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All Peoples' Congress (APC), First Ladies, General Politics, Latest Politics, Party Politics, Patience Jonathan, Top Stories
Wednesday, October 16th, 2013
Mrs. Patience Jonathan | credits: news.naij.com The All Progressives Congress has said the decision of the wife of President Goodluck Jonathan, Patience, to receive a honorary doctorate degree from a South Korean university while Nigerian universities have been shut for months was the height of insensitivity. This was contained in a statement signed by […]
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First Ladies, Headlines, Patience Jonathan, Rivers, State News
Tuesday, August 20th, 2013
THE First Lady, Dame Patience Jonathan, has asked to be left out of lingering political crisis in her home state, Rivers State. Mrs Jonathan, in her press release signed by the Director of Information, Office of the First Lady, Federal Republic of Nigeria, Mrs Ayo Adesugba, said it was worrisome that the visit of the […]
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All Peoples' Congress (APC), First Ladies, INEC Politics, Latest Politics, Party Politics, Patience Jonathan
Monday, August 19th, 2013
The All Progressives Congress has accused the Presidency of violating the Independent National Electoral Commission’s rule which bars political parties and aspirants from campaigning for the 2015 elections. The party’s National Publicity Secretary, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, who stated this in a statement on Sunday, referred to the women’s rally organised in Abuja by President Goodluck […]
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First Ladies, Latest Politics, Patience Jonathan, Top Stories
Friday, August 16th, 2013
The Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, especially its Central Business District, was in lockdown on Thursday. The city played host to a women event, involving about 10,000 females, organised by the wife the President, Patience Jonathan. Security personnel blocked all the access roads to the Eagle Square where the event, entitled ‘Celebrating Nigerian Women for Peace […]
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First Ladies, Headlines, Patience Jonathan, Rivers, State News
Friday, August 2nd, 2013
The Rivers State Governor and Chairman of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum, Mr. Rotimi Amaechi, on Friday said the wife of the President, Mrs. Patience Jonathan, lied against him in her public account of the misunderstanding between him and the President’s wife a few weeks ago. The governor spoke in Port Harcourt when clergymen of the […]
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First Ladies, Headlines, Patience Jonathan
Thursday, July 25th, 2013
If there was any doubt that she is in charge of the country, it was dispelled last week with what could easily pass as a “presidential address” by Her Excellency, Dame (Dr.) Patience Faka Jonathan. I take issue with the way the First Lady of the Federal Republic has carried herself since a combination of […]
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First Ladies, Headlines, Patience Jonathan
Wednesday, July 24th, 2013
The circumstances surrounding the accident, which claimed the lives of the foster mother of Nigeria’s First Lady, Madam Charity Oba, and that of a 12-year-old in her company, would soon be unravelled, the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has promised. The FRSC’s assurance came just as the Rivers state police command confirmed the death of […]
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First Ladies, Headlines, Patience Jonathan
Wednesday, July 24th, 2013
FIRST Lady, Mrs Patience Jonathan, is said to have received the news of the death of her mother in ghastly motor accident with sadness and grief. The woman was said to be the foster mother of the wife of the president. Presidency source revealed in Abuja, on Tuesday, that Patience, who is away in Geneva, […]
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Akintokunbo A. Adejumo, Articles, Columnists, First Ladies, NNP Columnists, Patience Jonathan
Sunday, July 21st, 2013
By Akintokunbo A. Adejumo | Ibadan, Nigeria | July 21, 2013 – I was about to write another article dealing with Africans’ penchant for power, abuse and perpetuation in power, and then our First Lady’s excesses caught my imagination instead, and in a way, what I was going to write was apt to the First […]
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First Ladies, Headlines, Patience Jonathan
Thursday, July 18th, 2013
The pull-my-lips-I-spit tussle between the First Lady, Patience Jonathan, and Nobel Laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka, took a somewhat amusing turn when some Nigerians called for a debate between both parties. The call is a far-fetched joke, most likely intended to ridicule “the Dame”. However, before we turn the whole affair to an Awada Kerikeri performance, […]
