Tag: Jonathan
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How Jonathan’s aide allegedly helped Patience launder N5.1 billion, Witness tells Court
A prosecution witness, Orji Chukwuma, in the ongoing trial of a former Special Assistant on Domestic Affairs to former President Goodluck Jonathan, Waripamo-Owei Dudafa, on Tuesday told Justice Mohammed Idris of the Federal High Court , Ikoyi, Lagos, how Mr. Dudafa allegedly laundered several billions of Naira for a former First Lady, Patience Jonathan. Mr.…
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Leadership crisis: Ex-lawmaker calls Obasanjo, Yar’Adua Jonathan, Buhari accidental leaders
Former Speaker of the House of Representatives, Ghali Umar Na’Abba, lambasted leaders that had governed Nigeria since May 1999 and the current government, describing them as accidental leaders. Those who have ruled Nigeria as Presidents since 1999 include former Presidents Olusegun Obasanjo, late Umaru Yar’Adua and Goodluck Jonathan and the current President, Muhammadu Buhari. According…
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Aso Rock Clinic: Jonathan blasts media, says ‘stop using me as scapegoat for the misdeeds of others’
Former President Goodluck Jonathan has warned the media to properly investigate their stories especially as it relates to the decays of the government of the day before attributing such to him. Reacting to the decision of the House of Representatives to probe allocations to the clinic from 2015-2017 and the subsequent mention of his name…
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Jonathan advocates for effective leadership, reform, democratisation of United Nations
Former President Goodluck Jonathan has called for the reform and democratisation of the United Nations in order to make it more representative and responsive to the security challenges that is now becoming a recurring issue globally. Jonathan made the call on Friday while presenting his remarks at the opening panel of the Dialogue of Civilisations…
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Independence: Jonathan, Atiku, Saraki, Dogara, governors, others preach unity to Nigerians
Former President Goodluck Jonathan, former Vice-President, Atiku Abubakar, Senate President Bukola Saraki, Speaker of the House of Reps, Hon. Yakubu Dogara and several governors in Nigeria, preached unity to Nigerians as the country celebrates its 57th independence anniversary on Sunday. None of us is as great as all of us – Jonathan In a message…
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Why I lost to Buhari in 2015 – Jonathan
…Advises party to Increase statutory delegates’ number in elections Former President Goodluck Jonathan on Thursday said he will reveal at the appropriate time, the reason he and his party (Peoples Democratic Party, PDP) lost the 2015 Presidential election to President Muhammadu Buhari and the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC. The former Nigerian leader revealed this…
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2015 bribery claim: ‘South-East is my stronghold, I didn’t need you to win,’ Jonathan tells Okorocha
Former President Goodluck Jonathan has refuted the report that he offered a bribe to Rochas Okorocha, governor of Imo state, ahead of the 2015 presidential election. He said this in reaction to the allegation that he offered “huge sums of money and an influential ministry” to Okorocha in order to make him dump the All…
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Jonathan’s 2015 campaign organisation owes my company N24m – Printer
“My company is being owed N24 million for printing ex-President Goodluck Jonathan’s campaign posters during 2015 presidential election,” says Mr Olusegun Idowu, a witness in Femi Fani-Kayode’s trial. Idowu, was the first witness of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) in the ongoing trial of the then Director for Media and Publicity of Jonathan’s…
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2015 election: Jonathan offered me money to dump APC – Okorocha
Rochas Okorocha of Imo state has reportedly accused him of offering the governor huge sums of money to dump the All Progressives Congress (APC). He said the former president offered him a second term ticket and an influential ministry if he could dump the APC for the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) before 2015. Okorocha said…
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Biafra: Falana blasts Obasanjo, Jonathan over advice to Buhari on IPOB
A human rights lawyer, Femi Falana, has criticized two former presidents, Olusegun Obasanjo and Goodluck Jonathan, over their advice to President Muhammadu Buhari on how to tackle the tensions caused by the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB). Falana called on Obasanjo to apologise to Nigerians over the deployment of the military, to invade communities under…