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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, […]

2015: My fears for Nigeria —Jonathan •Says forces are working to truncate polls

Posted by admin INEC Politics, Presidency Thursday, June 12th, 2014

PRESIDENT Goodluck Jonathan, on Thursday, raised the alarm that undemocratic forces exist in the country and are working to truncate the 2015 general election. He has, therefore, called on citizens not to allow such forces to exploit the weakness in the system to perpetrate their evil desires. The president, who disclosed this in Abuja, at […]

Nigeria’s problems trouble me, says Abubakar

Posted by admin Abdulsalaami Abubakar (1998-99), Headlines, Presidency Tuesday, June 10th, 2014

Former Head of State, Gen Abdulsalami Abubakar | credits: blueprintng.com A former Head of State, Gen. Abdulsalami Abubakar, has said that he is troubled by the challenges facing the country but he said he was optimistic that Nigeria would overcome. The ex-Head of State spoke in Ilorin, the capital of Kwara State, on Tuesday […]

Buhari group blames Jonathan, PDP for Kano riots

Posted by admin General Politics, Kano, Latest Politics, Muhammadu Buhari (1983-85, 2015 - 2023), Party Politics, Peoples' Democratic Party (PDP) Monday, June 9th, 2014

The Buhari Vanguard has blamed President Goodluck Jonathan and the Peoples Democratic Party for the Kano riots that greeted the declaration of Sanusi Lamido Sanusi as the new emir of the ancient city. Chairman of the group, Jasper Azuatalam, said this in Abuja on Monday. Azuatalam said it was apparent that the PDP-led government had […]

Jonathan moves against the media

Posted by admin Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), Presidency Friday, June 6th, 2014

The Goodluck Jonathan Administration on Friday moved against the Nigerian media by preventing the circulation of some newspapers and harassing vendors in a nationwide crackdown that has been likened to the dark days of the military era. Armed soldiers and operatives of the State Security Service on Friday morning raided distribution vans, seized and damaged […]

Jonathan steps up battle for 2015 presidential election

Posted by admin Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), Presidency Thursday, June 5th, 2014

President Goodluck Jonathan may have started strategising for the 2015 polls with his nomination of a former Governor of Kano State, Ibrahim Shekarau, Senator Adedayo Adeyeye, Dr. Stephen Orhu and Dr. Abdul Bulama as ministers. Senate President David Mark announced the names of the nominees while reading a letter from Jonathan during plenary on Wednesday. […]

Girls: Obasanjo warns military against propaganda

Posted by admin Armed Forces, Olusegun Obasanjo (1976-79, 99-07), Presidency Friday, May 30th, 2014

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo, on Thursday warned the Nigerian military not to “play Public Relations propaganda” with the abduction of over 200 female pupils of the Government Secondary School, Chibok, Borno State. Obasanjo said this in a Channels Television news monitored in Lagos on Thursday night. Asked to react to comments made by the Chief […]

Take proactive action or resignation in protest- Makinde Tells President Jonathan

Posted by admin Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), Presidency Tuesday, May 27th, 2014

Take proactive action or resignation in protest- Makinde Tells President Jonathan Today I join other well-meaning Nigerians to strongly condemn the unspeakable violence and acts of terror desperately /wickedly committed by Boko Haram in northern Nigeria against defenseless and vulnerable groups; this obviously has no place in our world as a country. Truly, there may […]