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Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), Latest Politics, Presidency, Top Stories
Friday, August 30th, 2013
By Ben Agande, Abuja. President Goodluck Jonathan said Thursday in Abuja that African nations must learn to manage their resources better if they wished to overcome poverty and underdevelopment.Speaking at an audience with Pastor Chuck Pierce of Global Spheres International Church, President Jonathan said that in spite of current challenges, he was confident that African […]
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Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), Presidency
Friday, August 30th, 2013
President Goodluck Jonathan | credits: File copy The Patriots, a group of eminent Nigerians, on Thursday met with President Goodluck Jonathan on the state of the nation. It was gathered that at the meeting which was held behind closed doors in the President’s office in Abuja, the group, led by a Senior Advocate of […]
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Ibrahim Babangida (1985-93), Latest Politics, Muhammadu Buhari (1983-85, 2015 - 2023), Presidency, Shehu Aliyu Shagari (1979-83)
Sunday, August 25th, 2013
Col. Tony Nyiam In this interview, Col. Tony Nyiam, who was part of the failed attempt to oust the Gen. Ibrahim Babangida’s military government in 1990, tells WAHEED BAKARE and ALLWELL OKPI, how the Orkar coup originated and its relevance to Nigerian politics You said what has come to be known as the Orkar […]
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Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), Presidency
Thursday, August 22nd, 2013
By Niran Adedokun Although it is common to see Nigerians tear down the Goodluck Jonathan administration in so many unprintable words, I have not found myself dispassionately querying these assessments until I read an article last week. The writer dwelt on various ways in which the Jonathan administration has failed Nigerians including the eyesore which […]
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Muhammadu Buhari (1983-85, 2015 - 2023), Presidency
Thursday, August 22nd, 2013
Sabella, may God continue to grant you knowledge and understanding. Amen. It came to me as a pleasant surprise today when I read your article on Buhari and the future of our country. I thought we Nigerians had lost everything including rational journalism and incorruptible judiciary, but you have brought back hope that you journalists […]
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Akintokunbo A. Adejumo, Articles, Columnists, NNP Columnists, Olusegun Obasanjo (1976-79, 99-07), Presidency
Monday, August 19th, 2013
By Akintokunbo A. Adejumo | Ibadan, Nigeria | August 19, 2013 – It was sometime in May 1999 that I dared venture to visit my country, Nigeria, after over nine years in the UK. Olusegun Obasanjo, ex-military Head of State, retired Army general and Civil War hero, convicted of treason and incarcerated, nearly executed by […]
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Governors, Olusegun Obasanjo (1976-79, 99-07), Presidency
Thursday, August 15th, 2013
THE efforts of former President Olusegun Obasanjo to douse the tension among the governors elected on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party have failed. Obasanjo met with the governors on Tuesday night at the Presidential Villa, Abuja to intervene in the crisis rocking the Nigeria Governors’ Forum. A major decision at the meeting was […]
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General Politics, Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), Presidency, Top Stories
Thursday, August 15th, 2013
A former Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Mallam Nasir el-Rufai, has described President Goodluck Jonathan as a drowning President, who distorts facts. El-Rufai, in a statement on Wednesday, insisted that Jonathan had resorted to ethnic and religious politics to score some political points. The President’s spokesman, Dr. Reuben Abati, on Sunday described el-Rufai as […]
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Presidency
Tuesday, August 13th, 2013
While reviewing Nigeria’s history since independence, former President Olusegun Obasanjo said the country may have been cursed with poor and irresponsible leaders. Mr. Obasanjo, who gave the keynote address at the 4th Annual Ibadan Sustainable Development Summit organised by Centre for Sustainable Development, University of Ibadan, in collaboration with African Sustainable Development Network, on Tuesday, […]
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Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), Presidency
Monday, August 12th, 2013
President Goodluck Jonathan on Sunday told the interim Chairman of the newly-registered All Progressives Congress, Chief Bisi Akande, to respect his age. The President’s admonition was in reaction to Akande’s description of Jonathan as an unserious-minded person running a kindergarten government. In a statement by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Dr. Reuben Abati, […]
