Tag: Jonathan
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IPOB: Jonathan reacts, tells Buhari to ‘summon Council of State meeting’
Former President Goodluck Jonathan on Friday advised President Muhammadu Buhari to summon Council of State meeting over the recurring crisis in the South East. Jonathan, while condemning alleged killings of Biafra agitators by Nigerian soldiers, equally said “the desecration and destruction of religious places of worship or a police station” in protest cannot be justified.…
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Jonathan believed Boko Haram was sponsored by Northerners to remove him from office – Obasanjo
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has revealed that the war against insurgency suffered serious set back under the administration of former President Goodluck Jonathan because he (Jonathan) believed that the terrorist was sponsored by the North to discredit his (Jonathan’s) government. The former Nigerian leader who spoke in an interview with the BBC in Lagos said…
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VIDEO: ‘We knew Diezani was stealing Nigeria’s money, but Jonathan made her untouchable’ – GEJ’s ex-campaign director, Dalhatu Tafida
A former Nigerian High Commissioner to the United Kingdom and campaign coordinator for former President Goodluck Jonathan, Dr. Dalhatu Tafida, has revealed that a sizable percentage of the ruling class in the immediate past dispensation knew about the “naked, blatant stealing” of public funds by former Minister of Petroleum Mrs. Diezani Alison-Madueke but the president…
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Eid-el-Kabir: Let’s make individual sacrifices to ensure betterment of Nigeria – Jonathan
Former President, Goodluck Jonathan has urged Nigerians and the world to work towards uniting humanity with the Eid-el-Kabir celebration. Jonathan made this call in a Facebook post noting that the religious festival is to celebrate Abraham, whom he described as the paterfamilias of three different religions. He wrote, “As Nigerian Muslims mark Eid el Kabir…
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FG yet to retrieve $15m seized by South Africa from Jonathan’s govt – AGF
The Federal Government has said it is yet to retrieve the $15m seized by the South African Government under the administration of former President Goodluck Jonathan. This was revealed on Tuesday by the Minister of Justice and Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF) Abubakar Malami during a review of the activities of the ministry in the…
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Malabu oil deal: Honour Reps’ invitation if you are clean – CACOL tells Jonathan
The Centre for Anti-Corruption and Open Leadership, CACOL has called on former President Goodluck Jonathan to respond to the House of Representatives’ formal invitation over his alleged role in the controversial $1.1bn Malabu oil deal. The group said the former Nigerian leader presided over the most corrupt administration in the history of Nigeria. It noted…
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‘I may not be relevant today if Jonathan had won second term in 2015’ – Fayose
…Says we want reconciliation in PDP, not dissidents Governor Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti State on Wednesday said he might not be this accepted and popular if President Goodluck Jonathan had won the 2015 presidential election which was won by President Muhammadu Buhari. Fayose also noted that although the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) was pursuing reconciliation…
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PDP fires back at APC, Presidency, insists ‘Jonathan performed better than Buhari’
The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) leadership on Tuesday fired back at the Presidency insisting that the immediate past President, Dr. Goodluck Ebele Jonathan who rule the country for 5 years under its platform (PDP) performed better in the economic sector that the incumbent administration of President Muhammadu Buhari. In a statement by the party’s National…
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Jonathan presided over diversion of Nigeria’s oil revenues – Presidency
Presidency on Monday lambasted the Goodluck Jonathan administration, saying he presided over the diversion of oil revenues on such a massive scale and handed an economy ravaged by years of mismanagement and corruption to President Muhammadu Buhari. Malam Garba Shehu, the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, stated this in a…
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Corruption worsened under Buhari-led govt – Jonathan
Former President Goodluck Jonathan has said that corruption in Nigeria is worse under the current administration of President Muhammadu Buhari against the claim by the current government that corruption was at its peak while Jonathan was in government. The former President had claimed at the non-elective convention of the Peoples Democratic Party held in Abuja…