Tag: Jonathan
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Jonathan leads NDI Observation Mission to Liberia’s Presidential Re-run
Former President Goodluck Jonathan is due in Monrovia on Sunday as leader of the delegation of the United States National Democratic Institute (NDI) International Elections Observation Mission to Liberia’s presidential run-off polls, scheduled for December 26, (Boxing Day). The run-off election is being contested by the ruling Unity Party candidate and current Vice President, Joseph…
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EFCC arrests Jonathan’s campaign chief, Olojeme over alleged $48m fraud
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has arrested Dr. Ngozi Olojeme, the Deputy Chairman, Finance Committee of the Goodluck Jonathan Campaign Organisation in the 2015 presidential election. The suspect, who served as the Chairman of the Nigeria Social Insurance Trust Fund, (NSITF) from 2009 to 2015, was, in June, declared wanted for allegedly diverting $48,485,127…
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Nigeria lost $32billion to corruption under Jonathan’s administration – UK
The UK Department for International Development (DFID) has claimed that Nigeria lost $32billion to corruption, during President Goodluck Jonathan’s six-year administration. Head of DFID Nigeria, Debbie Palmer, stated this while speaking at an event organised by Youngstars Foundation Initiative, in commemoration of the 2017 international anti-corruption day. “An independent report estimates that up to $32bn…
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Convention: Jonathan, Secondus, others embark on reconciliation talks with aggrieved south-west leaders
The new leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) are considering options on how to pacify the Southwest geopolitical zone, following protest from its leaders and members over their abysmal failure at the party’s convention on Saturday. The zone failed to realise its bid to produce the national chairman for the first time since the…
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Recovered loots: Allow audit committee to cover OBJ, Yar’Adua, Jonathan’s tenures, SERAP tells Buhari
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has sent an open letter to President Muhammadu Buhari “welcoming the inauguration of the Audit Committee on the Recovery and Management of Stolen Assets as a partial fulfilment of the judgment by Justice Idris,” and requesting him to use his “leadership position to strengthen and extend the mandate of…
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PDP is ready to take back power from APC come 2019 – Jonathan
Former President Goodluck Jonathan has said the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) ready to take back power from All Progressives Congress, APC come 2019 presidential election. Jonathan said this on Saturday when he addressed delegates at the party’s elective National Convention at the Eagle Square, Abuja. His words, “Let me note with sadness the kidnap of…
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[Photos] Jonathan, Atiku, Makarfi, others arrive Eagles Square for PDP convention
Former President, Goodluck Ebele Jonathan, his vice, Namadi Sambo, former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar and chairman of the National Caretaker Committee of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Sen. Ahmed Makarfi has arrived the Eagles Square, venue of the 2017 convention of the party. Other dignitaries already at the venue include; Governors, Senators, House of Reps…
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PDP chairmanship: We have no preferred candidate – Jonathan, Atiku
Former President Goodluck Jonathan and ex-Vice President Atiku Abubakar, have insisted that they don’t have preferred candidates for the office of PDP national chairman, ahead of Saturday’s national convention. The two party leaders in their separate statements, said all the candidates were qualified to conduct the affairs of the party for the next four years.…
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PDP chair: Jonathan denies drumming support for any candidate
Former President Goodluck Jonathan has denied reports published in some sections of the media that he was drumming support for the emergence of certain candidates in the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) convention scheduled to hold on Saturday (tomorrow). Jonathan disclosed this in a felicitation message issued by his Media Office on Friday in Abuja. The…