President Goodluck Jonathan on Thursday admitted that Nigeria, and indeed, the world needed to do more to end terrorism and its impact on global peace. Jonathan spoke while receiving the new British High Commissioner to Nigeria, Mr. Andrew Pocock, who was in the Presidential Villa, Abuja to present his letter of credence. “The whole world […]
Presidents do not lose battles. They win, all the time. It is a reason the office remains ever attractive. What with so much resources at a president’s disposal; and the uncountable number of canny men to carry out his or her instructions. So, why does getting whatever he or she wants, as the case of […]
From ADETUTU FOLASADE-KOYI, Abuja President Goodluck Jonathan has commenced moves to replace former defence minister, Haliru Bello Mohammed and former minister of power, Barth Nnaji in the Federal Executive Council (FEC). The president had forwarded the nomination of Kabiru Tanimu Turaki (Kebbi) and Prof. Chinedu Nebo (Enugu) as ministerial nominees to the Senate for confirmation. […]
President Goodluck Jonathan, ex-Ghanaian President John Kufuor and some governors are scheduled to attend a civic reception in honour of former President Olusegun Obasanjo following his voluntary retirement from office as Chairman, Board of Trustees of the Peoples Democratic Party. The two-day event billed for the Olusegun Obasanjo Presidential Library, Abeokuta, from January 18 to […]
By Philip Amiola / NNP / Jan. 13, 2013 – I have observed with some degree of amusement, the wave of criticism and outrage that greeted the ill-timed ignition of President Goodluck Jonathan’s 2015 political campaign machinery. The campaign message – One good term deserves another – is especially humorous. Although Mr President has dissociated […]
BY SIMON EBEGBULEM, Benin City Apostle Johnson Suleman is the General Overseer of Omega Fire Ministry, one of the leading new generation churches in the country today. The church located along the Auchi-Abuja road in Auchi, Edo state is another Mecca in Nigeria as people from all over the world throng the giant edifice to […]
FORMER President Olusegun Obasanjo, yesterday, said more could be done to reach out to the militant Islamist group Boko Haram to find out what leads it to carry out acts of violence. Obasanjo who spoke in an interview with CNN, suggested the current government should adopt a dual-track approach rather than just cracking down on […]
FORMER President Olusegun Obasanjo on Tuesday said the President Goodluck Jonathan administration had not been reaching out enough to the violent Islamic sect, Boko Haram, and canvassed what he described as a “carrot-and-stick” strategy to address the sect’s menace. Obasanjo told the CNN in an interview that Jonathan had been applying less of dialogue and […]
BY HENRY AKUBUIRO Long before his foray into mainstream politics and becoming the governor of Niger State, Muazu Babangida Aliyu’s peculiar leadership was already an attraction for political scientists. In 1983 when he first held an elective post as a member of House of Representatives, he had set the pace for a journey into the […]
The Afenifere Renewal Group (ARG) has urged President Goodluck Jonathan to improve his performance on a number of key national issues, including security, employment generation, and economic management. The ARG also challenged the president to tackle corruption, profligacy of government officials and the sacred cow syndrome, saying only such a move would make his leadership […]
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