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Immigration Jobs: Jonathan, Abba used a private consultancy firm to make over N800 million from unemployed youths

The Edo State Governor, Adams Oshiomhole, has accused the Federal Government of defrauding unemployed Nigerian youths of over N800 million in a spurious employment deal. The governor, who was addressing a rally of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Etsako Local Government Area of the state, also disputed claims by the Goodluck Jonathan administration of […]

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“Osinbajo Is My Problem”-President Jonathan Cries Out In Secret Meeting With Pentecostal Pastors In Abuja

Apparently ruffled by the momentum generated by the nomination of Yemi Osinbajo, a professor and pastor, as the running mate of the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress [APC], Muhammadu Buhari, President Goodluck Jonathan is asking a group of Pentecostal pastors to help him avert what he fears could be a loss in next […]

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We’ve been buying, selling votes since 1960, Jonathan admits

President Goodluck Jonathan yesterday said that there had not been any free and fair elections in the country since Nigeria’s independence in 1960, as what had been happening since then was that people have been “buying and selling votes.” Jonathan, however asked Nigerians especially the youths not to allow anybody to buy their votes during […]

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I feel pained when I hear Nigerians flee to Cameroon, Chad – Jonathan

President Goodluck Jonathan has said it pains him to hear that Nigerians flee to Cameroon, Chad as Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs). Jonathan said this when he visited an Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) camp in Maiduguri on Thursday. I feel pained as a President when I hear that some Nigerians have fled to Chad and Cameroon […]

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Jonathan, Military Chiefs in secret visit to Maiduguri

President Goodluck Jonathan and his military chiefs on Thursday undertook an unexpected visit to Maiduguri, the Borno State capital. The president and the military high command left for Borno State, the hot bed of Boko Haram insurgency, after attending the Armed Forces Remembrance in Abuja. Reports from the Borno State capital, Maiduguri, said the president […]

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Jonathan failed, not his generation, I refuse to be part of the generation the President is referring to – Fashola

The Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babatunde Fashola, on Tuesday said President Goodluck Jonathan’s comment that his generation had failed Nigerians was personal to him. He told the President to accept responsibility for his failure to address the challenges confronting the nation. Fashola spoke at a town hall meeting organised by the State Ministry of Transportation […]

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Days after attending Jonathan’s niece’s wedding, Obasanjo insists President has failed Nigeria

A few days after he attended the wedding ceremony of President Goodluck Jonathan’s niece, former President Olusegun Obasanjo has said he would not compromise on his criticism of the president, insisting that he (Jonathan) has failed in his performance. Mr. Obasanjo showed up at the wedding ceremony of Mr. Jonathan’s niece in Abuja five days […]

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Jonathan, Buhari Won’t Be President In 2015

An Enugu- based Prophet Anthony Nwoko has predicted that neither President Goodluck Jonathan of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party nor his opponent, Gen. Muhammad Buhari of the All Progressives Congress(APC) would be president after next month’s election. It would be recalled that Nwoko, who briefed newsmen in Enugu yesterday on the state of the nation, […]

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Jonathan pledges 2 million jobs annually if re-elected

President Goodluck Jonathan has promised two million jobs yearly if re-elected into office. Mr. Jonathan spoke Monday in Ibadan, Oyo State, were he met supporters of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, ahead of the February 14 election. The News Agency of Nigeria, NAN, quoted the president as saying he will generate jobs for the teeming […]

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Nigeria’ll make it to Promised Land – Jonathan

President Goodluck Jonathan on Sunday said the current happenings in the country reminded him of the troubled journey of the biblical Israelites from Egypt to the Promised Land. The President said all obstacles in the way of Nigeria’s progress would be crushed the same way the Israelites overcame the various challenges they encountered on their […]

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Buhari belongs to the medieval age, can’t even remember his own phone number – Jonathan

President Goodluck Jonathan on Friday during a rally in Enugu said that the All Progressives Congress candidate, Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (retd), cannot remember his own mobile phone number. Jonathan, whose unscripted address was mostly a response to previous statements made by Buhari, accused the APC presidential candidate of deceiving Nigerians by promising to revive the […]

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Lagos Igbo Youth Movement Leader says over 300,000 Igbo youths are ready to work for Jonathan and PDP

The Igbo Youth Movement Lagos branch are out to support Goodluck Jonathan and the entire PDP in this year’s election. The new president Prince Oliver Ukeachu told Diamond Celebrities in Lagos that they are ready to work and support the PDP in the quest for a better Nigeria as they still have faith that PDP […]

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I won’t fight graft by putting people in crates – Jonathan

President Goodluck Jonathan began his re-election campaign in Lagos   on Thursday, saying he would not fight corruption by arresting and putting people in crates. Jonathan, in his 33-minute speech that centered more on responses to criticisms of his administration by some prominent Nigerians and the opposition, faulted a recent statement credited to the APC presidential […]

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Abuja Catholic Archbishop Calls Out Father Mbaka Over Jonathan

The Catholic Archbishop of Abuja, John Onaiyekan, has called for sanctions against a Catholic priest, Ejike Mbaka, who publicly urged Nigerians to vote President Goodluck Jonathan out. Mr. Onaiyekan was quoted by Thisday newspaper as saying that based on the rules of the church, Reverend Father Mbaka, who heads the Adoration Ministry congregation in Enugu, […]

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Jonathan squandered $55bn oil money — Obasanjo

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo, yesterday, once again took a swipe at President Goodluck Jonathan, accusing him among other things of squandering $25billion crude oil savings left behind by his administration. Obasanjo made the allegation while hosting the South-West women leaders at his residence in Abeokuta, describing the administration of President Jonathan as full of impunity. […]

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Jonathan, others to fuel cars, generators with N815.4m

The Federal Government has proposed the sum of N815.4m in this year’s budget for the purchase of fuel and lubricants for cars and generators for the Presidency, Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation and their parastatals. The amount was contained in the 2015 budget breakdown which was obtained by Punch’s correspondent […]

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Step down for Buhari, Rev. Fr. Ejike Mbaka tells Jonathan

Renowned Catholic Priest, Rev. Fr. Ejike Mbaka, has urged President Goodluck Jonathan to abandon his re-election bid so that the All Progressives Congress candidate, Maj.Gen Muhammadu Buhari (retd.) can emerge the winner of the presidential election next month. Mbaka, who heads the popular Catholic Adoration Centre in Enugu, said this in his New Year sermon […]

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There are two major problems confronting us as a nation – Jonathan

President Goodluck Jonathan on Thursday said his administration’s strategy against corruption was to strengthen the capability of institutions to nip the menace in the bud. He said his idea of anti-corruption war was not about arresting suspects and parading them on the television. Jonathan spoke during a special New Year service at the Dunamis International […]

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