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Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), Latest Politics, National Politics, Presidency, Top Stories
Thursday, April 19th, 2012
PRESIDENT Goodluck Jonathan has been named among 100 most influential people in the world in 2012 by Times Magazine. Named alongside Jonathan were United States President, Barack Obama; German Chancellor, Angela Merkel; International Monetary Fund (IMF) President, Christine Lagarde and Italian Prime Minister, Mario Monti. Others were US presidential hopeful, Mitt Romney; Israeli Prime Minister, […]
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Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), Presidency
Wednesday, April 18th, 2012
By Soni Daniel – Leadership It was interesting to read the other day that the people of the South-South had endorsed President Goodluck Jonathan for a second term barely a year into his tenure. They did not say whether he had done well to deserve a second term, as is the case on other forward-looking […]
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Ibrahim Babangida (1985-93), Party Politics, Peoples' Democratic Party (PDP), Presidency, Raw Politics
Sunday, April 15th, 2012
The National Working Committee (NWC) of the Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP), has cautioned former military president and presidential aspirant on the party platform, General Ibrahim Babangida, against incessant attacks on happenings within the party. Reacting to a statement credited to the Media Assistant to the former military president, Prince Kassim Afegbua, which was published in […]
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Articles, Columnists, Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), NNP Columnists, Presidency, Tochukwu Ezukanma
Sunday, April 15th, 2012
By Tochukwu Ezukanma | Lagos, Nigeria | April 15, 2012 – Recently, a minor event took me down memory lane and I felt nostalgic to the point of tears. In that my nostalgic mood, a song from the past came to my mind. It was a song by Candi Staton. I do not remember the […]
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Muhammadu Buhari (1983-85, 2015 - 2023), Presidency
Saturday, April 14th, 2012
The presidential candidate of the Congress for Progressive Change (CPC) in the 2011 general elections, Maj. Gen. Muhammadu Buhari, has declared his intention to re-contest the seat in the 2015 general elections. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Buhari made his intention known while addressing CPC supporters in Kaduna who […]
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Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), Latest Politics, Presidency
Saturday, April 14th, 2012
April 14, 2012 by Olalekan Adetayo President Goodluck Jonathan on Friday signed the 2012 Appropriation Bill into law with a vow to sack all heads of parastatals, who he said security reports had indicted for lobbying the National Assembly for increased budgets. The budget, with an aggregate expenditure of N4.697tn (excluding the appropriation of N180bn […]
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Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), Headlines, Presidency
Saturday, April 14th, 2012
April 14, 2012 by OLALEKAN ADETAYO OLALEKAN ADETAYO writes that despite the laboured attempts to downplay President Goodluck Jonathan’s in the church donation saga, the President may still be having sleepless nights God loves a cheerful giver. Givers never lack. Givers’ hands are always on top. These are a few among the numerous expressions commonly […]
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Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), Lagos, Presidency, State News
Saturday, April 14th, 2012
April 14, 2012 by Sesan Olufowobi Lagos State Governor, Babatunde Raji Fashola and the blocked road | credits: File copy Lagos State Governor Babatunde Fashola on Friday described the blockade of roads and resultant gridlocks in parts of the state following Thursday’s visit of the wife of President Goodluck Jonathan, Patience, as an infringement on […]
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Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), Presidency
Friday, April 13th, 2012
President Goodluck Jonathan yesterday said he was going to use as scapegoats heads of parastatals that have been indicted by security report for lobbying the National Assembly to have their budgets increased, blaming them for failed budget implementations in the past. Jonathan dropped the bombshell after signing the 2012 Appropriation Bill into law at his […]
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Action Congress of Nigeria, Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), Latest Politics, Party Politics, Presidency
Thursday, April 12th, 2012
April 12, 2012 by Niyi Odebode, Fidelis Soriwei and Femi Makinde The Action Congress of Nigeria on Wednesday said it had uncovered a plot by the Peoples Democratic Party to destabilise the South-West geo-political zone as part of President Goodluck Jonathan’s plan to contest the 2015 presidential poll. The ACN, in a statement in Lagos […]
