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Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), Governors, Headlines, Kano, Niger, Presidency, Rivers, State News
Monday, October 7th, 2013
Niger State Governor Babangida Aliyu Governors Rotimi Amaechi (Rivers), Babangida Aliyu (Niger) and Rabiu Kwankwanso (Kano) are to meet with President Goodluck Jonathan on Monday (today) at the Presidential Villa, Abuja to seek the postponement of their peace meeting. The meeting was originally scheduled for today but the New Peoples Democratic Party, through its […]
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All Peoples' Congress (APC), National Politics, Party Politics, Peoples' Democratic Party (PDP), Presidency, Top Stories
Sunday, October 6th, 2013
Former Lagos State Governor Bola Tinubu | credits: File copy Former Governor of Lagos State, Bola Tinubu, has criticised the proposed national conference, describing it as deceptive and ill-timed. Tinubu, who is a national leader of the All Progressives Congress, on arrival in the country on Saturday after being away for about three months […]
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Presidency
Thursday, October 3rd, 2013
The much-expected October 7 meeting between President Goodluck Jonathan and the seven aggrieved Peoples Democratic Party governors has been called off. This is because, members of the New PDPunder the leadership of Alhaji Abubakar Baraje, said they had sent an emissary to Jonathan, seeking a postponement of the reconciliatory meeting. Jonathan, the aggrieved governors, some elders […]
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Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), Presidency
Wednesday, October 2nd, 2013
FELLOW NIGERIANS, 1. Today marks 53 years of our Independence as a nation. First and foremost, I would like to say congratulations to us all. Through thick and thin, we have built this country together. Through triumphs and trials, we have developed a Nigerian identity in our own way.? ? 2. […]
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Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), Presidency
Wednesday, October 2nd, 2013
Okurounmu heads 13-man planning panel The President set the ball rolling yesterday for the convocation of “a national dialogue”. The action drew wide reactions, with some hailing it as a step in the right direction and others condemning it as a suspicious and diversionary. Dr. Goodluck Jonathan set up a committee, led by Dr. Femi […]
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Presidency
Tuesday, October 1st, 2013
Chief Ebenezer Babatope A former Minister of Transportation, Chief Ebenezer Babatope, has backed Jonathan’s 2015 bid, asking the North to wait until 2019 for their turn. Also, a former governor of the old Anambra State, Dr. Chukwuemeka Ezeife, has said President Jonathan is a tool in the hands of God to implement God’s designs […]
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Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), Headlines, Presidency, State News, Top Stories
Sunday, September 29th, 2013
The Rivers State Governor, Mr. Rotimi Amaechi, on Saturday raised the alarm over his safety and pleaded with President Goodluck Jonathan, to ensure that he is not killed. Amaechi said this in an interview with Sahara TV, which was monitored by one of our correspondents. The governor, who narrated his ordeal in hands of the […]
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Party Politics, Peoples' Democratic Party (PDP), Presidency, Top Stories
Wednesday, September 25th, 2013
The leadership of the New Peoples Democratic Party has said that President Goodluck Jonathan is not qualified to seek reelection in 2015. The reasons why he cannot contest, according to the group, are: The 1999 Constitution, an agreement the President entered into and his open statement in Turkey in 2011. The President had on Monday […]
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Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), Presidency, Rivers, State News
Saturday, September 21st, 2013
Former Governor of Rivers State, Sir Celestine Omehia, has said that nobody can stop the re-election of President Goodluck Jonathan in 2015, except God. Omehia, who spoke with Saturday Sun in Abuja, said the refusal by the North to allow Jonathan contest in 2015, is tantamount to telling the entire South South region to go to […]
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Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), Presidency
Saturday, September 21st, 2013
President Goodluck Jonathan on Friday relieved two of his Special Advisers of their appointments with immediate effect. They are, his Special Adviser on National Assembly Matters, Mrs. Joy Emordi; and that of New Partnership for Africa’s Development, Dr. Tunji Olagunju. A statement by the President’s Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Dr. Reuben Abati, said […]
