Tag: President Goodluck Jonathan
US Sends New Envoy To Nigeria
President Goodluck Jonathan Tuesday in Abuja received the letters of credence of the new United States Ambassador to Nigeria, Mr.…
Less than 17 percent Edo residents pay tax
An official of the Edo State Board of Internal Revenue (BIR), Emmanuel Usoh, has disclosed that less than 17 percent…
TUC advocates pay rise for Nigerian workers
The Trade Union Congress of Nigeria (TUC) on Monday requested the Federal Government to revisit the issue of pay rise…
National Conference And “The Fierce Urgency Of Now!”
By Chido Onumah Like many Nigerians I am suspicious of the national conference or dialogue proposed by President Goodluck Jonathan.…
Jonathan back home, cancels meeting with G7
Ayorinde Oluokun/Abuja President Goodluck Jonathan returned to Abuja from London on Sunday evening and declared that he is “very okay…
President Jonathan Sacks Aide
President Goodluck Jonathan on Sunday terminated the appointment of Mrs. Aisha Umar as his Special Assistant on Social Development. The…
Jonathan’s acute abdomen ailment: What it means
Forty-eight hours after President Goodluck Jonathan suddenly fell ill and was forced to skip a meeting Thursday in London with…
Jonathan had ‘acute abdomen’ crisis , returns Sunday
Doctors who examined and treated President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan for the sudden onset of severe abdominal pains in London have…
Jonathan denies drinking spree on birthday, condemns rumour mongers
President Goodluck Jonathan has described as fiction the story that he fell ill in London after a “heavy birthday party…
Jonathan: Nigeria to implement bold economic reforms
A revitalised President Goodluck Jonathan addressed the ongoing meeting of Nigeria’s Honourary International Investors’ Council Friday in London having made…
Jonathan Recovers, Attends Investors’ Meeting
Ayorinde Oluokun President Jonathan who took ill yesterday and was admitted at a London hospital for treatment has fully recovered.…
Jonathan ill in London, fails to meet investors
Nigeria’s President, Goodluck Jonathan has fallen ill in London and could not attend the meeting of Nigeria’s Honorary International Investors’…
VP Sambo, others praise Jonathan on birthday
Today, President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan became a year older, clocking 56. Though he was away in the UK to woo…
Pilgrims’ Progress
By Ademola Adegbamigbe President Goodluck Jonathan recently visited Israel. It was a mission that combined promotion of bilateral relations between…
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President Jonathan, Dame Patience And I
Governor Rotimi Amaechi of Rivers State explains his fractious relationship with President Goodluck Jonathan to TheNEWS editors In the last…
Amaechi: Battered But Unbowed
Rattled. That is what Rotimi Amaechi should be. Months of enduring body blows from an out-and-out heavyweight that is the…
Jonathan misses 2014 budget date again, leaves for UK
For the second time this month, President Goodluck Jonathan has failed to present the 2014 budget to the National Assembly…
President Goodluck Jonathan wishes Super Eagles good luck
Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan believes the country’s team could make history by becoming the first African team to win the…
Nigeria In Litmus Test Vote For 2015 Polls
Nigeria’s Anambra state goes to the polls this weekend to elect a new governor in a vote seen as a…
Pilgrims’ Progress
By Ademola Adegbamigbe President Goodluck Jonathan recently visited Israel. It was a mission that combined promotion of bilateral relations between…
Anambra Poll: APC Tasks Jonathan To Keep Pledge On Fair Election
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has asked President Goodluck Jonathan to live up to his promise of a free and…
Boko Haram: The Road to US Blacklist
The United States on Wednesday designated Nigeria’s radical Islamist Boko Haram network and an offshoot known as Ansaru as terror…
Thank You, Golden Eaglets!
By Ayo Oyoze Baje “We seem in this country to underrate the youth. The vigour of the youth is wasted in…
ASUU Chapters Back End To Strike
The National Executive Committee of Academic Staff Union of Nigeria Universities, ASUU, may call off its over four months old…
Bill Gates vows to end Nigeria’s polio scourge
US billionaire Bill Gates on Monday vowed to help end the scourge of polio in Nigeria, Africa’s most populous nation,…
Jonathan, Mark counsel African parliamentarians at summit
President Goodluck Jonathan said on Monday in Abuja that to institutionalise political stability in Africa, democracy must evolve within the…
Governor Shema loses dad
The father of Governor Ibrahim Shema of the northern state of Katsina has died. Alhaji Shehu Shema, a farmer and…
Jonathan decorates ADC with new rank
President Goodluck Jonathan on Monday decorated his Aide De Camp (ADC), Ojogbane Adegbe with his new rank of Colonel in…
Eaglets Happy Over Naira Rain
Nigeria’s Golden Eaglets have expressed excitement over the cash rewards they received from President Goodluck Jonathan for winning the 2013…
Jonathan gives cash rewards to World Champions, Golden Eaglets
Ayorinde Oluokun/Abuja President Goodluck Jonathan on Sunday announced different cash gifts for players, coaches and other support staff of the…