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Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), Presidency
Sunday, July 10th, 2011
THE House of Representatives is heading on another collision course with the presidency on zoning of its principal offices, as the leadership prepares to release the list of principal officials and heads of different House committees this week, the Nigerian Tribune can report. The most controversial among the principal offices being contested was that of […]
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Anthony A. Kila, Articles, Columnists, Muhammadu Buhari (1983-85, 2015 - 2023), NNP Columnists, Presidency
Saturday, July 9th, 2011

By Anthony A, Kila, London, UK – July 9, 2011 – Unlike most people who simply read and consume the daily chronicles and stories of their time for information and decisions, students of strategy like those of history and politics have a quirk: they read and follow events looking for what the big issue is. […]
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Presidency
Wednesday, July 6th, 2011
The Presidential Election Petition Tribunal sitting as the Court of Appeal in Abuja, on Wednesday, reserved ruling in the objection filed by President Goodluck Jonathan and Vice-President Namadi Sambo against the petition of the Congress for Progressive Change (CPC). CPC had, through its counsel, Ebun Shofunde (SAN), filed a petition before the panel, headed by […]
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Akwa Ibom, Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), Headlines, Presidency, State News
Wednesday, July 6th, 2011
President Goodluck Jonathan will today, pay a visit to Akwa Ibom State. Following the scheduled visit, the state government has called on residents of the state to give the President a rousing welcome. While in Akwa Ibom, the President is expected to be the special guest of honour at the Grand Finale of the Nigerian […]
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Olusegun Obasanjo (1976-79, 99-07), Presidency
Monday, July 4th, 2011
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has lamented the declining number of farmers in the country, with the youth showing total apathy to farming. The former president, therefore, advocated increased incentives from the federal, state and local governments in Nigeria to stimulate the interest of graduates in agriculture with a view to making farming profitable and attractive […]
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Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), Party Politics, Presidency
Monday, July 4th, 2011
IN a bid to sustain the accord between his party, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and the friendly parties which worked closely with the PDP during the April general election, President Goodluck Jonathan is said to be offering some ambassadorial, as well as special adviser slots to the leadership of the parties. It was learnt […]
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Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), Ibrahim Babangida (1985-93), Presidency
Monday, July 4th, 2011
FORMER military president, General Ibrahim Babangida, has admonished President Goodluck Jonathan not to derail from the promise of transformative leadership which he made during his presidential campaign, just as he condemned the arrest of former Minister of Federal Capital Territory, Mallam Nasir el’Rufai, by security operatives. Babangida, in a statement made available to the Nigerian […]
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Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), Ibrahim Babangida (1985-93), Presidency
Sunday, July 3rd, 2011
ABUJA—FORMER Military President, General Ibrahim Babangida, weekend, urged President Goodluck Jonathan to shed sentiments and imbibe statesmanlike traits in his handling of the increasing challenges against his government. Babangida said in a statement that the caution became necessary in the face of unnecessary distractions which aides and those he termed sycophants were causing for the […]
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Columnists, Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), Presidency, Reuben Abati
Saturday, July 2nd, 2011
IN what appears to be a confirmation of media reports that the Chairman of the Editorial Board of the Guardian Newspapers, Mr Reuben Abati,is to replace the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Mr Ima Niboro, President Goodluck Jonathan yesterday asked his spokesman to prepare for a handover to another appointee yet […]
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Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), Presidency
Saturday, July 2nd, 2011
Dele Momodu : dele.momodu@thisdaylive.com Dear Mr President, I’m pleased to write you again through this medium. Thanks for responding quickly to some of the suggestions I gave in my recent letters to you. Even if I and many of my readers had serious doubts about your ability to take on the hawks in your political […]