We are not bus conductors that ask for change – 5 quotes from Patience Jonathan’s speech in Delta

Senate wants oil price benchmark lowered in 2015 Budget

by Godwin Akanfe The Senate Finance Committee proposed on Wednesday, February 25, the cutting of the oil price benchmark in the 2015 Budget to $52 a barrel from its current $65, a source at parliament said. The finance ministry had previously said that the benchmark would not change. With an election coming up on March 28, President... Read More

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Is Pres. Jonathan afraid of investigating #Ekitigate? || APC asks 3 pertinent questions

by Kolapo Olapoju The All Progressives Congress (APC) says it wonders if President Jonathan is afraid of investigating the Ekiti rigging tape owing to his statement that it was fabricated. According to them, his body language depicting an unwillingness to act on it. The party issued a statement in London on Wednesday, February 25, through... Read More

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Charles Soludo: Dear Pres. Jonathan, you totally missed the point on the missing N30 trillion

by Charles Soludo I believe that the pressures of office and the hectic electioneering campaigns have not allowed him time to read my articles or that his staff have not explained the contents to him… My attention has been drawn this morning to an article entitled: “Jonathan Replies Soludo over “missing N30 trillion” claim”— extracting... Read More

Beware of insincere advisers, Jonathan advises public office holders

by Laila Ibrahim President Goodluck Jonathan on Tuesday said most of those who claim to be advisers and admirers of government are insincere. The President was speaking at the burial of the nine prominent women political leaders, who died of auto crash on East-West road near Ahoada-Mbiama road in Rivers State on their way to... Read More

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Anglican Primate refuses to pray for a certain presidential candidate…

by Iyobosa Omoregie Primate of the Orthodox Anglican Church, Nigeria, Bishop Christopher Umane, has revealed that he declined an invitation to pray for one of the leading presidential candidates so as not to offend God. While speaking to journalists on Tuesday, February 24, in Benin City, Edo State, Umane urged President Goodluck Jonathan of the... Read More

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Fayose is dragging Ekiti in the mud || Opeyemi Bamidele describes his governor as a ‘cancer’

by Kolapo Olapoju A member of House of Representatives, Opeyemi Bamidele, has described Ekiti state Governor, Ayodele Fayose, as a ‘cancer’, over his constant attacks and seeming obsession with the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC). Bamidele bemoaned the fact that Fayose was denigrating the age and person of Buhari to the extent... Read More

February 24, 2015

APC slams GEJ for allowing Boko Haram fester, lauds military for recent victories

by Damilola Jagun The All Progressives Congress has criticised President Goodluck Jonathan for allowing the menace of Boko Haram deteriorate to a point where thousands of Nigerians have been killed and millions displaced in the past six years. The party stated that the president “bears a huge moral responsibility that will hunt him for a long... Read More

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February 24, 2015

APC lied about location of Buhari’s interview – PDP claims

by Kolapo Olapoju Peoples Democratic Party, (PDP) Presidential Campaign Organisation, PDPPCO, says the All Progressives Congress, APC, lied about the location of the recent interview conducted with its Presidential candidate, General Muhammadu Buhari, rtd. According to the ruling party, the interview with Kemi Fadojutimi, held at the Transcorp Hilton Hotel, Abuja, as opposed to the claim... Read More

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February 24, 2015

Don’t allow us to be disgraced at the polls – GEJ pleads with aggrieved PDP lawmakers

by James Sambo President Goodluck Jonathan has reportedly pleaded with the disgruntled Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) members of the House of Representatives to down their arms and work for his victory in the forthcoming general elections. The lawmakers were believed to have initially met in Room 208 at about 7:30pm, in the Reps wing of... Read More

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Buhari is healthier than President Jonathan – Gov. Kwankwanso

by James Sambo Kano state governor, Rabiu Kwankwaso, has stated that the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Muhammadu Buhari, is way healthier than President Goodluck Jonathan. Of recent, the debate about the health status of Buhari had been at the forefront of political discourse, especially from chieftains of the ruling party, case in... Read More

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In 16 years, they have not probed anyone in Lagos – Agbaje takes a swipe at Tinubu, Fashola

by Kolapo Olapoju The governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, (PDP), in Lagos, Jimi Agbaje, has taken a swipe at former governor of the state, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, as well as the present governor, Babatunde Fashola. Agbaje says that the none of the pair have proscuted anyone for corupption-related offences since the past 16... Read More

‘Some PDP leaders want the party to fail’ || Edwin Clark says GEJ’s surrounded by disloyal people

by Iyobosa Omoregie Ijaw National leader, Edwin Clark, has bemoaned the fact that some national leaders of the Peoples Democratic Party, are not fully committed to the second term bid of President Goodluck Jonathan. According to Clark, many of the people around the president are disloyal to him, and are secretly hoping that the ruling... Read More

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Jonathan did not sign any undertaking with Yoruba monarchs – Abati

by Kolapo Olapoju The Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Reuben Abati, in an interview with Punch Newspapers on Sunday, February 22, alleged that National leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Bola Tinubu, blocked the emergence of a Yoruba lawmaker as the Speaker of the House of Representatives. Abati made the... Read More

