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December 16, 2015

N31bn arms funds loot: Jonathan to have ‘private audience’ with Buhari

Owing to recent revelations by the former National Security Adviser, Sambo Dasuki, former President Goodluck Jonathan is expected to meet with President Muhammadu Buhari over the arms funds probe. Dasuki, who’s being tried for alleged misapplication and fraudulent disbursement of over N31 billion meant for purchase of arms, revealed in his statement to the Economic and Financial... Read More
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December 15, 2015

‘I never got contracts from Jonathan’s government’ – Olisa Metuh

Olisa Metuh, spokesperson for the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has opened up about his benefits from the administration of former President, Goodluck Jonathan. Speaking at a press conference in his office on Tuesday, December 15, Metuh stated that he did not benefit from any government contract during the administration of Jonathan. He revealed that clarifying on the issue became... Read More
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December 15, 2015

How Jonathan’s government ‘purchased’ Tompolo’s Diving School for N11bn

The administration of former President, Goodluck Jonathan, allegedly approved the payment of N11 billion to ex-militant leader, Government Ekpemupolo, alias Tompolo. The money was meant to serve as payment for the purchase of the buildings and other facilities at the International Diving School built by Tompolo. Tompolo has collected about 90 per cent of the N11 billion paid... Read More
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December 14, 2015

Jonathan approved the disbursement of N10bn to PDP delegates – Dasuki

Former National Security Adviser (NSA) Sambo Dasuki says former President, Goodluck Jonathan, authorised him to release N10 billion to Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) nomination convention delegates. Dasuki said the funds was released to Jonathan’s former Special Assistant on Domestic Affairs and Aide-de-Camp, Waripamowei Dudafa. He said the money was given out by the two aides, based... Read More
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December 11, 2015

Arms deal fraud: Read Okonjo-Iweala’s memo to Jonathan on Dasuki’s request for funds

Former Finance Minister, Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala has released a memo, which was sent to former President Goodluck Jonathan, to seek approval for the request for funds by the office of the former National Security Adviser (NSA). Okonjo-Iweala has of late, been accused of being complicit in the illegal diversion of funds meant for the procurement... Read More
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December 9, 2015

What Soyinka said on Channels TV about GEJ, OBJ, President Buhari and pro-Biafrans

Nobel Laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka, says the recent discoveries of the massive looting perpetrated by the last administration has vindicated his ‘reluctant’ support for President Muhammadu Buhari in the last general elections. Soyinka also stated that Nigeria would not have survived four more years of former President Goodluck Jonathan’s rule. During a programme titled, ‘Channels Book Club’... Read More
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December 5, 2015

I’m quite worried about permanent voter cards – Goodluck Jonathan

Former President, Goodluck Jonathan has called on the Independent National Electoral Commission and the Federal Government to review the card reader technology. Jonathan, wife, Patience Jonathan and his mother fell victim to card reader malfunction during accreditation at the ongoing Bayelsa state governorship election. Consequently, the former President, who had the same experience during the... Read More
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December 5, 2015

‘I had no transaction with Dasuki’ | Dopkesi opens up on his dealings with Jonathan’s government

Chairman of DAAR Communications, Raymond Dokpesi has denied any involvement in the arms transaction investigation of officials of the former administration and the former National Security Adviser, Sambo Dasuki. Dokpesi says he had no hand in the $2.1 billion arms scandal nor did he admit to receiving $2bn for the presidential campaign of the Peoples... Read More
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December 2, 2015

Oshiomhole drags Jonathan, Okonjo-Iweala into arms procurement scandal

Edo State Governor, Adams Oshiomhole, has questioned the roles of former Minister of Finance, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala and former President Goodluck Jonathan, in the disbursement of funds meant for the procurement of arms for the military. Former National Security Adviser, Sambo Dasuki, is at the center of an ongoing arms procurement probe, as a result... Read More
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November 30, 2015

Who attacked Jonathan? Bayelsa Police reacts

The Bayelsa State Police Command on Monday, November 30, disclosed that former President Goodluck Jonathan was not attacked in the state. The state’s Police Public Relations Officer(PPRO), Butswat Asinim, who spoke to The Nation, blamed the rumor of the attack on mischievous rumour peddlers. Asinim revealed that a band of vexed youths wrongly thought the Jonathan’s... Read More
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November 30, 2015

Goodluck Jonathan attacked in Bayelsa

Former President, Goodluck Jonathan was attacked on Monday morning, by suspected militants, who drove into his convoy, Leadership reports. The reports states that the militants intercepted and drove into Jonathan’s motorcade at the Julius Berger bridge area of Yenagoa, Bayelsa state. The assailants were said to have followed and pursued the motorcade to the entrance of Jonathan’s private residence in the... Read More
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November 29, 2015

Jonathan supports Governor Dickson… but his kinsmen have other plans

The traditional rulers and chiefs from the local government area of former President, Goodluck Jonathan, have declared their support for Timipre Sylva, in the Bayelsa governorship race. Jonathan, a member of the Peoples Democratic Party, supports his party’s candidate, incumbent Governor, Seriake Dickson, but his kinsmen, in Ogbia LGA, have backed Sylva, candidate of the All... Read More
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November 29, 2015

GEJ spotted at Governor Dickson’s campaign rally (See Photos)

Former President Goodluck Jonathan on Saturday, led some leaders of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the Samson Siasia Stadium, in Yenagoa, Bayelsa state, for the grand finale of the governorship campaign of Seriake Dickson. Dickson is seeking re-election as governor, and will have to slug it out with a former governor, Timipre Sylva of the All Progressives... Read More
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November 29, 2015

