Japheth Omojuwa: Becoming the next Abati – Part 1 (Y! FrontPage)

by Japheth Omojuwa Let us face it, you cannot defend any government in the world as a spokesperson and not tell at least half-truths. Whether they are outright lies or half-truths, these are betrayal of values. Too many times young activists in Nigeria are accused of “going to be the next Abati.” I have certainly... Read More

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August 16, 2013

Opinion: Of presidential cry babies and kindergarten president

by Sunday Akin Dare Bisi Akande is the leader of an opposition party, a partisan political figure. If they saw fit to reply, the response should have come from the PDP’s over-exercised mouth. The statement issued by Reuben Abati the official spokesperson for the presidency on 11th of August 2013 criticizing the interim chairman of... Read More

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August 16, 2013

Akin Osuntokun: The trial of Reuben Abati

by Akin Osuntokun The role of a presidential spokesman is mostly a no-win situation. It is his lot to champion and defend the president in all materials particular even where he personally entertains a different opinion. I recently attended the burial ceremony of the mother of the spokesman of President Goodluck Jonathan, Dr. Reuben Abati,... Read More

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August 14, 2013

Nasir el-Rufai: Kindergarten president, childish handlers

by Nasir el-Rufai I am keen to know why the presidency chose to keep quiet on my charge that President Jonathan is the godfather of the oil thieves. If that is not the case, how come oil theft jumped from about 100,000 barrels per day before his election to a staggering 400,000 per day now?... Read More

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August 11, 2013

War of words: Respect your age and don’t be rude – Jonathan fires back at Bisi Akande, APC

by Isi Esene The Presidency has taken exception to statements made by leaders of the opposition All Progressives Congress (APC) describing it as not only rude, but also false. In a statement released today and signed by the president’s special adviser on Media and Publicity, Reuben Abati saying Bisi Akande, the APC Interim Chairman “has... Read More

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August 7, 2013

There’s no such thing: Jonathan never planned Ramadan visit to IBB – Presidency

by Isi Esene The presidency is demanding an apology over media reports that former Head of State, Gen. Ibrahim Babangida turned down President Goodluck Jonathan’s request to break the Ramadan fast at his home in Minna, Niger state. The Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Dr. Reuben Abati, refuted this claim saying... Read More

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August 5, 2013

President Jonathan condoles Fashola on his father’s death

by Isi Esene President Goodluck Jonathan has expressed his condolences over the death of Governor Babatunde Fashola’s father who died earlier today. The elder Fashola, Ibrahim Ademola Fashola died at the age of 79 after a brief illness. Read excerpts of the president’s message below: On behalf of himself, his family, the Federal Government and... Read More

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July 21, 2013

Opinion: Why we should apologise to Boko Haram

by Segun Ayobolu Is the Boko Haram leader, Imam Abubakar Shekau, reading this? Or can anybody reach him? Please drop your guns. Your point has been effectively made. Make no mistake about it. I totally disagree with their methods. I abhor their violence. I loathe the taking of innocent lives. I detest their bestial, savage,... Read More

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July 20, 2013

Why I visited Obasanjo – Jonathan

President Goodluck Jonathan has confirmed meeting with former President Olusegun Obasanjo on Saturday in his residence in Owu, Abeokuta, Ogun State. He told newsmen that although he was in Abeokuta to pay condolence visit to his Special Adviser, Reuben Abati whose mother was buried on Friday, he could not have come to the Ogun State... Read More

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July 20, 2013

Jonathan, Northern governors meet Obasanjo

by Isi Esene There are reports that President Goodluck Jonathan today paid a visit to the former president, Olusegun Obasanjo in his Abeokuta home. The president was said to have arrived with his convoy at Obasanjo’s expansive Hilltop mansion around 11:52am with security operatives immediately beefed up in the area. The two immediately engaged in... Read More

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July 20, 2013

Abati’s mother’s funeral: Gov. Amosun, Gbenga Daniel take political rivalry to church

by Akan Ido The governor of Ogun State, Ibikunle Amosun and the forrmer governor, Gbenga Daniel renewed their political hostilities on Friday in Abeokuta during the church service for the late mother of the Special Adviser to President Goodluck Jonathan on Media and Publicity, Dr. Reuben Abati. Amosun accused the former governor, who was also in... Read More

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July 13, 2013

Opinion: Mr. President, worry about others who will also rot in hell

by Adekoya Boladale Every step the presidency has taken to eradicate these insurgents has continued to make mockery of the political and social institution of our country. Few days ago I woke up to a very disturbing news; one of the ‘usual’ that has characterized our social, political and economic lives. Forty two young promising school children... Read More

