Tag: Jonathan
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2019: Why South-east PDP leaders must accept Peter Obi as Atiku’s running mate – Jonathan
A former President, Goodluck Jonathan, has appealed to the leaders of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the South-east zone to support the party’s presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, in his choice of Peter Obi as his running mate, to ensure victory for PDP in next year’s general elections. The former president’s appeal follows a statement…
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Bayelsa Primaries: PDP members in Jonathan’s LGA reject results, defect to APDA
No fewer than 200 members of the Peoples Democratic Party, including an aspirant from Ogbia, former President Goodluck Jonathan’s local government area, have defected to the Advanced Peoples Democratic Party Alliance. The defectors, who protested on Saturday in Yenagoa, the state capital, lamented that an unpopular candidate and incumbent member of the Bayelsa State House…
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2019: PDP’s primary election will be free, fair – Jonathan
Former President Goodluck Jonathan has assured aspirants to elective positions in 2019 general elections of level-playing ground in the primaries to be conducted by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). He gave the assurance while receiving former Governor of Sokoto state, Alhaji Atihiru Bafarawa, on Friday in his office in Yenagoa. Jonathan said that with a…
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BREAKING [2019]: Saraki, Jonathan in closed door meeting
The senate president, Dr Bukola Saraki is currently holding a close door meeting with former President, Goodluck Ebele Jonathan in Abuja. Information about the meeting was disclosed by the Special Assistant on New Media to the President of the Senate Olu Onemola. Onemola tweeted “Happening Now: The President of the Senate, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki,…
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Ex-IGP Abba says police forced Jonathan to concede to Buhari in 2015
Former Inspector-General of Police (IGP) Suleiman Abba has revealed that the police under him forced ex-President Goodluck Jonathan to concede the 2015 election to President Muhammadu Buhari. Jonathan had congratulated Buhari while the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) was still collating results of the election. This earned him accolades from far and wide. But in…
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Jonathan, Obasanjo, Atiku, Saraki, Tinubu, others pay tribute to Kofi Annan
Prominent Nigerian politicians all poured in their tributes in salutation of former Secretary General of the United Nations, Dr. Kofi Annan, who passed on yesterday. Ex-President, Dr. Goodluck Jonathan, described Annan as a renowned icon of peace and a great son of Africa whose death was a sad loss to humanity. In a tribute to…
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N1.6b fraud: Court dismisses Jonathan’s ex-aide no-case submission suit
Justice M. B. Idris of the Federal High Court in Ikoyi, Lagos, on August 6 dismissed a no-case submission filed by a former Senior Special Assistant to ex-President Goodluck Jonathan on Domestic Affairs, Waripamo-Owei Dudafa. Mr Dudafa is facing trial alongside one Iwejuo Joseph Nna on a 23-three count charge on money laundering, failure to…
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In photos: Former presidents Obasanjo, Jonathan meet
Former presidents, Olusegun Obasanjo and Goodluck Jonathan on Tuesday met for a closed-door meeting. The photos of their meeting, which were shared by Bolanle Cole on her Twitter handle, @bolanle_cole showed the former presidents chatting. The former first lady, Patience Jonathan also appeared in the photos. She wrote: “In the early hours of this morning,…
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Why PDP keep losing elections to rival political parties – Jonathan
Former President Goodluck Jonathan has revealed why the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) lost elections to rival political parties in some states. Recall that the party recently lost the governorship election in Ekiti State to the All Progressives Congress. The former president urged party leaders to henceforth stop the trend of imposing candidates on the party…
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2019: Jonathan, IBB meet in Minna
The immediate past president, Dr. Goodlock Jonathan yesterday visited former Military President, Gen. Ibrahim Babangida in Minna, in the Niger State capital. The former President, who came by road with six Sport Utility Vehicles (SUVs), arrived the hilltop residence of Babangida at about 10:24a.m. Jonathan had visited Babangida on October 17, 2017, a few days…