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First Ladies, General Politics, Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), Patience Jonathan, Presidency, Top Stories
Saturday, September 15th, 2012
By Soni Daniel, Abuja and Demola Akinyemi, Ilorin Perturbed by the continued absence of the First Lady, Dame Patience Jonathan, from the country as a result of ill-heath, the Presidency has resorted to prayers to quicken her recovery and return to the country. Dame Jonathan, a serving Permanent Secretary in Bayelsa, her home state, was […]
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Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), Presidency
Tuesday, September 11th, 2012
Contesting the 2015 presidential election is not on President Goodluck Jonathan’s agenda, says his aide, Dr. Doyin Okupe. Okupe, who is Senior Special Assistant to Jonathan on Public Affairs, also said buying generators will soon be a waste of money. He said this on Tuesday during a public affairs programme on Channels Television monitored by […]
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Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), Presidency
Tuesday, September 11th, 2012
The Presidency on Tuesday responded to criticisms of the list of 2012 national honours awards, saying none of the 149 honourees had been found wanting in any aspect of their lives. The list which has Globacom Chairman, Chief Mike Adenuga, as recipient of the highest honour, Grand Commander of the Order of the Niger, was […]
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Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), Governors, Presidency
Monday, September 10th, 2012
AMIDST clamour for the return of presidency to the North in 2015, there are strong indications that the three zones of the North have split into nine presidential camps, with reports indicating that there is a growing gang-up against the Jigawa State governor, Alhaji Sule Lamido. Confidential checks across the northern region in the last […]
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Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), Presidency
Sunday, September 9th, 2012
ABUJA—THE Federal Government has disclosed that construction work on the Lagos-Ibadan road will commence within the next four to six weeks, just as it said Nigerians would begin to experience uninterrupted light by December, 2012 with plans to generate 5,400 mega watts from the current 4,400 mega watts. Speaking with newsmen weekend, the Senior Special […]
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Bayelsa, Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), Presidency, State News
Saturday, September 8th, 2012
Yenagoa – The current administration is determined to secure a brighter future for the Nigerian youths through massive investment in the education sector, President Goodluck Jonathan said on Friday in Yenagoa. Jonathan, while addressing 550 beneficiaries of the Bayelsa government scholarship, said the federal government would discharge its responsibility of empowering the youths. Jonathan had […]
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Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), Presidency
Thursday, September 6th, 2012
Three responses from the Presidency in the last one month have painted a picture of irritation, fear and desperation. The first was the response to the demand of the Islamic fundamentalist group, Boko Haram, on President Goodluck Jonathan to convert to Islam or resign as a precondition for their cessation of a reign of terror. […]
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Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), Presidency
Thursday, September 6th, 2012
President Goodluck Jonathan will forward to the Senate the names of two ministerial nominees immediately after the lawmakers resume from their vacation later in the month. There are currently two vacancies in the cabinet following the sacking of Dr. Haliru Bello as the Minister of Defence in June and last Tuesday’s resignation of Prof. Barth […]
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Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), Ibrahim Babangida (1985-93), Muhammadu Buhari (1983-85, 2015 - 2023), Presidency
Thursday, September 6th, 2012
Former Petroleum Minister, Prof. Tam David-West, on Wednesday slammed former Military President Ibrahim Babangida for accusing his predecessor, Maj.-Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), of corruption, ionigeria.com reports. David-West, alongside human rights lawyer, Mr. Femi Falana, also accused Goodluck Jonathan of deceiving Nigerians to justify his “anti-people” policies. They were the guest speakers at the 3rd Year […]
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CBN (Central Bank of Nigeria), Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), Presidency
Tuesday, September 4th, 2012
By SONI DANIEL ABUJA— As the controversy over the planned introduction of N5000 note deepens, a Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, lawmaker, Senator Ita Enang, has accused the Central Bank of Nigeria Governor, Sanusi Lamido Sanusi of plotting the fall of President Goodluck Jonathan with the ignoble plan. Many Nigerians have kicked against the move by […]
