Tag: President Goodluck Jonathan
Terrorism: Jonathan solicits global support for rehabilitation of affected states
President Goodluck Jonathan on Wednesday solicited international support for his plans for the socio-economic rehabilitation of the north-eastern states after…
State of Emergency: Senate summons service chiefs, NSA
The Senate will meet with Nigeria service chiefs, the National Security Adviser, (NSA), the Minister of Defence and Police Affairs…
Industrialising Ogun
By Femi Onasanya As Ogun State prepares to host its second Investors Forum between 21st and 22nd May, 2014, I…
Jonathan, N’guesso urge African leaders to eradicate terrorism
President Goodluck Jonathan and President Denis Sassou N’guesso of the Republic of Congo Tuesday called on African leaders, the African…
Chibok girls: Tinubu, Nelson lead APC Women Protest in Lagos
Kazeem Ugbodaga Hundreds of women stormed the Lagos State Governor’s Office on Tuesday protesting the abduction of 234 school girls…
State of Emergency: Reps to debate President Jonathan’s request
The House of Representatives will on Wednesday debate President Goodluck Jonathan’s request for extension of the state of emergency in…
Emergency Rule: Jonathan Seeks Extension In Borno, Others
By Ayorinde Oluokun/Abuja President Goodluck Jonathan has written to the National Assembly to seek the extension of the state of…
UNAIDS appoints Jonathan as “Face of Protect the Goal”
The UNAIDS on Monday appointed President Goodluck Jonathan as Face of Protect the Goal, a global initiative to use football…
Why the President Must Sack His Media Team
These have not been the best of times for President Goodluck Jonathan. Since the Nyanya bomb blast that consumed over…
Nigeria not on auto pilot – Presidency replies Akande
The Presidency on Sunday berated Chief Bisi Akande, the Chairman of opposition party, APC, over his claim that “Nigeria is…
Israel to help find kidnapped Nigerian girls
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday offered to help Nigeria search for hundreds of schoolgirls kidnapped by extremist Islamist…
French President calls for African summit on Nigeria abductions
French President Francois Hollande called Sunday for African leaders to hold a summit in Paris on security in west Africa…
Don’t blame opposition for terrorism, APC tells President Jonathan
Lanre Babalola The All Progressives Congress, (APC), has asked President Goodluck Jonathan to stop blaming opposition for the insecurity in…
Jonathan reads riot act to illegal oil bunkerers
President Goodluck Jonathan on Saturday warned people involved in oil bunkering to desist from it or face the full weight…
Jonathan congratulates Zuma on resounding victory
President Goodluck Jonathan on Saturday congratulated President Jacob Zuma and his party, the African National Congress (ANC) on their resounding…
I will not sleep until abducted girls are rescued – Jonathan
President Goodluck Jonathan said he will “not sleep” or rest on his oars until the over 200 abducted girls in…
Gordon Brown lauds Nigeria’s zero tolerance for terrorism
The United Nations’ Special Envoy on Education, Gordon Brown, on Friday in Abuja praised the Nigerian Government’s zero tolerance for…
You are the best Monarch, Tinubu Praises Awujale
Abiodun Onafuye,Abeokuta Former governor of Lagos state and national leader of the All Progressives Congress, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu described…
Clinton Slams Jonathan Over Corruption
Mrs. Hillary Clinton, the former US Secretary of State, has lambasted President Goodluck Jonathan over corruption in Nigeria and the…
ECOWAS to assist Nigeria on counter-terrorism – Mahama
ECOWAS leaders had decided to invoke the community’s protocols on counter-terrorism to defeat terrorism and support Nigeria’s efforts to rescue…
WEF: Jonathan urges African leaders to commit to agriculture
President Goodluck Jonathan on Wednesday urged African leaders to go beyond campaign slogans if they want to reap benefits of…
Boko Haram kill 300 in fresh attack
A Boko Haram massacre has killed hundreds in Nigeria’s northeast, multiple sources said on Wednesday, as police offered N50 million…
Jonathan And Celebration Of Corruption
The seventh Media Chat President Goodluck Jonathan had with journalists last Sunday finally confirmed the doubts Nigerians have nursed about…
US protest demands action on kidnapped Nigerian girls
About 200 protesters gathered Tuesday outside the Nigerian embassy in Washington to demand the country take robust action to rescue…
Mahama Writes To Jonathan On Boko Haram
President John Dramani Mahama has called on member states of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) to help…
Jonathan, Kenyatta vow not to surrender to terrorists
President Goodluck Jonathan and his Kenyan counterpart, Uhuru Kenyata on Monday vowed that their country would not succumb to terrorism…
Insecurity will end soon – Sultan
The Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar, on Monday expressed optimism that the challenge of insecurity in the country would…
The Beginning Of The End Or The End Of The Beginning? Part 1
By Henry Chukwuemeka Onyema You do not need to be a Jean-Paul Satre to see the sense of worry inherent…
No Plan To Jack Up Fuel Price, Says Jonathan
Eromosele Ebhomele & with agency report President Goodluck Jonathan said in Abuja on Sunday that the Federal Government had no…