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Ibrahim Babangida (1985-93), Kano, Presidency, State News, Yakubu Gowon (1966-75)
Friday, January 25th, 2013
BY ABDULSALAM MUHAMMAD KANO—Northern leaders including Vice President, Namadi Sambo and three former Heads of State, Generals Yakubu Gowon, Ibrahim Babangida and Abdulsalami Abubakar were conspicuously absent at the peace summit organised by Northern Development Focus Initiative, NDFI, in Kano. Also absent were the Senate President, Senator David Mark, former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar and […]
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General Politics, Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), National Politics, Presidency, Umaru Musa Yar'Adua (2007-10), Women Politics
Friday, January 25th, 2013
A former Vice President (Africa), World Bank, Dr. Oby Ezekwesili, has said the Umaru Yar’Adua and President Goodluck Jonathan administrations need to tell Nigerians how they spent the $45bn left in the foreign reserves account and $22bn in the Excess Crude Account by the former President Olusegun Obasanjo administration. Ezekwesili, who was a former Minister […]
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General Politics, Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), Presidency, Top Stories
Thursday, January 24th, 2013
The Coalition of Northern Politicians, Academics, Professionals and Businessmen and an opposition party on Thursday took a swipe at President Goodluck Jonathan over his comment that Boko Haram was not caused by poverty or misrule. Jonathan had in an interview with the Cable News Network’s Christiane Amanpour, Wednesday night, said, “The sect was not born […]
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Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), Presidency
Wednesday, January 23rd, 2013
Ben Agande, Abuja. President Goodluck Jonathan has reiterated that Nigeria’s involvement in the crisis in Mali was not borne out “We are gradually improving the Nigeria security architecture. So, we are surely working hard and by the grace of God the problem will surely come down. “If you don’t solve the problem of Mali Nigerians […]
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Africa & World Politics, Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), Presidency
Wednesday, January 23rd, 2013
Ben Agande, Abuja. President Goodluck Jonathan has reiterated that Nigeria’s involvement in the crisis in Mali was not borne out of any territorial ambition but to secure her citizens from terrorism and stop terrorists from establishing bases in West Africa. He stated this in Geneva when he met with members of the Nigerian community in […]
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Africa & World Politics, Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), Presidency
Tuesday, January 22nd, 2013
President Goodluck Jonathan will on Monday embark on a working visit to Switzerland and Ethiopia. Jonathan returned to the country on Saturday from Cote d’Ivoire where he attended an Extraordinary Session of the Economic Community of West African States Authority of Heads of State and Government. Presidential spokesman, Dr. Reuben Abati, in a statement on […]
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Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), Governors, Presidency
Tuesday, January 22nd, 2013
SIGNALS that President Goodluck Jonathan has started plotting how to grab the presidential ticket of the Peoples Democratic Party for the 2015 election emerged on Monday with the President reaching out to respective former governors of Zamfara and Borno states, Ahmed Yerima and Ali Modu-Sheriff. Our correspondent learnt that the President wanted the two influential […]
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Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), National Politics, Nigerian Police, Presidency, Raw Politics, Top Stories
Saturday, January 19th, 2013
By Jide Ajani Apparently embarrassed by what he saw at Nigeria’s Police College, on last Friday, President Goodluck Jonathan could not but lament openly, asking why people were being subjected to a treatment fit for chickens in the poultry. The unscheduled visit by Jonathan was a rare one and it afforded the nation’s number one […]
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Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), Presidency
Friday, January 18th, 2013
President Goodluck Jonathan on Thursday admitted that Nigeria, and indeed, the world needed to do more to end terrorism and its impact on global peace. Jonathan spoke while receiving the new British High Commissioner to Nigeria, Mr. Andrew Pocock, who was in the Presidential Villa, Abuja to present his letter of credence. “The whole world […]
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Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), Presidency
Friday, January 18th, 2013
Presidents do not lose battles. They win, all the time. It is a reason the office remains ever attractive. What with so much resources at a president’s disposal; and the uncountable number of canny men to carry out his or her instructions. So, why does getting whatever he or she wants, as the case of […]
