The Arewa Consultative Forrum (ACF) has said that President Goodluck Jonathan’s decision to suspend the submission of the bill on his proposed single tenure is a mark of his sensitivity to public opinion and mood of the nation. “It is, therefore, welcome. It has been the position of the ACF that no mere forms of […]
Indications have emerged that the prospect of Nigeria’s deployment of troops in war-ravaged Somalia is very slim. This is contrary to an earlier promise by the government to do so in 2007. SATURDAY PUNCH investigations showed that the Federal Government might have taken a second look at the arrangement made by the late President Umaru […]
MEMO TO:PRESIDENT GOODLUCK JONATHAN FROM:Lawrence Okezie Odoemelem Subject:At a time like this… Dear Mr. President, I am greatly disturbed by your recent adventure into this six year single tenure debate barely three months after you were sworn in as the 14th President and Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces, Federal Republic of Nigeria. Your interest in […]
The Congress for Progressive Change (CPC) has asked the Presidential Election Tribunal to enter judgment in favour of its presidential candidate, General Muhammadu Buhari on the grounds that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has flouted the order of the tribunal directing it to allow the party to inspect the materials used for the April […]
Complete title of this article is – Jonathan, Now That You Have a Shoe, Where are You Going? By Prince Charles Dickson, Jos, Nigeria – August 7, 2011 – This is a second instalment of an essay I wrote some weeks back…in that admonishment, I had asked that President Jonathan should start walking with or […]
Immediate past special adviser to the president on media and publicity, Mr. Ima Niboro, has said that President Goodluck Jonathan deserves commendation and not condemnation over his proposed constitution amendment bill to allow governors and president to serve a single term of six years. Speaking with journalists, in Abuja yesterday, Niboro said the proposal is […]
AT two separate fora yesterday in Abuja, President Goodluck Jonathan said he had no intention to stay in the Presidential Villa beyond May 29, 2015. Jonathan point blank, said insinuations that his single term proposal was to further his grip on power were misplaced. He told Nigerians flying the kite to desist from it. At the […]
President Goodluck Jonathan’s plan to send a bill to the National Assembly for a single six-year term for President and governors was yesterday criticized by opposition parties. In unison, they argued that the plan is deceptive, fraudulent and an attempt at tenure elongation by Jonathan. The President had said that he will not benefit from […]
In an apparent move to debunk speculations that President Goodluck Jonathan is plotting to alter the tenure of political office holders, the President on Tuesday confirmed that he would be sending a bill to the National Assembly to seek for a single term for the offices of the President and Governors. The President, who spoke […]
By Clarius Ugwuoha, RIvers, Nigeria – July 24, 2011 – I appreciate the enormity of responsibilities you are saddled with. It is therefore, with utmost deference that I write, fully aware that the Nigerian State polled you to power in one of the freest and fairest elections in history. So far, you have striven to […]
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