Tag: Goodluck Jonathan

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January 14, 2013

Patience Jonathan billed for Europe on medical tourism (Report)

by Akan Ido There are unconfirmed reports that the First Lady, Dame Patience Jonathan will, in the next few days, ...

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January 14, 2013

PDP crisis: Jonathan considers dumping Tukur

by Isi Esene There are indications that president Goodluck Jonathan may have decided to accede to the demands of Peoples ...

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January 13, 2013

Ahmadu Ali sues Facebook people… in last week’s news with a pinch of salt

by Stanley Azuakola “How come they don’t see that we are the luckiest people on earth, so lucky in fact ...

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January 13, 2013

Opinion: The Jonathan/Obasanjo feud and its implications for 2015

by Theophilus Ilevbare President Jonathan is fighting the battle of his political soul as he now seem to have reneged ...

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January 12, 2013

“Obasanjo is a man who failed his country” – Adamu Ciroma berates OBJ, IBB and Jonathan govts

by Akan Ido Former Finance Minister, Mallam Adamu Ciroma is a respected voice in the Nigerian polity having garnered valuable ...

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January 11, 2013

Another rejoinder to the rejoinder: There is PDP in all of us…

by Kelechi Oparaku There is no gain-saying the fact that whatever defects we see in the functioning of our government ...

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January 11, 2013

PDP power tussle: Governors defy Jonathan, insist Tukur must go [DETAILS]

Akan Ido There are indications that the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governors are calling for the removal of the party ...

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January 10, 2013

Opinion: Has the Amnesty programme gone terribly wrong?

by Sabella Abidde       The question many indigenes of the oil-producing communities have asked is this: “Why is ...

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January 10, 2013

Perform now or resign – GEJ reads (another) riot act to ministers

by Isi Esene President Goodluck Jonathan yesterday expressed his administration’s intention to deliver on his 2011 campaign promises this year ...

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January 9, 2013

Severance pay? Jonathan pays close to N1bn to Yar’Adua family (Report)

by Akan Ido There are unconfirmed reports that the presidency has paid about N1bn to the family of late president ...

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January 9, 2013

Stalemate: PDP fails to produce BoT Chairman, OBJ absent [DETAILS]

by Isi Esene Contrary to some reports, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Board of Trustees chairman failed to emerge yesterday. ...

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January 9, 2013

Corruption: Jonathan is not doing enough – Obasanjo

by Isi Esene Former president Olusegun Obasanjo yesterday threw a challenge at president Goodluck Jonathan urging him to act decisively ...

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January 8, 2013

Olusegun Dada: If General Buhari were president, he would… (Y! Politico)

by Olusegun Dada He cried so we could understand what he saw and wanted to change. We laughed at him. ...

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January 8, 2013

Fuel subsidy: Major fuel crisis imminent as FG’s ‘cheques bounce’ at CBN

by Isi Esene Another storm might be brewing with regards fuel subsidy payment to oil marketers as most of them ...

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January 7, 2013

Opinion: Power supply prediction comes true

by Sam Amadi Privatisation fails when it ends up as sweetheart bazaar sale. It also fails when reformers recklessly believe ...

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January 7, 2013

Sam Omatseye: The ‘ghost of Yar’Adua’ is sweeping the nation

by Sam Omatseye   He is not in the throes of the presidency today, but we see his ghosts in ...

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January 7, 2013

Ohimai Amaize: Like it or not, we are all PDP (Y! Politico)

by Ohimai Godwin Amaize Is the PDP perfect? I do not think so. My argument is simply that there is ...

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January 7, 2013

The ‘failure’ of #OccupyNigeria, and where we can go from here (#NewLeadership Series by Chude Jideonwo)

by Chude Jideonwo I am very proud of what Nigerians achieved this time last year, when we came together to ...

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January 6, 2013

Sokoto governor wins ‘Thug governor of the year’… in last week’s news with a pinch of salt

by Stanley Azuakola Farmers can simply log on to Facebook and update their status and profile pictures: “I just planted ...

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January 6, 2013

Simon Kolawole: This troubled Nigerian project

by Simon Kolawole …the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), the party in power since 1999, does not seem to have an ...

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January 5, 2013

“Mischievous political elements”: PDP Youth Circuit disclaims youth group demanding Jonathan’s resignation

Press Statement PDP Youth Circuit Disclaims Fake Youth Group Demanding President’s Resignation. Our attention has been drawn to a phantom ...

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January 5, 2013

Dele Momodu: The president and his ten million farmers

by Dele Momodu Let’s take them one by one. Why is it assumed that of all problems facing Nigerian farmers, ...

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January 4, 2013

Opinion: Mobile phone farming, the Goodluck Jonathan miracle

by Abubakar S. Usman Sadly, none of these is of concern to the government. What they are rather interested in ...

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January 3, 2013

Opinion: Nigeria where every problem is too hard to fix

by Gwynne Dyer But it is the Government that raises, trains and pays these security forces, and even in a ...

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January 3, 2013

Opinion: Supernatural transformation

by Abdullahi Aborode Say to them that all subsidy thieves including Otedollar will be brought behind bars because Go-slow is ...

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January 2, 2013

New Year, new trees, new streets – and more, in today’s news round-up with Cheta Nwanze

by Cheta Nwanze One thing that is definitely not obeying the age-old economic laws of demand and supply however, is ...

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January 2, 2013

Battle ready: “We will tackle violent crimes in 2013” – Inspector-general of Police

by Emmanuel Okubenji The Inspector General of Police, Mohammed Abubakar, on Tuesday promised that the Nigeria Police Force would work ...

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January 2, 2013

Full steam ahead: President Jonathan promises faster delivery on policy implementation in 2013

by Isi Esene Following criticisms over the slowness of his government, President Goodluck Jonathan has promised Nigerians that his government’s ...

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December 30, 2012

2013, Jonathan’s year of consolidation – Abati

by Isi Esene Reuben Abati, the special adviser to the president on media and publicity has described 2013 as the ...

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