Olusegun Dada: Unveiling the scam called Goodluck Jonathan (Y! Politico)

by Dada Olusegun He was unpopular, a man born supposedly without shoes who went through hardship and had luck on his side. This appealed to the hearts of the poor. He was a perfect example of how “God” answers prayers. During the electoral campaign of 2011, I had various opportunities to discuss with so many... Read More

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January 15, 2013

Okey Ndibe: It’s quarter past time for Nigeria

by Okey Ndibe As currently structured, Nigeria is rigged in favor of the most determined rigger. Last week, Tunji Fagbenle, one of Nigeria’s finest columnists, alerted his readers to the fact that President Goodluck Jonathan and the operators of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) had commenced campaigns for the 2015 presidential polls. Mr. Jonathan’s aides... Read More

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January 15, 2013

Opinion: Jonathan, Chime and Enugu citizens

by Niyi Akanniso A popular Chinese proverb has it that the fish stinks from the head. When the head of a household, an organisation, or a state stinks, everyone eventually partakes in the stench, often beginning with those who are close to the power structure. I have written repeatedly about our politicians’ lack of transparency.... Read More

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January 15, 2013

First Lady, Patience Jonathan flown to Germany for medical check-up

by Isi Esene First Lady, Dame Patience Jonathan has been flown to Germany for medical check-up according to presidency sources. The First Lady had last year been in the European country for an extended period of time with many believing she was there to nurse an undisclosed ailment. Her media handlers, however, maintained that she... Read More

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January 15, 2013

One down: PDP crisis deepens as Tukur replaces Oyinlola with Onwe

by Isi Esene The internal wranglings within the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) intensified yesterday as the party chairman, Bamanga Tukur directed former Osun State governor, Olagunsoye Oyinlola, to step down from his position as party secretary. This action was understood to be with the tacit support of the presidency seeing Oyinlola as part of the... Read More

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January 14, 2013

Bode George’s appointment: “Almost everyone in the party are ex-convicts” – Dino Melaye, others chide PDP

The Peoples Democratic Party has come under criticisms for appointing an ex-convict, Chief Bode George, into a panel to reorganise its Board of Trustees. A Lagos High Court convicted George in 2009 for fraud after he served as Chairman of the Board of the Nigerian Ports Authority. He spent two years in prison. Legal practitioners... Read More

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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, be out of the country to visit hospitals in Europe. Sources say the first lady is officially scheduled to visit Spain but there are speculations that she will also be in Germany for medical treatment... Read More

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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 Democratic Party governors by withdrawing support from the apparently out-of-favour party chairman, Bamanga Tukur. Sources say Jonathan’s strategists have made it clear to him that it would not be in his political interest to openly... Read More

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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 that our president is called Goodluck. The only other nation that comes close is Thailand, whose president is called Yingluck…” Is Gov. Dickson into 419? Just before he went on leave, the Bayelsa governor, Seriake... Read More

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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 on the promise he made to Nigerians that he won’t seek a second term in office The latest round of bickering and mudslinging between former President Olusegun Obasanjo and incumbent Goodluck Jonathan took a new... Read More

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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 experience working with several successive administrations in the country coming into prominence during the president Shehu Shagari administration. His assessment of the Goodluck Jonathan administration is, however, not complimentary as he described the present government... Read More

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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 today is, directly or indirectly, the reflection of the internal workings of the ruling party. It is therefore trite to say that a better PDP will ultimately mean a better Nigeria and vice versa. I... Read More

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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 chairman, Bamanga Tukur against the wishes of the presidency. Sources say all efforts by president Goodluck Jonathan to dissuade them from insisting on his removal fell on deaf ears. The governors had yesterday met with... Read More

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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 Jonathan so indifferent to the problems and challenges of the region?” And, by extension, “Why is Jonathan indifferent to the problems and challenges of Nigeria?” As someone who has invested several years of intellectual resources... Read More

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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 by giving members of his cabinet the option to either perform or resign. Sources say the president did not mince words in telling members of his cabinet to accelerate development in their ministries to satisfy... Read More

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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 Umar Musa Yar’Adua according to a memo reportedly obtained by an online news medium. Reports say the fund was routed through the Katsina state government where the late president once served as a governor. The... Read More

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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 to stem the tide of corruption in the country. Speaking on the Cable News Network (CNN), Obasanjo said corruption is rising at an alarming rate in the country and the Jonathan administration is doing too... Read More

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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. We scoffed at his pain and today we cry? Who is laughing last? In my lifetime, I have taken certain decisions. One of the biggest and most thoughtful however, was voting the Congress for Progressive... Read More

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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 were reportedly turned back while making attempts to claim funds after importing fuel products into the country. It appears that three weeks after the National Assembly approved a N161.6bn supplementary budget for payment of fuel... Read More

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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 that without doing more, a private electricity market will cure all the pathologies of the public electricity market. The year 2012 has ended with generation reaching the 4,500 megawatts mark. Even though power supply is... Read More

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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 five states already, roiling and tormenting the governors. They include Kogi, Kaduna, Taraba, Enugu and Cross River. In each of these states, the troubles of the last days of Yar’Adua are alive and well. Those... Read More

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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 a PDP in the best of us and a PDP in the worst among us. One of the most profound arguments ever made for political participation remains the description of the “political illiterate” by German... Read More

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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 fight an unreasonable government policy of fuel subsidy removal, and properly and effectively channeled our anger to highlight the issue of government waste. As we mark the one-year anniversary this week, January 2012 made me... Read More

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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 the cocoyam,” “This cassava would be perfect for presidential cassava bread.” Governors reject awards In its first meeting this year, the Nigeria Governors Forum (NGF) gave awards to some of its deserving members. Surprisingly most... Read More

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January 6, 2013

Opinion: The N60bn questions Reno Omokri and his principals must answer

by Kikiowo Ileowo The idea of importing phones from other countries is nothing short of exporting thousands of jobs and income to those economies, whereas, we could create those jobs here to add to our national GDP growth. In his controversial style of using social media, Reno Omokri- the Special Assistant to the President on... Read More

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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 articulated vision. Even if there is a vision, the consistency and strategies required in implementation have been awfully missing. During a one-week business trip to Dubai with a friend last November, we spent most of... Read More

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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 group by the name, PDP Youth Council and its spurious attempts to cause disaffection within the People¹s Democratic Party (PDP) in its recent press statement calling for the resignation of President Goodluck Jonathan. While the... Read More

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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, the most acute is treatable by merely buy mobile phones for them? Fellow Nigerians, let me begin by sending you all the traditional Happy New Year greeting, and the very best wishes, even if I... Read More

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Opinion: In defense of President Goodluck Jonathan

Olusegun Dada: Unveiling the scam called Goodluck Jonathan (Y! Politico)

Okey Ndibe: It’s quarter past time for Nigeria

Opinion: Jonathan, Chime and Enugu citizens

First Lady, Patience Jonathan flown to Germany for medical check-up

One down: PDP crisis deepens as Tukur replaces Oyinlola with Onwe

Bode George’s appointment: “Almost everyone in the party are ex-convicts” – Dino Melaye, others chide PDP

Patience Jonathan billed for Europe on medical tourism (Report)

PDP crisis: Jonathan considers dumping Tukur

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

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

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

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

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

Opinion: Has the Amnesty programme gone terribly wrong?

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

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

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

Corruption: Jonathan is not doing enough – Obasanjo

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

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

Opinion: Power supply prediction comes true

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

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

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

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

Opinion: The N60bn questions Reno Omokri and his principals must answer

Simon Kolawole: This troubled Nigerian project

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

Dele Momodu: The president and his ten million farmers

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