I have no hands in Oyo PDP crisis – First Lady

Ben Agande, Abuja. The first Lady, Dame Patience Jonathan has said that she is neither an elected official of government nor a member of the leadership of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party as such could not have directed that a former governor of Oyo state, Rasheed Ladoja be accomodated by the party in the state. […]

Patience Jonathan donates 10,000 empowerment items to women, youth in Rivers

The First Lady, Dame Patience Faka Jonathan, has donated 10,000 pieces of economic empowerment items to women and youths in Rivers. A statement signed by her Media Assistant, Mr Ayo Adewuyi, made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Thursday in Abuja, said the beneficiaries were drawn from 21 local government areas of […]

Stop abusing my husband – Patience Jonathan warns

Wife of President Goodluck Jonathan, Patience, on Tuesday advised Nigerians to desist from abusing her husband because God Himself made him the head of the nation. Patience gave the advice while addressing children at an event she organised to mark the 2014 Children’s Day at the Banquet Hall of the Presidential Villa, Abuja. The children […]

ACF lambasts FG, says Jonathan, wife disappointed Nigerians

THE Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF) has said the response of the Federal Government, particularly President Goodluck Jonathan and his wife, Patience, to the abduction of over 200 students by the Boko Haram from Chibok, was disappointing. ACF, in a statement signed by the Secretary General, Colonel John Ubah (retd) and made available to newsmen in […]

Abducted schoolgirls: Patience Jonathan’s video turns Internet sensation

The catchphrase – “There is God ooo” – went trending on major social networking sites on Monday. The catchphrase was the statement the First Lady, Patience Jonathan, used repeatedly on Sunday night, while holding a stakeholders’ meeting over the circumstances surrounding the abduction of about 276 female pupils of the Government Secondary School, Chibok, Borno […]

Abuja blast: First lady donates medical items to victims

The First lady, Dame Patience Jonathan, on Friday in Abuja distributed medical items to the hospitalised victims of Nyanya bomb blast. The blast which occurred on April 14, in Nyanya, a suburb of the FCT, was officially reported to have claimed 75 lives. The First Lady was represented by the National Coordinator of her NGO, […]

I’ll back Wike to succeed Amaechi –Patience Jonathan

Comments     Mrs. Patience Jonathan | credits: en.wikipedia.org Wife of the President, Mrs. Patience Jonathan, on Monday said she was solidly behind the Supervising Minister of Education, Chief Nyesom Wike, to take over from the Rivers State Governor, Rotimi Amaechi, in 2015. Wike, who was at a time Amaechi’s Chief of Staff, has been at […]

First Lady’s manoeuvers shouldn’t be casual

Nigerians saw how it all happened. They saw how people waved President Goodluck Jonathan’s pictures before TV cameras in the Saharawi Republic. The entire event could have been mistaken for a rally, one of those political party rallies in Nigeria where female attendees traditionally create their own planet, singing praises and painting the venue green, […]

Patience Jonathan makes case for girl-child university education

BY DAYO ADESULU, AMAKA ABAYOMI & LAJU ARENYEKA First Lady, Mrs. Patience Jonathan has said that Nigerians must ensure that a significant percentage of the country’s young people, especially girls, should acquire university education. “There is a popular saying that if you educate a man, you educate a person, but if you educate a woman, […]

Patience Jonathan flown abroad for treatment –Report

Patience Jonathan | credits: File copy Wife of President Goodluck Jonathan, Patience Jonathan, may have embarked on another medical trip to Germany. A report by an online news portal, Sahara Reporters, on Saturday quoted two presidential sources as saying the First Lady was flown out of the country discreetly. One source, the medium claimed, disclosed […]

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