President Goodluck Jonathan’s bid for a second term in office got a big boost on Saturday when sportsmen and women from various disciplines threw their support behind him in Lagos. The event, which took place at the National Stadium, Surulere, had Olympic gold medalists Chioma Ajunwa and Enefiok Udo-Obong and Commonwealth bronze medalist Otonye Iworima in attendance. Other [...]
APC exposes plan by PDP to sabotage card readers on election day
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has exposed the plan by the Jonathan Administration and the PDP to render card readers ineffective on election day, with a view to justifying their fears about the use of the card readers and ultimately to scuttle the polls. ”We can authoritatively inform Nigerians that the morbid fear of card readers by the Jonathan Administration and the [...]
Mother’s Day: Jonathan promises affirmative action for Nigerian women
President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan wishes all mothers in the country a very happy Mother’s Day celebration. As they mark the day set aside worldwide to commemorate mothers and their great, unique and indispensable service to humanity, President Jonathan salutes all Nigerian women and mothers. The President assures them that the Federal Government will continue to do all within [...]
APC accuses Jonathan Administration of sponsoring ethnic militias
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has accused the Jonathan Administration of sponsoring ethnic militias to foment trouble before, during and after the forthcoming general elections, saying the 9 billion Naira recently paid out to some ex-militants and ethnic militias is aimed at mobilizing them to scuttle the polls In a statement issued in Lagos on Sunday by its National [...]
NIS Recruitment Death: President Jonathan was forced to act because of elections -APC
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has accused President Goodluck Jonathan of taking political advantage of calamities that have befallen Nigeria under his watch, saying giving 5 million Naira to each family that lost a relative in the Immigration recruitment exercise after one year is not only belated but aimed at currying votes. In a statement issued in Lagos on Saturday by [...]
President Jonathan fulfills promise to families that lost relatives in NIS Recruitment
President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan Friday in Abuja presented letters of employment into the Nigerian Immigration Service to members of the 15 families who lost sons and daughters during the Service’s recruitment exercise last year. At a brief ceremony in the Presidential Villa, President Jonathan gave letters of employment to 33 members of the bereaved families. Employment had [...]
President Jonathan orders full investigation into cause of diplomatic row with Morocco
President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan is shocked, surprised and highly embarrassed by the controversy that has erupted over whether or not he had a telephone conversation with His Majesty, King Mohammed VI of Morocco. The regrettable furore that has developed over the matter is due entirely to misinformation as President Jonathan has neither spoken with King Mohammed or told [...]
APC ask president Jonathan to apologize to Nigerians over phantom phone conversation with Moroccan King
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has asked President Goodluck Jonathan to apologize to Nigerians for the embarrassment that he has caused them over his phantom phone conversation with the King of Morocco. ”In our earlier statement on the issue, we gave President Jonathan the benefit of the doubt by asking him to clarify what happened, just as the Moroccan King has done. [...]
Jonathan promises to construct 4 deep seas when re elected
President Goodluck Jonathan has assured Nigerians that his government will construct four Deep Sea ports when re elected. The president gave the assurance at the palace of Awujale of Ijebuland, Oba Sikiru Adetona, when he visited the paramount ruler in Ijebu Ode. The sea port projects are the Olokola Deep Sea Port in Ogun state, the Badagry Deep sea Port in lagos state, the [...]
Oba Awujale urges Jonathan to Present his agendas to the people
Dr.Sikiru Kayode Adetona, the Awujale and paramount ruler of Ijebuland, on Thursday rejected an overture to endorse president Goodluck Jonathan for second term. The Oba who paid a host to the president at his palace in Ijebu-Ode during the president's visit to the palace, urged the campaigning president to present his programs to the people for them to make an informed [...]
President Jonathan appoints new Sure-P Chairman
President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan appointed Mr. Ishaya Dare Akau as the new Chairman of the Subsidy Reinvestment and Empowerment Programme, SURE-P. According to a statement issued by the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Reuben Abati, the appointment was in furtherance of President Jonathan’s efforts to continuously re-energize and re-position Federal [...]
Jonathan launches the Girls and Women initiative (G-WIN)
PRESIDENT Goodluck Jonathan, on Monday, formally launched the Growing Girls and Women in Nigeria initiative (G-WIN), designed to improve the lives of women and girls in the country. Performing the ceremony in the old Banquet Hall of the Presidential Villa, Abuja, he assured of equal opportunity for women in the country. The president explained the necessity to give more [...]
Jonathan, Mu’azu In Excellent Relationship – PDP
In the light of various attempts to drag down the National Chairman of our great party, Ahmadu Adamu Mu’azu, using spurious publications in a section of the media, the PDP wishes to state clearly that our leaders and members nationwide are impressed with his style of leadership which has in the last one year enhanced our support base and public rating ahead of the 2015 general [...]
