Heavy security presence as Patience Jonathan arrives Rivers

The nation’s First Lady, Mrs Patience Jonathan arrived Port Harcourt Sunday afternoon for a three day visit. Police Public Relations Officer in the state, DSP Angela Agabe who confirmed the development to the Vanguard said she was immediately flown from the airport to Okrika, her home, adding that she was in her home town over... Read More

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August 17, 2013

Abuja rally tragedy: 1 dies, 5 injured in Lagos PDP women car crash

by Oge Okonkwo A motor accident involving some female members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) who took part in “Nigerian Women Rally for Peace and Empowerment” organised by the First Lady, Dame Patience Jonathan, was said to have occurred on Friday, at the Federal Captial Territory, Abuja, in which one person died and five... Read More

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August 6, 2013

Opinion: Why I reject local government autonomy

by Ochereome Nnanna If you grant financial autonomy to local councils, the chairmen will turn into 774 demons and tin gods, just as we have 36 of them in the states. They will spend the money as they like. They will defy the governor and run to the president for protection. IT will fail for... Read More

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August 3, 2013

Rivers crisis: Amaechi opens up on rift with Patience Jonathan, Wike

by Akan Ido Rivers State governor, Rotimi Amaechi has shed more light into the political friction between him and the First Lady, Dame Patience Jonathan. Amaechi who continued to profess his respect for the president and the first lady said the misunderstanding arose when he opted to provide a conducive learning environment for the children of... Read More

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July 26, 2013

First lady Dame Patience Jonathan arrived Abuja Wednesday night from Switzerland after the death of her step-mother

Nigeria’s first lady,Dame Patience Jonathan, arrived Abuja from Switzerland on late on Wednesday,24th July , following the death of her step-mother. She was welcomed by her husband President Goodluck Jonathan and her mother-in-law Mrs Eunice Jonathan and was paid condolence visits from dignitaries like the former head of state Gen. Abdulsalami Abubakar,PDP BOT member, Chief... Read More

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July 25, 2013

Patience Jonathan returns home from Geneva following news of mother’s death

by Rachel Ogbu The First Lady of Nigeria, Patience Jonathan has returned home from a three-day trip to Geneva to mourn her late mother, Charity Oba. Patience was said to have arrived into the warm embrace of her husband, President Goodluck Jonathan at the Presidential Villa, Abuja yesterday at exactly 9.40 p.m. after a trip to Geneva... Read More

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July 23, 2013

#ChildNotBride: SK Johnson – Stella Damasus, I’m sorry, I just can’t take you seriously

by SK Johnson See that? That face up there? That is the face of fury. At least that’s what Stella Damasus expects us to believe. Two days ago the singer/actress released a video on YouTube, supposedly in response to the #ChildNotBride controversy. I’m not exactly sure what I was expecting; something sincere and insightful, maybe?... Read More

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July 23, 2013

Report: Patience Jonathan’s mother dies in a car crash

by Isi Esene There are reports that the mother of the First Lady, Patience Jonathan has lost her mother in a motor accident on Monday. The accident was said to have happened along Elele Road in Rivers State. Reports say the woman, Iwari-Oba was on her way to Bayelsa State when the accident happened and that... Read More

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July 21, 2013

Opinion: Wole Soyinka and his army of nay-sayers

by Obi Nwakanma But to demean her, and to ask the president to “call his wife to order” without as much as understanding the intricate issues behind the Rivers situation exposes Soyinka to needless partisanship. Last week, Professor Wole Soyinka, our world-renowned playwright and Nobel laureate for literature inserted himself in a very unseemly way... Read More

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July 21, 2013

Tunde Fagbenle: The Patience we really need

by Tunde Fagbenle You exasperate me with your nonsense ‘patience’. I don’t think we need ‘patience’ any less than we need poison. It is time to let her know where to get off. This land belongs to us all and we cannot allow the unchecked ambition of a woman to ruin it for us.” “Something... Read More

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July 20, 2013

Opinion: Rivers crisis – Why the situation may not get better

by Bisi Lawrence We have had wives of politicians who were overt participants in politics in support of their husbands before now, like Madam Hannah Awolowo, whose decent reputation remained unsullied through the heat of the most searing campaign. Notice was given earlier in the week that President Goodluck Jonathan would soon announce his interest... Read More

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July 19, 2013

Chido Onumah: So, who killed Kudirat Abiola?

by Chido Onumah If al-Mustapha didn’t kill Kudirat Abiola or order her assassination, it would be nice to know what al-Mustapha and the regime he served so faithfully did to find the killers of Kudirat, Pa Alfred Rewane and others murdered during the Abacha regime. This should be the question on the lips of every... Read More

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July 16, 2013

Joe Igbokwe: Please stop this embarrassment called Mrs. Patience Jonathan

by Joe Igbokwe The present unavoidable and unfortunate crisis in Rivers State has also exposed the excesses, recklessness, the timid use of power to achieve diabolical ends. Nigerians must speak out now to stop this embarrassment called Mrs. Patience Jonathan. Those who knew this woman before President Goodluck Jonathan became the President told us that... Read More

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July 15, 2013

Opinion: Now that Dame Patience Jonathan is ‘Jesus Christ’

by Wale Odunsi ….the gait of the Madam First Lady is now fully understood. Who wouldn’t lock down federating states for days, when some people regard him/her as Jesus Christ? The lingering political crisis in oil-rich Rivers State, South-Southern Nigeria, is indeed a source of apprehension to every lover of democracy. Aside the fact that the electorates... Read More

