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Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), Niger Delta, Presidency
Tuesday, February 5th, 2013
About 30,000 former militants are currently enjoying the Nigerian amnesty programme The Special Adviser to President Goodluck Jonathan on Niger Delta Affairs, Kingsley Kuku, has called on security agencies to arrest any militant group found surrendering arms in Niger Delta. Mr. Kuku gave the directive on Tuesday in Abuja at a news briefing he addressed […]
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American Politics, Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), Presidency
Tuesday, February 5th, 2013
Nigerians, disgruntled by President Goodluck Jonathan’s last CNN interview claim of improved electricity, seized on Sunday’s U.S. Super bowl power outage, to issue a fierce rebuttal, stirring intense debate on the social media on Monday and Tuesday. CNN’s Christiane Amanpour, who interviewed the president a fortnight ago, said she received torrents of tweets from Nigerians […]
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Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), Presidency
Tuesday, February 5th, 2013
President Goodluck Jonathan’s penchant for foreign media has fetched him criticism, with citizens often bashing him for what they consider his unpresidential poise and bad grammar. As the dust over President Goodluck Jonathan’s embarrassing outing in a recent CNN interview is yet to settle, PREMIUM TIMES can report that the presidency actually spends thousands of […]
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Niger Delta, Presidency
Sunday, February 3rd, 2013
Verification exercise for the last phase of the amnesty programme for the ex-militants in the Niger Delta region of the country has kicked off, the special adviser to the President on Niger Delta, Kingley Kuku has disclosed. Kuku said the exercise when concluded would take care of additional 3,000 ex- militants in the going amnesty […]
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Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), National Politics, Olusegun Obasanjo (1976-79, 99-07), Presidency, Raw Politics
Friday, February 1st, 2013
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has accused President Goodluck Jonathan of mismanaging the security issues engulfing the country. Obasanjo stated this in an exclusive interview published in the February issue of the pan-African magazine, New African. He blamed Jonathan for the deteriorating situation caused by the insurgent Boko Haram. “If the President is the chief security […]
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Articles, Columnists, Leonard K. Shilgba, PhD, NNP Columnists, Presidency
Friday, February 1st, 2013
By Leonard Karshima Shilgba / Yola, Nigeria / Feb. 1, 2013 – I have seen very busy activities by Nigerian professional politicians lately; they work towards achieving their political desires in 2015. I have seen the prince on foot. President Goodluck Jonathan is on foot. I see him walking on foot, without any human security, […]
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'Wale Odunsi, Articles, Columnists, NNP Columnists, Presidency
Friday, February 1st, 2013
Dear President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan, Firstly, a very warm welcome from your week long trip to Switzerland and Ethiopia. How did your parley with the group of ‘Eminent Persons’ go? I hope the same you had with the leaders of Netherlands, Norway and Costa Rica; as well bosses of Huawei, Total and Coca-Cola will yield […]
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Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), Presidency
Wednesday, January 30th, 2013
…As southern political leaders call for national conference From PETRUS OBI, Enugu The leader of the Ijaw nation, Chief Edwin Clark, yesterday, in Enugu where the Southern Nigeria Peoples Assembly was meeting declared that no individual or group can stop President Jonathan from contesting the 2015 presidential election. Clark, who fielded questions from newsmen insisted […]
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Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), Presidency
Wednesday, January 30th, 2013
BY HENRY UMORU …Says govt ‘ll not engage her in any public debate ABUJA—THE Presidency has again taken a swipe at former Vice President, World Bank, Dr. Oby Ezekwesili, accusing her of inciting Nigerians against the Federal Government, just as it stressed that her allegations were almost stupid and senseless. Addressing newsmen yesterday, the Senior […]
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Governors, Presidency
Friday, January 25th, 2013
THOUGH the northern part of the country is currently weighed down by a myriad of problems including those in the educational and security sectors, it could be developed if some measures are urgently put in place. This was the position of former Head of State, Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (rtd) and other leaders of the northern […]
