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Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), Presidency
Friday, August 17th, 2012
PRESIDENT Goodluck Jonathan will, on the 22nd of this month, sign a Performance Agreement Contract with all ministers serving in his cabinet with a view to measuring their performance and enhancing the quality of service delivery to Nigerians. The move could be one of the ways to put the ministers on their toes and ensure […]
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Boko Haram, Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), Presidency, Top Stories
Sunday, August 12th, 2012

Christians in the North have asked President Goodluck Jonathan to resign over his comment on Boko Haram. Jonathan was quoted to have said he could not crush the Islamic sect because “they are our siblings and you cannot set the army to wipe out your family”. In a statement by its spokesman, Mr. Sunday Oibe, […]
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Articles, Columnists, Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), Ikechukwu Enyiagu, NNP Columnists, Presidency
Sunday, August 12th, 2012

By Ikechukwu Enyiagu | NNP | August 11, 2012 – One’s country should be a thing of pride for every citizen, no matter where they are or their status. And such country’s leaders should be as shining stars and pillars of encouragement for patriotism. That’s why you can find, amongst other nationalities, citizens who ride […]
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Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), Presidency
Thursday, August 9th, 2012
By Samuel Oyadongha Yenagoa—Prof Kimse Okoko, President of Conference of Ethnic Nationalities of Niger Delta, CENND and former President of Ijaw National Congress, INC, has described as “unnecessary distraction” the call on President Goodluck Jonathan not to run for the 2015 general elections. He insisted that the President was at liberty to run for a […]
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Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), Plateau, Presidency, State News
Thursday, August 9th, 2012
Abuja – President Goodluck Jonathan on Thursday in Abuja met with the leadership of the Hausa/Fulani community in Plateau as part of ongoing efforts at finding lasting solution to the Jos crises. Addressing State House correspondents after the meeting, spokesman of the Hausa/Fulani community and a former Minister of State for Information, Alhaji Ibrahim Dasuki Nakande, […]
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General Politics, Ibrahim Babangida (1985-93), Presidency, Top Stories
Wednesday, August 8th, 2012

ELDER statesman, Chief Edwin Clark, on Wednesday, threw a fresh challenge at General Ibrahim Babangida and other northern leaders on the Boko Haram insurgence, calling on him to lead the task aimed at ending the problem once and for all. Clark said he never minced words in throwing the ball of confronting the menace in […]
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Abuja (FCT), Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), National Politics, Presidency, State News, Top Stories
Tuesday, August 7th, 2012

By SONI DANIEL ABUJA—As the spate of violence escalates, particularly in the North, former Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Mallam Nasir el-Rufai, has asked President Goodluck Jonathan to quit if he could not solve the growing security threats to lives and property in the country. In an exclusive interview with Vanguard yesterday, el-Rufai […]
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Boko Haram, Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), Presidency
Monday, August 6th, 2012
PRESIDENT Goodluck Jonathan on Sunday said he would neither resign nor convert to Islam as demanded by the violent Islamic sect, Boko Haram, as a condition to ceasefire. Jonathan, who spoke through his spokesperson, Reuben Abati, on a day that fivesoldiers died in an attack on a security patrol team in Damaturu, Yobe State, by […]
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Articles, Columnists, Emeka Chiakwelu, Ibrahim Babangida (1985-93), NNP Columnists, Olusegun Obasanjo (1976-79, 99-07), Presidency
Saturday, August 4th, 2012

By Emeka Chiakwelu | NNP | August 4, 2012 – Henry Kissinger, the global geo-political icon furthered the thesis on what was called “Big Talk” and with Nigeria’s growing insecurity the joint statement by former presidents Olusegun Obasanjo and Ibrahim Babangida can be rated in that important category. Big talks can be consequential and when […]
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Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), Presidency
Saturday, August 4th, 2012
REVEREND Oladimeji (Ladi) Thompson is the founder/Senior Pastor of Lagos-based Living Waters Unlimited Church, and the international Co-ordinator of Macedonian Initiative, a non-government, non-denominational organization established to provide succour to Christians persecuted because of their belief in Jesus Christ. Lately, the security consultant has assumed the office of a Special Adviser to the National President […]