Tag: Goodluck Jonathan

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March 8, 2013

Seun Hunge: I wish we had Hugo Chavez as president (Y! Superblogger)

To his credit, petrol become cheaper than water, 80 litres at $2, how much is 80litres of fuel here? And ...

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March 7, 2013

Osato Edokpayi: This APC union shall surely stand (Y! Politico)

by Osato Edokpayi As the ACN has demonstrated in the South-West and in Edo state; the PDP is not invincible. ...

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March 5, 2013

Opinion: The dwindling population of genuine role models in Nigeria

by Douglas Anele  Achebe must have taken a long hard look at current events in the country and, correctly in ...

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March 4, 2013

Debo Adejugbe: Jonathan and the misplaced second term debate (Y! Politico)

by Debo Adejugbe  The Jonathan presidency is notorious for one thing: The aides pushes out “Oga’s” mind. They do it ...

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March 2, 2013

Dele Momodu: Now that our President can sleep well

by Dele Momodu An insomniac President would always make costly mistakes. In this case, this is not even a regular ...

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February 27, 2013

Opinion: Talk about Yoruba marginalisation

by Kayode Komolafe Now, there could have been no problem with this reported statement of Okunrounmu if he had talked ...

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February 27, 2013

Japheth Omojuwa: Nigeria, if a better tomorrow must come (Y! FrontPage)

We must learn to use our supposed enemies to fight our own battles. There are times we will need them ...

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February 27, 2013

Sabella Abidde: Why can’t President Jonathan control the Dame?

by Sabella Abidde …it is hard, very hard to have compassion for someone – anyone  for that matter– who is ...

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February 26, 2013

Opinion: Patience Jonathan as a metaphor

by Theophilus Ilevbare To an international audience, Mr Jonathan tried to pull a fast one but he ended up pulling ...

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February 26, 2013

“A pack of weak blocks” – PDP’s newly elected BoT chairman, Tony Anenih taunts opposition parties’ merger

by Isi Esene Former works minister, Tony Anenih who was earlier on Tuesday elected the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Board ...

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February 25, 2013

Abimbola Adelakun: Nigeria and the irony of success

by Abimbola Adelakun For what it is worth, sports (wo)men deserve what they are paid. The problem here is the ...

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February 25, 2013

Chido Onumah: Patience Jonathan has arisen!

by Chido Onumah  What else is the government lying about (apart from President Jonathan’s asset declaration) if it can look ...

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February 24, 2013

#WeAreShocked: Former Anambra governor, Ezeife says Nigeria has derailed

by Isi Esene Former governor of the Old Anambra state, Dr. Chukwuemeka Ezeife declared on Friday that there are indices ...

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February 23, 2013

‘Hair’ she is: Jonathan hosts Brazil’s president in Abuja

Brazil’s President Dilma Rousseff met with Nigeria’s leader Goodluck Jonathan in Abuja on Saturday for talks that were expected to ...

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February 23, 2013

What renovation? You can’t take any photos – Police College provost tells YNaija

by Isi Esene Following reports that work has started on the renovation of the Police College located in Ikeja, Lagos, ...

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February 22, 2013

It’s still UNILAG people! GEJ reverses controversial name change

by Rachel Ogbu This will come as good news to many as yesterday, President Goodluck Jonathan withdrew the name change ...

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February 20, 2013

Jonathan never signed one-term agreement – Presidency

by Isi Esene The presidency has challenged PDP governors to produce any document signed by president Goodluck Jonathan limiting him ...

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February 20, 2013

FG ordered to pay N37.6bn compensation to Odi community for 1999 Obasanjo-ordered ‘genocidal’ attack

by Akan Ido A High Court in Port Harcourt, Rivers state has ordered the Federal Government to pay N37.6bn as ...

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February 19, 2013

Reno Omokri: Christiane Amanpour and our Stockholm Syndrome

by Reno Omokri Disagreeing with facts doesn’t turn them to lies. Facts remain unmoved by disbelief or cynicism… And the ...

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February 18, 2013

How I died for a week and woke up – Patience Jonathan

by Isi Esene In what sounded like a narration of how she spent her ‘moment’s rest’, Dame Patience Jonathan yesterday, ...

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February 17, 2013

“My intestine and tummy were opened. I actually died” – Patience Jonathan testifies

First lady, Dame Patience Jonathan, Sunday, said she died and woke up during the period of  her ailment which necessitated ...

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February 16, 2013

Pension Fund: Jonathan orders HoS to discipline Abdulrasheed Maina

President Goodluck Jonathan has ordered the Head of Civil Service of the Federation to take immediate disciplinary action against the ...

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February 13, 2013

Japheth Omojuwa: The seamy side of Nigeria (Y! FrontPage)

Nigeria is critical to the rest of the continent and if Nigeria does not get it right, Africa will really ...

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February 10, 2013

Zainab Usman: The need for ownership of African problems and solutions (Y! Policy Hub)

by Zainab Usman  “Africa’s story has been written by others; we need to own our problems and solutions and write ...

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February 7, 2013

Femke becomes Funke: Who will save us from ‘NEPA’s’ crazy bills?

by Femke van Zeijl …he more or less admitted the amount I owed was based on the vivid imagination of ...

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February 6, 2013

Islamic Summit Conference: President Goodluck Jonathan and wife arrive in Cairo (PHOTOS)

by Isi Esene President Goodluck and wife, Dame Patience Jonathan were today in Cairo, Egypt for the 12th Session of ...

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February 3, 2013

Jonathan congratulates Super Eagles; He watches all the matches – Presidency

by Isi Esene Following the well-deserved victory of the Nigeria Super Eagles over the Elephants of Cote d’Ivoire, President Goodluck ...

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February 3, 2013

Kumbaya: Obasanjo praying for Jonathan at the Villa today (SNAPSHOT)

by Isi Esene According to the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Reuben Abati, former President Olusegun ...

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February 3, 2013

Atom Lim: The presidential politics of terrorism (Y! Politico)

by Atom Lim But what the Presidency officials forget is that while Okah might have singularly plotted and funded the ...

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February 3, 2013

GEJ and First Lady are not having a divorce… in last week’s news with a pinch of salt

by Stanley Azuakola GEJ And First Lady Not Having A Divorce Presidential spokesman, Reuben Abati, has denied reports that President ...

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