Akinwumi Adesina: I will be eternally grateful to Goodluck Jonathan

Akinwumi Adesina, the president of the Africa Development Bank, AfDB, has said that he will be eternally grateful to ex-president Goodluck Jonathan. Adesina made this known after he paid a visit to Jonathan days after he was re-elected the president of AfDB. The visit was made public by Jonathan who took to Twitter to praise the AfDB president for his feat in the international stage. “I received in audience today @akin_adesina President @AfDB_Group. After serving our nation diligently, I’m pleased that Dr. Adesina has continued to put up a stellar performance on the international stage. I’m without a doubt that

By |September 11th, 2020|Categories: News|Tags: , |0 Comments

Your removal in national interest, Jonathan tells Waziri former EFCC boss

Former President Goodluck Jonathan on Monday said the claim by a former Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Mrs Farida Waziri, in her new book: ‘One Step Ahead life A  Spy, Detective And Anti-Graft Czar:  that she was removed from the office which she claimed in her new book that she was removed from office by Jonathan because of her probe of some oil racketeers was incorrect. Jonathan, in a statement by his Media Adviser, Ikechukwu Eze, said  the former President had to remove Waziri in the national interest, adding that her removal was a patriotic act. He

By |February 11th, 2020|Categories: News|Tags: |0 Comments

I was fired by Jonathan for probing oil racketeers, says ex-EFCC chair

A former Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Mrs. Farida Waziri, has said that she was sacked by ex-President Goodluck Jonathan for trying to arrest some oil racketeers. Mrs. Farida said there was a call from the Presidential Villa not to arrest the racketeers but she refused to be compromised on the case. She said the late Minister for Information Prof. Dora Akunyili knew of the plot to remove her and asked her to beg Jonathan. But she said she rejected Akunyili’s advice because it was totally against her “conscience and moral judgment.” She said another highly-placed

By |February 6th, 2020|Categories: News|Tags: |0 Comments

Jonathan, Wike absent from PDP rally in Bayelsa

Former President Goodluck Jonathan, Deputy Governor, Rear Admiral Gboribiogha, (retired), Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State and Mr Timi Alaibe, who came second in the Peoples Democratic Party primaries in Bayelsa State were absent at the party’s mega rally. The mega rally, which was held on Wednesday at the Oxbow Lake Pavalion in Bayelsa kickstarted the party’s campaign ahead of the November kickstand 16 governorship election in the state. Speaking at the rally, the National Chairman of the PDP, Mr Uche Secondus warned security agencies against being used to rig election for the opposition. He stated that the PDP would

By |November 7th, 2019|Categories: News|Tags: , |0 Comments

Jonathan kinsmen, others dump PDP for APC

Grassroots politicians and kinsmen of former President Goodluck Jonathan, Chief Robert Enogha and Chief Claudius Enegesi have dumped the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) for the All Progressives Congress (APC) ahead of the November 16 governorship election in Bayelsa State. Prior to his defection, Enogha was the Chairman, Bayelsa Environmental Sanitation Authority and former two-time member of the Bayelsa State House of Assembly. Enogha, who was until his defection one of the restoration leaders in Ogbia, was also a former Commissioner for Environment in the state. Enegesi, one of the political associates of Jonathan, was a Speaker in the old Rivers

By |October 22nd, 2019|Categories: News|Tags: , |0 Comments

4 years is too short for leaders to make impact — JONATHAN

Former President Goodluck Jonathan said, yesterday, that a four-year tenure was too short for any president to make meaningful impact on the country. He also said there was no need for any president to remain in power for upward of 14 years, since the country was not his private estate. Jonathan, who stated these at the constitutional term limits summit taking place in Niamey, Niger Republic, said the conduct of elections was too expensive that it could constitute a distraction to performance. He made veiled reference to Nigeria, where people are already discussing 2023 elections, barely months after the 2019

By |October 3rd, 2019|Categories: News|Tags: |0 Comments

Real reasons Jonathan pardoned Alamieyeseigha — Adoke

Former Attorney-General and Minister of Justice, Mohammed Adoke, has given ‘real reasons’ the late governor of Bayelsa State, Diepreye Alamieyeseigha, who was convicted for corruption, was pardoned by the Federal Government, six years ago. Alamieyeseigha was granted pardon in March 2013 by the Goodluck Jonathan administration alongside another convict and former head of the Bank of the North, Shettima Bulama. The former governor jumped bail in the United Kingdom after his arrest for money laundering. He was later convicted in Nigeria for embezzling state funds while in office between 1999 and 2005 when he was impeached by the Bayelsa State

By |September 13th, 2019|Categories: News|Tags: , |0 Comments

Jonathan Calls For Electronic Voting In Nigeria

A former Nigerian President, Goodluck Jonathan, has advocated that Nigeria must embrace electronic voting to sustain its democratic values.  The former President disclosed this on Monday at a Lecture/Book Presentation to mark the Second Term Inauguration of Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike, in Port Harcourt. Dr. Jonathan said that if democracy must endure, the democratic process must be developed in a way that people will have confidence in the electoral process.  He noted that the African Continent must come up with a minimum standard for the establishment of the Election Management Body. Dr. Jonathan said for the purpose of

By |May 27th, 2019|Categories: News|Tags: , |0 Comments

Show More Respect To Buhari, Goodluck Jonathan Tells Omokri

Former presidential aide and staunch critics of the APC led administration, Reno Omokri, has revealed that ex-president Goodluck Jonathan called him and appealed to him to show more respect and kindness to President Muhammadu Buhari. Recall that Jonathan and the People’s Democratic Party lost to the All progressives congress and President Buhari in 2015, in an historic presidential election which saw an incumbent president defeated for the first time in the history of democratic rule in post-colonial Nigeria. It was also reported that Jonathan congratulated Buhari while the announced result was 14,932,385 to the 12,638,310 votes scored by Jonathan with

By |April 23rd, 2019|Categories: News|Tags: , , |0 Comments
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