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Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), Presidency
Wednesday, January 19th, 2011
Former Military President Ibrahim, Babangida; ex-Vice-President, Atiku Abubakar, and former National Security Adviser, Maj.-Gen. Aliyu Gusau (retd.), have decided not to challenge the victory of President Goodluck Jonathan at the Peoples Democratic Party presidential primaries in court. Investigations by our correspondent in Abuja on Wednesday showed that the three politicians took the decision at a […]
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Articles, Columnists, Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), Presidency, Reuben Abati
Monday, January 17th, 2011
By Reuben Abati, Lagos, Nigeria – Jan. 17, 2011 – The 1966-70 civil war was among other things, a response by the Igbo nation to the excesses of the political North. Between 1993 and 1999, the opposition to the North’s continued stay in power was also part of the sub-text of the pro-democracy struggle by […]
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Articles, Columnists, Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), Presidency, Reuben Abati
Saturday, January 15th, 2011
IN his inaugural speech on May 6, 2010, President Goodluck Jonathan had formally outlined the major concerns of his administration, in addition to paying tribute to the departed President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua. He addressed Nigerians as “my dear brothers and sisters.” In a matter of months, the new President will also start addressing Nigerians as […]
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Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), Presidency
Saturday, January 8th, 2011
THE Presidency, yesterday denied allegations by Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF) that President Jonathan blamed the North for the spate of bombings across the country. The ACF had on Friday accused the President of linking the North with the series of bomb blasts across the country. Presidential Spokesman, Ima Niboro, said in Abuja that President […]
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Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), Headlines, Presidency
Friday, January 7th, 2011
It is 120 hours to the PDP presidential primaries and the heat is already descending on Abuja, the venue of the all-important contest. The three contenders that would be on the ballot are President Jonathan Goodluck, former Vice President, Alh. Atiku Abubakar and Mrs. Sarah Jibril. This is first time either man will be on […]
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Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), Presidency, Raw Politics
Friday, January 7th, 2011
Justice Isha Bello of an Abuja High Court yesterday set aside Monday to rule on a suit brought before him to bar President Goodluck Jonathan from contesting the presidential election on the platform of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Ambassador Yahaya Kwande, Hon. Dubem Onyia and Alhaji Lawal Kaita, all card-carrying members of the PDP who […]
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Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), Headlines, Presidency
Friday, January 7th, 2011
Worried by the spate of violence and killings in the country, the Governor of Niger state, Dr. Babangida Aliyu, has tasked Nigerians over their personal security, saying “there is need for everybody to be security conscious.” He also disclosed that President Goodluck Jonathan called him on the phone, demanding explanations for the circumstances that led […]
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Articles, Columnists, Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), Presidency, Tochukwu Ezukanma
Thursday, January 6th, 2011
By Tochukwu Ezukanma, Lagos, Nigeria – Jan 6, 2011 – The refrain of one of John Lennon’s songs goes: imagine there is no country; and no religion too; nothing to kill for or die for; you may say, I am a dreamer; etc. Yes, of course, he was a dreamer. We can all imagine that […]
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Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), Headlines, Presidency
Wednesday, January 5th, 2011
Special Adviser to President Goodluck Jonathan on Political Matters, Dr. Akilu Indabawa, has denied as fabrications aimed at ridiculing his principal the reported donation of N500 million each by six governors. The lie in the publication, he claimed, stemmed from the report that he wrote a letter acknowledging receipt of the donations, insisting that no […]
