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Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), Presidency
Thursday, July 14th, 2011
The Presidential Election Petition Tribunal sitting at the Court of Appeal, Abuja, on Thursday, dismissed the preliminary objection brought before it by President Goodluck Jonathan and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), asking it to strike out the petition filed against them by the Congress for Progressive Change (CPC). Consequently,the chairman of the tribunal, Justice Ayo […]
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Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), Presidency
Sunday, July 10th, 2011
THE House of Representatives is heading on another collision course with the presidency on zoning of its principal offices, as the leadership prepares to release the list of principal officials and heads of different House committees this week, the Nigerian Tribune can report. The most controversial among the principal offices being contested was that of […]
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Akwa Ibom, Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), Headlines, Presidency, State News
Wednesday, July 6th, 2011
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 […]
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Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), Party Politics, Presidency
Monday, July 4th, 2011
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 […]
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Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), Ibrahim Babangida (1985-93), Presidency
Monday, July 4th, 2011
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 […]
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Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), Ibrahim Babangida (1985-93), Presidency
Sunday, July 3rd, 2011
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 […]
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Columnists, Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), Presidency, Reuben Abati
Saturday, July 2nd, 2011
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 […]
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Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), Presidency
Saturday, July 2nd, 2011
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 […]
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Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), Presidency
Friday, July 1st, 2011
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 […]
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Articles, Columnists, Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), NNP Columnists, Presidency, Prince Charles Dickson
Thursday, June 30th, 2011
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 […]
