Tag: President Goodluck Jonathan
Jonathan attends meeting on Gulf of Guinea piracy
Amidst reports by the International Maritime Bureau that the Gulf region of West Africa has displaced Somalia as the world’s…
Bamanga Tukur stays on as PDP chairman
Ayo Oluokun/Abuja Intrigues threatening to tear apart Nigeria’s ruling Peoples Democratic Party, PDP continued on Thursday as Alhaji Bamanga Tukur…
2015: Patience Begins Campaign For Jonathan
Patience Jonathan has kicked off political campaign for her husband and Nigeria’s President, Goodluck Jonathan, ahead of the 2015 Presidential…
Cadets Sleep Under Trees, Hostels Get Facelift
It is obvious that Nigeria Police College, Ikeja, Lagos is currently wearing a new look as a result of its…
Salvage Your Country, Ezekwesili Ralies Nigerians
Former World Bank Vice President for Africa, Mrs. Oby Ezekwesili, has urged Nigerians to either help themselves salvage their country…
Why Amaechi Remains Suspended —Akpabio
The National Caucus of the ruling PDP has explained that the suspension of Governor Rotimi Amaechi of Rivers state, southwest…
Power Sector Tussle
Two power companies owned by Professor Barth Nnaji, former Minister of Power, take on the Bureau of Public Enterprises in…
Nigeria’s New National Space Council: Matters Arising
By Makinde Collins “We must evolve clear cut initiatives that will not only fast track our industrialization process but one…
Fidau: Lagos Stands Still For Abibat Mogaji
Eminent Nigerians from all walks of life, defied the early Tuesday morning rain and gathered at the Tafawa Balewa Square,…
Jonathan eyeing 2015 meets 2 voting blocs
President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan appeared today to have launched his campaign for re-election in 2015, meeting a high-powered delegation of…
June 12: How Can We Forget? (2)
By Chido Onumah “I betrayed my very genuine friend for 25 years. From the day we met, there was rapport.…
Senate Considers Proposal To Rename UNILAG
The Senate has given a hint that it would consider a proposal by the federal government to rename the University…
Jonathan, Tinubu, Fashola mourn Rolling Dollar
President Goodluck Jonathan led the flood of tributes for the departed accomplished and multi-talented Nigerian musician, Pa Fatai Olayiwola Olagunju,…
Witch-Hunting In The PDP
What Karl Marx said in his book, The German Ideology, that the ideas of the ruling class have ever been…
Nigeria Joins G8 New Alliance For Food Security
Nigeria’s Minister for Agriculture and Rural Development, Dr. Akinwumi Adesina, attended G8 Food Security and Nutrition events this weekend in…
5 Soldiers Guard 1 Foreigner Against Kidnapping —Minister
The Minister of Niger Delta, Chief Godsday Orubebe has disclosed that five soldiers guard one road construction expatriate in the…
General Agwai new deputy chair for SURE-P
Nigeria’s President Goodluck Jonathan has appointed General Martin Luther Agwai (rtd.) as the new Deputy Chairman of the Subsidy Reinvestment…
Military Lists Gains Of War Against Boko Haram
Nigeria’s military on Wednesday disclosed details of its offensive against Islamist militants, describing a series of events that saw insurgents…
Federal Govt Should Hands Off Roads
Recently, there was a mild altercation between President Goodluck Jonathan and the Ogun State Governor, Ibikunle Amosun, on the dichotomy…
CAN Is Corrupt
Primate Babatunde Elijah Ayodele, founder, INRI Evangelical Spiritual Church, Lagos, explains to FOLARIN ADEMOSU why his prophecies have been misconstrued…
A Governor’s Unending Woes
The suspension of Governor Rotimi Amaechi is the latest in a series of assault against his administration by federal forces…
62 Shipwrecks Removed From Lagos Waterways
The Minister of Transport, Senator Idris Umar, says government had to remove 62 critical wrecks from Lagos waterways to allow…
Adopt-A-Talent Sports Programme: Anslem Eyes 2015 AAG Slot
When Chinenye Anslem started Adopt-A-Talent Programme three years ago, she never thought the programme will give her the opportunity to…
Anenih’s Evil Machinations
Nigerians were jolted last Thursday when the Chairman, Board of Trustees of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Chief Tony Anenih,…
Jonathan: Dana Plane Crash, A Monumental Tragedy
President Goodluck Jonathan Monday at a solemn, brief ceremony held at Nnamdi Azikwe International Airport, Abuja unveiled a cenotaph in…
NGF: Jonathan anti-democratic, ACN says
The Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) has said it is a travesty of democracy for President Goodluck Jonathan to recognise…
No plan to probe Obasanjo, says Jonathan
It’s a day of denials by Nigeria’s presidency as the Jonathan government debunked another report claiming that it is planning…
Atiku: Jonathan must go through primary elections
The idea being mooted by Chief Tony Anenih, that President Goodluck Jonathan and state governors be given the Peoples Democratic…
Jonathan slams false media reports on Boko Haram
The Nigerian government has slammed slanted and misleading media reports on the military operations in three states, where a state…
Army: Shekau Video Tiger
Nigeria’s military on Thursday described Boko Haram chief, Abubakar Shekau as a video tiger, dismissing as “empty propaganda” claims by…