The Presidency will next year spend N2.466bn on the foreign and local trips of President Goodluck Jonathan and Vice-President Namadi Sambo. Jonathan alone will spend N2.4bn on travels and transport while Sambo will spend N67m. These are contained in the details of the 2014 Appropriation Bill presented to the National Assembly last week by the […]
By Bassey Udo The Presidency is set to increase the number of private jets in the Presidential Air Fleet by purchasing an additional aircraft in 2014. The proposal for the new aircraft has already been included in the proposed 2014 Appropriation Bill submitted to the National Assembly. Details of the budget proposal laid before the […]
The allegation of training snipers to assassinate political opponents is particularly incomprehensible to me – President President Goodluck Jonathan on Sunday formally replied the 18-page letter written to him by former President Olusegun Obasanjo, saying it was a threat national security. Unlike Obasanjo’s letter which was dated December 2 but leaked to the press on […]
By Levinus Nwabughiogu Bimbo Daramola is a vocal member of the House of Representatives on the platform of All Progressive Congress (APC). He represents Ekiti North Federal Constituency 1 in Ekiti State. In this interview with Vanguard, says that former President Olusegun Obasanjo in his letter raised salient issues that shouldn’t be ignored. Excerpts: Nigerians […]
Jide Ojo | credits: File copy Opposition is true friendship. The man who tells you that you have a stinking rear is your friend. He is only drawing attention to your bodily filth and asking you to do something about it. He is better than a sycophant who says you can always come out of […]
A literal reading of the 18-page letter from former President Olusegun Obasanjo to President Goodluck Jonathan would lead to the conclusion that it is no more than a summation of complaints by the public, especially the print media, against the Jonathan administration. However, a deeper, semiotic, reading reveals many layers of interpretation in which denotative […]
PRESIDENT Goodluck Jonathan on Sunday challenged former President Olusegun Obasanjo to prove his claims in the 18-page letter accusing the president of sundry misdemeanour including the training of 1000 snipers towards 2015 election or shut up forever. A Presidency statement signed by the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Dr. Reuben […]
-via Guardian In the light of the strongly worded letter which found its way into public domain last week, KUNLE ODEREMI and DARE ADEKANMBI look at the penchant of former president Olusegun Obasanjo for writing heads of government to express his anger over issues that either touch him or those close to him. IN the […]
The letter written by former President Olusegun Obasanjo to President Goodluck Jonathan which became public knowledge during the week has sparked a lot of controversies, particularly on the relationship between the two leaders, which many thought was cordial. IDOWU SAMUEL looks into their relationship asking if this was enough to show that there is a […]
The All Progressives Congress has called on the National Assembly to immediately commence the process of impeaching President Goodluck Jonathan for alleged gross misconduct. It said in a statement on Sunday by its Interim National Publicity Secretary, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, that Jonathan’s impeachment would save Nigeria from imminent collapse. But the Presidency warned the APC […]
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