Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has affirmed former President Goodluck Jonathan as its presidential candidate for the 2027 general election, despite what it described as efforts by authorities to frustrate its Special National Convention in Abuja. In a communiqué issued at the end of the convention on Saturday, the party...
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In times when our national conversation becomes too heated, fuzzy and bogged in intractable controversy, I prefer to take matters to the barber’s shop at Ikeja Bus Stop. That is my definition of the Public Square. In that place, fact, fiction and faction meet and mix in a noisy...
The faction of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) aligned with FCT Minister Nyesom Wike has called on former President Goodluck Jonathan to distance himself from a planned endorsement by the Tanimu Turaki-led group ahead of the 2027 presidential election. The party described the proposed convention to ratify Jonathan’s candidature...
People’s Democratic Party (PDP) has announced plans to hold a Special National Convention for the ratification of the nomination of former President, Goodluck Jonathan as the party’s presidential candidate. According to a statement issued by the party, the convention is scheduled to take place on Saturday, May 30, 2026,...
Former Nigerian President, Goodluck Jonathan, on Tuesday held a high-level meeting with the President of Sierra Leone, Julius Maada Bio, at the State House in Freetown, where both leaders discussed regional peace, democratic governance and cooperation within West Africa. Jonathan disclosed details of the visit in a post shared...
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has described the autobiography of former Head of State, Yakubu Gowon, as an important national document that offers guidance for Nigeria’s future, regional cooperation and the preservation of national unity. The Nigerian leader particularly called for wide circulation of the memoir across the country, noting...
Justice Peter Lifu of the Federal High Court in Abuja has faulted the conduct of plaintiff Johnmary Jideobi and his lawyer, Ndubuisi Ukpai, in a suit seeking to stop former President Goodluck Jonathan from contesting the 2027 presidential election. The judge described their repeated absence and failure to move...
Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has distanced former President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan from campaign posters circulating on social media ahead of the 2027 general elections, describing them as fake and the handiwork of “mischief makers.” In a statement issued by the party’s Interim National Working Committee, the PDP said posters...
Former President Goodluck Jonathan on Friday challenged a suit filed by a lawyer, Johnmary Jideobi, seeking to restrain him from contesting the 2027 presidential election. Jonathan, through his lawyer, Chief Chris Uche, SAN, told Justice Peter Lifu of the Federal High Court in Abuja shortly after the matter was...
Former President Goodluck Jonathan has hinted that he may consider calls to contest the 2027 presidential election, saying consultations are ongoing. He made the remark on Thursday while receiving members of the Coalition for Goodluck Jonathan at his Abuja residence, where the youth group appealed to him to join...
Sixteen years after the death of former President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua, former President Goodluck Jonathan has paid a deeply reflective tribute to his late predecessor, describing him as a rare leader defined by integrity, humility, and selfless service to Nigeria. In a personal reflection marking the anniversary, Jonathan said...
Former Anambra State governor and Labour Party figure, Peter Obi, has held a high-level consultation with former President Goodluck Jonathan as part of ongoing engagements ahead of the 2027 general elections. Obi disclosed the meeting in a statement on his X handle on Monday, noting that he was accompanied...
It was in 2016 that Nigeria first lost top army commanders – Lt. Col. K. Yusuf, Col. B.U. Umar, Lt. Col. Mohammed Abu Ali and Lt. Col. O. Umusu in the war against religious terrorists. Yet another heroic Lt. Col. Ibrahim Sakaba was murdered by terrorists in 2018 as...
By TOM CHIAHEMEN, Abuja – Nigeria’s ambitious smart city project, known as Abuja Centenary City, is gradually becoming a reality with the springing up of a network of roads and housing estates as well a public declaration of total support by the host communities. This is coming almost 10...
Nigeria’s political landscape is gradually heating up ahead of the 2027 general elections. Yet, beyond permutations of power, recent personal encounters have exposed a deeper concern—how dangerously our national discourse is drifting toward divisive narratives of religion and ethnicity. Recently, I confronted a disturbing social media post by a...
Former Nigerian President, Goodluck Jonathan, has praised the founding fathers of the Economic Community of West African States, describing their leadership and diplomatic foresight as critical to regional unity and cooperation in West Africa. Jonathan made the remarks after attending the annual event and award ceremony of the Association...
Former presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, has called for urgent reforms in Nigeria’s leadership recruitment process, warning that the country’s democratic gains have weakened while the economic welfare of citizens continues to deteriorate. Obi made the remarks after attending the launch of a landmark report by...
We can’t be acting like nothing is happening. The US orders its Embassy Staff and family in the US to leave Nigeria immediately based on security concerns. Same yesterday, President Donald J. Trump posted on his Truth Social that Nigeria was behind the fake news on his comments...
Hundreds of Nigerian youths on Wednesday converged on the Abuja residence of former President Goodluck Jonathan, urging him to contest the 2027 presidential election amid growing concerns over the country’s political and economic direction. The youths, operating under the banner of the Coalition for Goodluck Jonathan, staged the rally...