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Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), Presidency
Thursday, May 22nd, 2014
Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Abubakar Security was on Thursday morning beefed up around the Presidential Villa, Abuja, ahead of a protest rally being planned by #BringBackOurGirls campaigners seeking the rescue of the abducted pupils of Government Girls’ Secondary School, Chibok, Borno State. The campaigners had threatened to take their protest to the Presidential Villa where […]
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Boko Haram, Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), Headlines, Olusegun Obasanjo (1976-79, 99-07), Presidency
Wednesday, May 14th, 2014
History and posterity have a way of rendering pronouncements. Insofar as the Goodluck Jonathan administration goes, no one knows – with any degree of certainty – what the judgment would be. Nonetheless, one thing is certain: By 2015 or 2019, his administration would be adjudged by supporters, critics and the general public as the most […]
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Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), Presidency
Friday, May 2nd, 2014
Gbenga Adeyinka, Fasusi Martins and Famoriyo Solomon In the light of the recent bomb blasts in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, Nigerians have been reacting to the insecurity in the country, with many calling for President Goodluck Jonathan’s resignation. Saturday PUNCH went to the streets to get reactions from the public Gbenga Adeyinka, Comedian […]
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Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), Muhammadu Buhari (1983-85, 2015 - 2023), Presidency, Top Stories
Wednesday, April 23rd, 2014
President Goodluck Jonathan on Wednesday commended a former Head of State, Maj.-Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), for what he called his very statesman-like views on terrorism and insecurity in Nigeria as expressed in his article, which was published by the media over the past two days. The commendation was contained in a statement by his […]
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Adamawa, Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), Presidency, State News
Sunday, April 20th, 2014
Adamawa State Governor, Alhaji Muritala Nyako | credits: naijamayor.com Some Socio-political groups in the South on Sunday berated the Adamawa State Governor, Alhaji Muritala Nyako, over his letter to the northern state governors. Nyako, in a letter to the Northern Governors’ Forum, dated April 16, 2014, had accused the President Goodluck Jonathan administration of committing […]
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Articles, Columnists, Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), Kunle Ojeleye, NNP Columnists, Presidency
Sunday, April 20th, 2014
By Dr. Kunle Ojeleye | Calgary, Canada | April 20, 2014 – Your Excellency, I have not met you and do not know you on a 1-2-1 basis. But I believe that you are a good man with good intents for this nation called Nigeria. When we voted for you as President which indirectly means […]
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Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), Presidency, South-East
Friday, April 11th, 2014
President Goodluck Jonathan has vowed that the Peoples Democratic Party will capture the entire South-East region in the 2015 governorship election. The President, who spoke at the Unity Rally organised to reconcile aggrieved party members in the zone on Friday, said come what may, the PDP would capture Imo State in 2015 and complete the […]
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Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), Presidency
Wednesday, April 9th, 2014
President Goodluck Jonathan on Wednesday directed the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Senator Pius Anyim, and the Head of Service of the Federation, Alhaji Boni Aji, to constitute a committee that would implement the White Paper on the report of the Presidential Committee on Restructuring and Rationalisation of Federal Government Parastatals, Commissions and […]
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Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), Oil Politics, Presidency, Raw Politics
Tuesday, March 25th, 2014
President Goodluck Jonathan The Presidency on Tuesday denied reports that President Goodluck Jonathan confirmed in Amsterdam that the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation wrongly withheld $10bn from the Federation Account. The Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Dr. Reuben Abati, in a statement, described the reports as “completely false and a total […]
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Africa & World Politics, Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), Presidency
Saturday, March 22nd, 2014
President Goodluck Jonathan rounded up his state visit to Namibia yesterday where he was conferred with “Order of Welwitschia”, the Namibia highest national honour, by President Hifikepunye Pohamba.The ceremony took place at the Independence Stadium, Windhoek, and was attended by the founding President and the father of the Namibian nation, Dr Sam Nujoma.Over 35,000 persons […]
