Browsing: Dr. Goodluck Jonathan

Accompanied by the Chief of Defence Staff, Service Chiefs, the National Security Adviser and the Director-General of the National Emergency Management Agency, President Jonathan visited officers and men of the 7 Division of the Nigerian Army at Maimalari Cantonment in Maiduguri to thank them for their patriotic and courageous service to the nation

The 2015 Armed Forces Remembrance Day, with the theme: “Appreciating the Nigerian Armed Forces, started at 10am with the arrival at the arcade of the President, who is also the Grand Patron of the Nigerian Legion

Saraki, in two separate tweets on his Twitter handle: @Bukolasaraki, with the hashtag #FactcheckGEJ, on Thursday asked Nigerians to rate the performance of President Jonathan several months after promising to put an end to violence in the country

The APCPCO, in a statement by the Director of Media and Publicity, Mallam Garba Shehu, in Abuja, said President Jonathan should be challenged to explain why over N5 trillion in oil and gas revenue vanished under his supervision, through fraud and embezzlement

At the meeting were two Christian leaders – Pastor Enoch Adeboye of the Redeemed Christian Church of God and Bishop David Oyedepo of the Living Faith Church, popularly known as Winners’ Chapel – who attended at Obasanjo’s request

The party urged the people of Kwara State and Nigerians to vote en masse for its presidential candidate, General Muhammadu Buhari, because he has the competence, credibility, capacity and capability to lead Nigeria in the path of sustainable peace and development

NAN recalls that controversy had trailed the UPN leadership, but the convention saw Dr. Frederick Fasehun emerging as its National Chairman, which put paid to the internal wrangling within the party

The News Agency of Nigeria recalls that 12 people died when masked gunmen stormed the magazine building in Paris and opened fire on the staff

Speaking while receiving members of the Northern Elders Council at the State House, a visibly angry Jonathan said some past leaders are not qualified to be called “senior citizens” or “elder statesmen” but just ordinary politicians

The President threw the challenge at the Legacy House, Maitama, Abuja during the inauguration of members of his Presidential Campaign Organisation under the national leadership of Chief Tony Anenih

This, Anenih pointed out, was pertinent in the overall interest of the unity and stability of our dear nation

President Jonathan and other participating Heads of State and Government of the regional body will also receive a briefing on recent developments in Burkina Faso and review the report of the 33rd Meeting of the ECOWAS Mediation and Security Council

According to Wilson, the former warlords and most Niger Delta people are “seriously behind the President” and would take all legitimate steps to resist attempts to embarrass him

In a statement issued in Abuja on Sunday by its National Publicity Secretary, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, the party said the President failed to get the usual bounce from such declarations because Nigerians were not the least impressed by the so-called achievements, which have not positively impacted on the lives of the citizens

Oshiomhole accused the President of only coming to the state to commission a resurfaced existing Ofosu-Benin axis of an expressway, which was constructed by a military regime

To ensure the long term stability and development of the affected areas, government has launched three programmes: The Presidential Initiative for the North East, the Victim Support Fund and the Safe School Initiative. The Presidential Initiative for the Northeast is focused on improving infrastructure and economic growth in the region. The Safe School Initiative is centred on creating a safe environment to encourage our children in the communities to acquire education

Jonathan called a truce meeting involving leading figures in Nigeria football on Wednesday, which effectively led to the resolution of a leadership crisis that threatened the very soul of the game in Nigeria

However, he frowned at the determination of the leadership of the party to railroad the president into a second term despite what he described as the difficult living conditions of Nigerians

Jonathan announced the cash rewards at a reception in honour of the 351 sports men and women at the Banquet Hall of the Presidential Villa, Abuja

Trade Union Congress of Nigeria (TUC) has condemned and rejected the death sentence passed by the General Court martial on 12 soldiers protesting against the internal sabotage of the military in the ongoing war against the Boko Haram sect in the North Eastern part of the country.