Tag: Jonathan
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Court orders interim forfeiture of N6bn, 12 houses owned by six allies of ex-president Jonathan
Justice Nnamdi Dimgba of the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja on Tuesday ordered temporary forfeiture of N6,584,785,000; $222,000 and Aso Savings Limited shares valued at N2,028,800,000 believed to be proceeds of the sale by Power Holdings Company of Nigeria (PHCN) to the Federal Government. The judge gave the order while ruling on an ex-parte…
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Jonathan denies contributing to El-Rufai’s 2015 campaign fund
Former President Goodluck has dissociated himself from a report saying the ex-President claimed he contributed to Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, campaign fund. The ex-President, in a statement issued by his media aide, Ikechukwu Eze, described the report as fake news fabricated by some mischievous elements. He also advised media houses to avoid offering their…
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Jonathan, Obasanjo, IBB, four other ex-Nigerian leaders get N40m each as car allowances
The Federal Government has approved the payment of N40 million each as car allowances for former Presidents Goodluck Jonathan, Olusegun Obasanjo, Shehu Shagari, Generals Yakubu Gowon, Ibrahim Babangida, Abubakar Abdulsalam and Chief Ernest Shonekan. The money is part of a proposed N280 million for vehicle procurement, documents from the Secretary to the Government of the…
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Obasanjo not Jonathan initiated Kaduna rail – El-Rufai tells Bruce
Governor Nasir el-Rufai of Kaduna State said on Friday that Senator Ben Murray Bruce (Bayelsa East) was wrong to claim that the Kaduna rail system was initiated by ex-President Goodluck Jonathan. President Muhammadu Buhari and El-Rufai had jointly taken a train ride in Kaduna on Thursday, with Bruce teasing the President to thank ex-President Goodluck…
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2018: For Nigeria to succeed, we have to succeed together – Jonathan
Former President Goodluck Jonathan has called for unity among Nigerians in order to ensure the country succeeds in the year 2018. Jonathan, in his New Year message to Nigerians few minutes after Africa’s most populated country welcomed the year 2018, urged Nigerians to believe in the country by speaking good things about it. ”We all…
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Jonathan prays for Buhari’s son quick recovery
Former President Goodluck Jonathan on Wednesday prayed for the recovery of President Muhammadu Buhari’s son, Yusuf who was in involved in a road accident on Tuesday night. Jonathan who is currently monitoring the rerun Presidential elections in Liberia said other well-meaning Nigerians should join in the prayers for Yusuf’s quick recovery. The former Nigerian leader…
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My issues with EFCC not about Jonathan’s campaign funds – Ex- NSITF chief, Olojeme
The former chairman of Nigeria Security Insurance Trust Fund ( NSITF ), Dr. Ngozi Olejeme on Tuesday said her arrest by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) was stricitly about her tenure as part time chairman of the NSITF and not about former President Goodluck Jonathan’s campaign fund as widely circulated. Olojeme explained that…
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Liberia Run-off: Jonathan meets candidates, canvasses free, fair, credible elections
Former President Goodluck Jonathan has sued for peace and transparency in Tuesday’s presidential run-off election in Liberia. Jonathan, who is co-leading the United States’ National Democratic Institute (NDI) International Elections Observation Mission to the country, made the appeal in Monrovia. The former president spoke during separate meetings with the two contestants in the race –…
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How Jonathan’s officials, relative shared N27bn proceeds of PHCN sale –EFCC
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has disclosed details how the sum of N27bn, which formed part of the proceeds of the sale of Power Holding Company of Nigeria, was shared among top government functionaries in 2014. The EFCC disclosed this in a court paper filed before the Federal High Court in Abuja on December…
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Alleged $48m fraud: Jonathan’s ex-campaign chief, Olojeme to forfeit 38 houses
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has traced 38 choice houses to a former Chairman of the Nigerian Social Insurance Trust Fund (NSITF), Dr. Ngozi Olojeme. Mrs Olojeme, Deputy Chairman of the Finance Committee of the Goodluck Campaign Organisation in 2015, is being investigated by the EFCC for alleged diversion of $48,485,127 from the…