Opposition not about conflict, says Tinubu President Goodluck Jonathan, yesterday, called on leaders of all major political parties in the country to join hands with his government
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Nigerian leader woos opposition ahead of cabinet
June 2, 2011 Comment Off 43 ViewsABUJA — Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan Wednesday huddled with leaders of some of the nation's key political parties ahead of forming his new administration.But his main challenger in the
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Jonathan’s Journey
June 2, 2011 Comment Off 60 ViewsNotwithstanding his deft management of the constitutional crisis that erupted following the incapacitation of his predecessor, the jury was still out on President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan (GEJ) after
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Nigeria : Jonathan Craves Legacy in His Appointments
June 2, 2011 Comment Off 68 ViewsThe first high level appointments into the President Goodluck Jonathan new administration may indicate a strategic departure from business as usual. They may also indicate a hardened resolve by
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Nigeria: Jonathan Signs FoI Bill
June 2, 2011 Comment Off 78 ViewsAbuja — After 12 years of struggle and lobbying by civil society groups and the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), Freedom of Information Act has become reality. President Goodluck Jonathan has
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New dawn, as Nigeria renews Jonathan’s contract
June 1, 2011 Comment Off 66 ViewsLeon Usigbe witnessed the swearing-in of President Goodluck Jonathan last Sunday at the Eagle Square, Abuja, for a fresh four-year tenure. He reports on the promise of a new dawn by the
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Jonathan: Time to hit the ground running
May 31, 2011 Comment Off 28 ViewsNigeria has emerged from the 2011 election period. It may seem ordinary, but it is a feat in both the Nigerian and pan- African contexts. Within the local and larger African contexts, elections have
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Nigeria: Nationals in Diaspora Set Agenda for Jonathan
May 27, 2011 Comment Off 29 ViewsAbuja — As Nigeria get ready for the May 29 presidential inauguration, the All Nigerians Nationals in Diaspora (ANNID) has called on all political groups, winners and losers at the just concluded
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Nigeria : Commonwealth Releases Observers’ Report On Elections
May 27, 2011 Comment Off 68 ViewsCommonwealth Secretary-General Kamalesh Sharma has released the report of the Commonwealth Observer Group (COG) for the April 2011 polls in Nigeria. Speaking in London on 25 May 2011, Mr Sharma
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AMNESTY FOR MAJOR MUSTAPHA
May 25, 2011 Comment Off 51 ViewsThe African Renaissance Party calls on President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan to tamper justice with mercy and to grant Major Hamza Al-Mustapha immediate and unconditional amnesty. The party notes that
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