Tag: President Goodluck Jonathan
Knocks For Presidency Over N2.2b Banquet Hall
It has been more knocks for President Goodluck Jonathan over his administration’s approval for a new N2.2 billion Banquet Hall…
Jonathan arrives Bayelsa for brother’s burial
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt President Goodluck Jonathan has arrived his hometown Otuoke, Ogbia Local Government area of Bayelsa State for the…
Jonathan urged to address infrastructure deficiency
Chief Ernest Shonekan, the Chairman, Infrastructure Concession Regulatory Commission (ICRC), on Tuesday called for the setting up of Infrastructure Investment…
President Jonathan’s brother for burial Saturday
President Jonathan will leave Abuja for Bayelsa State on Thursday to participate in the burial ceremonies of his younger brother,…
OBJ v Jonathan: A Troubled Relationship
Grave symptoms of ill-health appear in the relationship between President Goodluck Jonathan and former president Olusegun Obasanjo, raising the possibility…
Jonathan condoles Buhari on his late daughter
President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan has commiserated with former Head of State, Major-General Muhammadu Buhari (rtd.) on the death of his…
Another banquet hall to be built for Jonathan
Ayorinde Oluokun/Abuja bureau chief At a time many Nigerians are complaining about government’s profligacy, the Federal Government announced on Wednesday…
Nigeria sacks privatization agency boss
Ayorinde Oluokun/Abuja Bureau chief After surviving many calls for her sack, the Director General of the Bureau for Public Enterprises…
Jonathan, Amosun condole with TheNEWS/P.M.NEWS
Simon Ateba Nigeria’s President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan, Ogun State Governor, Senator Ibikunle Amosun and other dignitaries have been commiserating with…
Nigeria seeks to strengthen ties with Pakistan
Nigeria’s President Goodluck Jonathan sought Wednesday to strengthen bilateral ties with Pakistan by “re-energising” the existing bi-national commission between the…
Jonathan arrives Islamabad for D8 summit
Nigeria’s leader, President Goodluck Jonathan, was among the early arrivals for the summit of eight countries with Islamic ties in…
Tragedy in Nigeria’s First Family: Advise Mr. Jonathan
President Goodluck Jonathan not only marked his 55th birthday today, a month after his wife marked her own with the…
President Jonathan’s younger brother dies
Ayorinde Oluokun/Abuja Bureau Chief On the day that President Goodluck Jonathan clocked 55 years, amidst a blaze of newspaper adverts,…
Give Governance Human Face, Women Tell Jonathan
Al-Mu’minaat( the believing women) Organisation, Lagos, has urged President Goodluck Jonathan to reappraise governance and give it a human face,…
Lagos-Ibadan Expressway: Nigeria sacks Bi-Courtney
Jamiu Yisa and Ayorinde Oluokun Nigeria’s Federal government has terminated the contract concessioning the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway reconstructiona and maintenance to…
Jonathan goes to Islamabad for D8 summit
President Goodluck Jonathan will leave Abuja on Tuesday night for a three-day visit to Islamabad, Pakistan to attend the summit…
Jonathan sidesteps questions on 2015
Jamiu Yisa President Goodluck Jonathan has said that it is too early for Nigerians to be asking if he will…
Jonathan: No dialogue with Boko Haram
Lanre babalola/New editor President Goodluck Jonathan this evening dispelled reports that his government has started dialogue with the Islamic fundamentalist…
Ask Goodluck Jonathan a question via Twitter or SMS
Do you think Nigeria is not working? Do you have a question for President Goodluck Jonathan? This is your chance…
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News Analysis: Nigeria’s Industry of Condolences
By Bayo Onanuga All it takes to switch on Nigeria’s burgeoning industry of paying condolences is for yet another big…
Jonathan votes N3b for research in Nigerian varsities
GBENRO ADESINA/IBADAN In a bid to improve the quality of staffing in the higher institutions and encourage staff development for…
Jonathan congratulates China’s new leader
President Goodluck Jonathan has congratulated Mr. Xi Jinping on his emergence as General Secretary of the Communist Party of China,…
Subsidy Removal: Prepare For Total Showdown —Sagay, Musa, Tell Nigerians
Nigeria is heading for another turbulent period as human rights activists and eminent Nigerians have told the masses to be…
Jonathan chats with Nigerian media men Sunday
President Goodluck Jonathan will be on the hot seat in another chat with select Nigerian media men Sunday, 18 November.…
Forget Second Term Ambition, Jonathan Advised
President Goodluck Jonathan has been advised to forget about contesting the 2015 presidential election for a second term in office…
Saharareporters: Patience Jonathan still ill
Saharareporters.com this morning, quoting unnamed sources claimed this morning that Patience Faka Jonathan, wife of Nigeria’s president, is still ill,…
Jonathan sets up panel to review Ribadu’s report
Certainly, Nigeria’s government works in a byzantine way and the Jonathan government is working hard to seal its image as…
Saraki, The Godfather Goes Home
The sun set for Dr. Abubakar Olusola Saraki, the Kwara State political godfather, whose political career spanned over four decades,…
Kogi Elders Petition Jonathan on state of affairs
Oluokun Ayorinde/Abuja Bureau Chief A group of respected elders and political leaders from Kogi State have cried out to President…