Tag: Goodluck Jonathan

Bayelsa Poll: I Would Have Relocated My Mother To Abuja If Diri Had Lost – Jonathan

Ganiyu Amodu

Former President Goodluck Jonathan has hailed Governor Douye Diri’s efforts at tackling insecurity, saying the Bayelsa leader’s re-election means the state would be a lot safer. Jonathan, who is a former governor of the oil-rich state, spoke on Friday when he visited Diri in Yenagoa, the Bayelsa State capital, almost one week after the governor stormed to victory in a keenly contested poll. While congratulating Diri for winning the exercise, the former president said if Douye had lost, the gains made in curbing insecurity would have been lost. READ ALSO…

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BREAKING: Ex-President Jonathan Gets APC N100m Nomination Form

ADEOLA YUSUF

Oil.minister, Timipre Sylva; Cross river governor Professor Ben Ayade also obtain form for N100m each Former President Goodluck Jonathan has picked the expression of interest and nomination forms to contest the 2023 presidential election on the platform of the All Progressives Congress. (APC). Platforms Africa reports that a northern group picked the forms on behalf of Jonathan at the International Conference Centre (ICC) in Abuja. Few hours before this, minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Timipre Sylva; and Cross river governor, Professor Ben Ayade, also obtained the form at N100…

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2023: Vatsa Vows to Quit Politics, APC Over Jonathan

Daniel Atori

APC Chieftain queries Party’s desperation to win Presidency, romance with ex-President Goodluck Jonathan   Minna, Niger: Following reactions that have trailer the ongoing rumours that some cabals in Government are rooting for former President Goodluck Jonathan, a Chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Comrade Jonathan Vatsa has on Thursday disclosed that should he (Jonathan) accept the offer to contest the 2023 Presidential election under the ruling Party, he will quit politics. The former Publicity secretary of the Party in Niger state on Thursday told Journalists in Minna that, “there…

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BREAKING: Nigeria’s opposition PDP ex-Chairman, Ahmed Gulak, Assasinated

Precious Ibekwe

How the special adviser to ex-president Goodluck Jonathan on Political Matters was ambushed, shot, killed + his daughter’s emotional tribute on Twitter   A former special adviser to ex-president Goodluck Jonathan on Political Matters, Ahmed Gulak has been reportedly killed by Unknown Gunmen in Owerri. Gulak, a former National Chairman of People’s Democratic Party (PDP), is now a chieftain of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). He was reportedly ambushed and shot dead by yet to be identified gunmen while returning to Abuja from Owerri, Imo state, Southeast Nigeria.  …

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Do or die politics fuelling insecurity In Africa – Nigeria’s ex-President

ADEOLA YUSUF

  Nigeria’s ex-President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan has declared that the do or die politics in place in many African countries is fuelling the insecurity rocking the continent. He advised Nigerian politicians not to see elections as coups or war even as he warned that the contestation for power is responsible for the growing rate of insecurity not only in the country but across the continent of Africa. The former president was speaking on Saturday in Yenagoa, the Bayelsa State capital, during the thanksgiving service to mark the one year anniversary…

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