Jonathan pays secret visit to wife in Germany

President Goodluck Jonathan paid a secret visit to his sick wife, Patience,  in Germany on Saturday. A short news item aired on the Nigerian Television Authority at 9pm showed the President’s visit to his wife, who is reported to be sick of an undisclosed ailment in Germany. The news item was accompanied by a short […]

Patience Jonathan, The Inimitable Dame! – By Ugochukwu Ejinkeonye

By Ugochukwu Ejinkeonye | Lagos, Nigeria | Sept. 26, 2012 – It is a classic case of ‘One Week, One Controversy’!  And the inimitable Dame, Mrs. Patience Jonathan, has been in the news again. She hardly disappoints. Perhaps, before your read this piece, Mrs. Jonathan would have returned from Germany where she had gone “to […]

Anxiety Heightens Over First Lady’s Health: Presidency goes spiritual, seeks prayers

By Soni Daniel, Abuja and Demola Akinyemi, Ilorin Perturbed by the continued absence of the First Lady, Dame Patience Jonathan, from the country as a result of ill-heath, the Presidency has resorted to prayers to quicken her recovery and return to the country. Dame Jonathan, a serving Permanent Secretary in Bayelsa, her home state, was […]

Patience Jonathan to return before September ending

Patience Jonathan is expected back in the country before the end of September ahead of Nigeria’s 52nd Independence anniversary. Patience is said to be hospitalised at the Horst Schmidt Klinik in Wiesbaden, Germany. While a section of the media said she underwent surgery for appendicitis, some others said she was being treated for food poisoning. […]

German hospital bars visitors from Dame Jonathan – Jonathan will not visit First Lady

By Clifford Ndujihe, Soni Daniel & Uduma Kalu, with Agency Reports abuja—TO quicken the recovery of the First Lady, Dame Patience Jonathan, officials of Horst Schmidt Klinik, the German Hospital where she is receiving medication, yesterday, barred visitors and some top Nigerian officials, who went to see her from, doing so. An official of the […]

FCT minister defends revocation of Turai’s land in Abuja

Photo:  Sun News Publishing By:  FRED ITUA, Abuja Date:  Sun, 07/29/2012 – 22:17 Minister of Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Senator Bala Mohammed, has defended the action of the FCT administration in revoking the plot of land allocated to the former first lady, Hajiya Turai Yar’Adua’s NGO, ‘Women and Youth Empowerment Foundation (WAYEP).’ The FCT, however, […]

ACN berates Patience, Turai on Abuja land tussle

Action Congress of Nigeria has condemned the legal tussle between Mrs. Patience Jonathan and her predecessor, Mrs. Turai Yar’Adua, over a plot of land in Abuja. ACN said, “A study in despicable sycophancy, insider abuse, arbitrariness and manifestation of the culture of impunity all of which have become the hallmarks of the administration of President […]

Presidency denies buying 200 cars for presidents’ wives

The Presidency on Wednesday denied a media report (not The PUNCH) that the Federal Government purchased 200 exotic cars for the ongoing African First Ladies Summit being hosted by wife of the President, Mrs. Patience Jonathan, in Abuja. The government, in a statement by the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Dr. […]

African first ladies begin summit amidst controversy, drama

It is expected to be an edifice for peace and conflict resolution in 12 months when it is projected to be completed. However, the foundation for the African First Ladies Peace Centre was laid in the midst of intense security measures and controversy in Abuja on Wednesday by President Goodluck Jonathan’s wife, Patience. The atmosphere […]

Jonathan’s wife takes oath as Perm Sec in Bayelsa

Governor Seriake Dickson of Bayelsa State on Friday inaugurated Patience, the wife of President Goodluck Jonathan, as a Permanent Secretary in the state. Mrs. Jonathan was sworn-in alongside 18 other persons amidst tight security in a ceremony that was held at the Banquet Hall in Yenagoa, the state capital. The venue was a beehive as […]

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