Former President Goodluck Jonathan says he wonders the false accusation that Nasir el-Rufai, Kaduna state governor, “will come up with tomorrow”. The former president, who spoke through Ikechukwu Eze, his media aide, was reacting to el-Rufai’s claim that he gave N2bn each from the ecological fund to only states under the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) […]
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Former President Goodluck Jonathan, weekend, described as an anomaly, the increasing cases of election petitions at the tribunals to resolve issues of dispute from general elections.This, according to him, has prevented the people from choosing their leaders. He said though the country’s judiciary is made up of reputable judges that are capable of resolving election […]
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It is not true that the Jonathan administration rejected the offer of British armed forces to help in rescuing the abducted Chibok girls, the United Kingdom government has said. On Sunday, The Observer, a UK newspaper, said Britain was ready to rescue the Chibok girls after they conducted air reconnaissance over northern Nigeria for several […]
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Senator Ali Modu Sheriff, Monday met with former President, Goodluck Jonathan, who declared that despite the problems in the party, it was not factionalised as being touted. Speaking with newsmen shortly after a closed door meeting with Sheriff, President Jonathan said the former Borno state governor is a leader of the party. “We are solving […]
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Fellow Nigerians, let me warn quickly that a new circus has come to town and there is a theatre of the absurd ongoing in the city of London. The patrons are very important personalities from Nigeria who have turned the supposed illness of our dear President Muhammadu Buhari into a stage play. At the rate […]
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On December 11, 2014, then President Goodluck Jonathan accepted the Presidential nomination of the Peoples Democratic Party to contest the 2015 Presidential elections as its candidate. At that occasion, the former leader made a statement which, in hindsight, can now be seen as a prophecy. On that day, Jonathan said: “The choice before Nigerians in […]
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Former President Goodluck Jonathan has met with the United States Congress House Sub Committee on Africa to speak on the Niger Delta issue and the challenges facing Christians in Nigeria. A spokesperson for Mr. Jonathan, Ikechukwu Eze, said the meeting was part of efforts of the Goodluck Jonathan Foundation to fulfill its mission to promote […]
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“Jonathan is even needed in the country more now to bring stability to the country. Give him his due recognition. “He did well too. He made mistakes, everybody makes mistakes. “This government should use former President Jonathan now to stabilize the South-East and the South-South. “The past political leaders in the north have not done […]
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FORMER President Goodluck Jonathan has appealed to aggrieved Niger Delta youths to embrace peace, saying it was the only means to usher in the needed development in the region. Jonathan spoke when he visited the troubled Gbaramatu kingdom in Warri South-West Local Government Area of Delta State, the hotbed of renewed militants’ activities in the […]
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Former President Goodluck Jonathan on Sunday boycotted a special thanksgiving service hosted by Vice President Yemi Osinbajo at the Aso Villa Chapel. The vice president told Daily Trust correspondent after the service Jonathan was among those specially invited, “but unfortunately, he had to cancel at the last moment.” Past leaders who are Christians that attended […]
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