Former President Goodluck Jonathan has urged politicians to see politics as a means of developing the people and not as warfare. Jonathan spoke yesterday at the Ecumenical Centre in Igbogene, Yenagoa, Bayelsa State, during the first anniversary thanksgiving of the Governor Douye Diri administration. The thanksgiving was also used to celebrate the February 13, 2020, […]
There was a sharp divergence of views among eminent Nigerians on Thursday on how to restructure the country. Former President Goodluck Jonathan, a Peoples Redemption Party (PRP) leader Prof Attahiru Jega and elder statesman Chief Ayo Adebanjo proffered different modalities to restructuring the polity. Arewa Consultative Forum Chairman Chief Audu Ogbe, former Ohanaeze Ndigbo President-General […]
Former Nigerian President, Goodluck Jonathan, has said that restructuring alone can not solve Nigeria’s problems and cannot be done in isolation. The former President called for the issues of nepotism, ethnic and religious bias to be addressed. He stated this on Thursday while speaking at a dialogue on restructuring in Abuja. He noted that Nigerians […]
Ex-President Goodluck Jonathan, Monday forgave Aminu Shagari who asked for his forgiveness having worked against him during 2015 presidential election. He said he has no enemies to fight, because of his confidence that people can only do to him what God permits. The three-term House of Representatives member and lawyer son of the late President […]
President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday said the challenging state of the country was caused by previous governments from 1999 to 2015 when he was elected to office. Buhari made the accusation in a national broadcast for Nigeria’s 60th anniversary. The president said his administration had the least resources to work with and has out-performed previous […]
The Peoples Democratic Party(PDP) caucus in the House of Representatives met with former president, Goodluck Jonathan on Thursday. The ex-President announced the meeting on his verified Twitter handle, @GEJonathan, at 5.10pm. Jonathan tweeted, “This afternoon, I had an audience with members of the @OfficialPDPNig Caucus in the House of Representatives, led by their leader, Honourable […]
President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday met with former President Goodluck Jonathan at the Presidential Villa in Abuja.
President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the naming of the Railway Complex in Agbor – the operational hub of the Itakpe-Warri line – after former President Goodluck Jonathan.
Nigeria’s former Finance Minister, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, has advised governments across the world to be more transparent and accountable amid the coronavirus pandemic. She observed that many countries are battling corruption in the procurement of medical supplies including personal protective equipment, stressing that governments should “publish all tenders and all contracts” and “companies receiving funds should […]
A Political Science scholar, Prof. Micheal Oni, has said that all the civilian presidents and vice-presidents the country has produced since independence are beneficiaries of electoral fraud. The don listed the administrations of Shehu Shagari, Olusegun Obasanjo, Umaru Yar’ Adua, Goodluck Jonathan and Muhammadu Buhari as direct profiteers of electoral violence and manipulations in the […]