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By Jacob Kporfor It does not take one person to achieve it all, it is always a collective effort. What we need to fight is our culture. We can have the most beautiful and well designed democratic system but if … read more »
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By Olusegun Adeniyi “Whichever option I choose, men are going to die.’ That statement was made by a fictional President of the United States in Frederick Forsyth’s novel, “The Devil’s Alternative” which explores the dilemma that leaders most often confront … read more »
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The Presidency on Thursday said it had no plans to remove oil subsidy. Presidential spokesman, Dr Doyin Okupe, in a statement in Abuja, said despite President Goodluck Jonathan’s recent remark concerning subsidy, the administration, as a matter of policy, had … read more »
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The General Assembly of all Igbo Christian Organizations and Ministers (GAAICOM) have tasked President Goodluck Jonathan to do enough to protect Igbos in the North from Boko Haram attacks or they will mandate their members to bear arms and defend … read more »
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Zambia has arrested former President Rupiah Banda for abuse of authority over a Nigerian oil deal. Mr Banda last week appeared before an official panel to answer allegations of corruption. The allegations relate to the three years in charge … read more »
BANGUI, Central African Republic: Rebels in the Central African Republic said they had seized the presidential palace in the capital Bangui on Sunday after heavy fighting was reported there. “We have taken the presidential palace. (President Francois) Bozize was not … read more »
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By Anthony A. Kila President Goodluck Jonathan’s pardon for Chief Diepreye Alamieyeseigha is expectedly eliciting quite a lot of surprise, indignation and condemnation. Public commentators and individual citizens have used the media to express their disappointment and anger; there is … read more »
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The 2013 Appropriation Bill has finally been signed into law on Tuesday by President Goodluck Jonathan. Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Dr Reuben Abati said in a statement that the bill was signed after consultations and … read more »
Nigeria’s first lady has described details of a mystery illness she had that the country’s presidency refused to discuss. Patience Jonathan, wife of President Goodluck Jonathan, talked about the illness at a church service Sunday at Aso Rock, the nation’s … read more »
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By Joel Chirwa President Joyce Banda of Malawi says her government will review laws governing mining sector to resuscitate the sector which critics say is fraught with challenges that have made the country benefit little from the extraction industry. In … read more »
The Senior Special Assistant to President Goodluck Jonathan on Public Affairs, Dr. Doyin Okupe, speaks with OLUSOLA FABIYI on the perception of the President as a slow leader What do you think is responsible for the attack on President Goodluck … read more »
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PRESIDENT Goodluck Jonathan yesterday paid a surprise visit to the Nigeria Police College in Ikeja, Lagos on his way to Cote d’ Ivoire for an ECOWAS meeting. Sources said even his top aides had no prior inkling of the unscheduled … read more »
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By Dr. Michael J.K. Bokor President Mahama has made more appointments. Significantly absent from the list are those variously qualified as “babies with sharp teeth” and “evil dwarfs” (apologies to JJ Rawlings). These elements are best known for fighting the … read more »
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A controversy over mysterious posters for incumbent president Goodluck Jonathan, who hasn’t said whether he will run in 2015, offers a window into the country’s fractious politics. Posters for Goodluck Jonathan’s 2011 presidential election line a roadside in Abuja on … read more »
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I have observed with some degree of amusement, the wave of criticism and outrage that greeted the ill-timed ignition of President Goodluck Jonathan’s 2015 political campaign machinery. The campaign message – One good term deserves another – is especially humorous. … read more »
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By Kabir Mato, Daily Trust opinion The year 2012, in my view, was a very difficult year in terms of the series of negative incidents that have faced the Nigerian people and nation. This is not to say there were … read more »
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President Goodluck Jonathan on Wednesday denied approving posters campaigning for his presidency in 2015 in Abuja. He said that those behind the posters were only doing their own thing. Reuben Abati, special adviser to the president on media and publicity, … read more »
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Controversies have continued to trail the death of Azazi and Yakowa in what many informed sources believe to be premeditated and President Jonathan’s safety is now a big worry to close associates. Some Christian northern governors are afraid that it … read more »
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The country home of Nigeria’s former President, Olusegun Obasanjo at Olusegun Osoba Hilltop in Abeokuta, Ogun state has been damaged by a fire outbreak, which consumed the office building in the complex. The fire started just about 20minutes after the … read more »
The Newtown massacre is the second-deadliest school shooting in U.S. history and one of the deadliest mass shootings around the world. A gunman at Virginia Tech University killed 33, including himself, in 2007. Only Virginia Tech and the mass killings … read more »
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By Dr. Michael J.K. Bokor No doubt, Ghana’s main problem is the leadership crisis that has continued to blight all hopes for a steady national redemption. The country has abundant national and human resources and can make much progress to … read more »
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by Bashir Goth In a speech that I consider to be one of the most powerful and most compassionate speeches that any Somali leader has delivered for a long time, Somalia’s new President Hassan Sheikh Mahmoud has spoken candidly and … read more »
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By Kassim Afegbua, Vanguard President Goodluck Jonathan’s media chat on Sunday, November 18, 2012, has come and gone. Just like his previous media outings, this one ended up with too many loose ends and hopelessness. No direction, no vision that … read more »
President Goodluck Jonathan has told a Federal High Court that contrary to the provisions of the 1999 Constitution, an incumbent president’s tenure in office can extend beyond four or eight years. The president, who last Sunday said it was too … read more »
President Goodluck Jonathan has established three committees to prepare draft White Papers on the report of the Nuhu Ribadu led Petroleum Revenue Special Task Force, including two others, the National Refineries Special Task Force and the Governance and Controls Special … read more »
By Dr. Michael J.K. Bokor Comments from so-called NDC functionaries urging President Mahama to boycott next Tuesday’s debate under the auspices of the Institute of Economic Affairs are annoying, to say the least. Leading the pack of those elements howling … read more »
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By Fathia Absie “Change will not come if we wait for some other person, or if we wait for some other time. We are the ones we’ve been waiting for. We are the change that we see.” Barack Obama I … read more »
For Africa to take its rightful place and be more relevant in today’s world, it is going to need visionary leadership and cooperation, President Paul Kagame said. The President made the remarks, Saturday, while addressing members of the Oxbridge Club … read more »
document President Paul Kagame ended a two- day tour of Nigeria with a speech as the guest speaker at the annual Spring Lecture held by the Oxbridge Club. The Oxbridge Club is a grouping of alumni of Oxford and Cambridge … read more »
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The Presidency, on Sunday, slammed critics of the report of the Mallam Nuhu Ribadu-led Petroleum Revenue Task Force, saying their ignorant carping and malicious tittle-tattling are a product of mischievous attempts to politicise the report and individualise a group work. … read more »
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