Former President Goodluck Jonathan, former and current state governors, clergies and other dignitaries are expected to be at the burial of late Dean, Church of Nigeria, Anglican communion, Most Rev. Maxwell Samuel Chukwunweike Anikwenwa. Director, Media and Communications, Province of the Niger and Diocese of Awka, Comrade Odogwu Emeka Odogwu in a statement in Awka,
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In a bid to promote a culture of peace and violence-free election ahead of the 2023 general election in Nigeria, the Goodluck Jonathan Foundation is set to host key political stakeholders and democratic actors for a one-day peace conference. The event tagged: ‘Nation-building; the role of elections in a multi-ethnic context,’ is scheduled for Tuesday
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The Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, has said former President Goodluck Jonathan almost put him in prison because he thought he was a threat to his second term ambition. El-Rufai, in an interview published in The Point, said although Jonathan was his very close friend from when he was the deputy governor of Bayelsa State, he
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Former President Goodluck Jonathan on Friday dismissed as mere speculation his intention to vie for the country’s presidency in 2023. He also called for synergy between the Federal Government and other stakeholders including state governors and security agencies so as to tackle the country’s security challenges. Jonathan, who stated this when he paid a condolence
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The former President, Goodluck Jonathan, on Friday, called for synergy among the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), governors, security chiefs, and other stakeholders to tackle insecurity in the country. The former president explained that synergy was needed to de-escalate tension occasioned by the challenge of insecurity in the country. He lamented that it was
Read moreAccording to a report by SaharaReporters, Ngozika Ihuoma, the first defence witness in the ongoing trial of a former Chairman of the Pension Reform Task Team (PRTT), Abdulrasheed Maina, has made some revelations. The witness told a Federal High Court on Tuesday that N74 billion recovered by the PRTT was used by the Nigerian government
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Former President of Nigeria, Goodluck Jonathan has been honoured at the 9th edition of the African Leadership Person of the Year Awards. At the ceremony which held vitually today, Jonathan was honoured with the award for “African Peace and Security Leader of the Year 2020”. Sharing the exciting news on Facebook on Friday, the former
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As preparations for the 2023 general elections gather momentum, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) National Reconciliation Committee, yesterday, met with former president, Goodluck Jonathan, in his Abuja residence.Chairman of the Committee, Bukola Saraki, told journalists, at the end of the meeting that the former president remained committed to the PDP.Saraki, who is also the immediate
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The popular controversial writer, Reno Omokri has welcomed his fourth child with his wife who he named after the ex-president of Nigeria, Goodluck Ebele Jonathan. The announcement of Omokri’s new child was made public by the former vice president of Nigeria, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar. Sharing the news via Twitter, he wrote; “I congratulate @renoomokri and
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The Bauchi State Governor, Bala Mohammed, said on Thursday ex-President Goodluck Jonathan almost sacked him as Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) in 2014 for allocating a piece of land to Yusuf Ahmed, the founder of Baze University, Abuja. Mohammed, who stated this when the founder and members of the university management paid him
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Former President Goodluck Jonathan has on Thursday said restructuring the Nigeria cannot be possible without dealing with the issues that polarised the people. He said, “We cannot restructure without solving issues that polarize us which are nepotism, ethnic and religious differences and lack of patriotism. “Also, discussion on restructuring will not help except we restructure
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The Special Adviser on Media and Publicity to President Muhammadu Buhari, Femi Adesina, says the present administration is smarter than the regime of former President Goodluck Jonathan in the way it handled the abduction and subsequent release of 344 students of the Government Science Secondary School in Kankara local government area of Katsina State. In
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The National Chairman of Peoples Democratic Party PDP, Prince Uche Secondus, has said that both the Former President Dr Goodluck Jonathan and other party members who may want to contest the 2023 presidential election under the Party have a chance to emerge as its candidate when the National Working Committee (NWC) takes a decision on
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The Ex-President Goodluck Jonathan has said that it is too early to have a discussion about his interest in the 2023 elections. There are reports that the former president is being persuaded to run at the end of President Muhammadu Buhari’s two terms. It was previously reported how governors of the All Progressives Congress (APC)
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President Muhammadu Buhari has on Thursday, felicitated with his predecessor, Goodluck Jonathan, who is set to mark his 63rd birthday on Friday, November 20. He congratulated former President Goodluck Jonathan, on his 63rd birthday. His congratulatory message was contained in a statement by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, titled ‘President Buhari
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