Jonathan has done more for Yoruba than Obasanjo – PDP
Peoples Democratic Party Presidential Campaign Organisation in Oyo State has said President Goodluck Jonathan had done more the Yoruba nation than former President Olusegun Obasanjo, saying facts available showed that the race had fared distant better in the last four years of Jonathan’s administration in terms of recognition, appointment and provision of infrastructure in [...]
Election-motivated actions: Too little, too late, Mr President – APC
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has described as too little, too late the recent, election-propelled pretend acts of governance by President Goodluck Jonathan to convince Nigerians to vote for him and his party in the forthcoming polls. ”Mr. President, you cannot undo, in six weeks, the glaring instances of cluelessness, incompetence and near total lack of governance that [...]
President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan mourns Chief Bayo Kuku
President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan extends heartfelt commiserations to the Awujale of Ijebu-Ode, Oba Sikiru Adetona and his people on the death of one of the town’s most illustrious sons, Chief Bayo Kuku. President Jonathan similarly condoles members of the Kuku family as well as the Government and people of Ogun State on the passage of the renowned Ogbeni-Oja of [...]
APC calls President Jonathan’s comment on Chibok girls callous
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has described as callous, morbid and insensitive the comments made by President Goodluck Jonathan, that the Chibok girls are still alive because Boko Haram would have displayed their bodies if they had been killed. In a statement issued in Lagos on Saturday by its National Publicity Secretary, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, the party said it finds [...]
President Jonathan to lead physical training exercise tomorrow
President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan will tomorrow, Saturday, March 7, 2015, lead government officials as well as sportsmen and women on an out-door physical training exercise in Abuja aimed at promoting sports and fitness in Nigeria. The training exercise, which will start at 7.00 am, will include a long walk from the Presidential Villa by President Jonathan accompanied by top [...]
President Jonathan mourns Emir of Gusau
President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan commiserates with the government and people of Zamfara State on the death today of the highly revered Emir of Gusau, Alhaji Muhammad Kabir Dan Baba. President Jonathan joins them in mourning Alhaji Muhammad who was one of the longest serving traditional rulers in Nigeria, having been appointed District Head of Gusau in 1984 before being [...]
Pres Jonathan Flags Off New Section Of Enugu-Portharcourt Road
According to Punch, the 41.4 kilometer road was awarded to the China Civil Engineering Construction Corporation (CCECC) at the cost of N34, 047, 096, 919.17 with a completion period of 30 months. President Jonathan who was represented at the flagging off of the road by the Minister for Works, Chief Mike Onolememen, said the gesture was a demonstration of his avowed commitment [...]
Fuel scarcity: Jonathan orders payment to marketers
President Goodluck Jonathan has directed the Finance Minister, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, to pay all outstanding debts to Petroleum Products Marketers in a bid to end the fuel crisis. Consequently, the Federal Ministry of Finance has directed the Debt Management Office (DMO), to raise a special Sovereign Debt Note (SDN) of N100 billion to offset the claims. The Coordinating [...]
President Jonathan land grab is abuse of office and corruption – APC
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has said President Goodluck Jonathan committed a serious error of judgement, abused his office, violated the Constitution and engaged in corruption through his Abuja land grab that fetched him 90.04 Ha of land in the Aviation Village barely seven months after he was sworn into office. In a statement issued in London on Monday by its National [...]
Jonathan assures Nigerians on new election date
President Goodluck Jonathan has assured Nigerians that the new general election dates set aside by the country’s Independence National Electoral Commission, INEC, was sacrosanct. He gave the assurance at the Catholic Bishops’ plenary Assembly mass held at the Catholic Pro-Cathedral in Abuja. President Jonathan said his administration had nothing to hide and was not going to [...]
Fashola to Jonathan “Lagos is not in bondage”
Governor Babatunde Fashola of Lagos State yesterday reacted to President Goodluck Jonathan’s statement that victory for the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP in the forthcoming elections would free Lagos residents from oppression, saying “Lagos is not in bondage.” Meantime, Fashola stunned a gathering in Lekki axis of the state when he said he bought his own vault where he will be [...]
I cannot rule under an Interim government – President Jonathan
Nigeria's President Goodluck Jonathan says he cannot rule the country under an interim government and that it is treasonable. President Jonathan stated this in an address at an inter-denominational service at the start of the Plenary Assembly of the Catholic Bishops Conference of Nigeria, at Our Lady Queen of Nigeria Pro-Cathedral, Abuja on Sunday. He said that Interim [...]
Jonathan promise to open First Cooperative University in Nigeria
President Goodluck Jonathan announced yesterday that he would send a federal government delegation to Nairobi, Kenya to understudy its University of Cooperatives with a view to establishing the first of its kind in Nigeria. Jonathan gave the hint when he played host to members of the Odua Cooperative Alliance (OCA) from the six southwestern states in the State House, Marina, [...]
