Former President Goodluck Jonathan on Monday threw his weight behind the presidential ambition of David Mark, saying the former Senate president will strengthen the bond of unity in Nigeria. The former president, who hosted the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential…
GEJ rates Kabiru Tanimu Turaki high
Former President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan has expressed utmost confidence in the ability of a frontline PDP presidential aspirant, Kabiru Tanimu Turaki, SAN, to perform creditably if given the chance by Providence to be the country’s president in 2019. This was…
‘Your psychological state is damaged’ Jonathan blasts Oshiomhole on vote buying
Goodluck Jonathan, Nigeria’s immediate past President, has responded to an allegation by Adams Oshiomhole, National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), that he started the practice of “vote buying”. According to Jonathan, the claims by Oshiomhole may be as…
Politicians also cry: Nigerian leaders who have shed a tear- Goddey Odin
Call it crocodile tears if you like but politicians also cry and not a few of them have done it within the public glare. But is this public display of emotion a sincere expression or a way to curry political…
Jonathan’s administration outperformed Buhari administration – Reno (Vanguard)
Reno Omokri aide to the former President Goodluck Jonathan has said that Jonathan’s administration outperformed the President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration. He also called the Vice President Yemi Osinbajo liar for saying that President Muhammadu Buhari’s government has done more in…
What Jonathan reminded Nigerians of after DSS besiege NASS
Goodluck Jonathan, Nigeria’s former president on Tuesday reposted one of his quotes from 2015 which described the All Progressives Congress as a party which had no regard for human rights or democracy. The message was posted on Jonathan’s official Facebook…
Jonathan in Minna, meets IBB behind close door (SUN)
The Immediate past president, Goodluck Jonathan on Wednesday in Minna, the Niger state capital, held two hours close door meeting with General Ibrahim Babangida at his hill-top mansion. Former President Goodluck Jonathan who breezed into Minna by road unannounced, arrived…
CBN Governor, Godwin Emefiele waxes lyrical on President Buhari’s economic management prowess -Magnus Onyibe
A certain chief executive officer of a first generation commercial bank once made a remark that agriculture has always been a key component of Nigeria’s gross domestic product (GDP). In a 2017 interview, he said “What hasn’t happened is to…
Gunfire in Kano court as EFCC arraigns Shekarau, Wali (Guardian)
There was sporadic gunfire at the Federal High Court, Kano, yesterday. The incident occurred as the police confronted angry supporters of former governor Mallam Ibrahim Shekarau, former Minister of Foreign Affairs Aminu Wali, and former Director General of the Goodluck…
How $8.5b was released for power projects in 13 years (Nation)
The controversy over the $16billion power projects in the country raged on yesterday with a highly-placed source linked with the Niger Delta Power Holding Company (NPDHC) claiming that between $$8.4billion and $8.58billion, out of the projected cash, was allocated. The…