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May 16, 2013

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 [...]

Reuben-Abati

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 [...]

Finally, our president has grown a pair! – and more, in today’s news roundup with Cheta Nwanze

by Cheta Nwanze I daresay that Mr. Mamman is being economical with the truth, and is simply muddying the waters in an attempt to push his real agenda: he (or [...]

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Don’t Suspend Boko Haram Amnesty, Nwanyanwu Urges Jonathan

The National Chairman of Labour Party (LP), Dan Nwanyanwu has called on the Federal Government not to suspend the dialogue and amnesty programme extended to the Boko Haram sect. Mr [...]

Opinion: Amnesty for Boko Haram is a ploy – and it will fail

by Onyiorah Paschal Strangely enough, instead of an outright condemnation of this position by Northern leaders and their sympathizers that had been making a fuss about amnesty, they appear not [...]

The Commander-in-Chief: 7 people/groups Jonathan ignored to declare State of Emergency

by Rachel Ogbu The Borno Secretary of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) Faye Pama Musa was killed at his Maiduguri home less than an hour after President Goodluck Jonathan [...]

Nigeria’s President Goodluck Jonathan declares state of emergency in three states

Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan has declared a state of emergency in three states after a series of deadly attacks by Islamist militant groups. Read full story on author website »

CAN Leader Killed By Boko Haram Minutes After State Of Emergency Declaration

Gunmen, on Tuesday evening, shot dead the Borno Secretary of the Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN. The gunmen are suspected to be part of Boko Haram. Faye Pama Musa was [...]

Opinion: Why Jonathan’s state of emergency is futile

by Aliyu Tilde The President, Goodluck Ebele Jonathan, has just bought another dummy called state of emergency from his security chiefs. He thinks it will work. Read full story on [...]

Nigeria’s President Goodluck Jonathan declares state of emergency

Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan has declared a state of emergency in three states after a series of deadly attacks by Islamist militant groups. Read full story on author website »

Yobe, Adamawa, Borno under emergency rule

UNDERSCORING his administration’s determination to confront the growing incidence of violence and insecurity in the country, President Goodluck Jonathan on Tuesday declared a state of emergency in three northern states [...]

Anti-Corruption Network Tells AGF Mohammed Adoke to Resign, Says He Is Using Police To Frame Melaye

By SaharaReporters, New York The Anti-Corruption Network, which last month petitioned President Goodluck Jonathan to fire the Attorney-General and Minister of Justice, Mr. Mohammed Adoke, today asked the Minister to [...]

Emergency Rule: Whoever, wherever you are, we ‘ll get you – Jonathan

President Goodluck Jonathan, last night, declared a state of emergency in Borno, Yobe and Adamawa states with an order to the military high command to use extra-ordinary measures to quell [...]

May 14, 2013

Nigeria: Goodluck Jonathan declares emergency in states

Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan has declared a state of emergency in three states after a spate of deadly attacks by Islamist militant groups. Read full story on author website »

For The Records: Full text of President Goodluck Jonathan’s address declaring a state of emergency in 3 states

ADDRESS BY PRESIDENT GOODLUCK EBELE JONATHAN, GCFR ON THE DECLARATION OF A STATE OF EMERGENCY IN BORNO, YOBE AND ADAMAWA STATES IN ORDER TO RESTORE PUBLIC ORDER, PUBLIC SAFETY AND SECURITY IN [...]