Tag: President Goodluck Jonathan
Ribadu faults Jonathan’s ‘No Amnesty to Boko Haram ghosts’
Mallam Nuhu Ribadu, former Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, has urged President Goodluck Jonathan to grant amnesty…
Torrents of tributes pour for Chinua Achebe
President Goodluck Jonathan said on Friday that late Prof. Chinua Achebe will be greatly missed for his immense patriotism and…
Goni Aji heads Nigeria’s bureaucracy
President Goodluck Jonathan has appointed Alhaji Bukar Goni Aji, OON as the new Head of the Civil Service of the…
No Going Back On Oil Subsidy Removal —Jonathan
The President Goodluck Jonathan-led Federal Government has restated its plan to fully deregulate the downstream oil sector, despite the aversion…
Kano Massacre: The Height Of Provocation
By Joy Igbokwe “I have lost my nose. There is a deep gorge in my stomach, I am placed on…
Jonathan visits Equatorial Guinea to boost ties
Nigeria’s President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan will embark on a two-day state visit to Equatorial Guinea, Thursday, March 21, to boost…
Archbishop of Canterbury: Ekweremadu leads Nigeria’s team
Nigeria’s Deputy Senate President, Senator Ike Ekweremadu will lead a Nigerian delegation to London at the formal enthronement of the…
President Jonathan’s Church Donation
Last Saturday’s fundraiser in Lagos, in aid of St. Stephen’s Anglican Church Deanery and Youth Development Centre, Otuoke, Bayelsa State…
We Are Kept In Desert, Says Head Of Kidnapped French Family
Patriarch of the French family kidnapped in Cameroon has spoken, according to a report by the news agency, AFP. In…
ALAMS PARDON: Bill Gates Cancels Visit To Nigeria
America’s richest man, Bill Gates, has cancelled his scheduled 27 March visit to Nigeria, in response to the controversial pardon…
More Knocks For Jonathan Over N6b Church Fund
President Goodluck Jonathan of Nigeria has continued to receive knocks for taking very unpopular decisions, the latest being an event…
Alamieyesiegha And The Travails Of A Diminished People
By Osuolale Alalade It has not come as a surprise that the presidency, through its senior combative and loquacious mouthpiece,…
No ransom to kidnappers of French family, says Nigeria
Without having an inkling about the whereabouts of the abducted French family or opening a channel of communication with their…
Alamieyeseigha: Disappointed US warns Nigeria on aid
The United States on Friday condemned Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan’s pardon of former governor Diepreye Alamieyeseigha, his predecessor in Bayelsa…
Senator Mark leads Nigeria’s delegation to Vatican
President Goodluck Jonathan has approved that Nigeria be represented by a delegation headed by the Senate President, Senator David Mark…
Jonathan, other leaders hail new Pope
Nigeria’s President Goodluck Jonathan has joined other world leaders in congratulating Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio of Argentina on his historic…
Okupe urges acceptance of pardon for Alamieyeseigha, others
President Goodluck Jonathan’s public affairs spokesman Doyin Okupe has called on Nigerians to respect the pardon granted former governor of…
Pardon For Alams: Afenifere, Aturu, Keyamo Slam Jonathan
The Pan Yoruba socio-cultural group, Afenifere, activist, Bamidele Aturu, Festus Keyamo, former Governor of Kaduna State, Balarabe Musa and others…
Jonathan vows to improve security in Nigeria
Nigeria’s President Goodluck Jonathan remains optimistic that his government would find a panacea to the increasing wave of terrorism and…
2015: Clark Seeks Automatic Ticket For Jonathan
Nnamdi Felix / Abuja Ahead of 2015 Presidential election, former Information Minister and elder statesman, Chief Edwin Clark on Tuesday…
Stakeholders Thumb down Demuren’s Sack
Stakeholders in the Nigerian aviation industry on Tuesday reacted angrily at the sack last night of Dr. Harold Demuren, Director…
Jonathan sacks Harold Demuren, NCAA boss
Ayorinde Oluokun/Abuja The Federal Government on Monday night sacked Dr. Harold Demuren, the Director General of the Nigeria Civil Aviation…
Yobe state elders want oil exploration start soon
Elders in Nigeria’s troubled Yobe State on Thursday appealed to President Goodluck Jonathan, to commence exploration of crude oil in…
Jonathan Rejects Amnesty Calls For Boko Haram
Nigeria’s president, visiting the region at the heart of an Islamist insurgency for the first time since he was elected…
Encomiums As Soyinka Receives Awo Prize in Lagos
TOKUNBO OLAJIDE Eminent Nigerians turned out in large numbers today in Lagos for a leadership award presentation for literary icon,…
Christian Leader Seeks Action Against Corruption
The President, Centre for Righteous Living (CRL), Reverend Solomon Adebolagun has appealed to President Goodluck Jonathan to be more active…
Over 46 % NDDC Projects Abandoned, says panel
Chief Isaac Jemide led Presidential Monitoring Committee on the Niger Delta Development Commission NDDC submitted its report to President Goodluck…
Jonathan Praises OBJ At 76
President Goodluck Jonathan has described Chief Olusegun Obasanjo as a true father and elder statesman, reassuring him of continuous sharing…
2015 Could Be Messy If…
By Kanayo Esinulo I sounded alarmed and gravely disturbed in this column some weeks ago, because I suspect that the…