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CPC (Congress 4 Progressive Change), Elections 2011, Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), Muhammadu Buhari (1983-85, 2015 - 2023), National Politics, Party Politics, Peoples' Democratic Party (PDP), Presidency, Top Stories
Monday, October 31st, 2011
THE Supreme Court will today decide whether to strike out the appeals filed by President Goodluck Jonathan, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) against a ruling delivered by the presidential election petitions tribunal on July 14, which held that the petition filed on a Sunday by the Congress for […]
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Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), Presidency
Thursday, October 27th, 2011
The African Centre for Media and Information Literacy (AFRICMIL) has dragged the Code of Conduct Bureau (CCB) to court over the asset declaration of President Goodluck Jonathan. In a suit (No FHC/ABJ/CS/877/2011) filed at the Federal High Court, Abuja, on behalf of AFRICMIL by Ashimole Felix of Che Oyintumba Associates, AFRICMIL is seeking an order […]
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Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), Presidency
Friday, October 21st, 2011
The Minister of Works, Mr Mike Onolememen says President Goodluck Jonathan has approved the recruitment of over 500 young engineers and technicians to increase performance in the ministry. He said on Thursday at the two-day retreat organised by the ministry in Uyo that the new recruitment would provide the enabling environment for the ministry to […]
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Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), Presidency
Wednesday, October 19th, 2011
PRESIDENT Goodluck Jonathan has announced the dissolution of boards of Federal Government parastatal agencies, explaining that the action ought to have been taken before now but the government decided not to rush it. He made the announcement at the State House, on Wednesday, during the inauguration of the committee on the composition of the boards of Federal […]
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Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), Niger, Presidency, State News
Wednesday, October 19th, 2011
The Niger State police command, has said that it is battle-ready to guarantee an hitch-free visit of President Goodluck Jonathan to the state on Thursday, and that no fewer than 50 per cent of its 11,000 workforce has already been assigned the duties of the provision of security for the presidential visit. And to further demonstrate […]
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Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), House, Legislature, Presidency, Senate
Tuesday, October 18th, 2011
The Presidency and the National Assembly may be on collision course over proposals by the former to freeze overheads as from 2015 fiscal year. The proposals, which are contained in the 2012-2015 Medium-Term Fiscal Framework (MTEF) and Fiscal Strategy Paper (FSP) were fall-outs of a meeting held last weekend between the Presidency, the economic team […]
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Articles, Columnists, Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), NNP Columnists, Presidency, Prince Charles Dickson
Sunday, October 16th, 2011
By Prince Charles Dickson, Jos, Nigeria – October 16, 2011 – The person with the cross-bow thinks that the monkey is not clever; the monkey is clever, but it is following its own strategy. (It matters nothing if one is derided, as long as one knows what one is doing and why.) Over the years […]
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Articles, Columnists, Femi Fani-Kayode, Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), NNP Columnists, Presidency
Sunday, October 16th, 2011
By Femi Fani-Kayode, NNP – October 16, 2011 – ”I am not David….I am not a general…..I am not a lion……I will defeat the Goliaths in our land”-President Goodluck Jonathan. These are deep and instructive words yet I do wonder whether Mr. President understands the spiritual and practical implications of what he is saying. If […]
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Articles, Columnists, Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), Haruna Manu Isah, Niger Delta, NNP Columnists, Presidency
Sunday, October 16th, 2011
By Haruna Manu Isah, Kaduna, Nigeria – October 16, 2011 – Nigeria has about 160million population. This qualified it to be the 8th most populous nation in the world and surprisingly the 32nd biggest economy in the world, but today is saddened by the burden of inept leadership. When, in 2010, former U.S ambassador to […]
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Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), Presidency
Sunday, October 16th, 2011
The Pension Office of the public service is under investigation over an alleged diversion of pension fund running into billions of naira. Nigerian Tribune findings revealed that the fresh discovery of fund diversion is coming a few months after a similar fraud was unearthed when over one billion naira pension fund was discovered in private accounts. The […]
