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Articles, Columnists, Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), NNP Columnists, Presidency, Reuben Abati
Sunday, May 29th, 2011
By Reuben Abati – Lagos, Nigeria – May 28, 2011 -PRESIDENT Goodluck Jonathan almost ruined his inauguration day address by speaking too much at the May 26 pre-inauguration lecture on the theme: “A Transformational Agenda for Accelerated National Development.” The elections are over, on inauguration day, the President assumes office, a new administration begins and […]
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Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), Latest Politics, Presidency
Saturday, May 28th, 2011
Tomorrow is the D- Day. And all is set for the inauguration of President Goodluck Jonathan as the 15th head of government and commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces. This is sequel to his victory at the presidential election held on April 16. The event, which will hold at the Eagles Square, in Abuja, is expected […]
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Enugu, Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), Presidency, Top Stories
Thursday, May 26th, 2011
President Goodluck Jonathan, has lambasted those lobbying for ministerial appointments, saying less than 10 per cent of them are genuine. He disclosed this during the presidential inauguration lecture in Abuja, which was delivered by Prof. Ladipo Adamolekun, even as the independent scholar urged the President to declare and make public, his assets and those of […]
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Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), Presidency
Monday, May 23rd, 2011
President Goodluck Jonathan has expressed strong optimism that Nigeria will become great again and reclaim its rightful position among comity of nations. Dr. Jonathan stated this during a victory thanksgiving service held in his honour by the Ogbia Brotherhood and the Ogbia Ministers Forum in Ogbia Town, Bayelsa State. President Jonathan while thanking Nigerians for […]
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Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), House, Legislature, Presidency, Senate
Saturday, May 21st, 2011
INDICATION emerged yesterday that the leadership of the National Assembly is mounting pressure on President Goodluck Jonathan to assent to the 2011 Appropriation Bill despite the alleged injection of N500 billion into the budget by the House of Representatives. A source in the Presidency who pleaded anonymity disclosed to The Guardian yesterday that the leadership […]
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Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), Ministries, Presidency
Friday, May 20th, 2011
President Goodluck Jonathan is to announce his new cabinet immediately after the May 29 inauguration, his spokesman, Mr. Ima Niboro said yesterday. He told correspondents in Abuja, that the President was mindful of how short his new four-year term is and wants to start work with his new team immediately after the inauguration. His words, […]
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Ibrahim Babangida (1985-93), Latest Politics, Presidency
Friday, May 20th, 2011
Chief Tokunbo Ajasin, son of the former executive governor of the old Ondo State, Chief Michael Ajasin, has slammed the former military president, General Ibrahim Badamosi Babangida (retd) for saying that power must return to the North in 2015. The chairman of Atayese, a Yoruba socio-cultural organisation and chieftain of the Action Congress of Nigeria […]
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Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), Latest Politics, Presidency, South-East
Tuesday, May 17th, 2011
ENUGU – Igbo Youth Movement, IYM, said Tuesday, that despite the resentment from the people of the South-East geo-political zone over the position of Secretary to the Government of the Federation, SGF, the confidence of Ndigbo in the ability of President Goodluck Jonathan to adequately protect the interest of the zone remains unshaken. President of […]
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Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), Latest Politics, Presidency
Tuesday, May 17th, 2011
THE picture and direction of President Goodluck Jonathan’s administration in the next four years, after his swearing-in on May 29, 2011 in the wake of his electoral triumph, is emerging. The President yesterday gave hints of what he would do in some sectors. For example, Jonathan said his Administration would pay special attention to the […]
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Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), Latest Politics, Presidency
Monday, May 16th, 2011
PIQUED by the soaring prices of cement in the country, President Goodluck Jonathan, Monday, summoned the Chairman of Dangote Group, and other cement manufacturers with a directive to crash the prices of the product within 30 days period or face the wrath of the government. Presidential spokesman, Mr Ima Niboro, who announced Jonathan’s decision after […]
