President Goodluck Jonathan will today, pay a visit to Akwa Ibom State. Following the scheduled visit, the state government has called on residents of the state to give the President a rousing welcome. While in Akwa Ibom, the President is expected to be the special guest of honour at the Grand Finale of the Nigerian […]
IN a bid to sustain the accord between his party, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and the friendly parties which worked closely with the PDP during the April general election, President Goodluck Jonathan is said to be offering some ambassadorial, as well as special adviser slots to the leadership of the parties. It was learnt […]
FORMER military president, General Ibrahim Babangida, has admonished President Goodluck Jonathan not to derail from the promise of transformative leadership which he made during his presidential campaign, just as he condemned the arrest of former Minister of Federal Capital Territory, Mallam Nasir el’Rufai, by security operatives. Babangida, in a statement made available to the Nigerian […]
ABUJA—FORMER Military President, General Ibrahim Babangida, weekend, urged President Goodluck Jonathan to shed sentiments and imbibe statesmanlike traits in his handling of the increasing challenges against his government. Babangida said in a statement that the caution became necessary in the face of unnecessary distractions which aides and those he termed sycophants were causing for the […]
IN what appears to be a confirmation of media reports that the Chairman of the Editorial Board of the Guardian Newspapers, Mr Reuben Abati,is to replace the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Mr Ima Niboro, President Goodluck Jonathan yesterday asked his spokesman to prepare for a handover to another appointee yet […]
Dele Momodu : dele.momodu@thisdaylive.com Dear Mr President, I’m pleased to write you again through this medium. Thanks for responding quickly to some of the suggestions I gave in my recent letters to you. Even if I and many of my readers had serious doubts about your ability to take on the hawks in your political […]
ABUJA — Following speculations that Special Adviser to President Jonathan on Media , Ima Niboro has lost his job, the Presidency yesterday sharply distanced itself from reports (not Vanguard) that President Goodluck Jonathan has settled for the appointment of Mr Reuben Abati as his new spokesman, saying that “Mr Niboro’s office is not vacant”. One […]
By Prince Charles Dickson, Jos, Nigeria – June 30, 2011 – Last week I was a year older, it was a privilege not only to be alive but in a clime like ours in Nigeria, each year is not just a privilege but a gift that one should grab with both hands and legs. I […]
THE Presidential Election Tribunal (PET) in Abuja yesterday dismissed an application by the Hope Democratic Party (HDP) to re-activate its petition on the ground that since the party withdrew its petition on its own, the tribunal was incompetent to re-list it. The dismissal of the petition thus leaves only the […]
For some hours yesterday, President Goodluck Jonathan, some governors majority of whom were from South-South, security chiefs including the National Security Adviser (NSA), Gen. Andrew Azazi, the Director of State Security Service (SSS), Ita Ekepenyong, the Chief of Defence Staff, Air Chief Marshal Oluseyi Petinrin, Chief of Army Staff, Lt. General Azubuike Ihejirika; Chief of […]
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