Tag: President Goodluck Jonathan
Dividing The Governors
The rumblings in the Peoples Democratic Party get messier as the Nigerian Governors’ Forum, NGF is sucked in The crack…
Sacking Corrupt Judges
It was with excitement that Nigerians last week received the news that the National Judicial Council (NJC) had wielded the…
Why Chief Tony Anenih Was Made BoT Chairman Of PDP
By Joe Igbokwe Do you know why Chief Tony Anenih was brought in a BoT Chairman of PDP? Do you…
Jonathan in Abidjan urges leaders adhere to rule of law
Nigeria’s President Goodluck Jonathan warned Saturday in Abidjan, Ivory Coast that African leaders must work harder to strengthen democracy and…
Jonathan presented with keys to Yamoussoukro
President Goodluck Jonathan pledged Friday in Yamoussoukro, Ivory Coast, that he will continue to work with President Alassane Ouattara and…
Court Clears Jonathan To Contest 2015 Election
A Nigerian court in Abuja has ruled that President Goodluck Jonathan is eligible to contest the forthcoming 2015 Presidential election…
Jonathan to address Ivorian Parliament Friday
President Goodluck Jonathan will on Friday address the Cote d’Ivoire National Assembly as part of his three-day State visit to…
Questions Over 2013 Budget
President Goodluck Jonathan, Tuesday, 26 February, finally signed the long-awaited 2013 budget, after he reportedly reached a truce with members…
2015: Gov Aliyu Alleges Blackmail Plot
Ayorinde Oluokun/Abuja Governor Babangida Aliyu of Nigeria’s central state of Niger has alleged that some highly placed politicians based in…
Jonathan Finally Signs Nigeria’s 2013 Budget
TOKUNBO OLAJIDE Nigeria’s President Goodluck Jonathan, Tuesday, finally signed the 2013 Appropriation Bill into law, ending weeks of stand-off between…
Who Grasps The Nettle For Jonathan Now?
By Dimeji Daniel I remember that it was exactly 73 days after President Goodluck Jonathan took the reins of power…
Axing Obasanjo’s Men
The crisis rocking the Peoples Democratic Party reaches a frenetic level with the axing of ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo’s loyalists Despite…
Anenih, the Fix-It-Man emerges PDP BOT chair
Ayorinde Oluokun/ Abuja After three previous failed attempts, the ruling Peoples Democratic Party on Monday succeeded in choosing a Chairman…
Boko Haram posts video of kidnapped French family
A video appeared on YouTube Monday of seven kidnapped members of a French family with their abductors, who claimed to…
Jonathan retires Justice Archibong
Nnamdi Felix / Abuja President Goodluck Jonathan has endorsed the recommendation of the National Judicial Council, by ordering the compulsory…
Mikano Veers Into Steel Fabrication
As Nigeria makes gains with electricity supply reforms, Mikano, which daily turns out truckloads of high-capacity power generating sets, has…
Brazil seeks bigger role in Nigeria’s energy sector
Brazil’s President Dilma Rousseff said Saturday that her government will seek to boost energy ties with Nigeria, Africa’s top oil…
Brazil’s leader arrives Nigeria
Brazil’s President Dilma Rousseff met with Nigeria’s leader Goodluck Jonathan in Abuja on Saturday for talks that were expected to…
Brazilian president arrives Nigeria Saturday
President Goodluck Jonathan will receive President Dilma Rousseff of Brazil tomorrow in Abuja and hold talks with her on the…
2015 Presidential Race: Nigerians’ll Decide Jonathan’s Fate
Human rights lawyers, Bamidele Aturu, Balarabe Musa and others have said Nigerians will decide the fate of President Goodluck Jonathan…
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Jonathan, Clinton, Fashola launch Eko Atlantic city site
President Goodluck Jonathan on Thursday said that the Atlantic City Initiative in Lagos was another major addition to the nation’s…
NJC Sacks 2 Judges, probes another
Felix Nnamdi/Abuja The National Judicial Council has recommended the compulsory retirement of Justice C. E. Archibong of the Federal High…
Jonathan for Lagos and Malabo summit
President Goodluck Jonathan will leave Abuja for Malabo, Equatorial Guinea tomorrow to participate in the 3rd Summit of Heads of…
Nigeria wants world’s help to slow massive oil theft
Nigeria has appealed to foreign governments to help crack down on crude oil theft, the oil minister said Tuesday of…
Eagles N900m Richer
Victorious Super Eagles have so far cashed in over N900 million (about $5.6 million) as gifts for winning the 2013…
Jonathan wants kidnapped foreigners rescued
President Goodluck Jonathan has ordered the Nigeria’s security agencies to take all necessary action to locate and rescue the foreign…
Another Budget Debacle
The 2013 Appropriation Bill remains unsigned and enmeshed in a familiar crisis of distortions Watching President Goodluck Jonathan last Tuesday…
President Jonathan And Electricity
“God willing, as we progress to 2013, improvements will become clearer. One advantage we have is that Nigeria has gas. Sometimes…
Dame Jonathan: ‘ I Was Dead for One Week’
Ayorinde Oluokun/Abuja For Dame Patience Jonathan, wife of Nigeria’s President, Sunday 17 February, was a day of thanksgiving and praises…
Jonathan wants absconded pension chief sanctioned
President Goodluck Jonathan has asked Nigeria’s top bureaucrat, the Head of Service, to commence “disciplinary action against Alhaji Abdulrasheed Maina,…