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July 7, 2013

Pius Adesanmi: Tinubu, Buhari, and their social media supporters

by Pius Adesanmi If Buhari’s or Tinubu’s loyalists insult you for asking questions, shrug your shoulders and tell them that insults do not grow on the forehead of the insulted or, as the Yoruba would put it, “eebu o so”. It’s been ‘eebu tins’ (insult extravaganza) in the arena of political discourse and public commentary... Read More

June 11, 2013

Opinion: Ribadu should address issues and stop acting like a scorned wife

by Adamu Yaro I can however understand Ribadu’s predicament. It is obvious that his political husband has decided to embrace polygamy and is thinking of marrying a new political wife who happens to be a general. Reading through Ribadu’s statement in response to the presidency’s statement giving a historical account if his hypocrisy it is... Read More

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June 10, 2013

“Ribadu is an unprincipled attention-seeker whose career was built on bootlicking” – Presidency spits fire

by Isi Esene The presidency has responded to the speech made by the former chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Mallam Nuhu Ribadu, at a lecture in Kaduna on Saturday describing Nigeria as a “sinking ship” under the administration of President Goodluck Jonathan. In the release which was signed by Dr. Reuben... Read More

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June 6, 2013

Africa’s first Nobel Laureate, Wole Soyinka to lead announcement of The Future Awards 2013 winners… Meet the Judges | See the Categories

by Isi Esene The Central Working Committee for The Future Awards, which is going Africa-wide this season, has formally announced the judges for 2013 awards, as well as the judges for Young Person of the Year – The Africa Prize. The Africa Prize is presented in partnership with the youth office of the African Union... Read More

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June 4, 2013

Terrorism: US puts $7 million bounty on Boko Haram leader, Abubakar Shekau

by Akan Ido The United States yesterday placed a $7m bounty on the leader of the Boko Haram Islamic sect, Abubakar Shekau. This is in its bid to assist Nigeria in its fight against terrorism which has bedeviled the country. The bounty was announced on Monday by the US State Department’s Rewards for Justice programme as part of... Read More

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June 1, 2013

#SOE: Al Jazeera report is contrived and misleading – Presidency

by Isi Esene The Presidency has expressed it displeasure over what it described as an “attempt by sections of the media, especially the foreign media to mislead the general public and the international community about the on-going State of Emergency and military operations in three states of the Federation.” In a statement signed by Reuben... Read More

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May 31, 2013

Opinion: Fashakin and the CPC are not sinking; they have sunk

by Jibrin Mamman ….no one but God can determine any man’s future. So for Fashakin to say that Abati’s future is sinking is to say the least ungodly. I just read Rotimi Fashakin’s response (if you can call it that) to Reuben Abati’s statement released earlier today. While Abati’s statement was long on facts, Fashakin’s was... Read More

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May 30, 2013

Olusegun Adeniyi: The NGF election and the dangers ahead

by Olusegun Adeniyi Nigerians need not look too far for the real culprits in the saga of election manipulations in our country: The faces of the bad losers in the NGF election seem very much familiar. Shame! Very early in 1993, the State House Correspondents (of which I was one, reporting for African Concord) held... Read More

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May 28, 2013

Olatunji Dare: How Rotimi Amaechi became a marked man

by Olatunji Dare In that dubious quest, Dr Jonathan and Anenih seem to have been worsted. At the end of a visit the other day with former President Olusegun Obasanjo in Ota, Ogun State, in continuation of meetings with leaders of the party across Nigeria to resolve a raft of internal issues, the chairman of... Read More

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May 26, 2013

Atom Lim: Jonathan, a PhD holder lacking street wisdom (Y! Politico)

by Atom Lim For all you know, Jonathan might be a First Class brain who just lacks the street wisdom of Donald Duke or Rotimi Amaechi and therefore appears clueless. During the 2007 Presidential campaign, a popular selling point of the PDP candidate, Umaru Musa Yar’Adua, was his university degree. Political jobbers were quick to... Read More

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May 25, 2013

It wasn’t me: Jonathan denies involvement in NGF elections saga

by Isi Esene With speculations rife about the involvement of the Presidency in the high-powered politicking and horse-trading that characterised the chairmanship election of the Nigerian Governors Forum (NGF), President Goodluck Jonathan has come all out to deny any involvement in the intrigues following the election. The election which took place at the Rivers state... Read More

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May 23, 2013

RIP: Reuben Abati’s mother is dead

by Chi Ibe The Special Adviser (Media & Publicity) to President Goodluck Jonathan, Reuben Abati has lost his mother. Abati’s mother, Madam Maria Taiwo Abati died at the age of 81. In a statement, the family said: “With a heavy heart and gratitude to God Almighty, the Abati family of Kemta-Okebode, Abeokuta announces the passing... Read More

