By Tolu Ogunlesi: Did the government of Nigeria’s former president, Goodluck Jonathan, leave the newly elected administration facing a 7 trillion naira (USD$35 billion) deficit in 2015? Nigeria’s newspapers were awash with headlines such as “Jonathan left N7 trillion deficit, says Joda” a few weeks ago. This followed an interview by the Daily Trust with […]
Continue ReadingPresident Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday approved the appointment of Executive Vice Chairman of ExxonMobil Africa, Emmanuel Ibe Kachikwu, as Group Managing Director (GMD) of the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC). This however did not come without some high level political horse trading that puts President Buhari’s celebrated integrity at stake, the Nigerian Times investigation can […]
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Former president, Goodluck Jonathan, has described his journey into politics as a mistake. Speaking during a reception held in his honour in Bayelsa State, on Friday, May 29, Jonathan admitted that he had no intention of becoming the deputy governor of the state right from inception. According to him as a civil servant he was […]
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While two-time Nigeria leader Olusegun Obasanjo has often appeared to many Nigerians to be insincere about combating corruption in the country, proof of his corrupt activities has been hard to find. A new video obtained by SaharaReporters, which features Anne Welsh, the CEO of the Obasanjo Foundation in London, suggests she has operated a well-oiled […]
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STATEMENT BY PRESIDENT GOODLUCK EBELE JONATHAN AFTER THE ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE RESULTS OF PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION 2015 Fellow Nigerians, I thank you all for turning out en-masse for the March 28 General Elections. I promised the country free and fair elections. I have kept my word. I have also expanded the space for Nigerians to participate […]
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President Goodluck Jonathan, has counselled Nigerians to speak good and peaceable words over the country, stressing that the 2015 polls is a contest among brothers and sisters from the womb of one Nigeria. “I want to remind us all that we have no other country other than Nigeria and as we approach the election, it is […]
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Nigeria’s high speed rail project initiated by President Goodluck Jonathan has been rated among the global top 100 world-class infrastructure projects by KPMG. The rail will connect Lagos, Kano, Kaduna, Warri, Bauchi, Abuja, and Port Harcourt and will cost the country $13 billion, much of which will be financed with a loan from the Export […]
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“You are ordinary motor park tout because if you are a senior citizen, you will act like one. “It is not because of the offices we occupy. “It’s by divine grace and providence that some of us occupy these offices. But what role are you playing to build this country?” President Goodluck Jonathan Apparently enraged […]
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President Goodluck Jonathan has approved the establishment of a modular refinery initiative to ease local supply of petroleum products, especially household kerosene (HHK), which does not require sophisticated technology to produce exactly 12 years after private investors were granted licenses to build 18 refineries without any success; Nigeria’s four refineries, with combined capacity of 445,000 […]
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