Don’t listen to politicians, they tell so many lies – Goodluck Jonathan

Former President Goodluck Jonathan says Nigerian youths should not allow themselves be hoodwinked by the electoral lies and superficial promises of politicians. Jonathan said Nigerians should rather judge a politician by his/her antecedents and not what is promised during electioneering. During the presentation of the Peoples Democratic Party flag to Bayelsa Governor Seriake Dickson in... Read More
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November 28, 2015

SGF says El-Rufai lied… about what GEJ spent on Independence celebrations

The Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation has, in so many words, described the governor of Kaduna state, Nasir El-Rufai, as a liar. The governor of Kaduna state, El Rufai had earlier claimed that the previous administration led by Goodluck Jonathan, spent up to N64 billion for Independence celebrations between 2011... Read More
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November 25, 2015

Obasanjo’s reply to Jonathan’s letter contains a few subliminal shots (READ)

Former President, Goodluck Jonathan, sent a letter to another former President, Olusegun Obasanjo, on September 22, intimating him of his ‘Goodluck Jonathan Foundation’. What appears to be Obasanjo’s response to Jonathan’s letter has been obtained by Premium Times. In the letter dated October 12, 2015, Obasanjo took a few shots and also counselled Jonathan. The letter reads: Dear President... Read More
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November 22, 2015

Urhobo group to Buhari: ‘Don’t ignore us like Jonathan did’

Urhobo National Youth Council has accused former President, Goodluck Jonathan, of ignoring them in the area of political appointments, when he was in office. Consequently, the group has appealed to President Muhammadu Buhari not to disregard them in appointing people into key political positions. Speaking through its President, Comrade Monday Oyeghe and National Publicity Secretary, Comrade, Aghogho Orhotomare,... Read More
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November 20, 2015

Jonathan’s kinsmen give Governor Dickson ‘terms of re-election’

Governor of Bayelsa state, Seriake Dickson, has been given a series of conditions for re-election by the kinsmen of former President Goodluck Jonathan. Dickson, who’s campaigning for re-election, went to Ogbia Local Government Area of Bayelsa State to solicit for their votes on Thursday. But little did he know that the people of the local government area... Read More
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November 20, 2015

3 reasons why I supported Buhari over Jonathan – Charles Soludo

Former Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria, Chukwuma Soludo has explained the rationale behind his decision to support President Muhammadu Buhari over former President, Goodluck Jonathan. At the last presidential election, Soludo had chosen to pitch his tent with Buhari ahead of the incumbent president. Speaking at the third anniversary lecture of the RealNews magazine, Soludo... Read More
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November 19, 2015

‘Pro Biafran protests sponsored by Jonathan’s associates’ | An Igbo group said this

Those who served in the administration of former President, Goodluck Jonathan, have been fingered as being responsible for the recent wave of pro-Biafran protests. A pan-Igbo group, The Igbo Conscience, said the claim can be backed by the fact that the momentum and frequency of the protests increased right after Jonathan was defeated by President Muhammadu... Read More
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November 11, 2015

Fani-Kayode to Dokpesi: ‘Apologising for fielding Jonathan is inappropriate’

Former Aviation Minister, Femi Fani-Kayode, says the Peoples Democratic Party did not err in its decision to field former President, Goodluck Jonathan, as its presidential candidate in the last election. Chairman of DAAR Communication and chieftain of the PDP, Raymond Dokpesi, had said on Tuesday, that the party acted wrongly by going against its rotation policy,... Read More
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November 6, 2015

‘Why was MASSOB quiet under Jonathan, only to wake up under Buhari?’ – Okorocha

As far as Imo State Governor, Rochas Okorocha, is concerned, Ralph Uwazuruike’s Movement for the Actualisation of the Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB), is an unnecessary distraction. Okorocha has questioned the genuineness of the Uwazuruike-led MASSOB, noting that they were largely invisible during the administration of Goodluck Jonathan, only to emerge now that President Buhari, is in... Read More
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November 5, 2015

We tried to help Jonathan… but he was dancing Azonto on television – NEF

The Northern Elders Forum, has said that former President, Goodluck Jonathan, was his own undoing in his attempt at fighting the war against Boko Haram. According to new revelations by the NEF, Goodluck Jonathan failed to heed good counsel on the best approach to employ in defeating the insurgents. Deputy National Leader of the Northern... Read More
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November 5, 2015

Civil servants to Buhari: ‘Reverse Jonathan’s illegal recruitment’

The Association of Senior Civil Servants of Nigeria, has called on President Muhammadu Buhari, to reverse the illegal recruitment carried out in the last 5 years. According to the civil servants, most of the appointments made into the federal public service by the Goodluck Jonathan administration, were against the law. President of ASCSN, Bobboi Bala... Read More
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November 3, 2015

Jonathan is free to visit anytime – Presidency

The Presidency has stated that former President, Goodluck Jonathan, is free to visit the Presidential Villa, in Abuja, whenever he desires. It was reported on Monday, that Jonathan held a rather brief private meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari, at the Aso Rock villa. The meeting was the second time Jonathan would be visiting Buhari since he... Read More
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November 3, 2015

Biafra activists are working for Jonathan – Shehu Sani

Senator Shehu Sani, believes that the agitators of the Movement for the Actualisation of Sovereign State of Biafra, working for former President Goodluck Jonathan. Sani, who represents Kaduna Central Senatorial District at the National Assembly, said on Monday, that the new Biafra agitators were carrying out the ‘Plan B’ of Pro-Jonathan loyalists. He said the Biafra forces were upset... Read More
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