Tag: Goodluck Jonathan
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Akinwumi Adesina: I will be eternally grateful to Goodluck Jonathan
Akinwumi Adesina, the president of the Africa Development Bank, AfDB, has said that he will be eternally grateful to ex-president Goodluck Jonathan. Adesina made this known after he paid a visit to Jonathan days after he was re-elected the president of AfDB. The visit was made public by Jonathan who took to Twitter to praise…
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Your removal in national interest, Jonathan tells Waziri former EFCC boss
Former President Goodluck Jonathan on Monday said the claim by a former Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Mrs Farida Waziri, in her new book: ‘One Step Ahead life A Spy, Detective And Anti-Graft Czar: that she was removed from the office which she claimed in her new book that she was removed…
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I was fired by Jonathan for probing oil racketeers, says ex-EFCC chair
A former Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Mrs. Farida Waziri, has said that she was sacked by ex-President Goodluck Jonathan for trying to arrest some oil racketeers. Mrs. Farida said there was a call from the Presidential Villa not to arrest the racketeers but she refused to be compromised on the…
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Jonathan, Wike absent from PDP rally in Bayelsa
Former President Goodluck Jonathan, Deputy Governor, Rear Admiral Gboribiogha, (retired), Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State and Mr Timi Alaibe, who came second in the Peoples Democratic Party primaries in Bayelsa State were absent at the party’s mega rally. The mega rally, which was held on Wednesday at the Oxbow Lake Pavalion in Bayelsa kickstarted…
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Jonathan kinsmen, others dump PDP for APC
Grassroots politicians and kinsmen of former President Goodluck Jonathan, Chief Robert Enogha and Chief Claudius Enegesi have dumped the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) for the All Progressives Congress (APC) ahead of the November 16 governorship election in Bayelsa State. Prior to his defection, Enogha was the Chairman, Bayelsa Environmental Sanitation Authority and former two-time member…
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4 years is too short for leaders to make impact — JONATHAN
Former President Goodluck Jonathan said, yesterday, that a four-year tenure was too short for any president to make meaningful impact on the country. He also said there was no need for any president to remain in power for upward of 14 years, since the country was not his private estate. Jonathan, who stated these at…
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Real reasons Jonathan pardoned Alamieyeseigha — Adoke
Former Attorney-General and Minister of Justice, Mohammed Adoke, has given ‘real reasons’ the late governor of Bayelsa State, Diepreye Alamieyeseigha, who was convicted for corruption, was pardoned by the Federal Government, six years ago. Alamieyeseigha was granted pardon in March 2013 by the Goodluck Jonathan administration alongside another convict and former head of the Bank…
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Jonathan Calls For Electronic Voting In Nigeria
A former Nigerian President, Goodluck Jonathan, has advocated that Nigeria must embrace electronic voting to sustain its democratic values. The former President disclosed this on Monday at a Lecture/Book Presentation to mark the Second Term Inauguration of Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike, in Port Harcourt. Dr. Jonathan said that if democracy must endure, the…
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Show More Respect To Buhari, Goodluck Jonathan Tells Omokri
Former presidential aide and staunch critics of the APC led administration, Reno Omokri, has revealed that ex-president Goodluck Jonathan called him and appealed to him to show more respect and kindness to President Muhammadu Buhari. Recall that Jonathan and the People’s Democratic Party lost to the All progressives congress and President Buhari in 2015, in…