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Ogun, Olusegun Obasanjo (1976-79, 99-07), State News
Monday, March 5th, 2012
PRESIDENT Goodluck Jonathan yesterday congratulated former President Olusegun Obasanjo on his 75th birthday today. In a letter released in Abuja, President Jonathan thanked God that Obasanjo has spent virtually all of his adult life “in dedicated patriotic service to our fatherland.” Also, Ogun State Governor Ibikunle Amosun, congratulated the former President. Amosun, in a statement […]
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Olusegun Obasanjo (1976-79, 99-07), Presidency
Thursday, March 1st, 2012
FORMER President Olusegun Obasanjo yesterday in Abeokuta said that the barrage of criticisms against the establishment of his multi-billion naira Presidential Library in the Ogun State capital has continued to inspire him to get the project completed. Obasanjo, who spoke at a regional forum organised by the Institute for African Culture and International Understanding (IACIU), […]
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Olusegun Obasanjo (1976-79, 99-07), Presidency
Tuesday, February 28th, 2012
-SunIt was praises and thanksgiving all the way as members of the Chapel of Christ The Glorious King (CCGK), a church founded by former President Olusegun Obasanjo in Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital, celebrated its third anniversary recently. Amid dancing, drumming and singing, the former president was full of praises to God, saying he […]
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Abuja (FCT), Biafra, Headlines, Presidency, State News
Tuesday, February 28th, 2012
Former leader of the defunct Republic of Biafra, Chief Chukwuemeka Odumegwu-Ojukwu, on Monday received a heroic welcome in death, at the Presidential Wing of the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja. The remains of the late presidential candidate and National Leader of the All Peoples Grand Alliance, which arrived the Abuja airport in the […]
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Presidency, Shehu Aliyu Shagari (1979-83), Uncategorized
Monday, February 27th, 2012
President Goodluck Jonathan has congratulated former President Shehu Shagari on his attainment of the age of 87. In a statement by the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Dr. Reuben Abati, Jonathan described the former president as ‘an elder statesman who has continued to make his wisdom and vast experience available to […]
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Articles, Columnists, Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), NNP Columnists, Presidency, Raheem Oluwafunminiyi
Sunday, February 26th, 2012
By Raheem ‘MOSHOESHOE’ Oluwafunminiyi, Ibadan, Oyo, Nigeria, Feb. 26, 2012 – When President Goodluck Jonathan alonside his economic shenanigans led by the former World Bank magician, Mrs Okonjo Iweala, the 100 million naira valentine gift giving Central Bank Governor, Mallam Sanusi Lamido Sanusi and the Petroleum Products Pricing Regulatory Agency, PPPRA argued that the amount […]
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Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), Presidency
Saturday, February 25th, 2012
• Administration Has Lost Focus — David-West • Multiple Committees Diversionary — Erubami • Why Launch Of Procurement Council Is Delayed, By Presidency WHILE the initial body language of President Goodluck Jonathan gave the impression that he was averse to a bloated and wasteful government, the opposite seems to be the situation nine months into […]
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Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), Presidency
Thursday, February 23rd, 2012
Nigeria’s President Goodluck Jonathan felicitates with Christians in the country as they begin the observance of Lent for the year 2012. As the dominant feature of the 40-day period between Ash Wednesday and Easter Sunday is constant prayers, penitence, fasting and self-denial, President Jonathan urges Christians in Nigeria to pray fervently this Lent for greater […]
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Africa & World Politics, Olusegun Obasanjo (1976-79, 99-07), Presidency
Wednesday, February 22nd, 2012
Former Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo arrived in Senegal late Tuesday to head a joint election observation mission between the African Union and the Economic Community of West African States . When asked what message he brought to Senegal from the AU, President Obasanjo said his first job is to observe Sunday’s vote and his second […]
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Articles, Columnists, Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), NNP Columnists, Presidency, Reuben Abati
Saturday, February 18th, 2012
Some commentators have raised a hue and cry over President Goodluck Jonathan’s reference to “the throwing of stones” during the presentation of the PDP flag to the then PDP Gubernatorial candidate, Hon. Henry Seriake Dickson and his then running mate Rear Admiral John Jonah (rtd.) in Bayelsa. These include, among others, Ayodele Akinkuotu, “He who […]
