Tag: President Goodluck Jonathan
Jonathan highlights achievements in major New Year Message
President Jonathan will in his second and major New Year message to Nigerians roll out a list of his “achievements”…
Jonathan welcomes Nigerians to new century of amalgamation
Text of a NEW YEAR MESSAGE TO THE NATION FROM PRESIDENT GOODLUCK EBELE JONATHAN Dear Compatriots, I greet and felicitate…
Citizens to the leaders: ‘Our New Year messages to you’
Goodbye 2013. Welcome 2014. Nigeria’s political and religious leaders have been issuing forth a plethora of new year messages to…
Brig. Olawunmi new boss of NYSC, Waziri chairs TCN
The Federal Government on Tuesday appointed Brig-Gen. Johnson Olawunmi as the new Director-General of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC).…
School Sports’ Stakeholders Want Continuity At NSC
As speculation is rife over President Goodluck Jonathan planned cabinet reshuffle, stakeholders in sports has called for continuity in the…
Tinubu raps Jonathan over missing $11billion, calls for change
A national leader of the All Progressives Congress, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu has urged Nigerians to embrace his party, as…
Disaster if Jonathan fails on national talks, group warns
President Goodluck Jonathan was on Monday urged to hold talks on the future of Nigeria, as the country prepared to…
Bakare Blasts Jonathan Presidency Over Cow Gift
David Odey The presiding overseer of the Latter Rain Church and the convener of Save Nigeria Group, Pastor Tunde Bakare…
Reports: Jonathan, Oduah’s cash gifts split Ohanaeze
Ohanaeze Ndigbo, the umbrella tribal union for Nigeria’s Ndigbo may split over the cash gifts given the members by President…
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APC says Jonathan’s letter crosses line of decency
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has deconstructed President Goodluck Jonathan’s response to ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo’s scathing open letter and its…
Jonathan cautions media against sensationalism
President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan has cautioned Nigeria’s media against misrepresenting what he said, citing the report on his speech on…
Trending: You do not own Nigeria, Jonathan tells Obasanjo
President Goodluck Jonathan continued to seize every opportunity he gets to aim shots at “some Nigerians’ who behave as if…
Jonathan, Amaechi, lead love choral to Nigerians at Xmas
Love is the thrust of the celebratory messages sent out by Nigeria’s politicians to compatriots in marking Christmas. From President…
Jonathan to acquire a new Gulfstream jet
The Jonathan government plans to buy a new plane to expand the presidential fleet, at a time many of the…
Obasanjo to Jonathan: ‘I have done my duty to you’
Abiodun Onafuye/ Abeokuta Nigeria’s former President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo today declined to make fresh reaction to the open letter sent…
Jonathan replies Obasanjo, debunks allegations
It is a season of letter writing and President Goodluck Jonathan has capped it with his much awaited response today…
Obasanjo’s letter: Danjuma says no public comment for now
Former Nigeria’s defence minister, General Theophilus Danjuma said he would not make a public comment on the 18 page letter…
Letter to Jonathan: Ex-Senate President blasts Obasanjo
. With another 18 page letter Senator Ameh Ebute, a former senate President in the short-lived democratic experiment under the…
Yoruba group urges Jonathan implement confab’s agenda
The Afenifere, a Pan-Yoruba socio-political group, on Friday called on President Goodluck Jonathan to faithfully implement the agenda of the…
In pictures: Afenifere leaders visit Jonathan
Members of the Yoruba pressure group, the Afenifere visited President Goodluck Jonathan in Abuja today. Governor Segun Mimiko of Ondo…
Amnesty calls on Jonathan to reject anti-gay bill
Amnesty International on Friday urged Nigeria’s President Goodluck Jonathan to reject a bill that would outlaw gay marriage and crackdown…
Jonathan approves sale of Nigeria’s 4 refineries
Nigeria’s Bureau of Public Enterprise (BPE), on Friday in Abuja announced that President Goodluck Jonathan has approved the privatisation of…
Lagos PDP passes vote of confidence on Jonathan
Jamiu Yisa The Lagos State chapter of Nigeria’s Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has passed vote of confidence of President Goodluck…
Jonathan delegates Okonjo-Iweala to present Budget 2014
President Goodluck Jonathan has delegated Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, the Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister for the Economy to present…
Obasanjo, Jonathan, The Message And The Messenger
By Peter Claver-Oparah There is little doubt that the recent letter by former President Olusegun Obasanjo to the incumbent President…
APC Chieftain Lambasts Iyabo Over Comments On Obasanjo
A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, APC, and the Lagos State interim Assistant Publicity Secretary of the party, Chief…
Confab Holds Early Next Year —Jonathan
President Goodluck Jonathan said on Wednesday that all necessary preparations are being made to ensure that the proposed national conference…
Nigeria unveils locally made drone
Ayorinde Oluokun/Abuja Nigeria unveiled its own drone on Tuesday, appropriately named “GULMA,” (Hausa word for gossip). The unveiling was done…
An Open Letter To OBJ And Nigerians
By Yahaya Balogun Dear Sir, Your open letter to President Goodluck Jonathan few days ago, going viral on the internet…
NNPC And The Missing $49.8bn
Last week, Nigerians were shocked to learn that $49.8bn crude oil sales proceed was missing from the federation account. The…