Tag: President Goodluck Jonathan
Jonathan promises to sanction subsidy thieves
President Goodluck Jonathan on Sunday denied insinuations that he has been soft in the fight against corruption. In a press…
Jonathan in Edo pledges fair polls
President Goodluck Jonathan, on Saturday in Benin, assured the people of the state of 100 per cent security of their…
Jonathan salutes Egypt’s Morsi
President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan has congratulated Dr. Mohamed Morsi on his emergence as Egypt’s President–Elect following the country’s recent run-off…
Ghanaian Prof. Slams Jonathan
A Ghanaian-born Economic Professor and President of the Washington DC-based Free Africa Foundation, George Ayittey, has slammed President Goodluck Jonathan…
Jonathan vows to smash Boko Haram
Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan on Monday vowed to “decisively deal” with members of Islamist sect Boko Haram which has pressed…
Shakeup Long Over-Due
The shakeup of the country’s security apparatus was long overdue even though it was not far-reaching, considering the spate of…
Jonathan sacks security adviser, defence minister
Ayorinde Oluokun/Abuja In what appears to be an obvious response to the security challenges facing Nigeria, President Goodluck Jonathan on…
Brazil President To Lead Trade Mission To Nigeria
President Dilma Rousseff of Brazil has accepted an invitation from President Goodluck Jonathan to visit Nigeria before the end of…
Court orders INEC to appear in case against Jonathan
An Abuja High Court on Thursday ordered INEC to appear in court to enter its defence in a suit filed…
Brazilian president to lead trade delegation to Nigeria
President Dilma Rousseff of Brazil has accepted an invitation from President Goodluck Jonathan to visit Nigeria before the end of…
Jonathan can rule from anywhere, says Maku
Ayorinde Oluokun/Abuja Spokesman of the Jonathan administration, Labaran Maku,has further dismissed the opposition criticism of President Jonathan’s attendance of the…
‘Boko Haram: It’s Time For Jonathan To Resign’
A Lagos lawmaker and representative of the Apapa Constituency 2 at the state House of Assembly, Olumuyiwa Jimoh, has asked…
Jonathan: My critics are Liars
Ayorinde Oluokun President Goodluck Jonathan late Tuesday in Rio De Janeiro, Brazil urged Nigeria’s political class not to sacrifice the…
Jonathan Under Fire for Rio Trip
The Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) has criticized President Goodluck Jonathan for embarking on a trip to Brazil for the…
Jonathan Should Stop Lamentation And Face Boko Haram Squarely
In his usual manner of reacting to the bombing of innocent Nigerians by the Boko Haram sect which are now…
Jonathan to attend UN Earth Summit
President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan will depart Abuja tomorrow to attend the United Nations’ Earth Summit, RIO+20, opening in Brazil on…
Jonathan in Church sad over bombings
President Goodluck Jonathan has expressed sadness over the multiple explosions that rocked churches in Kaduna and Zaria on Sunday. Jonathan…
Keep Jonathan out of Reps bribery mess, says Abati
Neither the President nor anyone acting on his request or order has anything to do with the scandal that has…
Nigeria to issue visitors visas at point of entry
Nigeria’s Federal Executive Council has approved a new visa policy for the country designed to boost tourism, attract foreign investment…
Jonathan hails General Abubakar at 70
Nigeria’s President Goodluck Jonathan has felicitated with former Head of State General Abdulsalami Abubakar, on the occasion of his 70th…
Subsidy Bribery Scandal: Jonathan Should Act Now
If there is any opportunity President Goodluck Jonathan needs to assure Nigerians and the international community that he is very…
PDP Leads Nigeria With Thieves, Criminals -Uranta
Close friend of President Goodluck Jonathan and Co-convener of the National Summit Group, Tony Uranta, has declared that the Peoples…
Gowon Slams Jonathan Over Renaming UNILAG
President Goodluck Jonathan was on Tuesday chided by former Head of State and Chairman of Nigeria Prays, Gen. Yakubu Gowon…
MKO Deserves More! —‘Dimeji Daniels
Whatever his intentions were(are), President Goodluck Jonathan deserves more kudos than knocks for renaming University of Lagos (UNILAG) after Chief…
Students Sue President Jonathan Over Unilag Name Change
The controversy and uproar generated by the broadcast of President Goodluck Jonathan on 29 May, 2012, renaming Unilag after MKO…
Plane crash: Jonathan declares 3-day mourning
President Goodluck Jonathan has declared a three-day period of national mourning in memory of the 153 people who died in…
2015 Poll: Court To Hear Case Seeking To Ban Jonathan 21 June
An Abuja High Court has fixed June 21 for hearing in the suit praying to stop President Goodluck Jonathan from…
UNILAG Or MAU: A Controversy Like No Other
President Goodluck Jonathan must have expected a torrent of public applause for his decision to rename the 50-year old University…
Govt insists on new name for UNILAG
Federal Government said on Wednesday that protests by students and staff of University of Lagos over the change of the…
Coalition Urges Jonathan To Reshuffle Cabinet
The Coalition of Niger Delta Ethnic and Civil Society Groups have urged President Goodluck Jonathan to sack some members of…