The SURE-P committee was set up as an aftermath of the nationwide protest that greeted the sudden removal of fuel subsidy on January 1, 2012
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It said the likes of Okupe, rather than the opposition, have contributed in no small measure to the Administration’s low esteem in the eyes of Nigerians
In Paris, President Jonathan will confer with President Hollande and French Government officials on the ongoing deployment of Nigerian and ECOWAS troops to Mali to support the current military action against insurgents and terrorists in Northern Mali
The conference, which lasted for about 30-minutes, emanated from the State House in Abuja, Nigeria’s capital, via Skype, and saw the President addressing the players and officials, asking after their health and readiness for Wednesday’s game one after the other
The chat with the team, scheduled for 4pm Nigerian time, is to encourage the team to go all out to defeat the Eagles of Mali in the semi-final match of the ongoing Africa Cup of Nations
This was made known by the Chairman of the team overseeing the SURE-P, Dr. Christopher Kolade, on Tuesday
Players of the national team have also vowed to ensure that President Goodluck Jonathan is present at the final of the Cup of Nations next weekend by winning its semi-final game against Mali
The presidential aide said Jonathan inherited several challenges in areas such as power, infrastructural decay, youth unemployment, inability to diversify the economy, economic instability, insecurity and corruption
However, Jonathan did not announce their portfolios, directing the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Senator Anyim Pius Anyim, to issue them letters assigning them portfolios before the next Cabinet meeting on Wednesday
However, the fact that he came to the Villa in company with Otedola could raise dust.
Jonathan has come under intense pressure of late from the National Assembly on the fate of the Nigerians
Jonathan and Yudhoyono will, after the talks, address a joint press conference
Obasanjo, who also took on literary giant, Prof. Chinua Achebe, on his comments on the alleged marginalisation of Igbos in Nigeria, spoke with pan-African magazine, New African, in its February 2013 edition
Jonathan was a surprise guest at the Super Eagles’ training session at the National Stadium, Abuja days before the team’s first leg, final qualifying match against Liberia in Monrovia in September 2012
Speaking with airport correspondents on arrival from London, United Kingdom at the Murtala Mohammed International Airport, Lagos, Akpabio, who was among three other governors who visited Chime on his hospital bed in London recently, declared that the governor was hale, hearty and capable of ruling the state on his arrival
Reacting to Sunday’s statement by the Minister of Information, Labaran Maku, that her (Ezekwesili’s) knowledge of government’s finances were inaccurate, the former minister said that she was ready for a debate that will take into consideration all the figures she reeled out and those made available by the government
Sadly, the pervasive effect of our political immaturity and blindness have perpetually delivered this nation into the hands of occult grand masters, polygamists, philanderers, perverts, schemers, criminals, destabilisers, dictators, looters and self-exalting statesmen, of which Obasanjo is leader of the pack. If Matthew Okikiola Aremu Olusegun Obasanjo were to be a Tony Blair, he would have been sunk far beyond the depth of the Titanic in the Atlantic Ocean
Like many other world leaders, Jonathan said the problem there has been exacerbated by the free flow of weapons out of Libya since the fall of dictator Moammar Gadhafi
‘Where is the accountability for the use of both these resources and the additional several hundred dollars realized from oil sale by the two administrations that have governed our nation in the last five years?’
In a statement, the ex-militants also expressed shock over the disposition of the Minister for Niger Delta Affairs, Godsday Orubebe, saying rather than wage a media war against the Rivers State Governor, Hon. Rotimi Ameachi, the minister ought to have concentrated on how to fix the road and help the President to implement his programmes for the country