The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has congratulated former President Goodluck Jonathan as he marked his 65th birthday. The party described the former president as ‘an honest, forthright, humane, caring leader and Icon of Peace’. The party in a statement by its National Publicity Secretary, Mr Debo Ologunagba in Abuja...
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The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar and his running mate Ifeanyi Okowa have visited former President Goodluck Jonathan. Atiku, a former vice president, led a delegation to the visit in Jonathan’s Abuja residence on Thursday. “Last night, I led a delegation alongside my vice presidential candidate,...
The trial of the former Minister of Aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode and three others continued today with the testimony of an Investigating Officer, with the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, (EFCC), Mr. Shehu Shuaibu. He told a Federal High Court sitting in Lagos that the sum of N4.6 billion allegedly...
Former President Goodluck Jonathan says a good working relationship between a Deputy Governor, Governor , President and Vice- President is critical to democracy and good governance. Jonathan made this known on Tuesday in Abuja at the launch of a book titled:” Deputising and Governance in Nigeria” written by Gov....
Flood has taken over major parts of Otuoke Community, hometown of former President Goodluck Jonathan in Bayelsa. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Otuoke is located in Ogbia Local Government Area of Bayelsa and one of the communities mostly affected by flood disasters. Some residents of the...
President Muhammadu Buhari has conferred Nigeria Excellence Award in Public Service (NEAPS) on former President Goodluck Jonathan and 43 other prominent Nigerians. NEAPS was set up to recognize distinguished public service to Nigeria, either contributions to individuals, state or local community, or the public through excellence in leadership, service,...
President Muhammadu Buhari has pledged that he will address three major requests tabled by Gov. Duoye Diri of Bayelsa, with “promptness and immediacy.” Malam Garba Shehu, the president’s spokesman, in a statement in Abuja, said the president made the pledge while responding to an address by the governor during...
Former President Goodluck Jonathan has urged Nigerians to prioritise patriotism, unity and peace as they make their choices at the polls in 2023. Jonathan in a goodwill message personally signed by him in Abuja to mark the 2022 independence day, said that the anniversary came at a time the...
Former President Goodluck Jonathan says the biggest threat to democracy is no longer the gun, but propaganda, fake news and disinformation. Jonathan stated this in Abuja at the Goodluck Jonathan Foundation 2022 Peace Conference with the theme, “Nation Building: The Role of Peaceful Elections in a Multi-Ethnic Context’’. Jonathan...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Muhammadu Buhari has said Nigeria is committed to promoting peace and harmony among ECOWAS countries. The President spoke on Wednesday at State House, Abuja, as he received updates from former Nigerian President, Dr Goodluck Jonathan, on the face-off between Mali and Cote D’Ivoire...
The All Progressives Congress (APC) on Monday said the recent visit of Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, its 2023 Presidential Candidate to former President Goodluck Jonathan was a strategic move for national unity and cohesion. Mr Felix Morka, APC National Publicity Secretary gave the explanation in a statement on Monday in...
Statesmen, including former President Goodluck Jonathan on Wednesday in Abuja eulogised Bishop Matthew Kukah, Catholic Bishop of Sokoto Diocese, as a man of peace, striving for a better Nigeria. The leaders spoke at a dinner to celebrate Kukah’s 70th birthday anniversary. In his remarks, Jonathan described Kukah as a...
Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, All Progressives Congress (APC) Presidential Candidate in 2023 polls, has met with former President Goodluck Jonathan in Abuja. The meeting is in continuation of Tinubu’s nationwide consultation with critical stakeholders ahead of the 2023 elections. Tinubu, a former governor of Lagos State and one of APC’s...
Former President Goodluck Jonathan has called for scholarships for talented African youths who are disadvantaged by low incomes. Jonathan made the call in his remarks during the 11th graduation ceremony of the Cavendish University Uganda (CUU), Kampala. Jonathan, who is the Chancellor of the University, in his remarks made...
When millions of people are cheated for too long, restitution becomes not just a costly process but substantial in financial and human terms; inferior education, poor housing, unemployment, poor healthcare facilities-Martin Luther King Jr. It is not only a barefaced truth that Nigeria’s youngest citizens have crawled out of...
Former President, Goodluck Jonathan has advised Nigerians to be circumspect in exercising their voting rights in 2023 general elections. Jonathan gave the advice while delivering a keynote address at the one year memorial summit in honour of late Captain Idahosa Okunbo, in Abuja on Saturday. He said that 2023...
A chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Chief Jackson Ude, has tasked all aggrieved members of the party to sheath their swords and accept as an act of God, the emergence of Alhaji Atiku Abubakar and Governor Ifeanyi Okowa as presidential and vice-presidential candidates respectively. Ude who is...
Former President Goodluck Jonathan has congratulated Atiku Abubakar of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Peter Obi of the Labour Party (LP), Asiwaju Bola Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress for emerging as 2023 presidential candidates of their parties. Jonathan, in a statement issued by his Media Aide, Ikechukwu Eze, on...
The Federal High Court sitting in Yenagoa, the Bayelsa State capital has ruled that former President Goodluck Jonathan is eligible to contest the 2023 presidential election. The presiding judge, Justice Isa Hamma Dashen gave the judgement on Friday. Justice Dashen also held that Jonathan’s right to vie for the...
Former President Goodluck Jonathan has faulted the ongoing political party primaries across the country because it lacks standard practice and the process has failed Jonathan stated this on Thursday during a book launch titled “Political Party Governance” authored by Dr. Mohammed Wakil, a former Minister of State for Power....