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Jonathan will run in 2015-Anenih (We know)

Posted by admin Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), Presidency Wednesday, August 6th, 2014

By Our Reporter on August 5, 2014 · Politics, Trending (CALABAR) The Chairman, PDP Board of Trustees (BOT), Chief Tony Anenih, said on Tuesday in Calabar that President Goodluck Jonathan would contest the presidential election in 2015 on PDP platform. Anenih said this while addressing party faithful at the maiden zonal tour of the South-South by […]

2015: Group plans rally for Jonathan in Awka

Posted by admin Akwa Ibom, Presidency, State News Tuesday, August 5th, 2014

By Vincent Ujumadu AWKA—ANOTHER pressure group, Oriental Peoples Movement, OPM, has joined the army of groups campaigning for President Goodluck Jonathan’s 2015 presidential election with a rally planned for August 15, 2014, in Awka. Participants at the rally will come from all the states in the former Eastern region and the federal capital, Abuja. National […]

S’South governors, leaders endorse Jonathan for 2015

Posted by admin Presidency, South-South Tuesday, August 5th, 2014

The South-South governors and leaders of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, yesterday, endorsed President Goodluck Jonathan to contest the 2015 presidential election. PDP TOUR: From left— Chief Tony Anenih, PDP BoT Chairman; Dr. Adamu Mu’azu, PDP National Chairman; Governor Liyel Imoke of Cross River State; Governor Godswill Akpabio of Akwa Ibom State; Governor Seriake Dickson of […]

2015: Mass rally for Jonathan ill-timed – ACF

Posted by admin Arewa House, Presidency Thursday, July 31st, 2014

The Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF) yesterday kicked against the proposed Niger Delta youth rally slated for today in Abuja to support President Goodluck Jonathan’s 2015 re-election bid. A statement issued by the National Publicity Secretary, Muhammad Ibrahim, said the rally was ill-timed and ill-advised, considering the current security challenges facing the country, particularly the North. […]

No country changes leadership in crisis situation —Moro

Posted by admin Presidency Tuesday, July 29th, 2014

MINISTER of Interior, Mr Abba Moro, has said no country changes its leadership in the face of crisis or war. Moro also expressed sadness over the increasing bombings across the country, just as he prayed to God to console the families of those who died in the attacks in Kano and Adamawa states last Sunday. […]

Buhari in narrow escape as Kaduna blasts kill 70

Posted by admin Muhammadu Buhari (1983-85, 2015 - 2023), National Politics, Presidency, Top Stories Wednesday, July 23rd, 2014

Pix 1: Maj. Gen. Muhammadu Buhari’s jeep after it was hit by a lone bomber in Kaduna…on Wednesday. (Pix 2) Another partially damaged vehicle in Buhari’s convoy. (Pix 3) Another scene of the blasts. | credits: Godwin Isenyo and Buhari Vanguard. Two explosions ripped through parts of Kaduna in Kaduna State on Wednesday, killing […]

Nigeria heading for anarchy, Buhari warns (The same anarchy you formented when you lost the presidential elections)

Posted by admin Headlines, Muhammadu Buhari (1983-85, 2015 - 2023), National Politics, Presidency, Raw Politics Tuesday, July 22nd, 2014

Former Head of State, Major General Muhammadu Buhari, has raised the alarm over the threat of impeachments in some states, declaring that anarchy looms in the country. In a statement dated July 20, 2014 and released yesterday, entitled: “Pull Back Nigeria from the Brink,” Buhari stated that the impeachment of Adamawa State governor, Murtala Nyako, […]

The Kidnap of Umaru Dikko – 1984 – By Max Siollun

Posted by admin Articles, Columnists, Max Siollun, Muhammadu Buhari (1983-85, 2015 - 2023), NNP Columnists, Presidency Saturday, July 19th, 2014

By Max Siollun | NNP | July 19, 2014 – On 31 December, 1983, the elected government of Nigeria was overthrown in a military coup by the country’s army. The new military government jailed several government ministers for corruption and embezzlement while in office. However, the powerful former Transport Minister, Umaru Dikko, fled to London. […]

Tinubu, others have lost focus — Presidency (Did they ever have focus?)

Posted by admin All Peoples' Congress (APC), Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), Party Politics, Presidency Saturday, July 19th, 2014

HENRY UMORU FOR daring to accuse President Goodluck Jonathan of encouraging fascism in the nation’s polity following Tuesday’s impeachment of Governor Murtala Nyako of Adamawa State, the Presidency yesterday lampooned the national leader of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, saying he has lost focus. According to the Presidency, it was least expected […]

Opinion: Does Jonathan have the political will to fight corruption?

Posted by admin Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), Headlines, Presidency Tuesday, July 15th, 2014

“Our administration believes that the cost of governance in the country is still too high and must be further reduced. We will take additional steps to stem the tide of corruption and leakages” – President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan Those were the words of President Goodluck Jonathan during his New Year broadcast to Nigerians. Someone who […]