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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. […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
