Tag: Goodluck Jonathan

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May 14, 2013

The lesson I want Jonathan to learn – and more, in today’s news roundup with Cheta Nwanze

by Cheta Nwanze When 103 women tell you that N1million is not their problem, and that they want the full ...

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May 14, 2013

No going back: I’ll seek re-election for NGF seat – Amaechi dares opponents

by Isi Esene The embattled governor of Rivers State, Rotimi Amaechi has vowed to recontest the chairmanship of the Nigerian ...

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May 14, 2013

Opinion: Nigerians, you have murdered intellect

by Osundolire Oladapo Ifelanwa First and of primary concern to me is the Jonathan’s administration’s ‘overglorification’ of Nollywood – our ...

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May 13, 2013

“Government is spying through your e-mails, tweets, Facebook page” – Gbenga Sesan speaks on ‘Conversations with Mercy Abang’

The open internet  is perhaps the most important free speech of our time but with reports that the Nigerian government ...

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May 13, 2013

Opinion: Doyin Okupe is selling us poison as wholesome food

by Bayo Oluwasanmi It is an irony that Okupe who is the most qualified Nigerian with pseudo credentials, pseudo character, and ...

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May 13, 2013

Debo Adejugbe: Nigeria’s politics of revenue sharing (Y! Politico)

by Debo Adejugbe How is the present revenue accrued to the various federating units deployed? Has it, in all honesty, ...

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May 13, 2013

“We will go back to the creeks” – Ex-militants back Dokubo-Asari

by Rachel Ogbu A new threat to the proposed amnesty programme for the Islamic sect, Boko Haram and an even ...

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May 12, 2013

On top of the world: Aliko Dangote and Tony Elumelu show them how it’s done (SNAPSHOT)

by Isi Esene When you have Alhaji Aliko Dangote, entrepreneur extraordinaire and Chairman of the Dangote Group, flying with Tony ...

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May 12, 2013

“Anarchy is knocking on the door” – Buhari warns at party convention

by Isi Esene The leader of the Congress for Progressive Change, Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (rtd.) yesterday accused the People s ...

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May 12, 2013

“Dokubo-Asari cannot fight any war” – David-West goes hard on ex-militant leader

by Akan Ido Former Minister of Petroleum, Professor Tam David-West has told anyone who cares to listen that the utterances of ...

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May 11, 2013

Opinion: Gov. Shettima is right on the revolution we need

by Omozuwa Gabriel Osamwonyi The fuel subsidy crisis showed how our politics canonizes falsity, impoverishes the masses and debases our ...

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May 11, 2013

Opinion: David Mark’s Upper House of indolence

by Kikiowo Ileowo The Senate, an arm of Nigerian federal legislature as presently constituted is at best a joke of some ...

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May 8, 2013

Elnathan John: 2 reasons I am sad that Goodluck Jonathan posters are out

by Elnathan John I don’t think it is politics at all. They simply asked Amaechi to declare the flight manifest. ...

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May 8, 2013

Goodluck Jonathan, Jacob Zuma, Aliko Dangote in Cape Town yesterday (PHOTOS)

What: South Africa/Nigeria Business Forum. Where: Cape Town, South Africa. When: May 7, 2013. State House Photos.          

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May 8, 2013

Misguided utterances: Reps, Niger governor want Dokubo-Asari, Kuku arrested

The House of Representatives on Tuesday asked the Inspector-General of Police, Mr. Mohammed Abubakar, to quiz ex-militant, Alhaji Mujahid Dokubo-Asari, ...

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May 6, 2013

“The governors are against all of us…” – Jubril Aminu speaks out

Jubril Aminu’s name rings a bell within and outside Nigeria. The reason is simple: he has served for over 40 ...

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May 6, 2013

Okey Ndibe: Nigria is a nation at war with its people

by Okey Ndibe Nigeria has actually been in a state of war for several years now, but there appears a ...

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May 6, 2013

We cannot categorically tell you if there is such contract – Senators deny knowledge of $40m Internet surveillance deal

by Ogunyemi Bukola Members of the upper chamber of the National Assembly have denied having any knowledge of the widely ...

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May 6, 2013

“There will be no peace everywhere if Jonathan is not the president by 2015” – Dokubo-Asari makes the vision plain

by Ogunyemi Bukola Leader of the Niger Delta Peoples Volunteer Force, Mujaheed Dokubo-Asari, has declared that the Niger Delta is ...

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May 6, 2013

“The CPC deserves our sympathy” – Reuben Abati mocks, belittles, then attacks

by Ogunyemi Bukola It is in the character of the CPC and its spokesperson to play to the gallery even ...

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May 5, 2013

Low blow: “Does Lai Mohammed know the meaning of the word ‘despotism’?” – Presidency fires back

by Isi Esene The presidency has come out all guns blazing against allegations of high-handedness leveled against President Goodluck Jonathan ...

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May 5, 2013

“With an undiminished feeling of great personal loss”: GEJ remembers his late boss, Yar’Adua

by Isi Esene President Goodluck Jonathan has urged Nigerians to emulate the exemplary qualities of his late predecessor, Umar Musa ...

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May 5, 2013

Simon Kolawole: Nigerians are full of hypocrisy and prejudice

by Simon Kolawole If we believe in fairness, what is pepper soup for Yahaya should not be poison for Yohanna. ...

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May 5, 2013

Bisi Lawrence: The presidency and its chase after Amaechi

by Bisi Lawrence And then for the executives of a political party to publicly meddle into affairs that do not ...

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May 4, 2013

Trouble ahead: NIMASA-NLNG dispute puts Nigeria’s gas export in danger

by Ogunyemi Bukola A major trade dispute on Friday ensued between the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) and ...

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May 4, 2013

Kidnap of 87-year-old: Abductors of former minister, Ali Monguno demand ransom

by Isi Esene The gunmen who kidnapped 87-year-old Ali Shettima Monguno in Maiduguri, Borno state, on Friday have reportedly asked ...

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May 4, 2013

APC merger: The Yorubas are committing political suicide – Asari Dokubo

The leader of the Niger Delta Peoples Volunteer Force (NDPVF), Alhaji Mujadid Asari Dokubo, has declared that the emerging merger ...

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May 4, 2013

Dele Momodu: Governor Amaechi & the devil on the cross

by Dele Momodu What makes this saga very notorious, but divine, is the fact that the Constitution of the Federal ...

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May 3, 2013

Opinion: Leave the President alone

by Abdullahi Garba It is desperate opposition politicians who have a problem of presenting a credible track-record and an impressive ...

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