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July 12, 2013

Rivers crisis: “Too much is too much” – Soyinka, Falana blame Jonathan, wife

by Isi Esene Internationally renowned playwright, Prof. Wole Soyinka has flayed President Goodluck Jonathan over his suspicious posturing regarding the crisis presently rocking the Rivers State House of Assembly. Soyinka who was speaking at a press conference in Lagos condemned Jonathan and First Lady, Dame Patience Jonathan for being a tool of destabilisation in the... Read More

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June 20, 2013

Cold war: Amaechi shuns Patience Jonathan’s Port Harcourt event

Rivers State Governor, Rotimi Amaechi, and his wife, Judith, on Wednesday shunned the inauguration of the South-South Zonal Secretariat of the Women for Change and Development Initiative by the wife of President Goodluck Jonathan, Patience. Apart from the governor and his wife, other top officials of the Rivers State government also boycotted the occasion which... Read More

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June 17, 2013

My presence in Rivers is not to unseat Amaechi – Patience Jonathan

by Rachel Ogbu First lady, Patience Jonathan has found herself in the middle of the crises rocking the Nigeria Governors Forum. On Sunday she explained that her visit to Port Harcourt, Rivers State capital was to attend the commissioning of the Yitzhak Rabin International School and not to unseat the state’s governor, Rotimi Amaechi as... Read More

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June 6, 2013

Not approved: Senate drops N4 billion first ladies’ mission house project

by Akan Ido The Senate on Wednesday approved the N259.65bn budget of the Federal Capital Territory for the 2013 fiscal year but not without removing the N4bn voted for the controversial African First Ladies’ Peace Mission House project. During the reading of the bill, the Senate questioned the rationale behind embarking on such a project which,... Read More

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May 3, 2013

Why we seized Turai Yar’Adua’s land – FCT minister

The Federal Capital Authority sought to underplay a stinging legal defeat it suffered Thursday on land dispute between first lady, Patience Jonathan, and her predecessor, Turai Yar’Adua, accusing Mrs. Yar’Adua of seizing a public land for herself, and insisting it acted right in withdrawing the allocation. The FCT minister, Bala Mohammed, said he acted in... Read More

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May 2, 2013

Battle of the first ladies: Turai Yar’Adua defeats Patience Jonathan in court

by Hauwa Gambo The battle between present First Lady, Patience Jonathan and her predecessor, Turai Yar’Adua seems to have come to a head as, this afternoon, Justice Peter Affren of the Abuja High Court set aside the revocation of land by the FCT administration of measuring about 1.84 hectares allocated to the latter’s non governmental... Read More

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May 1, 2013

“A creation of the wicked expectations of Sahara Reporters” – Spokesman says Patience Jonathan is not sick again

by Rachel Ogbu The First Lady, Patience Jonathan is not sick, the Presidency insists. On Tuesday, her spokesman, Ayo Osinlu described a media report that she was sick again as “absolutely untrue and only a wicked expectation that God has already defeated.” Reacting to a report from Saharareporters, that Patience was ditched from her husband’s... Read More

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April 12, 2013

She’s back: Patience Jonathan makes first public appearance after trip abroad

by Isi Esene First Lady, Dame Patience Jonathan, yesterday, made her first public appearance after briefly leaving the country allegedly on a medical trip to Germany. Mrs. Jonathan who was dressed in a yellow, purple and brown gown (Boubou) with a purple head tie to match was with the president, Goodluck Jonathan, to receive the... Read More

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March 3, 2013

APC governors donate mattress, pillows to Aso Rock… in last week’s news with a pinch of salt

by Stanley Azuakola He said “for instance, Sarah Jubril, the Mama One Vote herself, is the president’s special adviser on ethics. I laugh in dollars. Please what is the actual role of an adviser like that in this government?” APC governors donate to Aso Rock Opposition governors from the All Progressive Congress visited Maiduguri last... Read More

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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 case of inability to sleep. There are traces of paranoia, the fear of being surrounded by enemies. The victim of neurosis often degenerates to a dangerous level where he finds it difficult to differentiate friends... Read More

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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 noted for being unkind and insensitive to the poor and the needy. Nigeria has never had a First Lady quite like this. Never! There were Flora Azikiwe, Victoria Aguyi-Ironsi, Victoria Gowon, Ajoke Mohammed, Esther Oluremi... Read More

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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 the rug where it hurt most on the failure of his administration. Nigerians were yet to come to terms with the FCT Minister’s budgetary allocation of N4billion naira to the office of the first lady... Read More

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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, at the Presidential Villa chapel opened up on her experience while away in Europe in what many had suspected was a medical trip. The First Lady who did not reveal the nature of her illness... Read More

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February 16, 2013

Opinion: Dame Patience and the Peace Mission complex – Enough of the propaganda

by Taofeek Adio The charges trumped upon the First Lady are same, as usual: The office of the First Lady is unconstitutional, the AFLPM is a non-governmental organization, the budget is profligate, among other numerous charges laid by every Dick and Harry among them that have access to the free but sponsored media. These are... Read More

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February 10, 2013

Presidents Goodluck Jonathan, John Mahama, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf & Yayi Boni at Olusegun Obasanjo Foundation in London (PHOTOS)

On Friday February8, 2013 dignitaries including President Goodluck Jonathan, Patience Jonathan, President John Mahama of Ghana, President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf of Liberia, President of Benin Republic, Yayi Boni and Governor Adams Oshiomhole gathered at the Grosvenor House Hotel, Park Lane, London for the launch of the Olusegun Obasanjo Foundation. Host of the event, former President Olusegun Obasanjo was also there... Read More

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