Speaking at an audience with the outgoing Italian Ambassador to Nigeria, Roberto Colamine, President Jonathan said that by doing so, the envoys will help immensely in correcting current misconceptions and adverse misrepresentations of Nigeria in the international community
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Following the sack of the erstwhile Service Chiefs, President Jonathan nominated new ones on January 16, 2014 and forwarded their names to the Senate for confirmation in line with the provision of the constitution
The youths stated this in a communiqué issued on Sunday in Minna, Niger State by the National Director, Media and Publicity of AYA, Hon. Musa Ibrahim Bere, after a one-day general sensitisation seminar tagged: “Northern unity and peace
Nigeria’s President Goodluck Jonathan announced the approval during a meeting of ECOWAS member-states on infrastructure development, held on the sidelines of the ongoing 22nd AU Summit in Addis Ababa
Nigeria’s agricultural sector by private investors and development partners since the Federal Government launched the country’s Agricultural Transformation Agenda in 2011
The committee was mandated by the Senate on January 23 to screen the nominees and submit the report within one week
Jonathan made this known in a report on the status of the Trans-Saharan gas pipeline project, presented at the 30th meeting of the NEPAD Heads of State and Government Orientation Committee
They will also consider and adopt the reports of high-level committees on the Assessment of the African Standby Force and the Operationalization of the African Capacity for Immediate response to Crises as well as the reports of other high-level committees on United Nations Reforms, the post-2015 Development Agenda, African Trade and Climate Change
“For Mr. President to have said that corruption is not our number one problem that must be the misstatement of the century.” – Itse Sagay (SAN)
The request was contained in a letter the President sent to the Senate President, Senator David Mark, upon resumption of the Senate from its Christmas recess
Jonathan spoke at the Presidential Villa, Abuja where he granted audience to a delegation of the business community from Anambra State, led by Governor Peter Obi
President Jonathan, who will be accompanied and supported by key members of the Federal Government’s Economic Management Team from the public and private sectors, as well as the Nigerian Economic Summit Group, is scheduled to host special events in Davos aimed at boosting attendance at the economic forum in Abuja by leading players in the world’s political and economic affairs who meet in the Swiss winter resort annually
The President gave the advice in Abuja at the Aso Villa Chapel’s first service in 2014, which coincided with the special thanksgiving service of the Nigerian Christian Pilgrims Commission
He spoke against the background of possible apprehension owing to the recent heightened political development in the country
At the inauguration of its Delta State chapter, held in Sapele, headquarters of Sapele Local Government Area, the National President of the group, Comrade David Markson, noted with dexterity that Jonathan’s returning to the Presidential Villa in 2015 is not negotiable with any other region of the country
President Goodluck Jonathan as an ill-wind that should be handled with great caution by politicians in the interest of survival of the country
In a statement issued in Lagos by the society’s President, Udo Udeogaranya, the group said that the act showed that Jonathan was committed to promoting and sustaining African culture, heritage and values
Consequently, it called on the Nigerian Government to repeal the anti-homosexuality law and to make moves to protect and promote human rights and fundamental freedoms of all Nigerians irrespective of their sexual orientation
As Muslims in the country join believers in other parts of the world in celebrating the Prophet’s birth, President Jonathan urged them to offer special prayers during the Eid-el-Maulud for greater peace, unity and progress in Nigeria
Gbajabiamila noted that while the President has the right to demand for Sanusi’s resignation, the power to actualise it resides with the Senate