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General Politics, Olusegun Obasanjo (1976-79, 99-07), Presidency
Saturday, March 2nd, 2013
Former president Olusegun Obasanjo on Saturday in Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital, declared that Nigeria lacked good leaders. Obasanjo lamented that the dearth of good leaders in the country as well as on the African continent, had become an issue that deserved serious attention. The former president spoke during the final of the African Regional […]
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Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), Presidency, Top Stories
Saturday, March 2nd, 2013
By IKECHUKWU NNOCHIRI, Abuja The coast may now have been finally cleared for President Goodluck Jonathan to seek re-election, as an Abuja High Court, yesterday, maintained that going by the express provision of Section 137(1) (b) of the 1999 Constitution, as amended, he is eligible to contest for presidency in 2015. His party, the Peoples […]
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Governors, Party Politics, Peoples' Democratic Party (PDP), Presidency
Wednesday, February 27th, 2013
President insists Amaechi must go Akpabio: we’ll kick out ‘Judases’ Fresh facts emerged yesterday on the President’s stormy meeting with Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governors at the Villa. President Goodluck Jonathan, who pointedly told the governors to ensure Rivers State Governor Rotimi Chibuike Amaechi’s removal as the Nigeria Governors Forum (NGF) chairman, threatened to deploy […]
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Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), Presidency
Monday, February 25th, 2013
President Goodluck Jonathan has approved the dissolution of the Alhaji Abdulrasheed Maina-led Pension Reforms Task Team with immediate effect. Although the details of the dissolution were sketchy, The PUNCH learnt on Sunday that letters to that effect were dispatched to all members of the PRTT last week. An authoritative source confirmed to our correspondent that […]
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Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), Ministries, Presidency
Monday, February 25th, 2013
PRESIDENT Goodluck Jonathan appears to have devised a strategy for freeing himself from the clutches of governors hostile to his 2015 ambition, especially those from the states ruled by the Peoples Democratic Party. At the centre of this strategy, The PUNCH learnt, was a plan to empower ministers against the chief executives of their home […]
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Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), Presidency, Rivers, State News
Monday, February 25th, 2013
By Emmanuel Aziken, Political Editor LAGOS — The Presidency was, last night, jittery, following the collapse of plans to remove Governor Chibuike Amaechi as chairman of the Nigerian Governors Forum, NGF. The failure of the plans which got to fever pitch, yesterday, forced presidency officials into a change of plans ahead of today’s scheduled election […]
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Africa & World Politics, Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), Presidency
Saturday, February 23rd, 2013
…Christiane Amanpour and our Stockholm Syndrome By Reno Omokri As we approach 2014, the year in which Nigeria attains her centenary, it may probably begin to enter the consciousness of Nigerians that this nation has been in existence for much longer than many had previously thought. Alongside this realization, would be a dawning that many […]
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Olusegun Obasanjo (1976-79, 99-07), Presidency
Saturday, February 23rd, 2013
FORMER South African president, Nelson Mandela has said that former President Olusegun Obasanjo played a prominent role in actualising the survival of democracy not only in Africa, but also the world at large. Mandela described Obasanjo’s outstanding leadership qualities as epochal, which he added, assisted him to restore democracy in Liberia, Sierra Leone, Cote d’Ivoire […]
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Ibrahim Babangida (1985-93), Presidency
Friday, February 22nd, 2013
From UBONG UKPONG, Abuja The State Security Service (SSS) yesterday paraded a suspected terror kingpin and two of his lieutenants. The security agency said that the suspects were backed by Iranian terrorist group. They had planned to site a cell in Lagos State.Their target is the South-West where they will launch attacks and cause unrest […]
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Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), Governors, Presidency
Tuesday, February 19th, 2013
President Goodluck Jonathan | credits: dailypost.com.ng The Presidency, on Tuesday, challenged those who claimed that President Goodluck Jonathan signed an agreement to spend one term, to produce the document. The Senior Special Adviser to the President on Political Affairs, Mr. Ahmed Gulak, said this on an Africa Independent Television programme, Focus Nigeria, monitored in Abuja. […]
