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May 18, 2013

I have the strongest support from the South-East – President Jonathan

President Goodluck Jonathan on Saturday poured words of gratitude to the people of the South-East region of the country, saying that no other zone had equalled the zone in terms [...]

President Jonathan promises free trade zone for South East

President Goodluck Jonathan has promised to establish a free trade zone in the South East to boost economic activities in the area. Jonathan made the promise at the ground-breaking ceremony [...]

May 17, 2013

Jonathan approves appointment of 12 new judges for Industrial Court 

President Goodluck Jonathan has approved the appointment of 12 new Judges for the National Industrial Court of Nigeria (NIC Read full story on author website »

Emergency rule is not a panacea for peace – Afenifere warns Jonathan

by Isi Esene The Afenifere Renewal Group (ARG) has called on the Goodluck Jonathan government to declare a state of National Emergency. In a statement signed by its Media and [...]

Emergency Rule No Panacea For Peace, ARG Warns, Again Calling for Sovereign Conference

By SaharaReporters, New York Afenifere Renewal Group (ARG), the Yoruba umbrella organization, has called on President Goodluck Jonathan to immediately declare a State of National Emergency in the country, and [...]

Mega party, mega confusion: ACN says no to #SOE, CPC (kinda) says yes, now ANPP has a different response

by NAN ANPP, Ogbonnaya Onu Two days after President Goodluck Jonathan declared a State of Emergency in two of its three states, the All Nigeria Peoples Party has declared support [...]

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Legal Practitioner Says State of Emergency Is Yet To Take Effect

A legal practioner and public affairs an*lyst, Ikechukwu Ikeji has faulted the manner in which President Goodluck Jonathan has handled the declaration of State of Emergency in Adamawa, Yobe and [...]

Declare State of Emergency in Southern Kaduna Too – Human rights group tells Jonathan

A human rights group, Centre for Development and Rights Advocacy, CEDRA, Thursday appealed to President Goodluck Jonathan to equally declare a state of emergency in southern part of Kaduna State [...]

Opinion: Jonathan, Amaechi rift and the looming impeachment

by Theophilus Ilevbare The presidency is set to bully Amaechi to either tow the line of Jonathan’s 2015 aspiration or face the music of refusal. The “cold war” between Chibuike [...]

#SOE: “This is not the time to be divided” – Ribadu rallies support for military deployment

by Rachel Ogbu The former chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Nuhu Ribadu, has called on Nigerians, especially people in the three states under emergency rule, to “stand [...]

NEF to Jonathan: You ‘ve declared war on Northern Nigeria

Northern elders, yesterday, broke their silence on the slamming of state of emergency on three states, describing the action of President Goodluck Jonathan as an indirect declaration of war on [...]

May 16, 2013
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Army Invokes Dusk-to-dawn Curfew In Adamawa, As Nyako Questions Emergency Rule

The Nigerian Army has imposed a dusk-to-dawn curfew across Adamawa State, one of the three states that had a state of emergency imposed on them by President Goodluck Jonathan for [...]

Victory For Leadership Journalists As Court Strikes Out Forgery Case

By SaharaReporters, New York Two journalists at the Abuja-based Leadership as well as the newspaper itself today breathed sighs of relief as a Federal High Court in Abuja discharged them on [...]

Urhobo threaten to march n*ked if Jonathan refuses to run

The campaign for President Goodluck Jonathan’s re-election received a boost Thursday with the people of Urhobo ethnic nationality in Delta State threatening to march n*ked on the streets of Nigeria, [...]

Let the people say #Gbam: “Those opposed to State of Emergency must bring out concrete solutions” – Femi Falana

by Isi Esene Fiery lawyer and human rights activist, Femi Falana has thrown his support for the institution of a state of emergency in the three northern states, Adamawa, Yobe [...]

Bola Tinubu Says State Of Emergency Merely A Ruse For 2015

By SaharaReporters, New York Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, chairman of the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN), on Wednesday described the declaration of a State of Emergency in Borno, Yobe and [...]

May 15, 2013
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No Discussion On Emergency Rule By National Assembly

Expectations were high that when federal lawmakers resumed on Wednesday they would address the emergency rule which President Goodluck Jonathan declared in Borno, Yobe and Adamawa States on Tuesday. However, [...]

World Have Your Say: State of emergency in northern Nigeria

We hear from people in Nigeria where President Goodluck Jonathan has declared a state of emergency in three states after a series of deadly attacks… Read full story on author [...]

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Rivers Assembly Writes Jonathan, Says Anarchy Looms In State

The River State House of Assembly has written to the President to intervene in the crisis in the state to avoid total breakdown of law and order.In the letter addressed [...]

Can Nigeria quell Boko Haram’s insurgency?

There is no doubt that the situation in northern Nigeria is deteriorating fast and now President Goodluck Jonathan has admitted as much. No-one… Read full story on author website »

PFN applauds Jonathan on emergency rule

National President, Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria, Dr Felix Omobude has applauded President Goodluck Jonathan, over imposition of emergency rule in Borno, Yobe and Adamawa states. Omobude in a press statement [...]

How Boko Haram has grown: Timeline of terror

Nigeria’s President Goodluck Jonathan has declared a state of emergency in three north-eastern states as militant Islamists intensify their offensive… Read full story on author website »

Oritsejafor, CAN Leader, Praises Goodluck Jonathan Over State Of Emergency

Pastor Ayo Oritsejafor, the President of the Christian Association Nigeria (CAN), has welcomed yesterday’s declaration of a state of emergency in three north east states, saying the action is in [...]

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Emergency Rule: Why Jonathan Didn’t Remove Governors – Abati

The Special Adviser to President Goodluck Jonathan on Media and Publicity, Reuben Abati on Wednesday said the president action of declaring a state of emergency in Borno, Yobe and Adamawa [...]