration, Chibuike Amaechi over his recent statement on Nigerian silent despite the current economic hardship. Recall that Amaechi in a statement published in Punch Newspaper has expressed his disappointment at the way Nigerians are…
LAGOS MAY 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A top-ranking member of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Rotimi Amaechi was conspicuously absent at the inauguration of former Lagos State Governor, Bola Tinubu as Nigeria’s 16th President on Monday at the Eagle Square in Abuja. However, Amaechi, a former Minister of Transportation and ex-governor of Rivers, was spotted at the…
LAGOS APRIL 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The immediate-past Managing Director of the Nigerian Ports Authority, NPA, Hadiza Bala Usman, has said that one of the reasons why she was persecuted by a former minister of Transport, Rotimi Amaechi, was her failure to give him a birthday present. She revealed this in her new book released on Tuesday, titled…
LAGOS APRIL 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Amid declarations from different Southern politicians, some Governors are pushing for a Northerner to succeed President Muhammadu Buhari in 2023, POLITICS NIGERIA exclusively gathered. Based on the existing North/South rotation, the All Progressives Congress reportedly zoned the office of the President to the South since the outgoing President is a Northerner. Yemi…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigeria has approached Standard Chartered Bank for funding of two rail projects, its Transport Minister Rotimi Amaechi said on Wednesday, after delays from Chinese lenders. President Muhammadu Buhari has made upgrading transport networks and improving outdated power grids the pillar of his administration, with a view to boosting agriculture and other non-oil…
LAGOS JANUARY 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Despite being on suspension for the past eight months as ordered by President Muhammadu Buhari in May 2021, suspended Managing Director of the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), Hadiza Bala-Usman, informally met with the President on Friday. Bala-Usman might have met with President Buhari previously behind closed-door and off the cameras but this…
LAGOS JANUARY 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Briefing Journalists after the FEC meeting on Wednesday, Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi explained that the N2.8bilion contract would facilitate sitting of some of the Deep Blue Projects in the coastal towns. Amaechi said: “Another one that was approved is the licensing of Oracle E Business Suite in the sum of N955.5…