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Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), Headlines, Presidency
Friday, July 15th, 2011
Nigeria is not a failed state, President Goodluck Jonathan said Thursday, adding that his administration would work assiduously to make the country a pride for all. Speaking while inaugurating seven of the eight ministers confirmed by the Senate in the last one week at the Aso Rock Villa, Abuja, Jonathan said: “Our nation has been […]
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Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), Muhammadu Buhari (1983-85, 2015 - 2023), National Politics, Presidency
Thursday, July 14th, 2011

THE Presidential Election Petition Tribunal yesterday rejected bids by President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), seeking to dismiss the petition filed by the Congress for Progressive Change (CPC). CPC wants the tribunal to void the April 2011 presidential polls, which Jonathan was declared winner by […]
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Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), Presidency
Thursday, July 14th, 2011
The Presidential Election Petition Tribunal sitting at the Court of Appeal, Abuja, on Thursday, dismissed the preliminary objection brought before it by President Goodluck Jonathan and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), asking it to strike out the petition filed against them by the Congress for Progressive Change (CPC). Consequently,the chairman of the tribunal, Justice Ayo […]
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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 […]