Tag: President Goodluck Jonathan
Jonathan seeks Senate confirmation of new board for EFCC
President Goodluck Jonathan on Tuesday forwarded a request for the Senate to confirm the appointment of a new secretary and…
LG Boss, Deputy, 17 Councillors Sacked
The political proxy battle between Governor Rotimi Amaechi of Rivers State, southsouth Nigeria, and President Goodluck Jonathan took a turn…
Jonathan orders probe of Baga Massacre
Nigeria’s President Goodluck Jonathan has ordered a full scale investigation into reports of high civilian casualties in the shooting war…
Jonathan donates N25m to Film City Project
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt At the 9th African Movie Academy Awards, AMAA, in Yenagoa,the Bayelsa State capital,President Goodluck Jonathan pledged technical…
Jonathan, Blair grace opening of Adefarasin’s Cathedral
President Goodluck Jonathan and former Prime Minister of Britain, Tony Blair graced today’s opening ceremony of the grand Cathedral Metropolitan…
NBA, Others Back 10-Year Jail Term For Pension Thieves
Some prominent lawyers on Thursday backed the proposal by the Federal Government to enact a law with a provision of…
Steel ‘ll Complement Transformation Agenda, says Jonathan
Abiodun Onafuye/ Abeokuta Nigeria’s President Goodluck Jonathan has described the establishment of a steel rolling mill by Wempco Limited as…
Datti Ahmed snubs Boko Haram amnesty panel
Another member of Nigeria’s presidential amnesty panel for Boko Haram militants, has rejected his nomination on the panel. Dr. Datti…
ACN crying wolf over Jonathan’s Lagos visit, says Abati
Nigeria’s Presidency has described the allegation by Alhaji Lai Mohammed, the National Publicity Secretary of the Action Congress of Nigeria…
Jonathan, Zuma confer on African security
South African President Jacob Zuma visited Nigeria on Tuesday and held talks with President Goodluck Jonathan on security issues facing…
2015: Jonathan Yet To Decide —Presidency
President Goodluck Jonathan said on Tuesday morning that he has not endorsed any governorship candidate or authorised any committee to…
Unabating Bloodshed
As negotiations for an amnesty deal for its members intensify, Boko Haram is showing no let up in its killing…
Boko Haram: Roadblock To Amnesty
Boko Haram rejects offer of amnesty by the Federal Government, sticking a pin into the balloon of optimism that its…
South Africa’s Zuma to visit Nigeria
The South African President, Mr Jacob Zuma, is scheduled to pay a one-day official visit to Nigeria on Tuesday, an…
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Nollywood Has No Structure
Jeta Amata, one of Nigeria’s popular film directors, who recently made an appearance on the CNN African Voices programme, tells…
Shekau, Boko Haram leader slams amnesty offer
Abubakar Shekau, the leader of Nigeria’s Boko Haram has rejected the idea of any potential amnesty deal, which the country’s…
Jonathan did not order arrest of journalists, says Abati
Nigeria’s Presidency has refuted media reports that President Goodluck Jonathan ordered the arrest on Monday of four journalists of the…
Why Jonathan Is After Me —Gov Amaechi
Embattled Rivers State Governor, Rotimi Amaechi, has broken his silence and disclosed that President Goodluck Jonathan is witch-hunting him because…
Boko Haram: The Amnesty Debate
The clamour for amnesty for Boko Haram members as a solution to the insurgency ravaging the North delivers its first…
Islamic Group Rejects Amnesty For Boko Haram
EROMOSELE EBHOMELE Ahead of the inauguration of the committee on amnesty for Boko Haram members by President Goodluck Jonathan, an…
Jonathan to attend Uhuru Kenyatta’s inauguration
Nigeria’s President Goodluck Jonathan will leave Abuja later tonight for Nairobi where he is scheduled to join other African leaders…
Jonathan sets up amnesty panel for Boko Haram
President Goodluck Jonathan on Thursday approved the setting up of a committee to consider the issue of granting amnesty to…
Jonathan leads tributes for Oshiomhole on 60th birthday
President Goodluck Jonathan has congratulated Nigeria’s Edo State Governor, Mr Adams Oshiomhole, who marks his 60th birthday today. Jonathan said…
Boko Haram terrorism: Northern Elders insist on amnesty
Nigeria’s Northern Elders’ Forum has called on President Goodluck Jonathan to consider amnesty for insurgent groups in the Northern region,…
Is PDP Armada Sinking?
By Taiwo Lawrence Adeyemi There is this Yoruba idiom that says ‘Akuko Ko; which literally translates to: ‘a cock has…
Jonathan promises to end terrorism in Nigeria
EROMOSELE EBHOMELE Nigeria’s President Goodluck Jonathan has reiterated his promise to end the insecurity that is fast taking a toll…
Jonathan at Islamic confab preaches co-existence by all faiths
President Goodluck Jonathan has restated the commitment of the Nigerian Government to ensuring freedom of religion to all Nigerians as…
Patience Jonathan missing at Good Friday service: In pictures
Nigeria’s presidency has churned out images of the service today at the Aso Rock chapel to mark the Christian festivity…
Corruption: President Jonathan Must Wake Up
Malam Nuhu Ribadu, former chairman, Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, tells AYORINDE OLUOKUN and FEMI IPAYE that President Goodluck Jonathan…
Jonathan Gives Anti-Corruption Task To New Head Of Service
President Goodluck Jonathan on Monday tasked the new Head of Civil Service of the Federation, Alhaji Bukar Goni Aji to…