President open to reconciliation with Obasanjo –Presidency

President Goodluck Jonathan and former President Olusegun Obasanjo The Presidency on Sunday said President Goodluck Jonathan was favourably  disposed to mending fences with former President Olusegun. The Special Adviser to the President on Political Matters, Mr. Ahmed Gulak,  made this known on Sunday just as  The PUNCH  gathered that the  feud between   Jonathan and Obasanjo […]

Presidency, Nyako clash over single tenure pact

  Adamawa State Governor, Murtala Nyako The Presidency on Thursday lashed out at Governor Murtala Nyako of Adamawa State over his recent claim that  President Goodluck Jonathan indeed signed a document agreeing to serve for a single term. Special Adviser to the President on Political Matters, Mr. Ahmed Gulak, in an interview with one of […]

2015: Aides analyse how Jonathan can win, lose

Y Emmanuel Aziken, Political Editor President Goodluck Jonathan Plans by close aides  of President Goodluck Jonathan to win re-election include exploiting division in the ranks of the nation’s governors, playing on the political ambitions of some Northern power brokers and the promotion of a clash of egos between the leaders of All Progressives Congress, APC, […]

Jonathan Reduces Aso Rock’s Billion Naira Feeding Bill by N494 Million

With the economy in a bind and a growing public anger over his administration’s management of the economy, President Goodluck Jonathan has taken a rare decision to spend less on food and consumables at the presidential villa in 2014.   As the budget comes under an increasingly intense media scrutiny, President Jonathan has given up […]

2015: Jonathan can’t deny one-term pact with North —Nyako

BY Soni Daniel, Regional Editor, North Governor Murtala Nyako of Adamawa State, yesterday, concurred with his Niger State counterpart, Muazu Aliyu Babangida, that President Goodluck Jonathan actually signed an agreement with them to serve for a single term of four years. The governor,  in an interview with Vanguard, said that the attempt by Jonathan to […]

2014 Prophecies: Jonathan’ll Beg Obasanjo To Win Second Term -Prophet Ayodele

*Says Tukur, Sambo, Oghiadomhe, Anyim will be sacrificed *Not Yet APC’s Turn To Rule Nigeria Prophet Babatunde Ayodele, Founder/Spiritual Head of Inri Evangelical Church, Lagos known for his accurate predictions has reeled out his 2014 prophecies. Obasanjo and Jonathan “I will advise every Nigerian to take time and be prayerful for the country and for themselves […]

Political killings: North asks Jonathan to prosecute Obasanjo

*Insists no second term for Jonathan in 2015 By Emeka Mamah & Soni Daniel, Regional Editor, North The North has asked President Goodluck Jonathan to explain who he was waiting for before taking action to bring officials of the former President Olusegun Obasanjo administration to book over political killings which he (Jonathan) said were the […]

Again, Jonathan hits back at OBJ (Focus on governing)

President Goodluck Jonathan again on Wednesday hit back at former President Olusegun Obasanjo over the 18-page letter he wrote in which he accused the President of deceit, deception, dishonesty, incompetence and clannishness among others. He had on Sunday replied Obasanjo’s letter, describing it as full of lies. The President revisited the issue during a Christmas […]

Column: Jonathan’s incomplete response to Obasanjo

President Goodluck Jonathan began his responses to Chief Olusegun Obasanjo’s blistering letter with a series of excuses – excuses that are wholly unnecessary. What I was expecting was a line-by-line rebuttal. And to, in the end, put a political noose around Obasanjo’s neck. Or, for Jonathan to confess and then resign or be impeached. But […]

Jonathan replies OBJ – Your letter is full of lies (Answer his allegations)

The allegation of training snipers to assassinate political opponents is particularly incomprehensible to me – President President Goodluck Jonathan on Sunday formally replied the 18-page letter written to him by former President Olusegun Obasanjo, saying it was a threat national security. Unlike Obasanjo’s letter which was dated December 2 but leaked to the press on […]

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