Posted by admin
Bayelsa, Headlines, Presidency, Sani Abacha (1993-98), State News
Friday, March 15th, 2013
Bayelsa State governor will honour Mr. Alamieyeseigha, former governor of the state and Sani Abacha, former military dictator of Nigeria. An ex-convict and former governor of Bayelsa State, Diepreye Alamieyeseigha, will be honoured by the state, current governor, Seriake Dickson, announced on Monday. Mr. Alamieyeseigha, who has also been indicted of corrupt activities in England […]
Posted by admin
Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), Presidency
Friday, March 15th, 2013
President Goodluck Jonathan has confirmed the granting of presidential pardon to a former Governor of Bayelsa State, Diepreye Alamieyeseigha, and a few other ex-convicts. PREMIUM TIMES had broken the strory of the pardon while the meeting was underway Tuesday morning. We also reported details of the proceedings minutes after the meeting ended. Presidential spokespersons had […]
Posted by admin
Africa & World Politics, Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), Presidency
Thursday, March 14th, 2013
Ben Agande Abuja – President Goodluck Jonathan has congratulated Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio of Argentina on his historic election wednesday as the first Pope from the Americas and 265th successor to the Chair of St Peter. A statement by Dr Reuben Abati, special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity yesterday said with Cardinal […]
Posted by admin
Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), Presidency
Thursday, March 14th, 2013
By Emmanuel Aziken, Henry Umoru, Victor Ahiuma-Young & Abdulwahab Abdulah ABUJA—THE Presidency, Thursday, declared that the stabilising role the former Governor of Bayelsa State, Diepreye Alamieyeseigha played to ensure that oil in the Niger Delta was not cut off earned him the state pardon even as the Nigerian Labour Congress and civil society groups insist […]
Posted by admin
Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), Photos, Presidency
Wednesday, March 13th, 2013
Facts emerged on Wednesday that permutations ahead of 2015 were responsible for the presidential pardon granted a former Governor of Bayelsa State, Chief Diepreye Alamieyeseigha, along with four others. Investigations showed that President Goodluck Jonathan had recently come under pressure by ex-militants, who have increasingly become critical of his style of leadership. It was learnt […]
Posted by admin
National Politics, Presidency, Top Stories
Tuesday, March 12th, 2013
Barring any last minute change in plans, President Goodluck Jonathan will today request the National Council of State to ratify a presidential pardon for the disgraced former governor of Bayelsa State, Diepreye Alamieyeseigha. A presidency source told PREMIUM TIMES Mr. Jonathan will bring a memo to the meeting requesting pardon for Mr. Alamieyeseigha, and some […]
Posted by admin
Boko Haram, Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), Presidency, Top Stories
Sunday, March 10th, 2013
By Jide Ajani, Kingsley Omonobi & Ndahi Marama …Massive arms including anti-aircraft guns, rocket propelled grenades recovered after visit to Borno… It would have been a national tragedy had it occurred. But, according to intelligence sources, security agencies saved the situation. The story is that insurgents allegedly planned to attack the plane of President Goodluck […]
Posted by admin
Borno, Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), Headlines, Presidency, State News
Thursday, March 7th, 2013
By Rasheed Olokode – Barring any unforeseen contingencies, President Goodluck Jonathan would have, by today, paid his first ever post-inauguration visit to Maiduguri, Borno State or Damaturu, Yobe State, the hotbed of terrorism that has turned Northern Nigeria into a human-slaughtering abattoir and real-life theatre of horror and war since the 2009 emergence of Boko […]
Posted by admin
Borno, Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), Presidency, State News, Yobe
Thursday, March 7th, 2013
From TIMOTHY OLANREWAJU, Maiduguri President Goodluck Jonathan will today commence two-day official visit to Borno and Yobe states, the first since he became president. His initial plan to be in Borno for the flag-off of his presidential campaigns for the northeast in the build-up to the 2011 electioneering was cancelled midway and shifted to the […]
Posted by admin
Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), Presidency
Wednesday, March 6th, 2013
Abuja – President Goodluck Jonathan in Abuja on Wednesday approved the deployment of some Permanent Secretaries. This is contained in a statement issued in Abuja by Mr Tope Ajakaiye, the Director Press and Public Relations, Office of the Head of the Civil Service of the Federation. It stated that Amb Godknows Igali, formerly of Ministry […]