If anyone attacks you, respond violently – AIG Mbu orders his men

by Kolapo Olapoju The Assistant Inspector-General of Police in charge of Zone 2, Lagos, Joseph Mbu, has reaffirmed his statement that police officers should readily take revenge whenever they are attacked by any violent groups or persons. Mbu said this while speaking with journalists in Olorunsogo, Ogun State, on Friday, February 20, during the inauguration of... Read More

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Buhari should swear by the Quran that he did not visit UK hospital – Fayose is still on the matter

by Kolapo Olapoju Governor of Ekiti state, Ayodele Fayose has declared that the presidential candidate of the All Progressive Congress (APC), Major General Mohammodu Buhari, will never again be president of Nigeria. Fayose also accused the leadership of the APC of hiding the health status of Buhari, while challenging him to swear with the Holy... Read More

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Sonala Olumhense: The political armed robbery in Ekiti

by Sonala Olumhense Few things in Nigeria can demonstrate why Nigeria does not work as the “Ekitigate” tape does. Every time there is the opportunity to do the right—and sometimes easier—thing, Mr. Jonathan chooses the wrong. You know, if the Ekiti gubernatorial rigging conference of June 20, 2014 were a television or stage... Read More

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Simon Kolawole: Does Buhari need Obasanjo’s blessings?

by Simon Kolawole Let’s admit it: Obasanjo is an extremely intelligent man. Hate him but admit that fact. In my opinion, he is one of the smartest leaders Africa has ever produced. He knows what he is doing at any point in time. A crack opportunist, he easily reads the direction of the wind.... Read More

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6 million OPC members will vote for Jonathan – Gani Adams makes a bold declaration

by Kolapo Olapoju The National Co-ordinator of the Oodua Peoples Congress (OPC), Gani Adams, has assured President Goodluck Jonathan that six million members of the group will vote for him at the presidential election of March. He said the OPC members reached the conclusion at their National Co-ordinating Council meeting, after evaluating and comparing the... Read More

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Femi Aribisala: The end of Buhari’s presidential candidacy

by Femi Aribisala In an election, which many say will be won or lost by a slim margin, to now disenfranchise 20 million voters through a questionable and unlawful rule by INEC is not acceptable by any measure. If Nigeria is a nation of laws and of the rule of law, the presidential candidacy of... Read More

10 things we learnt from Pres. Jonathan’s Tribune interview (READ)

by Kolapo Olapoju In a recent interview with Nigerian Tribune, President Goodluck Jonathan, spoke on a wide number of topics, ranging from his falling out with former president, Olusegun Obasanjo, the economy, tenure elongation, the ‘one term’ controversy, among other things. Below are 10 key things we learnt from the interview. 1. Jonathan is more... Read More

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There will be no interim national government – GEJ declares

by James Sambo President Goodluck Jonathan has shut down the talks of an alleged plan for an interim government, saying that it is impossible for him to head an interim government. Jonathan stated that it amounts to treason, the widespread insinuations that he’s scheming to hand-over to an interim national government instead of a democratically... Read More

‘My team initially underrated Boko Haram’s capacity’ – GEJ admits

by Azubuike Azikiwe President Goodluck Jonathan has admitted that his administration underestimated the capability of terrorist sect, Boko Haram. In an interview published on ThisDay Newspapers on Sunday, February 22, Jonathan stated that the menace of the insurgents has affected his government more than any other shortcoming. He said: “I think the thing that has... Read More

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Opinion: PDP is back to its bullish self, but are Nigerians buying their story?

by Ugo Okeke One week into the period, with scores of insurgents now dead, and hundreds more fleeing towns they held hostage since August of 2014, the PDP is now showing glimpses of its old self. For the first time since Nigeria’s return to democratic rule in 1999, the ruling party, the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, are... Read More

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If anything happens to him, you know who’s responsible – APC says Fayose is stalking Buhari in London

by Kolapo Olapoju The Presidential Campaign Organisation of the All Progressive Congress, has accused Ekiti state governor, Ayo Fayose, of trailing Muhammadu Buhari, in the United Kingdom. The APC campaign organisation implored on President Goodluck Jonathan to call the governor to order, over his obsession with the health status of the presidential candidate of the party.... Read More

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February 21, 2015

‘I’m sure Nigerians will re-elect Jonathan’ – Oyo PDP chairman

by Damilola Jagun The Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Oyo state, Yinka Taiwo, says he is optimistic that Nigerians would massively vote for President Goodluck Jonathan at the imminent presidential election. While speaking at his Iseyin residence on Saturday, February 20, Taiwo said Jonathan’s performance in the last six years of his... Read More

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February 21, 2015

All the photos from Pres. Jonathan’s visit to Ogun state yesterday

by Damilola Jagun President Goodluck Jonathan was in Papalanto, Ogun state on Friday, February 20, to commission the NIPP 750MW Olorunsogo II power station. While in the state, Jonathan also met with the Ogun state council of traditional rulers. See below photos from the President’s visit: