Tag: President Jonathan
President Jonathan Vows to End Crude Oil Theft
President Goodluck Jonathan on Monday said his administration is determined to put an end to stealing of crude oil he…
Budget: Reps warn Jonathan, Okonjo-Iweala against breaches
Desmond Utomwen/Abuja The House of Representatives today took a hard stance on the inability of the executive to implement the…
Jonathan fires NNPC execs, appoints successors
Oluokun Ayorinde/Abuja In what he described as an attempt to “further strengthen the ongoing reforms and transformation of Nigeria’s Petroleum…
Religious Riots: Nigeria’s Reps summon Jonathan
The House of Representatives on Tuesday passed a motion requesting President Goodluck Jonathan and the nation’s security chiefs, to address…
UNILAG students sue President Jonathan
Students Sue President Jonathan Over Unilag Name Change Akin Kuponiyi/Lagos The controversy and uproar generated by the broadcast of President…
For Jonathan, So Far, Not So Good
President Jonathan rode to office on the back of two heart-winning campaign slogans: ‘a breath of fresh air’ and ‘a…
Tinubu: Jonathan’s refusal to reinstate Salami judicial coup
Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, the national leader of the Action Congress of Nigeria, Nigeria’s leading opposition party, reviews the recent…
Jonathan: I am eligible for 2nd term presidency
Nnamdi Felix / Abuja Following attempts by a chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, to scuttle President Goodluck Jonathan’s…
Jos Bombing: Jonathan offers words as balm
After another terrorist attack, it’s words, words and words again oozing from Nigeria’s presidency to the victims and their relations.…
Jonathan Assures US Trade Delegation
President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan has said his administration has the political will to support investors in Nigeria, and create an…
President Jonathan Unveils $1 billion Dangote Cement Plant
Nigeria’s President Goodluck Jonathan has formally unveiled a new cement factory built by the Dangote Cement group at Ibese, Ogun…
General Ibrahim Babangida And The ‘’Doctrine of Settled Issues’’ —Femi Fani-Kayode
“I can go back to fight a war to keep this country together even at 71…..some people are saying that…
Fuel Subsidy: I am In Support Of The People
Senator Babafemi Ojudu representing Ekiti Central Senatorial District at the Senate, in this interview with Ayodele Lawal and Simon Ateba,…
REMOVAL OF OIL SUBSIDY: PRESIDENT JONATHAN BREAKS SOCIAL CONTRACT WITH THE PEOPLE.
By Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu As Nigerians gathered with family and friends to celebrate the New Year, the federal government…
Subsidy Insight:How Okonjo-Iweala Misled Jonathan with Figures
Okonjo Iweala’s Anti-subsidy movie Bayo Onanuga On the eve of Nigeria’s general strike to protest the removal of petrol subsidy…
ACN Tasks Jonathan Over Speech
The Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) said President Goodluck Jonathan’s televised speech defending his government’s decision to withdraw fuel subsidy…
Analysis: President Jonathan Cuts a Pathetic Figure
Bayo Onanuga President Jonathan’s handlers did him a disservice Saturday night when he delivered another address to Nigerians on his…
Subsidy protests: Nigerian lawyers back labour unions
The Nigerian Bar Association on Thursday in Abuja called on the Federal Government to reverse the withdrawal of subsidies from…
News Analysis: Nigeria’s President Jonathan rides on Tiger’s tail
Bayo Onanuga President Jonathan of Nigeria must have made his portraiture go back to the canvas. Portrayed often as a…
Jonathan appoints 2 committees to handle subsidy fallout
Nigeria’s President Goodluck Jonathan has constituted two committees to handle some issues arising from the removal of the N1.2 trillion…
Nigeria: Groups brace up for war over subsidy removal
Ayorinde Oluokun/Abuja Federal Government’s final deregulation of the downstream sector of the oil industry which has led to increase of…
Jonathan slams emergency rule in Boko Haram’s areas
Ayorinde Oluokun/Abuja After two days of feverish meetings with his security chiefs following the Christmas Day bombings of a Catholic…
President Jonathan visits Bombed Church
Nigeria’s leader, President Goodluck Jonathan has visited St. Theresa Catholic Church, Madalla in Niger State, where a big bomb on…
Boko Haram Bombs: Jonathan Set To Respond
Ayo Oluokun/Abuja Five days after the Christmas bombing, President Goodluck Jonathan summoned an emergency national security meeting on Thursday just…
Sultan: Boko Haram Attacks Beyond Religion
Ayo Oluokun/ Abuja President Goodluck Jonathan on Tuesday met with a major Nigerian Muslim leader, the Sultan of Sokoto, Muhammad…
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Subsidy: Evil Day Postponed
President Goodluck Jonathan makes good his intention to remove subsidy on petroleum products despite opposition from Nigerians. But when exactly…
Jonathan’s government exposed: the real cost of fuel in Nigeria
By Izielen Agbon Izielen Agbon On December 10, 2011, if you stopped at the Mobil filling station on Old Aba…
Jonathan Urged Not To Heat Up Polity
Politician and Elder statesman, Senator Anthony Adefuye, has warned the President Jonathan administration against heating up the polity by curbing…
FG Restates Commitment To Solve Ecological Problems In Lagos
President Goodluck Jonathan in company of Lagos State Governor, Mr Babatunde Fashola (SAN) on Tuesday inspected the ship wrecks at…
The Mandate Of Blood
One of the highpoints of the presidential campaign was the plea for peaceful conduct during and after the election by…