Tag: President Goodluck Jonathan
Fashola Takes Jonathan To Supreme Court
Kazeem Ugbodaga The government of Governor Babatunde Fashola of Lagos State has dragged the administration of President Goodluck Jonathan to…
Jonathan mourns Misau, departed confab’s delegate
President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan has commiserated with members of the Association of Retired Police Officers on the passing away yesterday…
The Insensitivity of a Globetrotting President
Adebayo Taiwo Hassan-Justice The full import of what leadership is, or more precisely, the section of the Nigerian constitution emphasising…
Jonathan to attend ECOWAS summit
President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan will depart Abuja Thursday for Yamoussoukro, Cote D’Ivoire to participate in the 44th Ordinary Session of…
National Confab: Adamawa Threatens Secession
Ayorinde Oluokun/Abuja The National Conference continued on a rancorous note on Wednesday morning with one of the prominent monarchs at…
Between Abdullahi And Danagogo
When former Sports Minister and Chairman National Sports Commission (NSC), Bolaji Abdullahi, was removed from office recently and replaced by…
Nigeria budgets $1billion to fight oil theft
President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan said Sunday at The Hague that the Federal Government has earmarked one billion U.S Dollars for…
In Pictures: Award to Jonathan highlights Namibia’s day
President Hifikepunye Pohamba of Namibia has conferred the “Order of Welwitschia”, the highest national honour of that country on President…
Jonathan in Namibia says corruption exaggerated in Nigeria
.Jonathan rules out capital punishment for corruption as is done in China As if to challenge the validity of the…
PDP challenges opposition to a debate
The leadership of Nigeria’s Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), on Wednesday in Abuja, challenged the opposition parties to a debate on…
Jonathan visits Pope Francis, Namibia, Netherlands
President Goodluck Jonathan will join other world leaders, including President Barack Obama of the United States, President Francois Hollande of…
President Jonathan Cancels NIS Recruitment
Ayorinde Oluokun/Abuja Nigeria’s President Goodluck Jonathan on Wednesday ordered the cancellation of the nationwide recruitment exercise by the Nigeria Immigration…
My Administration Has Done Well
Governor Abiola Ajimobi of Oyo State, in an interview with journalists (including GBENRO ADESINA) in Ibadan, speaks on the achievements…
Jonathan boasts of capturing Kwara even before 2015
President Goodluck Jonathan on Tuesday said the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) would recapture all its ‘stolen mandates’ in Kwara on…
Nigerians collect signatures to sack Abba Moro
No fewer than 20 Nigerians have signed a petition calling on President Goodluck Jonathan to sack his Interior Minister, Comrade…
Deaths at Job test centres: Jonathan summons Moro
President Goodluck Jonathan Monday summoned Nigeria’s interior minister, Abba Moro and the Immigration Services boss David Paradang, two days after…
Jonathan declares open conference on Nigeria’s future
.President denies nursing personal agenda President Goodluck Jonathan at 5.06 p.m today formally flagged open the National Conference, being attended…
2015 election: Jonathan wins eligibility suit
A Nigerian Federal High Court in Kaduna on Monday struck out a suit challenging the eligibility of President Goodluck Jonathan…
For The Records: Sanusi Lamido replies Jonathan
Mallam Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, the suspended governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, on Sunday issued a statement in which…
Tight security as Jonathan gets set to open confab
Ayorinde Oluokun/Abuja Security has been beefed up around the Federal Capital Territory as delegates to the National Conference which will…
New Niger Bridge triggers hope and resentment
Sometimes a bridge is more than just a bridge. After years of delays and empty promises, Nigeria has finally begun…
Jonathan splitting Nigeria on religious line, says Senator Ojudu
EROMOSELE EBHOMELE A Nigerian Senator, Babafemi Ojudu, representing the Ekiti Central Senatorial District, has cautioned the country’s President, Dr. Goodluck…
Cameroon rules out sanctuary for Boko Haram fighters
On a day that Boko Harm insurgents attacked with impunity a military barrack in Maiduguri, Borno state, Cameroon vowed it…
Jonathan in Katsina after killings, orders army comb forest
President Goodluck Jonathan on Thursday in Katsina directed the Armed Forces to comb the Rugu Forest and rid it of…
I was hit with gun butt, says President Jonathan’s uncle
Chief Inengite Nitabai, 70, the Uncle of President Goodluck Jonathan on Thursday narrated his ordeal in the hands of kidnappers…
Jonathan approves forensic audit of NNPC
Nigeria’s President Goodluck Jonathan has authorized a forensic audit of the NNPC, the state energy company, the presidency said on…
David Mark says zone will back Jonathan in poll
The Senate President, David Mark, has pledged the support of the North Central zone of PDP to President Goodluck Jonathan…
Sultan urges Jonathan end killings in Northern Nigeria
Nigeria’s respected monarch, the Sultan of Sokoto, Sa’ad Abubakar III, has urged President Goodluck Jonathan to use presidential powers to…
Baraje says probe rumour smear campaign
Stephen Oni/ Ilorin A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Alhaji Abubakar Kawu Baraje has denied the rumour making…