Tag: jonathan

Two tablets of chill pill for Rotimi Amaechi… and all the APC saints

Perhaps one of the biggest heroes of 2013 was former Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), now Emir of Kano, Sanusi Muhammad II, when he revealed the day-light robbery…

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Rotimi Amaechi explains his involvement in ‘leaked’ Sanusi letter

Following the tell-all interview by the former Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), now Emir of Kano, Sanusi Muhammad II, wherein he spoke on the letter he wrote to…

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Why former Imo governor was arrested and subsequently released

Former governor of Imo State, Achike Udenwa, was on Tuesday, arrested by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on allegations of corruption. According to Sahara Reporters, the former Imo…

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‘Jonathan gave PDP governors N2bn each’ – Oshiomhole

The Edo State Governor, Adams Oshiomhole, has accused the former President Goodluck Jonathan of playing favorite with governors elected on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party during his administration.…

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EFCC recovers £600,000 wristwatch from Diezani

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has recovered a £600,000 wristwatch from former Minister of Petroleum, Diezani Alison-Madueke. A £1.4m wristwatch was also seized from the wife of the…

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‘The popularity of Buhari’s government is diminishing’ – CAN

The Christian Association of Nigeria, on Tuesday, urged the federal government to ignore the 'mischievous Nigerians' calling for the arrest and prosecution of former President Goodluck Jonathan. CAN said this…

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‘Jonathan should be tried for genocide by the ICC’

The Campaign for Democracy on Sunday, said former President, Goodluck Jonathan should be proescuted for genocide in the International Criminal Court, in Hague. The CD also asked the Economic and…

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‘I handed over a Nigeria that produced the richest man in Africa’ – Jonathan

Former Nigerian President, Goodluck Jonathan, on Friday, stated that democracy will continue to grow in the African continent if leaders 'value the process (of elections) more than the product of…

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Missing £22.5 million Abacha loot: Ex-Finance minister to be quizzed

Following the agreement between the government of Nigeria and that of the United States over the return of $480 million looted by the late Head of State, General Sani Abacha…

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‘My comments were distorted, I never indicted Jonathan’ – Okonjo-Iweala

Former Minister of Finance, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala has said she did not indict the government of former President, Goodluck Jonathan. Okonjo-Iweala said contrary to widespread report, she never said Jonathan lacked…

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Reuben Abati: Before you blame the president, think again; who governs Nigeria?

During the Jonathan administration, an outspoken opposition spokesperson had argued that Nigeria was on auto-pilot, a phrase that was gleefully even if ignorantly echoed by an excitable opposition crowd. Deeper…

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‘Jonathan lacked the will to save funds, Obasanjo had it’ – Okonjo-Iweala

The former Minister of Finance, Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, on Tuesday, stated the administration of former President Goodluck Jonathan failed to save Nigeria's huge earnings from oil between 2011 and 2015…

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‘Buhari has done more to rescue Chibok girls, than Jonathan ever did’ – BBOG

If former President Goodluck Jonathan had acted faster, the Chibok girls would have been found and rescued. President Jonathan failed to believe that the girls were kidnapped - a month…

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‘Buhari’s govt should stop trying to bring down Jonathan’

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission is putting things in place for the arrest of former President Goodluck Jonathan, claims the Ijaw Youth Council Worldwide. Speaking at a news conference…

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‘Jonathan did his best for Nigeria’ – Oritsejafor

The outgoing President of the Christian Association of Nigeria, Pastor Ayo Oritsejafor, has stated that former President Goodluck Jonathan is a good man who had good intentions for Nigeria. Speaking…

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Abuja court grants bail to former President Jonathan’s nephew

An Abuja High Court, on Thursday, ordered the the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to grant bail to Azibaola Robert. Robert is a nephew to former President Goodluck Jonathan.…

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President Buhari summons Kachikwu over fuel crisis

President Muhammadu Buhari has reportedly requested the presence of his Minister of State for Petroleum, Ibe Kachikwu to get a brief on the distribution of fuel across the country. Before…

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Ayo Sogunro: How to criticise President Buhari and get away with it

Times are hard in Nigeria. A lot of us are physically, mentally, emotionally, and financially frustrated. Sadly, the only person anyone can kick in the shin right now is President…

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Opinion: The denial of the wailing wailers

Denial, the disbelief in the existence or reality of a thing, the refusal to satisfy a claim, request, desire or refusal of a person making it. It is also the…

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‘We cheated our brothers from the North by helping Jonathan’ – PDP BoT chairman

The Peoples Democratic Party's Board of Trustees Chairman, Senator Jibrin Wali, on Sunday, said that the party lost the 2015 election because Northern leaders forced Jonathan on Nigerians. Senator Wali…

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Opinion: Jonathan’s bad governance and the suffering of Nigerians

The Nigerian situation today is that which call for concern, knowing how difficult things have become for the populace; sparing no one. Things have gone so bad that earnings can…

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‘Apart from Buhari, Tinubu, every other person in APC is from PDP’ |10 things we learnt from Ahmed Gulak

Ahmed Gulak, who was a former Political Adviser to ex-president Goodluck Jonathan, recently granted an interview to Premium Times, wherein he spoke on several topics including the possibility of Jonathan…

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YNaija Special: Obasanjo, Buhari, Tinubu, Saraki among 100 most influential people in Nigerian politics

After careful analysis and a thorough scouring of the nation's political landscape, YNaija has painstakingly compiled the list of 100 persons who are a force to reckon with -in Nigerian…

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‘Jonathan refused to work with people who know the game’ – Ibrahim Mantu

In an interview with Premium Times, Ibrahim Mantu, a former Deputy President of the Senate and a close associate of former President Umaru Musa Yar'Adua, speaks on the reasons why…

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‘Obasanjo would have rescued Chibok girls if he was President’ – Borno governor

Governor of Borno state, Kashim Shettima has declared that if former president Olusegun Obasanjo was at the helm of power when 279 girls were abducted from Chibok, he would have…

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‘Goodluck Jonathan can be tried for corruption, if…’ – Sagay

The Chairman, Presidential Advisory Committee Against Corruption, Prof. Itse Sagay, has said that former President Goodluck Jonathan will be held liable if any case of corruption is established against him.…

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‘My abductors took proper care of me’ – Jonathan’s foster father

“I was properly taken care of by the kidnappers. I eat three square meals daily, my drugs was administered to me appropriately by the boys,” says Inegite Jonathan, the 72-year-old…

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‘Only idiots will link me to Abacha loot’ | Obasanjo speaks on Jonathan, the economy and PDP (WATCH)

In a tell-all interview with Frisky Lar, former President Olusegun Obansanjo bared his mind on different issues from his personal life, his presidency and the problems bedeviling Nigeria. Relaxed, chatty…

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‘James Ibori to return home before July’ – Ayiri Emami

Billionaire and business magnate, Ayiri Emami has declared that former Delta state governor, James Ibori who is currently in jail in the United Kingdom for charges of corruption and money…

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‘Obasanjo is still a member of PDP’ – Doyin Okupe

Doyin Okupe, former senior special assistant to ex-President Goodluck Jonathan, has declared that erstwhile president Olusegun Obasanjo, still remains a member of the Peoples Democratic Party. Okupe, who was also…

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