Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi orders probe of maritime academy over N18billion fraud allegation

The Minister of Transport, Mr Rotimi Amaechi has ordered a probe into the financial activities of the Maritime Academy of Nigeria, MAN, Oron in Akwa Ibom State and the remission of N18 billion by the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, NIMASA, to the institution within the last five years.

Amaechi’s demand for a full audit of the institution’s finances is predicated on allegations of financial recklessness and large-scale corruption leveled against the institution’s rector, Mr Joshua Okpo.

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Senate confirms Amaechi and 17 others as ministers; …as PDP senators stage a walkout

The Nigerian Senate has confirmed former Rivers State Governor, Chibuike Amaechi as minister of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.

PDP senators, however, staged a walk out in protest of the confirmation of Amaechi.

The Senate Minority Leader, Godswill Akpabio, led the walk-out.

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Rivers Assembly empowers Attorney-General to sue former governor, Rotimi Amaechi over handover note

Rivers State House of Assembly has passed a resolution directing the state Attorney-General, Mr Emmanuel Aguma, to use legal means to compel former governor, Rotimi Amaechi, to present a handover note to the present administration in the state.

Governor Nyesom Wike had stated on several occasions that his predecessor refused to do a proper handing over, thus making it difficult to ascertain the assets and liabilities of the state.

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“Wike’s probe is a sham and fraudulent witch-hunt” – Amaechi

The immediate past Governor of Rivers State, Hon. Chibuike Amaechi, has described the probe of his administration by his successor, Nyesom Wike, as a sham, a fraudulent witch-hunt meant to deceive the public.

In a statement released by the former Governor’s Media Office on Sunday, Amaechi described Wike as a sick man who is sickly fixated on rubbing him (Amaechi) with his (Wike’s) mud of corruption and then grabbing media headlines with his concocted bogus stories of ‘Amaechi’s alleged corrupt activities.’

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Rivers Governor, Nyesom Wike sets up committee to probe former Governor, Rotimi Amaechi

Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State has inaugurated a judicial panel to investigate the administration of his predecessor, Chibuike Amaechi.

The panel was inaugurated Friday in Port Harcourt, the state capital.

Mr. Wike, a former member of the Amaechi administration who later fell out with his boss, has accused Mr. Amaechi and other officials of that government of stealing properties belonging to the government.

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Governors Amaechi, Jang, Lamido and Shema to shun new governors’ inauguration

Two days to the expiration of their tenure, some governors have jetted out of the country, thereby refusing to personally hand over power to their successors.

They include Jigawa State Governor, Sule Lamido, and his Katsina State counterpart, Ibrahim Shema.

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Amaechi and Wike in war of words over Rivers state killings

The feud between the Rivers State Governor, Mr. Rotimi Amaechi, and the Governor-elect, Chief Nyesom Wike, reached a boiling point on Tuesday when the former accused the latter of being responsible for the deaths recorded in the state during the 2015 general elections.

Amaechi had declared during a public lecture in Port Harcourt to mark his 50th birthday that God would not allow a killer to be the governor of Rivers State.

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“A thief cannot call me corrupt” – Governor Amaechi dares Governor-elect Nyesom Wike on probe threat

Rivers State Governor, Chibuike Amaechi, has dared the state’s governor-elect, Chief Nyesom Wike, to probe him to confirm if he was corrupt, adding that he ran a transparent and accountable administration and is not afraid of being probed by the incoming administration.

Amaechi spoke on Tuesday in Port Harcourt at the public lecture to mark his 50th birthday anniversary celebration.

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Rivers State Governor-elect, Nyesom Wike vow to probe Governor Amaechi

The Rivers State Governor-elect, Chief Nyesom Wike, has indicated his readiness to probe the Rotimi Amaechi administration after being sworn in as the chief executive of the state.

Wike, who gave this hint while receiving the interim report of the Transition Committee in Port Harcourt on Monday, declared that his administration would carry out a forensic audit of all government accounts.

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Rivers state governor, Rotimi Amaechi swears-in 22 new elected Local Government Chairmen

The Rivers state Governor, Rotimi Amaechi has said no court can dissolve the newly elected Local Government Chairmen in Rivers state.

Amaechi gave the assurance while swearing-in the Chairmen at Government House, Port Harcourt.

The Governor who charged the 22 newly elected Local Government Chairmen to deliver dividends of democracy to the people at the grassroot, urged the them to remain committed to tenets of democracy.

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