Obasanjo is a father to me, I plead with him to guard his utterences – President Jonathan
President Jonathan has said Obasanjo is still is father despite his criticisms towards him. Speaking to Tribune editors he said: First and foremost, Obasanjo is a father to me. By divine providence and the grace of God, I am the President of Nigeria today. It is not by my strength. But God uses human beings to actualise His own blessings on human beings. And He used so many [...]
President Jonathan Commissions 4 Navy ships today in Lagos (Photos)
President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan was in Lagos today to commission the four new Nigerian Navy Warships with two more ship to be delivered. Let me use this platform to promise my Nigeria country men and women that we will rout Boko Haram,’’ Jonathan said at the Naval Dockyard Ltd Victoria Island venue of the inauguration. "Our capacity has increased sufficiently and our [...]
Pray for peaceful Elections, Jonathan urges Christians as lent begins
President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan felicitates with all Christians in the country as they begin the observance of Lent for the year 2015. As they undergo the rites of the 40-day Lenten season which runs from today, Ash Wednesday, to Easter Sunday, with constant prayers, penitence, fasting and self-denial, President Jonathan urges Christians in Nigeria to pray fervently for [...]
Minister advises Obasanjo to apologise to PDP, President Jonathan
Dr Stephen Oru, the Minister, Niger Delta Affairs, on Tuedsay advised former President Olusegun Obasanjo to apologise to President Goodluck Jonathan and the PDP over alleged unguarded statements credited to him.Oru made the call in Abuja at a news conference organised by the ministry. He said that the former President was the most privileged Nigerian who had the opportunity of [...]
Appointment of Musiliu Obanikoro as Minister by Nigerian President is laughable
The Lagos State chapter of the All Progressives Congress has described the inclusion of the immediate past Minister of State for Defence, Senator Musiliu Obanikoro, in the ministerial nominees’ list sent to the National Assembly for consideration by Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan as laughable. The party in a statement by its Publicity Secretary, Mr. Joe Igbokwe, [...]
President Jonathan submits list of Ministers nominees to Senate
President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan has on Tuesday February 17, 2015 submitted a list of nominees as Ministers of the Federal Republic to the Nigerian Senate for confirmation in accordance to section 147(2) of the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. The list according to the release from the Office of the Special Adviser to the President on National Assembly [...]
President Jonathan assures EU that May 29th handover date sacrosanct
The Nigerian Government has assured the European Union, EU, election Observation Mission that the May 29th handover date was sacrosanct. The Chief Observer of the election mission, Mr Santiago Fisas, told State House correspondents on Monday after he led a delegation to meet with President Goodluck Jonathan in the Presidential Villa, Abuja. He said the mission was in Nigeria [...]
President Jonathan hosted a Val’s dinner with widows & children of fallen soldiers
President Goodluck Jonathan hosted a Valentine Day Dinner for widows & children of soldiers who died fighting Boko Haram on Valentine day. [...]
APC to President Jonathan: You can’t intimidate us
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has said the party’s leadership and members will not be intimidated by the latest antics of the Jonathan Administration to harass and intimidate the opposition, especially in the run-up to next month’s general elections. In a statement issued in Lagos on Thursday by its National Publicity Secretary, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, the party said the [...]
Jonathan: INEC didn’t consult me before shifting elections date
President Goodluck Jonathan says INEC did not consult him before the Elections were rescheduled from February to March 28 and April 11as being speculated by some Nigerians. He made the clarification in Abuja while answering questions on Presidential Media Chat. President Jonathan said that INEC took the decision to adjust the election date after due consultations with security [...]
President Jonathan reiterates commitment to rebuilding recovered territories
President Goodluck Jonathan has reiterated his commitment and determination to re-build all destroyed houses and businesses in areas recently recovered from insurgents in the North-East region of the country, pledging to bring end to the menace of insurgency shortly. Represented by the Minister of Youth Development, who is the former Governor of the State, Boni Haruna, the [...]
President Jonathan launches Online Recruitment Portal
President Goodluck Jonathan launches a broad-based public private partnership called the Youth Entrepreneurship Strategy that will redefine the way we engage and support the empowerment and employment of our young people and women going forward. The goal of this Strategy is to speed up an already fast moving train called Entrepreneurship, running across our NATION to empower [...]
President Jonathan can’t win in 10 states —APGA chief
The Chairman, Lagos State chapter of the All Progressive Grand Alliance, Mr. Campbell Umeh-Nzekwe, says President Goodluck Jonathan has become so unpopular to the extent that he cannot win 10 states of the federation in the postponed presidential election coming up on March 28. Umeh-Nzekwe said this while reacting to the postponement of the general elections by the Independent [...]
President Jonathan to speak on current national issues tomorrow
Press statement released today by the Special Adviser to the President on Media & Publicity, Reuben Abati. Reads below: President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan will host a special edition of the Presidential Media Chat tomorrow, Wednesday, February 11, 2015. During the programme, which will be broadcast live on the network services of the Nigerian Television Authority (NTA), [...]