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Izaak Walton (1593 - 1683)
Hon. Rotimi Amechi “Government must not be for one section of the Society.It must be for the rich and the poor,emphasizing the upliftment of the poor...”
A prominent politician and Co-ordinator of Indigenes Without Border in Rivers State, Chief Williams Ubaka, has carpeted the Felix Obuah-led executive of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for what he described as the shoddy manner it handled the party’s face-off with the governor of the state, Rt. Hon. Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi, which according to him, […]
“The values of freedom, respect for human rights and the principle of holding periodic and genuine elections by universal suffrage are essential elements of democracy. In turn, democracy provides the natural environment for the protection and effective realization of human rights. These values are embodied in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.” –UN. Nigeria does […]
Last weekend marked the highpoint of the Port Harcourt Centenary celebrations with the host of the awards and dinner night in Government House. About eight past governors of Rivers State, including Military administrators were in attendance. Governor Chibuike Amaechi used the forum to explain why he defected to the All Progressives Congress (APC). He submitted […]
As reactions continue to trail the defection of Rivers State Governor, Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi and four other governors to the All Progressives Congress (APC), the former Chairman of the Conference of Nigerian Political Parties in Rivers State, Chief Davies Ikanya, says the state governor’s move is a right step in the right direction, assuring that […]
The Chairman of Ogba/Egbema/Ndoni Local Government Council, Hon Augustine, Doctor Ahiamadu has described the defection of the Rivers State Governor, Rt Hon Chibuike Amaechi to the All Progressives Congress (APC) as the best thing that had happened to the people of Rivers State. Ahiamadu made his position known in a chat with Aviation correspondents in […]
One of the newly regis tered political parties, the Peoples Democratic Movement (PDM) last Thursday held a sensitisation summit for members in Port Harcourt for the South-South geopolitical zone. The National Chairman of PDM, Alhaji Bashir Yusuf told The Tide in an interview at the Port Harcourt International Airport, that the summit was to appraise […]
A Port Harcourt, based business executive, Chief Christopher Okonkwo Ogamba has applauded the Rivers State Governor, Rt Hon Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi for his massive infrastructural development in the state. Ogamba, who bared his mind in a chat with The Tide in his office in Port Harcourt last Tuesday said the Governor’s developmental projects which cut […]
As the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) strategises towards ensuring free and fair elections in Nigeria, the election unpire has concluded plans to make use of Voter Card Reader (VCR) during the 2015 general elections. The Resident Electoral Commission ( REC), Rivers State, Elder Aniedi A Ikoiwak made this revelation recently to chairmen of political […]
Activities leading to the 2015 general election are gradually gathering momentum. One of these is the coming together on November 26,2013 of the All Progressive Congress (APC),the New People’s Democratic Party (NPDP) and five of the Peoples Democratic Party’s (PDP) seven aggrieved governors known as the G7 governors. When the political drama started last three […]
A member of the Federal House of Representatives, Hon Sokonte Davies has said that the defection to the All Progressives Congress (APC) by Governor Chibuike Amaechi of Rivers State along side four other erstwhile Peoples Democratic Party governors has placed the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in a minority status in the lower chamber of the […]
