100 opposition parties cannot defeat PDP (Because it always rigs?)

By HENRY UMORU ABUJA— WIFE of President Goodluck Jonathan, Dame Patience Jonathan Thursday boasted that 100 political parties put together can never defeat the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, come 2015 presidential election. Also Thursday aspirations of some politicians to the most exalted position in the land may have been dashed as the PDP through the […]

Patience Jonathan: ACN, CPC, SNG, others slam Presidency

BY EMMANUEL AZIKEN, DAPO AKINREFON, CHARLES KUMOLU & GBENGA OKE The disclosure by First Lady, Mrs. Patience Jonathan of the critical nature of her health, Monday, aroused scathing criticisms from opposition political parties and some of the country’s leading civic society groups. The opposition parties and civil society advocates slammed Federal Government for projecting a […]

I had 9 surgeries in Germany – Patience Jonathan

First lady, Dame Patience Jonathan, Sunday, said she died and woke up during the period of her ailment which necessitated her absence from the country for almost three months. In a thanksgiving service at the state House chapel in Abuja, the first lady said prayers offered by Nigerians sustained her while some people who had […]

I was dead for 7 days – Patience Jonathan

By Ben Agande ABUJA—First Lady, Dame Patience Jonathan, yesterday, said she died and woke up after seven days during her illness which necessitated her absence from the country for almost three months. In a thanksgiving service held at the State House chapel in Abuja, the First Lady said the prayers of Nigerians sustained her while […]

Outrage over N4bn allocation for first ladies’ house

Civil rights groups and political parties have berated the Federal Capital Territory Administration for budgeting N4bn for the construction of First Ladies’ Mission House in Abuja. They said that the N4bn budget was a demonstration of the Goodluck Jonathan administration’s penchant for profligacy. The N4bn proposal was contained in the FCT’s N253bn budget for the […]

Jonathan’s wife flown to Germany

Wife of President Goodluck Jonathan, Mrs. Patience Jonathan Wife of President Goodluck Jonathan, Mrs. Patience Jonathan, was on Monday flown to Germany for what a Presidency source said was for a check-up. Fears over Mrs. Jonathan’s health spread last year when he was away from the country for weeks. She was said to be in […]

Picture: Patience Jonathan’s ‘triumphant’ return

It is not always possible not to notice the presence of the wife of President Goodluck Jonathan, Patience,  at any gathering. Even in the Presidential Villa, where she resides with members of her family, Patience’s commanding presence is usually felt. But for about two days, Patience was conspicuously absent in the Villa. Yet, no one […]

I didn’t go abroad for cosmetic surgery – Patience

October 18, 2012 by Olalekan Adetayo Wife of President Goodluck Jonathan, Dame Patience, returned to the country on Wednesday after spending about seven weeks abroad. Mrs. Jonathan arrived at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja from a foreign country widely believed to be Germany. She returned in one of the aircraft in the Presidential Fleet […]

I do not have terminal illness – Mrs Jonathan

By Ben Agande Abuja — After several weeks of absence, the First Lady, Mrs. Patience Jonathan, yesterday, returned to a boisterous welcome amidst tight security at the Presidential Wing of the Abuja International Airport. He debunked insinuations that she had a tummy tuck in a German hospital. A large  crowd of mostly  women, youth groups […]

Pictures: Patience Jonathan arrives, says ‘I’m happy to be back’

Nigeria’s First Lady, Dame Patience Jonathan Wednesday afternoon returned to Nigeria from Germany where she was hospitalized for several weeks for an undisclosed ailment. Dame Jonathan arrived at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, on a presidential jet at about 4 pm. She was received by some top government functionaries, wives of governors, […]

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