Tag: Goodluck Jonathan
Nigeria’s slow kidnap response worries US officials
WASHINGTON (AFP) – US officials slammed Nigeria’s “slow” response to the kidnapping of more than 200 schoolgirls by Islamic militants…
Boko Haram: Experts doubt gains of state of emergency
by Ben Simon/AFP Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan’s bid to extend an ineffective year-long state of emergency in the northeast has…
Jonathan withdraws assent from 2014 budget bill
Nigeria’s Government said on Wednesday that the 2014 appropriation bill passed by the National Assembly about two months ago has…
Jonathan rules out prisoner swap with Boko Haram
Nigeria’s President Goodluck Jonathan on Wednesday ruled out the release of Boko Haram fighters in exchange for the freedom of…
Abducted schoolgirls still in Nigeria, says Jonathan
Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan said on Friday he believed 200 schoolgirls abducted by Islamist militants last month in an attack…
Jonathan: Girls kidnap turning point in Boko Haram conflict
Nigeria’s President Goodluck Jonathan said Thursday that Boko Haram’s mass abduction of more than 200 schoolgirls would mark a turning…
We will surpass retrogressive forces – Jonathan
President Goodluck Jonathan has reiterated his unshaken belief in the ability of the nation to overcome all retrogressive and divisive…
Jonathan names new NNPC Company Secretary
President Goodluck Jonathan has approved the appointment of Ikechukwu Oguine as the Coordinator, Legal Services and Company Secretary of the…
Jonathan Leaves For EU-Africa Summit
President Goodluck Jonathan will travel to Brussels on 1 April as the head of Nigeria’s delegation to the Fourth European…
Will Nigeria Disintegrate?
By Chido Onumah Nigeria’s President, Goodluck Jonathan, today, Monday, March 17, 2014, inaugurated the 492-member National Conference whose task is…
Wake Up Call To Nigerian Player
The 2013 Glo-CAF Awards, which was held in Lagos, last Thursday, was a ceremony where the who is who in…
Jonathan: Boko Haram will blow away soon
.Nigeria’s leader at the first Sunday service of 2014 vows to work harder to improve living conditions of Nigerians President…
Jonathan drags OBJ to rights body, ICPC, EFCC
The public spat between former President Olusegun Obasanjo and President Goodluck Jonathan is far from over. Yesterday, Jonathan asked the…
Nigeria Declares 3 Days Of Mourning For Mandela
Nigeria’s President Goodluck Jonathan has declared three days of national mourning for former South African President, Dr. Nelson Mandela who…
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The Jonathan Police Force
With its unfettered crackdown on the opponents of President Goodluck Jonathan, the Nigeria Police is making a passable imitation of…
Oduah Should Honour Reps Invitation
The Nigerian House of Representatives Committee on Aviation has again invited Ms. Stella Oduah, Minister of Aviation, to appear before…
Awolowo Foundation Backs National Confab
The Obafemi Awolowo Foundation, Monday, in Lagos, Southwest Nigeria, backed President Goodluck Jonathan’s proposal for convocation of a national conference…
Jonathan: ‘I won’t declare my re-election plan now’
EROMOSELE EBHOMELE Nigeria’s President Goodluck Jonathan on Sunday evening declared that he was not going to make any categorical statement…
Dance Of The Penguin
By Ademola Adegbamigbe Any country that wants to be great technologically and economically cannot afford to joke with university education.…
A Replay Of Yar’Adua Saga
With yesterday’s arrival of ailing Governor Danbaba Suntai of Taraba State in the country after 10 months of medical treatment…
Her Excellency, Madam President
By Chido Onumah If there was any doubt that she is in charge of the country, it was dispelled with…
TV report: Amaechi speaks on political rift with Jonathan
In an interview with TV360, Governor Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi explains his rift with President Goodluck Jonathan.
Jonathan flags off building of 700MW hydro-power dam
Nigeria’s President Goodluck Jonathan on Tuesday inaugurated the construction of the N162.9 billion Zungeru Hydroelectric Power Project in Niger state…
CPC, ANPP endorse APC in conventions
Two of Nigeria’s opposition parties, the Congress for Progressive Change (CPC) and the All Nigeria People’s Party (ANPP) agreed Saturday…
Jonathan, 2015 Race And The People’s Welfare
It is sad that more than two years to the presidential election in 2015, governance has been largely abandoned by…
Jonathan to visit South Africa, Namibia
President Goodluck Jonathan will on May 7 pay a state visit to South Africa and two days after, move into…
Jonathan: US report on Nigeria corruption ‘over amplified’
Ayo Oluokun/Abuja President Goodluck Jonathan has described claims that his administration is dogged by massive corruption in a report by…
Failed Peace Efforts
Past and present efforts to reconcile Boko Haram with the Federal Government remain a mirage Former President Olusegun Obasanjo, in…
Trampling On Journalists’ Rights
In yet another of the many missteps that have become the hallmark of the Goodluck Jonathan administration, the police, acting…
Jonathan denies plot against Tinubu
The Presidency has re-affirmed that there is no truth in media publications that President Goodluck Jonathan has issued certain directives…