Goodluck Jonathan

The US has threatened to sanction Nigeria following President Jonathan’s signing of the Same-Sex Prohibition Act 2014. The world power is threatening to scale down its support for HIV/AIDS and anti-malaria programmes in Nigeria. This was made known yesterday Jan. 20th by James Entwistle, the US Ambassador to Nigeria. Mr ...

President Jonathan said with the new National Automotive Industry Policy introduced by his administration, the country will soon be exporting cars to other countries. He said this while speaking with a delegation of business owners from Anambra State led by the State governor, Peter Obi, who paid him a courtesy ...

I have been reading interesting comments on social media about the new ‘anti-gay bill’ recently signed into law by President Jonathan. The supporters of the bill are in the majority while those opposed to it seem to have found their voices more AFTER it has been signed by the President. ...

According to a statement by Presidential spokesperson, Reuben Abati, Air Marshall Alex Badeh is the new Chief of Defence Staff, replacing Admiral Ola Ibrahim.�Major-General Kenneth Tobiah Jacob Minimah takes over from Lt.-General Azubike O. Ihejirika as Chief of Army Staff. STATE HOUSE PRESS RELEASE � PRESIDENT JONATHAN APPROVES CHANGES IN ...

In spite of protests from some countries, President Goodluck Jonathan has signed Same Sex Marriage (Prohibition) Bill 2013 into law. Some foreign embassies were shocked by the development leading to ‘curious’ inquiries from the Federal Government.� But despite the inquiries, the Federal Government said there is no going back. The ...

The presidency has responded to former president�Obasanjo’s letter to President Jonathan where he accused the current president of taking actions calculated at destroying Nigeria.�See the State House press release below… We have noted the publication on several websites today of a letter recently written by Chief Olusegun Obasanjo to President ...

Before it is too late •A letter of appeal to President Goodluck Jonathan by Chief Olusegun Obasanjo I am constrained to make this an open letter to you for a number of reasons.��� One,� the� current� situation� and� consequent� possible� outcome dictate that I should,� before the door� closes on ...

The former South president passed on yesterday.

Presidential spokesperson Reuben Abati has announced that the president is currently undergoing medical check up in the UK but says it’s nothing serious. See the State House press release below… In the course of his on-going visit to London for a meeting of Nigeria’s Honorary International Investors’ Council, President Goodluck ...

History was made on Friday, November 8, when our Golden Eaglets became the first country to win the FIFA Under-17 World Cup for the fourth time (we had previously won in 1985, 1993 and 2007), after defeating Mexico 3 to 0. In celebrating them, President Goodluck Jonathan announced a cash ...

What is going on with President Goodluck Jonathan and his delegation to Israel is something similar to what has been described as theatre of the absurd, we gathered from credible sources. A funny drama ensued at the River Jordan on Sunday when the Nigerian delegation in Israel led by President ...

Oga Presido, First of all I hail ooo! I no say u no dey cary last. You be�confirm�warri pikin. But ur middle name Ebele means mercy and make u pity ur children settle their�lecturers�naa! The matter neva�tire�u? Suppose say ur pikin wey u born for belle follow us dey house, ...

Fellow Nigerians, 1. Today marks 53 years of our Independence as a nation. First and foremost, I would like to say congratulations to us all. Through thick and thin, we have built this country together. Through triumphs and trials, we have developed a Nigerian identity in our own way. 2. ...

Facebook drama queen, Kemi can get so scared…lol. She wrote on her Facebook page she was going to kill herself if President Jonathan wins the 2015 elections. Trust Naija, they lambasted the hell out of her, some even went to the extent of threatening to molest her if they come ...

President Jonathan today September 11th honoured Africa’s fastest woman, Blessing Okagbare. The Olympic and world Athletics Championship medalist was rewarded for her impressive performance at the recently concluded 2013 World Athletic Championship in Moscow. Blessing won the silver medal in the long jump and also placed third in the Women’s ...

President Jonathan didn’t give reasons for the mass sack that happened today but there are speculations in some quarters that it was politically motivated. �See below the serving ministers deployed to oversee the activities of the ministries which lost their ministers today. Labaran Maku (Minister of Information) -� Ministry of ...

� President Goodluck Jonathan Wednesday sacked nine ministers in his cabinet, the first major shake up since he appointed the cabinet shortly after he was sworn in president in May 2011. Although the names of ministers affected by shake up had not been released at the time of this report, ...

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Rivers State Governor Rotimi Amaechi has finally opened up; he accused President Goodluck Jonathan of turning the PDP into a �one-man show” and of condoning �impunity and authoritarianism” in an effort to ensure his re-election in 2015 at all cost… Amaechi, in an interview he granted the Financial Times of ...