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May 24, 2013

AYAC: Athletes/coaches blown away by Jonathan’s largesse

Athletes and coaches who represented Nigeria at the last African Youth Athletics Championships in Warri, Delta State had course to smile after they were hosted to a dinner by President [...]

Nigeria Gets AU Nod For Non-Permanent UN Security Council Seat

THE African Union (AU) Executive Council has finally given Nigeria the nod to jostle for the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) non-permanent member seat. Nigeria’s president, Goodluck Jonathan, is one [...]

Jonathan, Others Bid Achebe Final Farewell

•Achebe’s Elementary School To Be Rebuilt MANY in the literary community were disappointed when President Goodluck Jonathan failed to name a monument after the late Prof. Chinua Achebe. This was [...]

“I’ll personally catch you and bring you to the creeks” – Dokubo-Asari tells Ango Abdullahi

The war of words between some leaders of the oil-rich Niger Delta and some individuals in the North over President Goodluck Jonathan’s re-election in 2015 has been reduced to personal [...]

E-X-C-L-U-S-I-V-E: Goodluck Jonathan Will Remain As President As Revealed To Me-Rami Kivisalo Prophesied [MUST READ]

So many man of God have come and gone, they have all spoken in a tongue that we all understand which is God has rejected Nigeria hence the calamities that [...]

President Jonathan condemns terror attack in UK

President Goodluck Jonathan has expressed shock over the gruesome murder of a British soldier, Drummer Lee Rigby of the 2nd Battalion, Royal Regiment of Fusiliers in the Woolwich area of [...]

May 23, 2013

Jonathan Condemns Terror Attack In Britain

By SaharaReporters, New York President Goodluck Jonathan has condemned the terrorist attack and killing of a British soldier, Fusiliers in the Woolwich area of London, United Kingdom; and strongly condemns [...]

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National Assembly Adopts Amendment On Emergency Rule Proclamation

The two chambers of the National Assembly have adopted an amended version of the state of emergency proclamation on Adamawa, Borno and Yobe states. The conference report was adopted after [...]

Jonathan, Ghanaian President, govs, envoys, others honour Achebe

By Uduma Kalu President Goodluck Jonathan has arrived Ogidi, the hometown of the late Prof Chinua Achebe for the final burial rites of the literary icon. Also attending the burial [...]

May 22, 2013
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Why Jonathan Ordered Release Of Boko Haram Suspects – Okupe

The presidency on Wednesday explained its decision to authorise the release of women, children and other suspected Boko Haram members currently being detained by Nigeria’s security agencies. The Nigerian military [...]

Nigeria In Olive Branch To Boko Haram Frees Their Women; Obama Skips Kenya On Africa Trip; Museveni At Center Of Media Crisis; African Union Locks Out Activist Groups

By Global Information Network (GIN) May 21 (GIN) – Fulfilling a demand by the insurgent Boko Haram rebel organization, Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan has agreed to release from jail some [...]

Emergency rule: Gunmen shot dead fuel station manager in Borno

BY NDAHI MARAMA, MAIDUGURI Gunmen suspected to be Boko Haram members ,  yesterday ,shot dead a General Manager (name withheld) of one of the fuel stations in Maiduguri, the Borno [...]

Jonathan rewards Golden Eaglets, African under-18 athletics champions

President Goodluck Jonathan on Tuesday announced various forms of cash reward to members of the national under-17 male football team and Nigeria’s medalists at the maiden African U-18 Athletics Championships. [...]

President Jonathan orders release of terror suspects

The Defence Headquarters,DHQ, has announced that it would release some terrorist suspects based on the directives of President Goodluck Jonathan. The Director of Defence Information, Brigadier General Chris Olukolade, had [...]

May 21, 2013

State pardon: “Jonathan was part of the negotiating team, it was in order” – Alamieyeseigha

by Rachel Ogbu Former Bayelsa State Governor, Diepreye Alamieyeseigha has revealed that his state pardon was actually approved by the late President Umaru Yar’Adua administration and all President Goodluck Jonathan [...]

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Reps Approve Emergency Declaration In Adamawa, Borno, Yobe

The House of Representatives on Tuesday joined their Senate counterparts to approve the State of Emergency declared by President Goodluck Jonathan in three northern states, but with some amendments. The [...]

Nigerian Military To Release Women, And Children O Boko Haram Militants In Detention

By Premium Times The military said it was acting on directives by President Goodluck Jonathan. The Defence Headquarters (DHQ) announced in Abuja on Tuesday that it would release some persons [...]

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Jonathan Approves N30b For Loko-Oweto Bridge Project

President Goodluck Jonathan has approved the release of N30 billion from the Subidy Reinvestment Programme (SURE-P) fund to finance the Loko-Oweto Bridge project linking Benue and Nasarawa States. The Minister [...]

State Pardon: Alamieyeseigha Says Jonathan Had No Choice

By SaharaReporters, New York Former Bayelsa State Governor and ex-convict, DSP Alamieyeseigha has said that President Goodluck Jonathan had no choice in the state pardon he recently granted to him, as [...]

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Northern Elders Convene Emergency National Summit To Address Insecurity

Alarmed by the growing insecurity in the country, some prominent Nigerians, former and current government officials have begun mobilising for a major national summit to work out political consensus on [...]

Apologise to North or get ready to face our wrath – Arewa youths warn Asari Dokubo

As the comments credited to the leader of the Niger Delta People’s Volunteer Force, NDPVF, Alhaji Mujaheed Asari-Dokubo on the 2015 presidential ambition of President Goodluck Jonathan continues to generate [...]

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Senate Approves State of Emergency In Borno, Yobe And Adamawa

Nigerian senate has approved the state of emergency declared last week in three states believed to be epicenter of Islamist insurgency. The senate, after a closed session with 100 members [...]

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Security Consultant Supports Crackdown, Curfew In Northern Nigeria

A retired Captain with the Nigerian Army and a security consultant has supported the actions taken by President Goodluck Jonathan on the security situation in the north eastern part of [...]

Nobody can stop Jonathan – Fasehun, OPC founder

FOUNDER of the Niger-Delta People Volunteer Front, NPDVF, Alhaji Mujahid Dokubo-Asari, has declared that he was ready, bullet for bullet, for those who want to stop President Goodluck Jonathan in [...]