PARIS, FRANCE - DECEMBER 6: Nigeria's President Goodluck Jonathan arrives for a dinner with the French President as part of the Summit for Peace and Security in Africa at the Elysee Palace in Paris, France on December 6, 2013. (Photo by Mustafa Yalcin/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)
Former President Goodluck Jonathan has urged Nigerians not to give in to despair despite the nation’s economic and security challenges, but to remain hopeful and united in building a greater country.
Jonathan made the appeal in his goodwill message to … Read the rest
Former President Goodluck Jonathan and Peter Obi, the Labour Party’s presidential candidate in the 2023 elections, met in Abuja on Thursday to discuss what they described as the “state of the nation.”
Obi, who confirmed the meeting in a post … Read the rest
Bauchi State Governor, Bala Mohammed, has revealed that the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) is considering former President Goodluck Jonathan and ex-Anambra Governor, Peter Obi, as potential presidential candidates for the 2027 elections.
Mohammed, who chairs the PDP Governors’ Forum, said … Read the rest
PARIS, FRANCE - DECEMBER 6: Nigeria's President Goodluck Jonathan arrives for a dinner with the French President as part of the Summit for Peace and Security in Africa at the Elysee Palace in Paris, France on December 6, 2013. (Photo by Mustafa Yalcin/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)
Mathias Tsado, a former presidential aspirant of the Action Democratic Party (ADP), has called on ex-President Goodluck Jonathan to contest the 2027 presidential election, insisting that Nigeria urgently needs his leadership.
Tsado, who also contested as the presidential candidate of … Read the rest
Former President Goodluck Jonathan has revealed how powerful northern Muslim political interests resisted the transfer of power to him following the death of then-President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua in 2010.
Jonathan, who was Yar’Adua’s deputy, made the disclosure in an interview … Read the rest
Former President of Nigeria, Goodluck Jonathan has warned against the secrete establishment of a one-party system in Nigeria, warning that such a move could destabilise the nation’s fragile democracy.
Speaking at a memorial lecture held in honour of the late … Read the rest
The President of the Nigeria Rescue Mission Organisation and former President of Buhari Youth Organisation, Dr Jibril Mustapha, on Sunday urged former President Goodluck Jonathan to contest the 2027 presidential election.
Mustapha, who made this call in a statement released … Read the rest
Former President Goodluck Jonathan has warned that the suspension of elected officials in Rivers State could harm Nigeria’s reputation.
Speaking at the Haske Satumari Foundation Colloquium in Abuja on Saturday, Jonathan criticized the actions of key players in both the … Read the rest
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has denied reports suggesting that former President Goodluck Jonathan was invited to run for the presidency on its platform in the 2027 elections.
Speaking to BBC Hausa, Ibrahim Abdullahi, the deputy spokesperson of the opposition … Read the rest
Immediate past governor of Ekiti State, Kayode Fayemi, has said protests that greeted the removal of fuel subsidy during the administration of President Goodluck Jonathan in 2012 were political.
Fayemi stated this while presenting his keynote address at a national … Read the rest
