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Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), Presidency
Thursday, October 4th, 2012
THERE were indications on Thursday that the Federal Government was set to ask for a review of the judgment of the International Court of Justice which ceded the oil rich Bakassi Peninsula to neighbouring Cameroon. The PUNCH learnt in Abuja that President Goodluck Jonathan had directed the Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, […]
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Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), Presidency
Tuesday, October 2nd, 2012
The Presidency has dismissed claims that President Goodluck Jonathan is afraid of Boko Haram. Special Assistant to the President on Public Communication, Dr. Doyin Okupe, said this at a media briefing in Abuja on Tuesday. He said it was wrong to assume that Jonathan refused to go to Eagles Square, Abuja, for the second year […]
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Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), Presidency
Tuesday, October 2nd, 2012
SOME of President Goodluck Jonathan’s aides may be in trouble for reportedly putting false information in the 52nd Independence anniversary speech of the President. Jonathan in his 52nd Independence Day broadcast told Nigerians that the global corruption watch body, Transparency International, rated Nigeria second after United States in anti-corruption efforts. The claim has been found […]
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Latest Politics, Muhammadu Buhari (1983-85, 2015 - 2023), Presidency, Sokoto, State News
Monday, September 24th, 2012
By John Shiklam Former Governor of Sokoto State, Alhaji Attahiru Bafarwa, and former Head of State, Major General Mohammadu Buhari, at the weekend held a closed door meeting at the latter’s Kaduna residence. Although details of the meeting were not made public, the former governor in an interview with newsmen shortly after the meeting, which […]
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Articles, Columnists, Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), NNP Columnists, Presidency, Raheem Oluwafunminiyi, Reuben Abati
Sunday, September 23rd, 2012
By Raheem Oluwafunminiyi | Ibadan, Nigeria | Sept. 22, 2012 – In the last couple of weeks, the Presidency via its media inner circle has been having it tough with critics, most especially the hard-nut-to-crack opposition parties, the ‘army of sponsored and self-appointed anarchists’ and also ‘the twittering, pinging, Facebook crowd of the new age’. […]
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Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), Presidency, Raw Politics
Sunday, September 23rd, 2012
By Hugo Odiogor Paramount leader of Bakassi, Etinyin Etim Okon Edet, has petitioned President Goodluck Jonathan demanding that Bakassi should be freed from all contracts and obligations with Nigeria since the latter had failed in its primary constitutional role to defend the territorial integrity of Nigeria or uphold the oath of office to protect the […]
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Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), Presidency
Sunday, September 23rd, 2012
By HENRY UMORU ABUJA—THE Federal Government, yesterday, warned politicians against overheating the polity, just as it stressed that the unrelenting threats of impeachment against President Goodluck Jonathan should be handled with caution and maturity. The Presidency also said though criticisms were good for democracy, the office of the President must be respected, adding that the […]
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Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), National Politics, Presidency, Top Stories
Saturday, September 22nd, 2012
Igbo must produce President—Kalu, Ezeife, others Power must come back to North— Lawal Kaita Is it a time bomb waiting to explode? Will it strengthen the nation or mar it? Obviously whichever way it is viewed, 2015 is a year with so, much uncertainties just as it is very critical to the future of Nigeria. […]
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Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), Presidency
Friday, September 21st, 2012
Abuja – Those seeking the disintegration of the country are “lazy politicians seeking to be kings in tiny islands’’, President Goodluck Jonathan said on Thursday in Abuja. Jonathan spoke while declaring open a National Summit and Rally for peace, unity and development, oganised by the NLC. The president noted that the strength of the nation […]
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Articles, Columnists, Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), Jideofor Adibe, PhD, NNP Columnists, Presidency
Friday, September 21st, 2012
By Dr. Jideofor Adibe | London, UK | Sept. 19, 2012 – When I published the ‘Re-invention of Goodluck Jonathan’ in this column on December 1 2011, I did not plan to write a sequel to it. Let me give a brief summary of this re-invention as captured in what is now the first instalment […]
