Former President Goodluck Jonathan has called for new standards of political conduct during Nigeria’s off-cycle elections, warning that the growing practice of influential politicians converging on states during governorship polls could undermine the country’s democracy. In a statement posted on his X account on Tuesday, Jonathan commended the peaceful...
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The national leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), headed by National Chairman, Interim National Working Committee (INWC), Barr. Kabiru Tanimu Turaki, SAN, has arrived in Bauchi State to attend the 2026 Goodluck Jonathan Foundation (GJF) Democracy Dialogue, scheduled for August 11, 2026. This year’s dialogue, centered on the...
Nigerian investigative journalist and former presidential aide, Chief Jackson Ude, has empowered 80 youths from Nkporo in Ohafia Local Government Area of Abia State with ₦1 million each in business grants as part of his empowerment initiative. The gesture, according to Oscar Chibueze, Ude’s Ambassador in Okwoko Nkporo, is...
Vice President Kashim Shettima on Saturday challenged political, traditional and community leaders in Plateau State to set aside differences and work together to build lasting peace, saying the state’s enormous agricultural, tourism and economic potential can only be realised in an atmosphere of unity. Shettima spoke in Jos during...
Presidency has strongly rejected calls by the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC) presidential candidate, Peter Obi, for President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to resign, describing the demand as “childish,” “hollow,” and a distraction from ongoing efforts to address Nigeria’s challenges. In a statement issued on Monday, Special Adviser to the President...
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has praised the former Head of State, Abdulsalami Abubakar, for continuing ‘to serve as a respected elder statesman, promoting peace, national unity, democratic stability, and responsible political engagement” through the National Peace Committee. He also directed Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Ezenwo Nyesom...
When a republic is held to ransom by an affliction that appears intractable to its government, the populace is left hopeless and helpless. About the viral insecurity now holding Nigeria hostage, the Tinubu government is in consternation and quandary. And the Nigerian public is in total darkness as to...
Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has affirmed former President Goodluck Jonathan as its presidential candidate for the 2027 general election, despite what it described as efforts by authorities to frustrate its Special National Convention in Abuja. In a communiqué issued at the end of the convention on Saturday, the party...
In times when our national conversation becomes too heated, fuzzy and bogged in intractable controversy, I prefer to take matters to the barber’s shop at Ikeja Bus Stop. That is my definition of the Public Square. In that place, fact, fiction and faction meet and mix in a noisy...
The faction of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) aligned with FCT Minister Nyesom Wike has called on former President Goodluck Jonathan to distance himself from a planned endorsement by the Tanimu Turaki-led group ahead of the 2027 presidential election. The party described the proposed convention to ratify Jonathan’s candidature...
People’s Democratic Party (PDP) has announced plans to hold a Special National Convention for the ratification of the nomination of former President, Goodluck Jonathan as the party’s presidential candidate. According to a statement issued by the party, the convention is scheduled to take place on Saturday, May 30, 2026,...
Former Nigerian President, Goodluck Jonathan, on Tuesday held a high-level meeting with the President of Sierra Leone, Julius Maada Bio, at the State House in Freetown, where both leaders discussed regional peace, democratic governance and cooperation within West Africa. Jonathan disclosed details of the visit in a post shared...
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has described the autobiography of former Head of State, Yakubu Gowon, as an important national document that offers guidance for Nigeria’s future, regional cooperation and the preservation of national unity. The Nigerian leader particularly called for wide circulation of the memoir across the country, noting...
Justice Peter Lifu of the Federal High Court in Abuja has faulted the conduct of plaintiff Johnmary Jideobi and his lawyer, Ndubuisi Ukpai, in a suit seeking to stop former President Goodluck Jonathan from contesting the 2027 presidential election. The judge described their repeated absence and failure to move...
Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has distanced former President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan from campaign posters circulating on social media ahead of the 2027 general elections, describing them as fake and the handiwork of “mischief makers.” In a statement issued by the party’s Interim National Working Committee, the PDP said posters...
Former President Goodluck Jonathan on Friday challenged a suit filed by a lawyer, Johnmary Jideobi, seeking to restrain him from contesting the 2027 presidential election. Jonathan, through his lawyer, Chief Chris Uche, SAN, told Justice Peter Lifu of the Federal High Court in Abuja shortly after the matter was...
Former President Goodluck Jonathan has hinted that he may consider calls to contest the 2027 presidential election, saying consultations are ongoing. He made the remark on Thursday while receiving members of the Coalition for Goodluck Jonathan at his Abuja residence, where the youth group appealed to him to join...
Sixteen years after the death of former President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua, former President Goodluck Jonathan has paid a deeply reflective tribute to his late predecessor, describing him as a rare leader defined by integrity, humility, and selfless service to Nigeria. In a personal reflection marking the anniversary, Jonathan said...
Former Anambra State governor and Labour Party figure, Peter Obi, has held a high-level consultation with former President Goodluck Jonathan as part of ongoing engagements ahead of the 2027 general elections. Obi disclosed the meeting in a statement on his X handle on Monday, noting that he was accompanied...
It was in 2016 that Nigeria first lost top army commanders – Lt. Col. K. Yusuf, Col. B.U. Umar, Lt. Col. Mohammed Abu Ali and Lt. Col. O. Umusu in the war against religious terrorists. Yet another heroic Lt. Col. Ibrahim Sakaba was murdered by terrorists in 2018 as...