Former Head of State, General Muhammadu Buhari, has eulogized Ojukwu, saying “Ojukwu was a forthright and honourable player.” In a statement signed by the residential candidate of the Congress for Progressive Change (CPC) in the April, 2011 election, Buhari said: “It is with great shock that I received the news of the passing away of […]
THE people of Kogi will today receive President Goodluck Jonathan as he pays a one-day official visit to the state. While in the state, President Jonathan is expected to commission various projects put in place by the administration of Governor Ibrahim Idris. Among them are the newly constructed office of the state governor, office of the […]
THE Presidency, on Monday, advanced reasons why President Goodluck Jonathan stayed away from the governorship primary of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in his home state of Bayelsa, at the weekend, where Honourable Seriake Dickson emerged as the standard-bearer of the party. Jonathan, together with members of the National Assembly from the state, except Honourable Dickson, was […]
PRESIDENT Goodluck Jonathan yesterday expressed shock over the passing on of Mr. Alexander Ibru. In a statement, the president said Ibru contributed immensely in shaping Nigeria’s media industry, setting the standard for the industry with the publication of high quality newspapers. “This man, whose life recorded a pattern of good works, has definitely gone too […]
Former President Shehu Shagari and former Head of State, General Yakubu Gowon, have reportedly advised President Goodluck Jonathan to be cautious over his role in the internal politics of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in his home state, Bayelsa. According to a source close to Shagari, the two national leaders in separate telephone calls advised […]
Sunday, November 20, 2011 • • Photo: Sun Publishing More Stories on This Section Former President Olusegun Obasanjo, at the weekend, lampooned the squandering of $35 billion he left in Nigeria’s foreign reserve in 2007 when he left office, saying the country’s leaders and people need to be prudent to get out of its economic […]
To encourage local rice farmers, the Federal Government may in no distant time, put an end to the importation of rice. President Goodluck Jonathan disclosed this while receiving the report of the Northern Economic Summit organized by Professor Jerry Gana, who led the G-20 Group to the president in Abuja. Jonathan said the country has […]
BySimon Ebegbulem BENIN—Former Chief Whip of the Senate, Senator Rowland Owie, has called on the Attorney-General of the Federation to prosecute former President Olusegun Obasanjo over the dismantling of toll gates. Owie, who commended the re-introduction of toll gates by President Goodluck Jonathan, recalled the condemnation that greeted the destruction of the toll gates during […]
Dr. Leonard Karshima Shilgba, Yola, Nigeria , Nov. 14, 2011 – Have you heard that the government of President Jonathan plans to spend one hundred billion naira in 2012 to subsidize electricity tariff for “poor and rural dwellers”? According to the Minister of Power, Professor Barth Nnaji, the 3-year subsidy program shall begin in January […]
Former military president, General Ibrahim Babangida, at the weekend, described as unfounded, the rumour in some quarters about his worsening health conditions, saying the information was not even near the truth, as he had indicated plans to return to the country before the end the week. Babangida stated this through some close personal aides at […]
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