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Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), Oil Politics, Presidency
Tuesday, July 24th, 2012
President Goodluck Jonathan on Monday said that his administration would do everything legally possible to clamp down on crude oil thieves, pirates and other criminals operating along the nation’s waterways. Jonathan made the remarks at a presidential maritime security retreat with the theme, ‘Harnessing the Potential of Nigeria’s Maritime Sector for Sustainable Economic Development,” held […]
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Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), House, Legislature, National Politics, Presidency, Top Stories
Tuesday, July 24th, 2012
THE House of Representatives on Monday said the ultimatum given to President Goodluck Jonathan to either achieve 100 per cent budget performance by September or face impeachment procedures, was borne out of genuine desire to move the country forward. The lawmakers condemned insinuations that the impeachment threat had to do with their desire for contracts […]
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Presidency
Monday, July 23rd, 2012
BY BEN AGANDE ABUJA — President Goodluck Jonathan, yesterday, expressed dismay at the continuous stealing of Nigeria’s crude oil by illegal bunkerers, vowing that his administration would do everything possible to stem the tide by bringing the perpetrators to book. The President stated this at the opening of the Maritime Sector Presidential Retreat with the […]
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Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), Legislature, Niger Delta, Presidency, Senate
Saturday, July 21st, 2012
President Goodluck Jonathan yesterday presented the 2012 budget proposal of N250.875billion of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) to the Senate. Senate President, David Mark who read two separate letters from the President during plenary, also acknowledged the receipt of the Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB). In his letter, titled: “Presentation of the 2012 Budget Proposal […]
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Olusegun Obasanjo (1976-79, 99-07), Party Politics, Peoples' Democratic Party (PDP), Presidency
Wednesday, July 18th, 2012
July 18, 2012 by Olusola Fabiyi, Abuja Former President Olusegun Obasanjo | credits: Former President Olusegun Obasanjo’s resignation as Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party Board of Trustees has been accepted. The Secretary of the Board, Senator Walid Jubril, confirmed this at the party’s secretariat in Abuja on Tuesday. Jibril said the resignation was accepted […]
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Boko Haram, Olusegun Obasanjo (1976-79, 99-07), Presidency
Wednesday, July 18th, 2012
July 18, 2012 by Simon Utebor Former President Olusegun Obasanjo | credits: Founder, Ifeoluwa Mission, Rev. Tela Tella, said on Tuesday that Boko Haram assumed the monster it had become because President Goodluck Jonathan failed to apply the ruthlessness of former President Olusegun Obasanjo. At a news conference, Tella, said the level the dreaded sect […]
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Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), Presidency
Tuesday, July 17th, 2012
By Henry Umoru ABUJA— PRESIDENT Goodluck Jonathan, yesterday, cried out over what he described as the lynch-mob mentality of the political opposition, who he claimed, was determined to drown him and the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, out of political relevance. He also said that the security situation in the country changed his pre-election agenda. From […]
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Presidency
Monday, July 16th, 2012
AN independent audit report has discovered how the Federal Government has continuously drained the accounts of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC). According to an audit report published by Reuters on Monday, the Federal Government was owing the NNPC some improper and informal loans, which were used to cover a range of expenses, from a […]
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Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), Presidency
Monday, July 16th, 2012
The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has asked the Federal High Court sitting in Ikeja for an order compelling the Chairman of the Code of Conduct Bureau (CCB), Mr Sam Saba, to release documents on President Goodluck Jonathan’s asset declaration. SERAP’s request, in a suit number FHC/IKJ/CS/159/2012, was brought pursuant to section 20 of […]
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Judiciary, Presidency
Monday, July 16th, 2012
FURTHER details emerged, on Monday, on how President Goodluck Jonathan frustrated moves by some powerful forces, which were bent on stopping the nomination of Justice Aloma Mukhtar as the new Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN). Sources in political circles confirmed to the Nigerian Tribune that the forces had all along followed the career progression of […]
