Tag: Jonathan
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Why Obasanjo, Yar’adua, Jonathan, Buhari Must Account for Recovered Abacha’s Loot
The federal high court sitting in Abuja has issued a ruling demanding transparency in the utilization of the $5 billion Abacha loot. The judgment, delivered on July 3, instructed President Bola Tinubu to reveal the precise amount of money that was stolen by General Sani Abacha from Nigeria. Additionally, the court ordered the…
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Court orders Obasanjo, Yar’Adua, Jonathan, Buhari govts to account for $5bn Abacha loot
The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, in a landmark judgment, has ordered the disclosure of the spending details of about USD$5 billion Abacha loot by the governments of former presidents Olusegun Obasanjo, Umaru Musa Yar’Adua, Goodluck Jonathan and Muhammadu Buhari.” The court ordered the government of President Bola Tinubu to “disclose the exact amount…
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Malian coup: Jonathan arrives Bamako with ECOWAS delegation
A delegation of West African leaders headed by former Nigerian President, Dr. Goodluck Jonathan, has arrived in the Malian capital, Bamako on a mission to try to push for a speedy return to civilian rule after a military coup in the troubled nation. The delegation plans to meet members of the new junta as well…
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Alleged N1.6bn fraud: Jonathan’s ex-aide Knows fate today
A Federal High Court in Lagos will today deliver judgment in the alleged N1.6billion fraud trial of former President Goodluck Jonathan’s aide, Dr Waripamo Owei-Dudafa. Dudafa along with a Heritage Bank worker Joseph Iwejuo are standing trial before Justice Mohammed Idris on 23 counts of money laundering involving N1.6bn. The defendants are currently in court…
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Domestic workers, relatives loot Jonathan’s N3bn jewelries, other valuables
The police in Bayelsa State have commenced investigations into the looting of valuables including jewelries worth over N.3bn belonging to former President Goodluck Jonathan by his domestic workers and some relatives. Already, the police were said to have arrested some suspects, who broke into the palatial home of Jonathan in Otuoke, Ogbia Local Government Area…
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Bayelsa poll: Jonathan, wife ‘working to make PDP lose’
THE Bayelsa State Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Support Group has accused former President Goodluck Jonathan, and his wife Patience of making surreptitious moves to cause confusion in the PDP by falsely encouraging multiple governorship aspirants to enter the race. This, the group said, is to make the party lose the election. Group coordinator Isaac Ipidei,…
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Power Contract: Buhari, Obasanjo, Jonathan In Fresh Trouble Over Court Order
The Federal High Court sitting in Lagos has ordered the “immediate release of payment details made to all electricity contractors and companies who failed to execute electricity contracts awarded to them from the beginning of the administration of former President Olusegun Obasanjo to the current government of President Muhammadu Buhari. The judgment was delivered last…
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RUGA: Buhari govt has become a laughing stock –Jonathan
Former President Goodluck Jonathan on Tuesday said that President Muhammadu Buhari’s government was unaware it has become a laughing stock in the international community. He was reacting to claims by Plateau State’s Governor Solomon Lalong, who reportedly said after a meeting with Buhari in Abuja on Monday, that the controversial proposed Ruga settlement for herders…
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Jonathan, Diezani Received Bribes For OPL 245, FG Tells London Court
Former President Goodluck Jonathan and former Minister of Petroleum Resources Diezani Alison-Madueke, have been accused by the federal government for accepting bribes for the controversial OPL 245 deal. According to City Pulse, this new information was made known in documents filed at a London court by lawyers representing the federal government on the case of…