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Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), Presidency
Monday, May 23rd, 2011
President Goodluck Jonathan has expressed strong optimism that Nigeria will become great again and reclaim its rightful position among comity of nations. Dr. Jonathan stated this during a victory thanksgiving service held in his honour by the Ogbia Brotherhood and the Ogbia Ministers Forum in Ogbia Town, Bayelsa State. President Jonathan while thanking Nigerians for […]
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Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), House, Legislature, Presidency, Senate
Saturday, May 21st, 2011
INDICATION emerged yesterday that the leadership of the National Assembly is mounting pressure on President Goodluck Jonathan to assent to the 2011 Appropriation Bill despite the alleged injection of N500 billion into the budget by the House of Representatives. A source in the Presidency who pleaded anonymity disclosed to The Guardian yesterday that the leadership […]
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Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), Ministries, Presidency
Friday, May 20th, 2011
President Goodluck Jonathan is to announce his new cabinet immediately after the May 29 inauguration, his spokesman, Mr. Ima Niboro said yesterday. He told correspondents in Abuja, that the President was mindful of how short his new four-year term is and wants to start work with his new team immediately after the inauguration. His words, […]
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Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), Latest Politics, Presidency, South-East
Tuesday, May 17th, 2011
ENUGU – Igbo Youth Movement, IYM, said Tuesday, that despite the resentment from the people of the South-East geo-political zone over the position of Secretary to the Government of the Federation, SGF, the confidence of Ndigbo in the ability of President Goodluck Jonathan to adequately protect the interest of the zone remains unshaken. President of […]
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Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), Latest Politics, Presidency
Tuesday, May 17th, 2011
THE picture and direction of President Goodluck Jonathan’s administration in the next four years, after his swearing-in on May 29, 2011 in the wake of his electoral triumph, is emerging. The President yesterday gave hints of what he would do in some sectors. For example, Jonathan said his Administration would pay special attention to the […]
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Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), Latest Politics, Presidency
Monday, May 16th, 2011
PIQUED by the soaring prices of cement in the country, President Goodluck Jonathan, Monday, summoned the Chairman of Dangote Group, and other cement manufacturers with a directive to crash the prices of the product within 30 days period or face the wrath of the government. Presidential spokesman, Mr Ima Niboro, who announced Jonathan’s decision after […]
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Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), Ministries, Presidency
Monday, May 16th, 2011
Fourteen days to the end of the present administration, President Goodluck Jonathan has directed his ministers to prepare their handover notes. Two ministers, who disclosed this to one of our correspondents in Abuja on Sunday, said all of them had started clearing their tables preparatory to the dissolution of the Federal Executive Council. The […]
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Edo, Elections 2011, Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), Presidency, State News
Sunday, May 15th, 2011
Prior to the April 16 presidential election , one of the states President Goodluck Jonathan was not expected to win was Edo State. Though a South- South state, the state was marked an “enemy” territory. The state is ruled by the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN). Consequently, political pundits in various analysis gave the president […]
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Africa & World Politics, Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), Presidency
Sunday, May 15th, 2011
THE Presidency has explained the incident in Uganda, last week, when the convoy of President Goodluck Jonathan who had attended the inauguration for another term, in office, of President Yoweri Museveni was reportedly pelted with stones. While maintaining its earlier position that Jonathan was not stoned, the Presidency, however, conceded that the incident took place […]
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Africa & World Politics, Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), Presidency, Top Stories
Thursday, May 12th, 2011
Ugandan police shot at a crowd in the capital Kampala after it attacked a car carrying Nigeria’s President Goodluck Jonathan who had attended President Yoweri Museveni’s inauguration, a government spokesman said. At least one person was killed in the incident. “The car belonging to Goodluck Jonathan was stoned by mobs,” said Fred Opolot, director of […]
