Tag: President Goodluck Jonathan
Jonathan’s Govt And Need For Public Trust
During President Goodluck Jonathan’s presidential campaign, he told Nigerians that he passed through poverty in his early days and that…
Jonathan Visits Gas Blast site, Assures on SURE
Ayorinde Oluokun/Abuja President Goodluck Jonathan today assured members of the Koluoma community in Bayelsa State and adjoining villages affected by…
Jonathan slams Jos Violence
President Goodluck Jonathan has condemned the bombing of a church in Jos, Plateau State today and the reprisal attacks that…
Bayelsa Gov Poll: The Morning After
Although the February 11 governorship election in Bayelsa State has come and gone, the events that led to it cannot…
Silva Fights Dirty, Calls Jonathan Failure, Disaster
The frosty relationship between President Goodluck Jonathan and the immediate past Bayelsa State governor, Timipre Silva, is gradually degenerating into…
As Lent Begins, Jonathan Prays for Peace
President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan has congratulated Christians in Nigeria as they begin the observance of Lent. As the dominant feature…
Jonathan, Cameron pledge to fight terrorism
President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan met Wednesday in London with Prime Minister David Cameron of Britain ahead of the London Summit…
SURE Was Programmed To Fail
President Goodluck Jonathan’s announcement on Monday at the 58th National Executive Meeting of the People’s Democratic Party, PDP, that the…
Jonathan to attend Somalia Confab in UK
Nigeria’s President Goodluck Jonathan will travel to the United Kingdom, Wednesday morning, to attend the International Conference on Somalia, scheduled…
Ivory Coast’s leader heads ECOWAS
Ivory Coast’s president was named the new head of West Africa’s regional bloc on Friday at a summit in Abuja,…
FG Urged To Allow State Police
Archbishop Magnus Atilade, President of Christian Welfare Initiative (CWI) has urged President Goodluck Jonathan to look into the possibility of…
Dickson sworn in as Bayelsa state governor
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Henry Seriake Dickson, elected last week in a poll the opposition has dubbed a charade, has been…
Jonathan Calls For Prayers From Facebook Friends
President Goodluck Jonathan has called on his Facebook friends to pray for the success of the reform initiatives his administration…
Jonathan Tasks New Bayelsa Gov On Service Delivery
President Goodluck Jonathan has urged the newly elected Governor of Bayelsa State, Seriake Dickson and his incoming administration to work…
Jonathan Home to Vote In Crucial Poll
Okafor Ofiebor/Yenagoa President Goodluck Jonathan arrived Yenagoa, capital of his home state of Bayelsa at about 3.30pm today to vote…
Jonathan Urged To Check Boko Haram’s Excesses
President Goodluck Jonathan has been urged to as a matter of urgency, curtail the excesses of the Boko Haram sect…
Don’t Dialogue With Boko Haram, Jonathan Advised
A cleric, Prophet Solomon Olukunmi Ajao has advised President Goodluck Jonathan not to dialogue with the Boko Haram sect. The…
Jonathan Condoles With Mbu’s Family
President Goodluck Jonathan expressed sadness over the death of Chief Matthew Mbu, Nigeria’s one time Minister of Foreign Affairs, saying…
President Jonathan Lied, says Ex-governor
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Chief Timipre Sylva, sacked last week as Governor of Bayelsa State by the Nigerian Supreme Court, has…
ACF Dares Jonathan To Name Boko Haram Members In His Cabinet
Arewa Consulative Forum today told President Goodluck Jonathan to name those he said are Boko Haram members in his cabinet.…
Jonathan: I did not run for AU Chair
Oluokun Ayorinde/Abuja President Goodluck Jonathan said he did not contest for election as the Chairman of African Union, contrary to…
Jonathan Hails Nigerian Scientist
President Goodluck Jonathan has congratulated Professor Oluwole Daniel Makinde, recipient of the African Union Kwame Nkrumah 2011 Scientific Award for…
Bamishigbin: Nollywood Doesn’t Need Govt Money
Barrister Tunji Bamishigbin, film producer, actor and director, who is also a co-organiser of the Afro-Hollywood Awards, UK, speaks about…
Non Natives Flee as Nigeria’s President Visits bombed City
MADUABUCHI NMERIBEH/Kano Nigeria’s President Goodluck Jonathan today visited the city of Kano, the scene of the most deadly offensive, so…
Nigeria: Bridge, Car Bombed In Bayelsa Capital
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt On the eve of the visit of Nigeria’s vice president, Namadi Sambo, to President Goodluck Jonathan’s state,…
Govt’ll Cut More Overheads —Okonjo-Iweala
Minister of Finance, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, has declared that the government will further cut overhead cost in the administration of…
Bakare Berates Jonathan Over Mass Transit
The convener of the Save Nigeria Group, SNG, Pastor Tunde Bakare has accussed President Goodluck Jonathan of usurping the functions…
Protests: Nigerians Hope Jonathan Got Their Message
The fuel subsidy protests across the country and beyond are over. But Nigerians have spoken in clear language: The status…
Settle With ASUU Now, Students Urge Jonathan
As the nationwide strike embarked upon by organised labour ended following President Goodluck Jonathan’s reduction of fuel pump price to…
More Pains For Lagosians As Lagos Plans To Increase Land Use Charge
Lagosians, especially tenants are in for more pains as the Lagos State Government is set to increase Land Use Charge…