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Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), Presidency
Thursday, January 17th, 2013
From ADETUTU FOLASADE-KOYI, Abuja President Goodluck Jonathan has commenced moves to replace former defence minister, Haliru Bello Mohammed and former minister of power, Barth Nnaji in the Federal Executive Council (FEC). The president had forwarded the nomination of Kabiru Tanimu Turaki (Kebbi) and Prof. Chinedu Nebo (Enugu) as ministerial nominees to the Senate for confirmation. […]
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Muhammadu Buhari (1983-85, 2015 - 2023), Presidency
Wednesday, January 16th, 2013
Former Head of State and three time Presidential candidate, Maj.-Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), has said the ongoing merger talks by the major opposition political parties will determine if he will run for president in 2015. Buhari said this in Abuja on Wednesday while fielding questions from reporters after inaugurating the Congress for Progressive Change Merger […]
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Africa & World Politics, Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), Olusegun Obasanjo (1976-79, 99-07), Presidency
Tuesday, January 15th, 2013
President Goodluck Jonathan, ex-Ghanaian President John Kufuor and some governors are scheduled to attend a civic reception in honour of former President Olusegun Obasanjo following his voluntary retirement from office as Chairman, Board of Trustees of the Peoples Democratic Party. The two-day event billed for the Olusegun Obasanjo Presidential Library, Abeokuta, from January 18 to […]
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Nnamdi Azikiwe (1963-66), Presidency
Tuesday, January 15th, 2013
THE Federal Government Monday re-awarded the construction of Zik’s mausoleum in Onitsha to a French company, Bouygues, at the cost of N1.49 billion. The mausoleum is the final resting place of the former President of Nigeria, the late Dr. Nnamdi Azikiwe, who died in 1996, which was first awarded by the late Gen. Sani Abacha. […]
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Abdulsalaami Abubakar (1998-99), Presidency
Sunday, January 13th, 2013
FORMER Head of state, General Abdulsalami Abubakar, has again warned that the cycle of blood-letting and killing of innocent Nigerians by the Islamic sect, Boko Haram, would no longer be tolerated. Abdulsalami gave the warning in Minna, Saturday, during the graduation ceremony and inaugural lecture of Abdulsalami Abubakar Institute for Peace and Sustainable Development (AAIPSDS). […]
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Articles, Columnists, Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), NNP Columnists, Philip Amiola, Presidency
Sunday, January 13th, 2013
By Philip Amiola / NNP / Jan. 13, 2013 – I have observed with some degree of amusement, the wave of criticism and outrage that greeted the ill-timed ignition of President Goodluck Jonathan’s 2015 political campaign machinery. The campaign message – One good term deserves another – is especially humorous. Although Mr President has dissociated […]
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Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), Presidency
Sunday, January 13th, 2013
BY SIMON EBEGBULEM, Benin City Apostle Johnson Suleman is the General Overseer of Omega Fire Ministry, one of the leading new generation churches in the country today. The church located along the Auchi-Abuja road in Auchi, Edo state is another Mecca in Nigeria as people from all over the world throng the giant edifice to […]
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Boko Haram, Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), Olusegun Obasanjo (1976-79, 99-07), Presidency, Raw Politics, Top Stories
Wednesday, January 9th, 2013
FORMER President Olusegun Obasanjo, yesterday, said more could be done to reach out to the militant Islamist group Boko Haram to find out what leads it to carry out acts of violence. Obasanjo who spoke in an interview with CNN, suggested the current government should adopt a dual-track approach rather than just cracking down on […]
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Boko Haram, Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), Olusegun Obasanjo (1976-79, 99-07), Presidency
Wednesday, January 9th, 2013
FORMER President Olusegun Obasanjo on Tuesday said the President Goodluck Jonathan administration had not been reaching out enough to the violent Islamic sect, Boko Haram, and canvassed what he described as a “carrot-and-stick” strategy to address the sect’s menace. Obasanjo told the CNN in an interview that Jonathan had been applying less of dialogue and […]
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Arnold Alalibo, Articles, Columnists, NNP Columnists, Presidency
Saturday, January 5th, 2013
By Arnold A. Alalibo / NNP / Jan. 5, 2013 – James Cardinal Gibbons once said” “the trouble with being a leader today is that you cannot be sure whether people are following you or chasing you”. There are respective forms of government, but on close examination of them it is apparent that democracy is […]
