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Arewa House, Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), Presidency
Sunday, January 30th, 2011
The Presidency has begun moves to contain the opposition of the apex socio-cultural group, Arewa Consultative Forum, to President Goodluck Jonathan’s ambition in the April election. A splinter group had issued a communiqué after ACF’s Tuesday meeting in Kaduna, spurning Jonathan’s emergence as the Peoples Democratic Party candidate for the election. Jonathan had emerged […]
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Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), Presidency
Saturday, January 29th, 2011
President Goodluck Jonathan Friday arrived Ethiopia for the 16th Ordinary AU Summit. The Ethiopian Minister of Water Resources, Mr. Alemuyehu Tageru, received President Jonathan and his entourage at the Bole International Airport, alongside the Nigerian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mr. Odein Ajumogobia and the Ambassador to Ethiopia, Mr. Thaddeus Hart. On the entourage of the […]
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Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), Presidency
Thursday, January 27th, 2011
Still fuming over over the presidency’s recent comment that he is not a democrat, Senator Joseph Waku yesterday accused the presidency of rather being undemocratic. Waku, who represented Benue North-West Senatorial District between 1999/2003, had in a national daily (not Vangaurd) accused President Goodluck Jonathan of inducing delegates to secure his victory during the just […]
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Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), Presidency
Wednesday, January 26th, 2011
Former secretary of the Political Committee of the Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF), Alhaji Abdulrahman Mohammed, has distanced himself from the position of the group, insisting that the communiqué did not reflect what transpired at the meeting. The group had after its Tuesday’s stormy session, came out with a communiqué, signed by its Publicity Secretary, Anthony […]
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Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), Presidency
Tuesday, January 25th, 2011
The wisdom and maturity, shown yesterday by the chairman of the foremost northern socio-cultural group, Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF), Major General Ibrahim Haruna (retd), saved the meeting from degenerating into a free-for-all, Daily Sun learnt. This is even as the group came hard on the ruling Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, describing the emergence of President […]
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Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), Presidency
Tuesday, January 25th, 2011
Former PDP presidential aspirant, Rev. (DR) Emma Obianagha said the exit of Dr. Okwesilieze Nwodo as chairman of the ruling People’s Democratic Party (PDP) has again sent the party often referred to as the largest political body in Africa to the political market to shop for a new helmsman. He wondered whom the Wadaza Plaza […]
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Arewa House, Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), Presidency
Tuesday, January 25th, 2011
CHIEFTAINS of the Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF) have, on Tuesday, unanimously agreed not to support President Goodluck Jonathan’s quest to remain as president in the forthcoming election ACF also expressed its disappointment with the conduct of presidential primary of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), saying that it was below standard. The decision was reached and […]
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Columnists, Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), NNP Columnists, Presidency, Reuben Abati
Sunday, January 23rd, 2011
THE ruling People’s Democratic Party (PDP) held its convention and presidential party primaries on Thursday January 13 at the Eagle Square, Abuja. The three candidates at the primaries were incumbent President Goodluck Jonathan, former Vice president Abubakar Atiku, and Mrs Sarah Jibril. In the run up to this, there had been much mudslinging and exchange […]
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Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), Presidency
Thursday, January 20th, 2011
ON Saturday, September 18, 2010, President Goodluck Jonathan formally declared his interest in the 2011 Presidential race on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party. The event which was held at the Eagle Square, Abuja, was attended by a cross section of Nigerians including politicians, students, teachers, Niger Delta youths, market women, “Naija Artistes for […]
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Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), Presidency
Thursday, January 20th, 2011
President Goodluck Jonathan yesterday spurned allegations that his children were currently back in school after holiday in utter violation of the directive made by the Federal Ministry of Education and the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) that primary and secondary schools in the country should remain closed. According to the president, it became necessary to […]
