The federal government says former President Goodluck Jonathan has safely left Guinea-Bissau following the military takeover in the country. In a statement on Thursday, Kimiebi Ebienfa, spokesperson for the ministry of foreign affairs, said Jonathan departed on a special flight with members of his delegation. “Former President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan is very safe and out […]
Muhammadu Sanusi II, Emir of Kano, says former President Goodluck Jonathan suspended the planned removal of petrol subsidy in 2012 due to fears that Boko Haram insurgents could attack protesters. The nationwide demonstrations against the proposed subsidy removal lasted nearly two weeks and brought economic activities across Nigeria to a halt. Sanusi, who was the […]
Former President Goodluck Jonathan has called on Nigerians to protect the country’s democracy from derailment into some form of fascism. He made the call on Wednesday during a conference to mark the 70th birthday of the Bishop of Sokoto Diocese, Bishop Hassan Kukah in Abuja. According to him, this is not the time for Nigerians […]
Former Aide to President Goodluck Jonathan on Youth and Students Affairs, Comrade Jude Imagwe, yesterday said statement by President Muhammadu Buhari against the later over the abduction of Chibok girls in 2014 was most uncharitable and unpresidential. Buhari had in a statement stated that his administration handled better kidnap of 110 Dapchi girls of Government […]
News just reaching us says inform that President Goodluck Jonathan has sacked Executive Secretary, Nigeria Investment Promotion Council (NIPC), Saratu Umar. Umar was a political appointee of the President. The president immediately replaced Umar with Uju Hassan-Baba who will be working as acting Executive Secretary.
The Governor-elect for Kaduna State, Mallam Nasir el-Rufai, has said instead of pouring congratulatory messages on him and on the president elect, General Muhammedu Buhari, Nigerians should instead pity them and pray for them because the would be inheriting a “bankrupt economy.” El-Rufai made this statement at a reception organised for him by the […]
The Bayelsa State Government has described as most uncharitable, the comments credited to out-going Senator representing Bayelsa-East Senatorial District, Clever Ikisikpo, during his defection to the All Progressive Congress (APC). The lawmaker had while officially announcing his defection from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) alongside other lawmakers with their supporters at the APC national […]
The Senate on Wednesday suspended moves to override the power of President Goodluck Jonathan to assent the amendment to the 1999 Constitution, forwarded to him by the National Assembly. The legislators announced this at the end of a closed-door meeting the members held on Wednesday in Abuja. Details soon…
President Goodluck Jonathan has said the late Owelle of Onitsha, He believed that the late Azikiwe, who was also the Owelle Onitsha, Chief Chukwuma Bamidele Azikiwe, lived a fulfilled life by sustaining the humanitarian and leadership legacies of his father as a mobiliser, leader, philanthropist and a highly respected voice in his community. In […]
The erstwhile governor of Plateau State during the Third Republic and one of the founding fathers of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Amb. Fidelis Tapgun, last weekend in Jos, said that PDP governors are the greatest enemy of President Goodluck Jonathan. Amb. Tapgun said their deceit was responsible for the loss of the presidential […]
A total of 2,680 National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) members have been deployed to Rivers State, for the compulsory one-year service. The corpers, who comprised 1,165 males and 1,515 females, took the oath of allegiance to observe the rules and regulations guiding the NYSC, at their permanent Orientation Camp in Nonwa-Gbam, Tai Local Government Area […]
An appeal has gone to President Goodluck Jonathan to prevail on the handlers of the Federal Teachers Scheme (FTS), to pay their outstanding allowances running into 11 months now. Making the appeal are the FTS teachers, Ogun State chapter, who through a “Save Our Souls” message to President Goodluck Jonathan, lamented that government is […]
President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan congratulates Prime Minister David Cameron and the Conservative Party of Great Britain on their victory in the country’s general elections. As Prime Minister Cameron and the Conservative Party prepare to form a new British Government backed by the clear majority in Parliament which they won in yesterday’s elections, President Jonathan assures […]
The Federal Executive Council, chaired by President Goodluck Jonathan, has approved the draft of National Policy on Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency for the nation. Minister of Power, Prof Chinedu Nebo, who briefed State House correspondents after Wednesday’s meeting alongside his Information counterpart, Patricia Akwashiki, said the country had hydro, solar, wind and other sources […]
The Chairman of the Presidential Advisory Council on International Relations, Chief Emeka Anyaoku, on Tuesday declared that President Jonathan’s decision to call President-elect, Muhammadu Buhari, to congratulate him even before the final results of the presidential elections were announced has earned Nigeria a great deal of respect globally. He also said that Nigerians owed […]
The Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Dr Stephen Oru, on Monday dismissed speculations that he donated N2bn to the presidential campaign of President Goodluck Jonathan. Oru, in a live radio programme monitored in Abuja by the News Agency of Nigeria, said those making the allegation were mischievous as they were determined to tarnish his […]
The father of the slain Oluwadamilola Fajana, the pregnant lawyer who was killed in a clash between the Oodua Peoples Congress (OPC) and some oil vandals in Arepo, Ogun state, Mr. Ojo Babafemi, has blamed President Goodluck Jonathan for the death of his daughter, saying the president empowered the OPC to kill her. […]
Dr Stephen Oru, the Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, on Monday debunked reports that he donated N2 billion to the presidential campaign of President Goodluck Jonathan. Oru, in a live radio programme said those making the allegation were mischievous as they were determined to tarnish his image and that of the President. This following […]
…Warns them to steer clear of party administration The National Working Committee (NWC) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has sounded a note of warning to those it tagged “some ambitious aides and associates” of President Goodluck Jonathan trying to use their closeness to him to cause crisis in the party and pave way […]