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May 23, 2013

“This common enemy will be defeated” – Jonathan condemns Woolwich terror attack

by Isi Esene President Goodluck Jonathan has reacted to the terror attack which took place in Woolwich, South London on Wednesday where a man believed to be of Nigerian decent took part in the gruesome murder of a British soldier. According to the release, the president expressed shock at the killing and strongly condemns this unfortunate... Read More

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May 15, 2013

“We will win this war…”: President Jonathan’s address on state of emergency in 3 states (WATCH)

by Rachel Ogbu On Tuesday President Jonathan declared a state of emergency in the three states which included, Borno, Yobe and Adamawa ignoring the advise of the Nigerian Governors Forum. During a 15-minutes address to the nation live on the network services of the Nigeria Television Authority, the Voice of Nigeria and the Federal Radio Corporation... Read More

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May 14, 2013

BREAKING: GEJ ignores governors, declares state of emergency in Borno, Yobe, Adamawa

by Hauwa Gambo In a terse show of force just a few minutes ago, President Goodluck Jonathan ignored the advise of the Nigerian Governors Forum given yesterday and declared a State of Emergency in Borno, Yobe and Adamawa states. [READ: We need a state of emergency – and more in today’s news roundup with Cheta... Read More

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May 12, 2013

No state of emergency in Borno, Nasarawa, others – FG

by Rachel Ogbu The Presidency has declared that there would be no emergency rule in five Northern states as earlier speculated. Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Reuben Abati, has said that the Federal Government has not taken a decision of that sort to solve the security problems in Borno, Yobe, Nasarawa,... Read More

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May 6, 2013

“The CPC deserves our sympathy” – Reuben Abati mocks, belittles, then attacks

by Ogunyemi Bukola It is in the character of the CPC and its spokesperson to play to the gallery even when the occasion calls for maturity and sobriety. The presidency has fired back at the Congress for Progressive Change (CPC) over its criticism of the president’s handling of the alleged massacre in Baga, Borno.... Read More

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May 5, 2013

Low blow: “Does Lai Mohammed know the meaning of the word ‘despotism’?” – Presidency fires back

by Isi Esene The presidency has come out all guns blazing against allegations of high-handedness leveled against President Goodluck Jonathan by the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN). In a statement released Sunday evening by the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Reuben Abati, the Federal Government that the president is “descending into... Read More

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Japheth Omojuwa: Becoming the next Abati – Part 1 (Y! FrontPage)

Opinion: Of presidential cry babies and kindergarten president

Akin Osuntokun: The trial of Reuben Abati

Nasir el-Rufai: Kindergarten president, childish handlers

War of words: Respect your age and don’t be rude – Jonathan fires back at Bisi Akande, APC

There’s no such thing: Jonathan never planned Ramadan visit to IBB – Presidency

President Jonathan condoles Fashola on his father’s death

Opinion: Why we should apologise to Boko Haram

Why I visited Obasanjo – Jonathan

Jonathan, Northern governors meet Obasanjo

Abati’s mother’s funeral: Gov. Amosun, Gbenga Daniel take political rivalry to church

Opinion: Mr. President, worry about others who will also rot in hell

Pius Adesanmi: Tinubu, Buhari, and their social media supporters

Opinion: Ribadu should address issues and stop acting like a scorned wife

“Ribadu is an unprincipled attention-seeker whose career was built on bootlicking” – Presidency spits fire

Africa’s first Nobel Laureate, Wole Soyinka to lead announcement of The Future Awards 2013 winners… Meet the Judges | See the Categories

Terrorism: US puts $7 million bounty on Boko Haram leader, Abubakar Shekau

#SOE: Al Jazeera report is contrived and misleading – Presidency

Opinion: Fashakin and the CPC are not sinking; they have sunk

Olusegun Adeniyi: The NGF election and the dangers ahead

Olatunji Dare: How Rotimi Amaechi became a marked man

Atom Lim: Jonathan, a PhD holder lacking street wisdom (Y! Politico)

It wasn’t me: Jonathan denies involvement in NGF elections saga

RIP: Reuben Abati’s mother is dead

“This common enemy will be defeated” – Jonathan condemns Woolwich terror attack

“We will win this war…”: President Jonathan’s address on state of emergency in 3 states (WATCH)

BREAKING: GEJ ignores governors, declares state of emergency in Borno, Yobe, Adamawa

No state of emergency in Borno, Nasarawa, others – FG

“The CPC deserves our sympathy” – Reuben Abati mocks, belittles, then attacks

Low blow: “Does Lai Mohammed know the meaning of the word ‘despotism’?” – Presidency fires back

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