FORMER leaders of Niger Delta militants have warned that they will go back to the creeks if the 2015 presidential election is manipulated to edge out President Goodluck Jonathan. The ex-militant leaders, who issued the warning while speaking with newsmen in Port Harcourt on Sunday, expressed sadness over an alleged plot to scheme Jonathan out […]
By HENRY UMORU & JOSEPH ERUNKE ABUJA—A Report of the Senate Committee on Public Accounts, presented to the Senate, yesterday, revealed how the Federal Government under three successive administrations from 2002 to 2012, grossly abused funds from the nation’s Special Funds Accounts to the tune of N1.2 trillion. According to the report presented by Senator […]
By Chris Ochayi ABUJA – The National Chairman of Labour Party, Chief Dan Nwanyanwu has criticised Nigerians, especially, those in political circle for being disrespectful to President Goodluck Jonathan, noting that the president was the most abused ever in the history of the country. Chief Nwanyanwu who made the remarks while receiving the leadership of […]
By Muhammad Bello In an apparent reaction to the state of siege on Baga town in Borno State after the Friday clash between soldiers of the Multi-national Task Force (MTF) and Boko Haram Islamist insurgents, President Goodluck Jonathan Wednesday while inaugurating the Boko Haram Committee, warned soldiers on duty in troubled areas of the north […]
• Okonjo-Iweala Allays Fears Over N160b Revenue Loss PRESIDENT Goodluck Jonathan and former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Mr. Tony Blair, Saturday expressed the hope that Nigeria could solve all of its problems through patriotic commitment to unity and progress. The two leaders, who spoke in Lagos during the inauguration and opening ceremony of […]
President Goodluck Jonathan’s scheduled visit to Lagos today has sparked a war of words between the Action Congress of Nigeria and the Presidency. Jonathan is expected to arrive in Lagos on Thursday (today) en route to Ibafo in Ogun State where he will inaugurate WEMPCO’s Cold Roll Steel Plant. But the ACN said on Wednesday […]
By Soni Daniel, Regional Editor, North ABUJA — Strong indications emerged, yesterday, that the North has taken a resolute decision not to support the candidature of President Goodluck Jonathan should he decide to run in 2015. Rather than give its blessing to Jonathan’s re-election, the north is now fine-tuning strategies to project one of its […]
Cracks in Presidency over amnesty for Boko Haram Posted by: Yusuf Alli on April 8, 2013 in Featured, News 13 Comments Despite President Goodluck Jonathan’s disposition to amnesty for Boko Haram, not all members of his cabinet believe in the option, it was learnt yesterday. Also, it was learnt that the Attorney-General of the Federation […]
President Goodluck Jonathan had a good dose of the epileptic state of the nation’s power supply as his Easter message during a service at Our Saviour’s Church (Anglican Communion), Tafawa Balewa Square, Lagos, was punctuated by an outage on Sunday. Power supply to the church auditorium went off about six minutes into the President’s speech […]
*Moves to pacify North, meets traditional rulers *Aso Villa ‘hawks’ want his wings clipped *President launches counter offensive, woos S/West elders *Anenih on fence-mending with govs By Jide Ajani Fresh facts emerged, at the weekend, that former President Matthew Okikiolakan Aremu Olusegun Obasanjo is intensifying his opposition to the 2015 re-election aspiration of incumbent President […]
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