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 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
Dr Kayode OV.
It was one of my favourite Nollywood actresses’ acts: Yewande Adekoya (“Kudi Klepto”) that kept coming to my mind in the last few weeks. In that 2013 captivating role where she played a kleptomaniac, Kudi was stealing anything in sight: … Read the rest
Bola Ahmed Tinubu and Goodluck Jonathan
Last week Thursday, a group of politicians converged at the presentation of a book about former President Goodluck Jonathan. While there was nothing quite out of the ordinary about the gathering, there was still an interesting moment where the Kano … Read the rest
Protest against removal of subsidy under Goodluck Jonathan
The Nigerian government deregulated the downstream petroleum sector with effect from March 19, 2020. The key argument was that the fuel subsidy regime which gulps billions of Naira annually, had become unrealistic and unsustainable. One or two months later, with … Read the rest
Reuben Abati
One of the major indications of the dysfunctional nature of the Nigerian social and political ecosystem is what can be best summarized in pidgin English as the “Na my brother dey there” syndrome. It is the politics of proximity by … Read the rest
Dele Momodu