Tag: President Goodluck Jonathan
Lead us to Sambisa Forest, Danjuma tells Jonathan
Former Nigeria Chief of Staff, General Theophilius Danjuma (rtd) on Wednesday 16 July told President Goodluck Jonathan to lead the…
Jonathan seeks N162bn loan to fight insurgency
President Goodluck Jonathan has sought the approval of the National Assembly to borrow $1 billion (N162bn) to finance the war…
War against Boko Haram taking too long- Danjuma
Former Nigeria Chief of Staff, General Theophilius Danjuma (rtd) on Wednesday told President Goodluck Jonathan and other high ranking officials…
Jonathan renews vow to bring perpetrators, sponsors to justice
President Goodluck Jonathan on Wednesday reaffirmed the Federal Government’s resolve to bring to justice individuals responsible for crimes against humanity…
Chibok panel blast Jonathan, says response ‘Insulting’
Relatives of some of the schoolgirls seized in a mass kidnapping by Boko Haram demanded Wednesday that Nigeria’s president meet…
APC: Giving A Dog A Bad Name
By Joe Igbokwe In the course of the presidential campaigns in 1992/1993 the handlers of Alhaji Bashir Tofa, the Presidential…
FG sets up Boko Haram Victims Support Fund
Ayorinde Oluokun/Abuja The Federal Government on Monday announced the constitution of a Committee on Victims Support Fund “to mobilise resources…
Malala tells Jonathan to meet parents of hostages
Pakistani education activist Malala Yousafzai on Monday urged Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan to meet with parents of the schoolgirls kidnapped…
2015: Bakare Calls For Interim Govt
The Serving Overseer of the Latter Rain Assembly and Convener of the Save Nigeria Group, SNG, Pastor Tunde Bakare, has…
Jonathan salutes Soyinka at 80
President Goodluck Jonathan has congratulated Nigeria’s literary giant and Nobel laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka as he attains the landmark age…
Kidnap of President’s uncle: DSS arrests student, herbalist, four others
The Department of State Service (DSS) has arrested six suspects in connection with the kidnap of Chief Nitabai Inengite, uncle…
Resolve ASUP strike, Reps tell Jonathan
The House of Representatives on Thursday urged the Presidency to urgently resolve the protracted Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics (ASUP)…
Jonathan Subverting Democracy, Says APC
Stephen Oni/Ilorin The National Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Alhaji Lai Muhammed has accused President Goodluck Jonathan…
Jonathan nominates FRSC boss, lecturer for ministerial appointments
President Goodluck Jonathan on Thursday nominated Osita Chidoka, the Corps Marshall, Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC) for appointment as minister.…
Open Letter To President Goodluck Jonathan
By Moses Iloh Your Excellency, Mr. President, Permit the liberty I take in addressing this open letter to Mr. President.…
Jonathan’s re-election quest a danger to Nigeria – APC
Main opposition party, All Progressives Congress (APC) claims that President Goodluck Jonathan re-election quest is a danger to the country.…
Jonathan leaves for ECOWAS summit in Accra
President Goodluck Jonathan left the country on Wednesday for Accra to participate in the Summit of ECOWAS Heads of State…
Jonathan swears in Shekarau as Education Minister
President Goodluck Jonathan has sworn-in the four new ministers whose nomination was approved by the National Assembly last week just…
‘We’ve Not Started Jonathan’s Re-Election Campaign’
Supporters of President Goodluck Jonathan under the aegis of GEJites Volunteers have disproved the statement issued on Thursday by the…
Boko Haram: Britain Must Give More Help To Nigeria
By Gordon Brown It’s not only the kidnapped Nigerian schoolgirls that need our help, but every girl that the terrorists…
Sanusi Withdraws Law Suit Against Jonathan
The Emir of Kano and former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, Lamido Sanusi, has dropped the suit…
Boko Haram: Beyond Recruiting Soldiers
Days after the last media chat in which President Goodluck Jonathan told Nigerians that he had ordered a massive recruitment…
No true Muslim will kill innocent people – Jonathan
President Goodluck Jonathan on Monday said Boko Haram’s attacks on churches in villages near Chibok, Borno, on Sunday were attempts…
Forgotten Chibok Girls
Seventy-seven days after close to 300 schoolgirls were kidnapped in Chibok by Boko Haram, and many weeks after the Nigerian…
Jonathan condemns Bauchi, Kaduna attacks
President Goodluck Jonathan has condemned Friday night’s bombing in the Bayan Gari area of Bauchi State. In a statement issued…
We’re working tirelessly to bring back Chibok girls – Jonathan
President Goodluck Jonathan has said that the Federal Government has spared no resources in the effort to find the girls…
Jonathan writes Washington Post on Chibok schoolgirls
‘Nothing is more important than bringing home Nigeria’s missing girls’ BY GOODLUCK JONATHAN I have had to remain quiet about…
Jonathan wants UN to set up intelligence sharing system
President Goodluck Jonathan said he would urge UN Assembly in September to establish coordinated system for sharing intelligence in solving…
Jonathan vows to bring perpetrators of Abuja blast to justice
President Goodluck Jonathan on Friday vowed to bring the perpetrators and sponsors of Wednesday’s bomb attack in Abuja to justice.…
We’ll get over terrorism, says Jonathan
President Goodluck Jonathan visited the site of a deadly bombing in the capital Abuja on Friday after cutting short an…