Browsing: Dr. Goodluck Ebele Jonathan

The NPP said in a statement issued and signed by Louis Ebodaghe, the National Co-Ordinator of the group, in Abuja that the unfolding scenario ahead of the elections in which political supporters engaged in violent activities is ungodly and does no good to anyone

This was contained in a statement signed by the governor and made available to the News Agency of Nigeria by his Media Assistant, Isa Gusau, in Maiduguri

Jonathan said the approval was to appreciate the contribution of rural farmers to massive food production in the country and to encourage the farmers to crop thrice a year to boost food production and eliminate hunger and poverty

Speaking during the presidential campaign in Bauchi, Jonathan promised to partner with the Bauchi State Government to exploit the abundant mineral resources in the state

The angry youths hurled stones at the presidential convoy after the rally at the Ibrahim Babangida Square in Bauchi, during which six personnel of the Department of State Services attached to the Presidential Villa, were wounded and rushed to the hospital

Abayomi, who stated this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria, said the logic of Section 131(d) of the Nigerian 1999 Constitution focused not on certificates but on educational level

Fayose said criticisms from the All Progressives Congress would not make him withdraw his support for the President in the February 14 election

They said this in Minna, the Niger State capital, while addressing a mammoth crowd at the party’s rally

The youth, who described Jonathan as a statesman sympathetic to the plight of his followers, also hailed him for the courage and bravery shown in visiting Nigerian troops in Maiduguri and persons affected by the inhumane activities of members of the Boko Haram sect

My message to those silent elites today is that whilst they are sitting on the fence, people are being killed like flies in some parts of the country on a daily basis; whilst we are on that fence, our foreign reserves are going down, corruption is growing like cancer, poverty is growing even in the face of dubious economic theories and figures, and we continue to live without adequate power supply

They made the pledge at the end of their closed door meeting with the Senate President, David Mark, and all the PDP governorship candidates in the zone

Jonathan made the call at the National Cemetery, Abuja while unveiling the Cenotaph built in memory of the nation’s fallen heroes from 2011 to date

A statement by the National Publicity Secretary of the PDP, Olisa Metuh, on Tuesday said no administration in the history of Nigeria has turned in high flying, all sector delivery in its first four years as President Jonathan

A statement by the APC Campaign in Abuja on Friday recalled that President Jonathan had earlier urged that parties and candidates dwell on issues agitating the minds of Nigerians and how these can be solved

The Chairman of the Enugu State Council of Traditional Rulers, Igwe Lawrence Agubuzu, assured Jonathan that the state would remain a Peoples democratic Party state

A former leader of the group, General Reuben Wilson, has therefore called on Nigerians to disregard the said endorsement

Fayose said during the kick-off of the Peoples Democratic Party presidential campaign in Lagos that the party would win convincingly in all elections in the South West in the February polls

The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the President was in the Lagos State for the flag-off of the Peoples Democratic Party’s presidential campaign at the Tafawa Balewa Square

“Mr. President, there is no point being sanctimonious about an issue for which you bear the most responsibility. You are the most divisive leader in the history of Nigeria, having ceaselessly exploited the country’s fault lines for political gains,” the APC said in a statement issued in Abuja on Thursday by its National Publicity Secretary, Alhaji Lai Mohammed

Jonathan said Buhari did not buy a single rifle for the military while he was in government, adding that talking about fighting insurgency now would only end up as lip service