This was even as Tsav kicked against the insults that had been repeatedly hurled at former President Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, whom he described as a war hero and two time president of the Nigeria, thus deserving the greatest of respect
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The FCT Minister, Senator Bala Abdulkadir Mohammed, who made this disclosure on Tuesday, said the flag off will take place in Waru District, along Apo Mechanic Village Road
Paying glowing tributes to the deceased, President Jonathan said he had a personal relationship with almost all the women involved in the accident, describing the fateful day of the incident as a black Saturday
Jonathan made this known in Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital, at the inauguration of the 750 megawatts Olorunsogo II Power Station, Olorunsogo, Ifo Local Government Area of the state
“It’s not fixed — this is Nigeria,” said Mohammad Khalled, a 21-year-old student heading to the central city of Minna, on his first train ride as a safer and cheaper alternative to the badly maintained road network
In a statement issued in Lagos on Sunday by its National Publicity Secretary, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, the party said it cannot put anything beyond the Peoples Democratic Party and the President Goodluck Jonathan Administration because of their desperation to ensure that the general elections do not hold, at all costs
Jonathan, who gave the assurance at a media chat in Abuja, dismissed the insinuation in some quarters that he would not hand over to the winner of the election, come May 29
The Chairman of the North East Zone of the Christian Association of Nigeria, Rev. Shu’aibu Byal, made the call when members of Arewa Citizens Action for Change paid him a courtesy call in Bauchi on Wednesday
Jonathan, who was addressing members of the Delta State Council of Traditional Rulers shortly after the presidential campaign rally in Asaba, the Delta State capital, said the gas city project, which would be the biggest oil and gas investment in Africa, was dear to his administration
In a statement released on Thursday in Abuja, the APCPCO said that President Jonathan had repeatedly stated while campaigning for re-election that he resuscitated the country’s railways which he says had been moribund for over 20 years, a claim that that the APC described as a hoax
He said it was unfortunate that the government would only declare wanted good and patriotic Nigerians and leave the bad ONES.
Nyako said this was evidence of bad leadership, which Jonathan had provided for the country
However, some of the critical comments allegedly made by Obasanjo of recent have been found to have come from a fake Twitter account
The former militant, who spoke with newsmen, condemned the attack on minorities resident in the northern part of the country, whose businesses and livelihood have been cut short due to the incessant violence and bomb blasts, which have caused impromptu migrations and made them refugees in their own country
Addressing a mammoth crowd of Deltans and other Nigerians who turned out for the Peoples Democratic Party presidential rally in Asaba, Delta State on Wednesday, the President stated that his administration believed in the unity of Nigeria and a country which will take its pride of place in the comity of nations
Supoorters of the party who trooped to the Cenotaph, venue of the presidential rally of the PDP, as early as 7am, left nothing to chance in order to catch a glimpse of Jonathan
But the true meaning is quite different from what we take it to be. However, the whole point here is to tell the readers that just as Jesus suffered, the Nigerian youth bears another type of suffering today
The President-General of the group, Chief Garry Igariwey, made the assertion on Tuesday in Umuahia, Abia State while briefing Governor Theodore Orji of Abia State, who is also the Chairman of the South-East Governors’ Forum
Aregbesola, while receiving representatives of students of Nigerian polytechnics, who visited him at the Government House on Tuesday, said it was amazing how corruption had become so entrenched in the country that the mention of N30 trillion common wealth missing under the government of President Goodluck Jonathan had not been greeted with trepidation
He said: “We are looking at Dadin-Kowa Dam for provision of steady power supply to Gombe State, in addition to assisting farmers in the state
Jonathan said that the report would help to address the lapses in the oil industry and assist the administration to address the misconceptions in the industry