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Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), Legislature, Niger Delta, Presidency, Senate
Saturday, July 21st, 2012
President Goodluck Jonathan yesterday presented the 2012 budget proposal of N250.875billion of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) to the Senate. Senate President, David Mark who read two separate letters from the President during plenary, also acknowledged the receipt of the Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB). In his letter, titled: “Presentation of the 2012 Budget Proposal […]
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Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), Presidency
Tuesday, July 17th, 2012
By Henry Umoru ABUJA— PRESIDENT Goodluck Jonathan, yesterday, cried out over what he described as the lynch-mob mentality of the political opposition, who he claimed, was determined to drown him and the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, out of political relevance. He also said that the security situation in the country changed his pre-election agenda. From […]
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Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), Presidency
Monday, July 16th, 2012
The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has asked the Federal High Court sitting in Ikeja for an order compelling the Chairman of the Code of Conduct Bureau (CCB), Mr Sam Saba, to release documents on President Goodluck Jonathan’s asset declaration. SERAP’s request, in a suit number FHC/IKJ/CS/159/2012, was brought pursuant to section 20 of […]
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Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), Presidency
Wednesday, July 11th, 2012
The Presidency has advised a civil society group, Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project, SERAP, to seek information about President Goodluck Jonathan’s assets declaration from the Code of Conduct Bureau, CCB, since the bureau “has the powers and responsibility for addressing the issues such as the one you are pursuing.” This response followed a request by […]
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Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), Presidency
Monday, July 2nd, 2012
President Goodluck Jonathan has been living up to his promise of zero tolerance for corruption, the Presidency said yesterday. It added that Dr. Jonathan has takes various measures in his push against corruption, in a statement by his media adviser Dr. Reuben Abati. Abati was reacting to “reports, comments and agitations aimed at creating the […]
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American Politics, Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), Presidency
Sunday, July 1st, 2012
THERE are strong indications that President Goodluck Jonathan’s recent statement that he does not “give a damn” about making his assets declaration public, is a violation of an agreement between Nigeria and the United States governments, according to investigation that points to aspects of a joint communique on the issue, signed by both countries recently at […]
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Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), National Politics, Presidency, Top Stories
Saturday, June 30th, 2012
The Chairman of the Code of Conduct Bureau, Mr. Sam Saba, has said the constitution bars the bureau from making public the asset declaration forms of President Goodluck Jonathan and Vice-President Namadi Sambo. He said this in an interview in Abuja, on Friday. He said the National Assembly had yet to provide the required guidelines […]
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Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), Presidency
Saturday, June 30th, 2012
Civil rights groups, opposition parties, the Trade Union Congress and eminent Nigerians on Friday took a swipe at President Goodluck Jonathan over his overseas trips. The groups, including the Action Congress of Nigeria, the Congress for Progressive Change and the Campaign for Democracy, warned the President against following in the footsteps of former President Olusegun […]
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Articles, Columnists, Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), NNP Columnists, Presidency, Prince Charles Dickson
Wednesday, June 27th, 2012
By Prince Charles Dickson | Jos, Nigeria | June 27, 2012 – One does not show the squirrel the way to the river. (Telling someone what he or she already knows is silly.) I will start my weekly admonishment, with this stereotype question in Nigerian local parlance-Where do you come from? Are you from Adamawa, […]
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Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), Oil Politics, Presidency, Women Politics
Tuesday, June 26th, 2012
Minister of Finance, Okonjo-Iweala | credits: Facts emerged on Tuesday that the report of the committee set up by the Minister of Finance, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, to verify the arrears of subsidy claims had been sent to President Goodluck Jonathan. The committee, headed by the Managing Director, Access Bank of Nigeria Plc, Mr. Aigboje […]
