Tag: Jonathan
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Jonathan seeks N1bn from Metuh as travelling expenses to testify in court
Former President Goodluck Jonathan on Monday requested that the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja to set aside the subpoena ordering him to appear in court as a witness to testify in defence of a former National Publicity Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party, Olisa Metuh. Jonathan, sought an alternative prayer, an order directing Metuh…
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Jonathan N100bn allegation: Osinbajo lying to divert Nigerians attention from Maina – Reno Omokri
Former New Media aide to ex-President Goodluck Jonathan, Reno Omokri, has stated that Vice President Yemi Osinbajo lied about his former principal giving out N100 billion and $295 million two weeks before the 2015 elections. The vice president had made the allegation while speaking on Friday at the Greater Nigeria Pastors Conference. In a post…
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Jonathan N100 billion allegation: You’re a Liar – Fani-Kayode tells Osinbajo
Former minister of Aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode has taken to Twitter to react to an allegation made by the Vice president, Yemi Osinbajo against Ex-president Goodluck Jonathan. Osinbajo at a conference on Friday said that before the 2015 elections, Jonathan doled out N100 billion and $295 million in cash within two weeks. This didn’t go down…
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Shun cultism, kidnapping, other negative vices, Jonathan advises students
Former President Goodluck Jonathan has counseled Nigerian students to shun kidnapping, robbery and other social vices that portray the academic community and the country at large in bad light. The former president gave the advice while presenting his remarks as the Special Guest of Honour at the 4th convocation of Baze University in Abuja. He…
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Corruption: Jonathan dashed out N100bn, $295m cash in 2015 – Osinbajo
Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo has said that the massive looting of the nation’s resources by the immediate past administration of President Goodluck Jonathan is responsible for the economic crunch the country is experiencing under the present administration. He specifically said that before the 2015 elections, the government of Goodluck Jonathan, ostensibly doled out N100billion and $295million…
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Sukuk Bond: Jonathan, not Buhari introduced Islamic banking to Nigeria – Osinbajo
..Blasts Christian leaders for faulting ‘Islamic agenda’ instead of creating one The Vice-President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo has said former President Goodluck Jonathan introduced the country to Islamic Banking and not President Muhammadu Buhari as widely circulated. Osinbajo noted that Nigeria is the fourth largest shareholder in the Islamic Bank and that the two directors of…
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Buhari borrowing $3bn loan to refinance Jonathan’s debt – Adeosun
The Minister of Finance, Mrs. Kemi Adeosun, has said an appreciable percent of the recent loan request by President Muhammadu Buhari would be used to refinance loans taken by the immediate administration of former President Goodluck Jonathan. TheNewsGuru.com reports that President Muhammadu Buhari recently wrote the Senate asking for permission to secure the $5.5 billion…
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Presidency says Jonathan loyalists behind Maina reinstatement
The Presidency on Wednesday said some influential government officials loyal to the administration of former President Goodluck Jonathan were responsible for the reinstatement of the embattled former Chairman of the defunct Presidential Task Force on Pension Reforms, Mr. Abdulrasheed Maina, into the service. The Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Garba…
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Metuh: Serve Jonathan appearance subpoena in five days, court tells bailiff
The Federal High Court in Abuja on Wednesday gave the court bailiff five days to serve former President Goodluck Jonathan with the subpoena compelling him to appear in court with respect to the trial of a former National Publicity Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party, Olisa Metuh. The court also ordered the counsel prosecuting Metuh,…
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Jonathan, Dasuki absent in court as Metuh trial resumes
The Wednesday hearing in the trial of a former National Publicity Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party, Olisa Metuh, has resumed before the Federal High Court in Abuja, but former President Goodluck Jonathan and the detained ex-National Security Adviser, Sambo Dasuki, ordered by the court to appear, are absent. Jonathan’s absence from court could be…