President Goodluck Jonathan paid a secret visit to his sick wife, Patience, in Germany on Saturday. A short news item aired on the Nigerian Television Authority at 9pm showed the President’s visit to his wife, who is reported to be sick of an undisclosed ailment in Germany. The news item was accompanied by a short […]
Major groups and key political figures in the South-East, South-South and North-Central geopolitical zones have faulted the position of the Arewa Consultative Forum on the issue of who becomes Nigeria’s president in 2015. The ACF says the North is seeking the 2015 presidency on merit, the zoning formula in the country is now history. The […]
By Dr. Jideofor Adibe | NNP | October 4, 2012 – The first instalment in these series was published on 1December 2011 while the second instalment was on 13 September 2011. In these series, which will not run consecutively, I will try to monitor the putative re-inventions of Goodluck Ebele Jonathan (GEJ) and the consequent […]
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, […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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’. […]
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 […]
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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