Ekweremadu, who hails from Mpu in Aninri Local Government Area of Enugu State, is dedicating a massive Anglican Church he built for his people
Browsing: President Goodluck Jonathan
Njoku, in the notice, said he was dissatisfied with the ruling of Justice M.N. Oniyangi of the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja on the matter
In a recent episode published as an interview he is yet to retract, he reminded Nigerians that our democracy is a hand-out by the kind grace of the President whom he said we are lucky to have. This President, he thundered, “has the power of life and death” but that because he is a good man, he uses only 40 per cent of those powers
Whyte said that the demand by Abubakar for amnesty for Boko Haram showed he had lost leadership of the Islamic faith in Nigeria
If the scale and intensity of the public condemnation of this pardon, at home and abroad is anything to go by, the silliness of this decision can only compare in political terms to the execution of Ken Saro-Wiwa by the late General Sani Abacha regime
Jonathan said: “Corruption and issues of good Governance are also being vigorously tackled on all fronts
However, newsmen, who had converged on the College with the hope of joining Abubakar on the inspection tour, were prevented from doing so
Abati added in the statement: “With Cardinal Bergoglio’s glowing antecedents as a great scholar, teacher, Catholic philosopher and very humane leader of the Church, President Jonathan welcomes his election as successor to Pope Benedict XVI as a divinely inspired choice by the College of Cardinals and an unequivocal testimony of God’s abiding presence in His Church and the world
Okupe, who spoke on a live television programme, Sunrise, on Channels Television, said the outcry over the pardon of Alamieyeseigha was not necessary as he was granted the pardon after serving out the sentence for his offence and had become remorseful
Quoting a statement from the office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Senator Anyim Pius Anyim, the short news item said Demuren was removed because of unfavourable comments from aviation stakeholders
Jonathan applauded the call by Kenyatta’s closest rival for the Presidency, Prime Minister Raila Odinga, for his supporters to remain calm and eschew violence protests while he takes his complaints about the election results to the Kenyan Supreme Court
The publisher of the Abuja-based newspaper told The Eagle Online that the officials of the ICPC were in his office on Friday to invite him for the questioning
Speaking at a Town Hall meeting in Maiduguri, the Borno State capital, Jonathan said he was curious on why attacks have continued to be on the rise in Borno State while peace is gradually returning to states like Yobe, Bauchi, Gombe and Kano
He said: “You cannot talk of amnesty for now until you see the people.”
The Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar, had on Tuesday canvassed amnesty for the sect members
Abubakar made the call in Kaduna, Kaduna State at the annual meeting of the Central Council of the Jama’atul Nasril Islam
The committee, in its report submitted to the President at the State House on Tuesday, indicted the NDDC management of complicity in the issue of abandoned projects, failure to recover funds using appropriate government agencies such as the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission and the Independent Corrupt Practices and other related offenses Commission
Chalker said the country now has several competitors, even in the oil sector
President Alassane Ouattara late on Friday in Abidjan conferred Cote D’Ivoire’s highest honour, the Grand Cross of the Order of the Nation, on Jonathan in appreciation of Nigeria’s contributions to peace, stability and progress in Cote D’Ivoire
President Jonathan, who was represented by Vice President Namadi Sambo, said that the university has every cause to celebrate its golden jubilee for in the last 50 years it has graduated hundreds of thousands of Nigerians and foreigners who today occupy various positions in the country
Speaking at the City Hall after being presented with the keys to the city by its Mayor, Konan Ouanigbe Jean, President Jonathan said that African leaders must carry on doing their best to foster greater political stability and accelerate economic growth within their countries and across the continent as no significant progress can be attained without stable governance structures and stronger national economies