Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State has said he won’t support former President Goodluck Jonathan if he contests for President 8n 2023 Wike, who had served as Minister of State for Education under the Jonathan Administration, said there was no way he could work against the interest of his party, PDP. Jonathan is a member […]
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Nigeria’s former President Goodluck Jonathan, on Friday, said his intention to contest 2023 presidential election was speculative and pledged to continue to serve God, humanity, Africa and the world to the best of his ability and with all sense of commitment and sincerity. Jonathan called for synergy among President Muhammadu Buhari, Governors, Security Chiefs and […]
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Nigeria’s former President, Goodluck Ebele Jonathan, has met with President Muhammadu Buhari at the state house in Abuja, the nation’s capital city. Jonathan left the premises after the meeting with President Buhari, without briefing the journalists on the outcome of the meeting. Channelstv reports that the meeting lasted for about 10 minutes.
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The ruling All Progressive Congress (APC), have lambasted the immediate past President, Goodluck Ebele Jonathan, for his comments (refuting) to the former British Prime Minister, David Cameron, that his administration rejected the British government’s help in rescuing 276 Chibok school girls who were abducted on the 14th day of April 2014. A statement by Lanre […]
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The media adviser to former President Goodluck Jonathan, Ikechukwu Eze, says the bribery allegation against his principal was expected after his election duty in South Africa. In a statement on Saturday, Eze said the former president did not ask for or receive any bribe in regards to the controversial OPL 245 oil deal. Documents reportedly […]
Continue ReadingBY REUBEN ABATI This commentary is inspired by Olusegun Adeniyi’s “Of wailers, counterwailers and Buharideens” (ThisDay, March 31). In that piece, the ace journalist and public affairs commentator successfully defines the tri-polarities governing public responses to the Muhammadu Buhari administration. The take-away is that the biggest challenge that Nigeria faces at the moment is political […]
Continue ReadingInsight into what the National Publicity Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party, Olisa Metuh, allegedly wrote in the torn statement which he made under caution while in the custody of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission on January 5, has emerged. The statements of the operatives who were said to have witnessed the incident and […]
Continue ReadingThe President of Nigeria, President Muhammadu Buhari, former President Goodluck Jonathan, AfDB President Akinwumi Adesina and Tony Elumelu, Chairman, Board of Directors, United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc, are among the 100 most influential Africans of 2015. The list published by New African, a London-based pan-African magazine which has over 2.6 million readers all over […]
Continue ReadingIn the buildup to the December 5 governorship elections in Bayelsa State, political heavyweights in the PDP, including ex-President Goodluck Jonathan and former governor of the state, Chief Diepreye Alamieyeseigha have endorsed the re-election of Governor Seriake Dickson. The party leaders including PDP acting National Chairman, Prince Uche Secondus and former chairman, PDP Board of Trustees, Chief […]
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In a statement issued on Wednesday in Abuja, Mr. Haliru Bello, the acting chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), stated that the adoption of former President Goodluck Jonathan as the party’s presidential candidate proved to be a disaster. He said the choice of Mr. Jonathan was part of the […]
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