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Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), Presidency
Wednesday, June 6th, 2012
Abuja – President Goodluck Jonathan has forwarded bills to the Senate to change the names of three federal universities. They are University of Lagos, to be renamed Moshood Abiola University, Lagos, Federal University of Technology Yola to be changed to Modibbo Adama University of Technology,Yola and Federal University of Agriculture, Umudike to be named after […]
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Articles, Columnists, Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), NNP Columnists, Presidency, Raheem Oluwafunminiyi
Thursday, May 31st, 2012
By Raheem Oluwafunminiyi | Ibadan, Nigeria | May 31, 2012 | If there is one individual whose name has continously carried a regretable heavy burden in history, that of ‘Judas Iscariot’ easily comes to mind. As an ardent observer of the Christian faith, this writer was made to understand the role Judas played in the […]
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Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), Presidency
Tuesday, May 29th, 2012
May 29, 2012 by Jide Ojo “The time for lamentation is over. This is the era of transformation.” – President Goodluck Jonathan at inauguration on May 29, 2011 Hearty congratulations to all the elected and appointed political office holders as they mark one year in office today. In the last couple of weeks, Nigerian ministers […]
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Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), House, Legislature, Presidency
Tuesday, May 29th, 2012
President Goodluck Jonathan and the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Mr. Aminu Tambuwal, on Monday openly disagreed on the concept of separation of powers and budget preparation. The President said although there was a theoretical separation, the Executive and the Legislature must work together if democracy must be meaningful. But the Speaker accused the […]
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Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), Presidency
Monday, May 28th, 2012
By Emmanuel Aziken, Political Editor, Henry Umoru, Abdulsalam Muhammad & Luka BinNIyat ABUJA—Prominent political stakeholders from the North were at the weekend divided in their response to the renewed bid by elder-statesman Chief Edwin Clark to position President Goodluck Jonathan for another term in office in 2015. While nearly all of them including those who […]
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General Politics, Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), Governors, Presidency, Top Stories
Sunday, May 27th, 2012
President Goodluck Jonathan’s loyalists have begun moves to neutralise the plot by northern governors to stop the President’s alleged 2015 ambition. The Niger State Governor, Dr. Babangida Aliyu, had in an interview with journalists at the Northern Governors’ Forum’s meeting in Kaduna on May 17 vowed that the North would ensure that it got the […]
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Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), Presidency
Saturday, May 19th, 2012
First Republic Minister of Information and Ijaw leader, Chief Edwin Clark, speaks with SYLVESTER IDOWU recently on sundry issues, including 2015 presidency and the probability of President Goodluck Jonathan seeking another four-year tenure. Excerpts: Clark Do you support the call for a Sovereign National Conference(SNC) now? No, I don’t. People do not know the meaning […]
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Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), Presidency
Saturday, May 19th, 2012
There was a twist at a ministerial platform programme in Abuja, on Friday, as one of the participants accused an unnamed Principal Secretary to President Goodluck Jonathan of demanding N5 million before he (the participant) could be allowed to meet the President. Saturday Tribune, which was at the National Press Centre, venue of the programme, […]
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Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), Presidency
Friday, May 18th, 2012
Special Adviser to President Goodluck Jonathan on Niger Delta, Mr. Kingsley Kuku, said on Thursday that only Jonathan could authorise the inclusion of Itsekiri youths in the amnesty programme for ex-Niger Delta militants. Itsekiri youths, under the aegis of the Itsekiri Youths National Council, have been protesting their exclusion from the programme by the Federal […]
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Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), Muhammadu Buhari (1983-85, 2015 - 2023), Presidency
Thursday, May 17th, 2012
By Emmanuel Aziken, Political Editor LAGOS—Against the background of alleged threats to arrest him on account of his predictions of a bloody response to any rigging of the 2015 elections, erstwhile military Head of State General Muhammadu Buhari, yesterday, dared President Goodluck Jonathan to carry out the threat. Responding to the condemnations from the Presidency […]
