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Akintokunbo A. Adejumo, Elections 2011, Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), Presidency
Thursday, April 14th, 2011
President Goodluck Jonathan yesterday urged Nigerians to turn-out en-masse during tomorrow’s presidential and subsequent elections to vote for candidates of their choice. President Jonathan spoke when Mr. John Kuffuor, former Ghanaian President and leader of African Union Election Observation Mission to the Nigerian Presidential Elections, visited him at State House. He said: “I thank Nigerians […]
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Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), Latest Politics, Presidency
Monday, April 11th, 2011
Hon. Juventus Ojukwu was elected to the House of Representatives twice in the second republic. A commissioned officer of the Nigerian Army before the civil war, Ojukwu tells Daily Sun in this interview conducted in Abuja that as the 2011 presidential election draws by, Nigerians should look for the person who has the capacity to […]
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Akwa Ibom, Delta, Edo, Elections 2011, Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), Imo, Kaduna, NNP Elections 2011 Updates, State News
Saturday, April 9th, 2011
Readers election reports as sent in by Vanguard readers across the country. Note: Please include your names and location when sending your messages. Election in Itu ward 5 in Akwa Ibom state was free and fair There was no election nor materials in Southern Ijaw LGA of Bayelsa Materials were hijacked by PDP to Olugbobiri town […]
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Anthony A. Kila, Columnists, Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), NNP Columnists, Presidency
Thursday, March 31st, 2011
By Anthony A. Kila, London, UK – March 31, 2011 – The recently concluded presidential debate has taken discussions about the forth-coming general elections in Nigeria to a different and interesting dimension. Overall, the event was well organised, well attended and more importantly very followed and now widely discussed. Thanks to the internet, and other […]
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Columnists, Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), NNP Columnists, Presidency, Tochukwu Ezukanma
Thursday, March 31st, 2011
By Tochukwu Ezukanma, Lagos, Nigeria – March 31, 2011 – Adolf Hitler once told his newly appointed Army Chief of Staffs that he should never worry about what to tell the people because the people are gullible, and will believe whatever you tell them. And that the bigger the lie is the more believable it […]
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Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), Latest Politics, Presidency
Thursday, March 31st, 2011
PRESIDENT Goodluck Jonathan has vowed to take the fight against corruption to the next level if he wins the April 9 presidential election as he harped on necessity for strengthening the anti-corruption institutions as a means of making them perform more effectively. The president promised never to interfere with the operations of any of the […]
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Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), Latest Politics, Presidency
Tuesday, March 29th, 2011
Challenges Buhari, others to debate • ‘Workers can now sue for breach’ • NLC demands for signed copy President Goodluck Jonathan has said that he secretly signed the N18, 000 Minimum Wage Bill into law to avoid unnecessary pressure on the state government and other affected relevant agencies.In the last few days, there has been controversy over […]
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Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), Presidency, Top Stories
Tuesday, March 29th, 2011
President Goodluck Jonathan on Tuesday said he would participate in the presidential debate being organised by the Nigerian Elections Debate Group on Wednesday (today). He also expressed his desire to have the other candidates, who have decided to boycott the event, join him in the debate. The President spoke through a statement from his spokesman, […]
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Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), Latest Politics, Presidency
Tuesday, March 29th, 2011
President Goodluck Jonathan on Tuesday said he had signed the National Minimum Wage Bill into law. The President stated this in Abuja while addressing a combined delegation of the Nigeria Labour Congress and the Trade Union Congress, which paid him a courtesy call at the Presidential Villa. The disclosure finally brought to an end […]
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Articles, Columnists, Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), Presidency, Tochukwu Ezukanma
Tuesday, March 29th, 2011
By Tochukwu Ezukanma, Lagos, Nigeria – March 29, 2011 – The central problem of the Nigeria society is lawlessness. Most of our other national problems stem from lawlessness. They are either aspects of it or its direct consequences. Entrenched corruption, electoral fraud, theft of public, sectarian violence, etc are simply different dimensions of lawlessness. Power […]
