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 […]
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The Presidency on Monday hit back at the proponents of amnesty for the Boko Haram sect, saying they were politicising the issue. Senior Special Assistant to the President on Public Affairs, Dr. Doyin Okupe, made this known in a statement in Abuja. President Goodluck Jonathan had, during a visit to Yobe State a few weeks […]
By Uche Igwe- A man who has no tincture of philosophy passes through life imprisoned in the prejudices derived from common sense, from habitual beliefs of his own age or his nation, from convictions which have grown up in his mind without the cooperation or consent of his deliberate reason. To such a man, the […]
Multi-Billionaire businessman, Arthur Eze has dismissed the controversy trailing the presidential pardon granted former governor of Bayelsa state, Dipreye Alamieyeseigha and others saying it was God that directed president Jonathan to grant the pardon. Speaking with state House correspondents at the Presidential Villa, Chief Eze said criticisms against the pardon was misplaced. “What Jonathan did […]
By TUNDE THOMAS National Coordinator, Oodua Peoples Congress, OPC, Otunba Gani Adams, has declared that nothing will stop President Goodluck Jonathan from seeking re-election for a second term in 2015. Making this declaration amist raging verbal war between those clamouring for President Jonathan’s second term in office and those opposed to it, Adams noted that […]
President Goodluck Jonathan has confirmed the granting of presidential pardon to a former Governor of Bayelsa State, Diepreye Alamieyeseigha, and a few other ex-convicts. PREMIUM TIMES had broken the strory of the pardon while the meeting was underway Tuesday morning. We also reported details of the proceedings minutes after the meeting ended. Presidential spokespersons had […]
Ben Agande Abuja – President Goodluck Jonathan has congratulated Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio of Argentina on his historic election wednesday as the first Pope from the Americas and 265th successor to the Chair of St Peter. A statement by Dr Reuben Abati, special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity yesterday said with Cardinal […]
By Emmanuel Aziken, Henry Umoru, Victor Ahiuma-Young & Abdulwahab Abdulah ABUJA—THE Presidency, Thursday, declared that the stabilising role the former Governor of Bayelsa State, Diepreye Alamieyeseigha played to ensure that oil in the Niger Delta was not cut off earned him the state pardon even as the Nigerian Labour Congress and civil society groups insist […]
Facts emerged on Wednesday that permutations ahead of 2015 were responsible for the presidential pardon granted a former Governor of Bayelsa State, Chief Diepreye Alamieyeseigha, along with four others. Investigations showed that President Goodluck Jonathan had recently come under pressure by ex-militants, who have increasingly become critical of his style of leadership. It was learnt […]
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