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Presidency plotting removal of three more govs –el-Rufai

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

Mallam Nasir el-Rufai Mallam Nasir el-Rufai | credits: File copy A former Minister of the Federal Capital Territory and member of the All Progressives Congress, Mallam Nasir el-Rufai, has accused the Presidency of orchestrating the impeachment of the Adamawa State Governor, Murtala Nyako. Fuming few minutes after the news of Nyako’s removal by the Adamawa […]

Jonathan shouldn’t have more than 15 ministers —Sagay

Posted by admin Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), Presidency Tuesday, July 8th, 2014

Prof. Itse Sagay Constitutional lawyer, Prof. Itse Sagay, has supported the recommendation made by the National Conference to reduce the number of ministers in the federal cabinet. However, Sagay said the maximum number of ministers President Goodluck Jonathan should have should be 15 instead of the 18 recommended by the conference. The conference had […]

Mr. President, We Don’t Need Another City of Hope – By Dr. Philip A. Ikomi

Posted by admin Articles, Columnists, Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), NNP Columnists, Philip Ikomi, Presidency Thursday, July 3rd, 2014

By Dr. Philip A. Ikomi | NNP | July 3, 2014 – A few days ago, I tuned my television to a new channel. The channel has probably been transmitting for quite some time and is not new; but it was new to me because I just stumbled into it while searching for a station […]

Don’t work for APC, Jonathan, Mu’azu beg Oyinlola

Posted by admin All Peoples' Congress (APC), Party Politics, Presidency Wednesday, July 2nd, 2014

Olagunsoye Oyinlola | credits: File copy A former Governor of Osun State, Prince Olagunsoye Oyinlola, on Tuesday met behind closed doors with President Goodluck Jonathan inside the Presidential Villa, Abuja. A source close to the meeting said the former governor was begged by the President to support the PDP during the election. Oyinlola, a […]

Be humble, magnanimous in Victory; Jonathan tells Fayose

Posted by admin Ekiti, Presidency, State News Sunday, June 22nd, 2014

By Ben Agande, Abuja. President Goodluck Jonathan has called on the newly elected governor of Ekiti State, Ayo Fayose to be humble and magnanimous as he prepares to assume office as the goverenor of Ekiti state. In a congratulatory message to the governor elect, President Jonathan charged him to “commit himself to forming an administration […]

Liechtenstein returns N35.2bn Abacha loot next week -FG

Posted by admin Presidency, Sani Abacha (1993-98) Thursday, June 19th, 2014

he Federal Government on Thursday said it would, on June 25, receive the sum of €167m or $227m (About N35.2bn) from the Government of the Principality of Liechtenstein as part of the looted funds recovered from the family of the late Head of State, Gen. Sanni Abacha. The Minister of Finance, Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, confirmed […]

The Measure of a President – By Tochukwu Ezukanma

Posted by admin Articles, Columnists, Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), NNP Columnists, Presidency, Tochukwu Ezukanma Thursday, June 19th, 2014

By Tochukwu Ezukanma | Lagos, Nigeria | June 19, 2014 – At the 2014 Democracy Day Interdenominational Church Service, President Jonathan talked about his enemies. He called them evil forces, and said that their violence and other distractions are planned to bring down his government. It was the Nigerian president at his best – his […]

Jonathan may not submit confab report to National Assembly

Posted by admin House, Legislature, Presidency, Senate Thursday, June 19th, 2014

The Senate leader, Senator Victor Ndoma-Egba, has said that President Goodluck Jonathan may not present the report of the National Conference to the National Assembly. Ndoma-Egba, who stated this in an interview with our correspondent in Abuja on Wednesday, explained that the current move by the Senate to amend Section 9 of the 1999 Constitution […]

Obasanjo, Kashamu in war of words over N2.1bn suit

Posted by admin Olusegun Obasanjo (1976-79, 99-07), Presidency Sunday, June 15th, 2014

ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo | credits: tonynwajeipost.blogspot.com The N2.1bn libel suit instituted by a leader of the Peoples Democratic Party in Ogun State, Buruji Kashamu, against former President Olusegun Obasanjo, has sparked abusive exchange between the two men. The suit, which is before Justice Valentine Ashi of a High Court of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, […]

Jonathan meets ex-leaders in Aso Rock

Posted by admin Presidency Thursday, June 12th, 2014

PRESIDENT Goodluck Jonathan was expected to meet with former Nigerian leaders at the Presidential Villa on Thursday night. The meeting, scheduled for 8.00 p.m, was classified as private. It was not clear whether all former leaders were invited to attend and neither was it known what was to be the focus of the meeting. However, […]