Former President Goodluck Jonathan has called on African leaders to adopt long-term development plans, invest in quality education and innovation, and speak with one voice on issues of reparations and debt relief to secure the continent’s future. Jonathan made the call in a post shared on his X account...
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Politics in a democracy is essentially a talkative business. The quest for power requires an unusual gift of the garb. Those who seek a life of dignified quiet had better find another occupation. In other words, a politician is a salesman that finds a merchandise everywhere there are people....
Former President Goodluck Jonathan has called on Nigerians to remain united, hopeful and committed to building a better country as the nation celebrates its 66th Independence Anniversary. Jonathan said the country’s history shows that Nigerians have always overcome difficult times through resilience and collective determination. He urged citizens not...
Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has demanded the immediate release of five Nigerians reportedly arrested in Borno State over T-shirts bearing the words “Tinubu Must Go.” He said that if a political slogan is the reason for their detention, those responsible must explain how wearing a shirt became an...
Former President Goodluck Jonathan has congratulated His Majesty, King Charles Douglas Macpepple Jaja, Jeki VI, on his coronation as the Amanyanabo of Opobo Kingdom, describing the event as a significant moment in the history of the ancient Rivers State kingdom. Jonathan, in a goodwill message released after attending the...
Former President Goodluck Jonathan on Sunday bade farewell to former Sierra Leonean President Ernest Bai Koroma as he departed Nigeria to return to his home country after spending more than two years in the country. Jonathan disclosed the development in a post shared on his official X account, where...
Former President Goodluck Jonathan has paid a heartfelt tribute to his late secondary school classmate, Mrs. Keturah Koweletam Ominabo, describing her as a woman of exceptional character whose life was marked by faith, service and compassion. Jonathan joined members of the Ominabo family, friends, well-wishers and former students of...
Former President, Goodluck Jonathan, has called on African nations to strengthen their industrial capacity, describing it as a critical foundation for sustainable security, economic resilience and regional stability. Jonathan made the submission on Monday while delivering the graduation lecture for Course 34 of the National Defence College (NDC) at...
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...
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...