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First Ladies, General Politics, Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), Patience Jonathan, Presidency, Top Stories
Saturday, September 15th, 2012
By Soni Daniel, Abuja and Demola Akinyemi, Ilorin Perturbed by the continued absence of the First Lady, Dame Patience Jonathan, from the country as a result of ill-heath, the Presidency has resorted to prayers to quicken her recovery and return to the country. Dame Jonathan, a serving Permanent Secretary in Bayelsa, her home state, was […]
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Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), Presidency
Tuesday, September 11th, 2012
Contesting the 2015 presidential election is not on President Goodluck Jonathan’s agenda, says his aide, Dr. Doyin Okupe. Okupe, who is Senior Special Assistant to Jonathan on Public Affairs, also said buying generators will soon be a waste of money. He said this on Tuesday during a public affairs programme on Channels Television monitored by […]
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Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), Presidency
Tuesday, September 11th, 2012
The Presidency on Tuesday responded to criticisms of the list of 2012 national honours awards, saying none of the 149 honourees had been found wanting in any aspect of their lives. The list which has Globacom Chairman, Chief Mike Adenuga, as recipient of the highest honour, Grand Commander of the Order of the Niger, was […]
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CBN (Central Bank of Nigeria), Olusegun Obasanjo (1976-79, 99-07), Presidency
Tuesday, September 11th, 2012
The Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Mallam Lamido Sanusi, on Tuesday, described former President Olusegun Obasanjo as “a very bad economist.” Sanusi, at the sixth annual conference of the Chartered Institute of Bankers of Nigeria in Abuja, said Obasanjo misinterpreted the impact of the proposed N5000 note on the economy when he […]
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Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), Governors, Presidency
Monday, September 10th, 2012
AMIDST clamour for the return of presidency to the North in 2015, there are strong indications that the three zones of the North have split into nine presidential camps, with reports indicating that there is a growing gang-up against the Jigawa State governor, Alhaji Sule Lamido. Confidential checks across the northern region in the last […]
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Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), Presidency
Sunday, September 9th, 2012
ABUJA—THE Federal Government has disclosed that construction work on the Lagos-Ibadan road will commence within the next four to six weeks, just as it said Nigerians would begin to experience uninterrupted light by December, 2012 with plans to generate 5,400 mega watts from the current 4,400 mega watts. Speaking with newsmen weekend, the Senior Special […]
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CBN (Central Bank of Nigeria), Presidency
Saturday, September 8th, 2012
Jumping from one inconclusive economic and political issue to another appears to be a factor that is fast defining the Presidency of Nigeria’s Dr. Goodluck Jonathan. The latest move of the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN to convert the current N5, N10 and N20 notes to coins and also step the currency note to N5,000 […]
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Bayelsa, Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), Presidency, State News
Saturday, September 8th, 2012
Yenagoa – The current administration is determined to secure a brighter future for the Nigerian youths through massive investment in the education sector, President Goodluck Jonathan said on Friday in Yenagoa. Jonathan, while addressing 550 beneficiaries of the Bayelsa government scholarship, said the federal government would discharge its responsibility of empowering the youths. Jonathan had […]
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Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), Presidency
Thursday, September 6th, 2012
Three responses from the Presidency in the last one month have painted a picture of irritation, fear and desperation. The first was the response to the demand of the Islamic fundamentalist group, Boko Haram, on President Goodluck Jonathan to convert to Islam or resign as a precondition for their cessation of a reign of terror. […]
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Olusegun Obasanjo (1976-79, 99-07), Presidency
Thursday, September 6th, 2012
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo on Thursday said the introduction of the N5,000 note would kill production and affect small businesses negatively. Obasanjo, who spoke at a roundtable advocacy forum organised by the Institute of Directors, Nigeria, in Lagos, said the way the Governor, Central Bank of Nigeria, Mr. Lamido Sanusi, was fighting inflation by removing […]
