Anti-Corruption Network writes President Obama, asks him to call President Jonathan to order

The Anti-Corruption Network, ACN, on Thursday took the campaign against corruption in Nigeria to the world power, the United States of America.

In a petition sent to President Barak Obama, the body said that the country was on the verge of collapse due to the level of graft in the country.

ACN warned that “if corrupt practices goes…

President Goodluck Jonathan To Ban Blackberry In Nigeria?

Blackberry services could be at risk of being banned in the country as a new regulation by the Nigerian Communications Commission, NCC, will run counter to the technical operating standards of the phone’s distinct network.

National Mirror exclusively gathered yesterday that the telecoms regulator was working on a regulation, which would make it mandatory for any licensee in the nation’s…

Nigeria is going through ‘trying moment’: President Jonathan

ABUJA — Nigeria, Africa’s most populous nation, is currently going through “a trying moment”, President Goodluck Jonathan said Monday while launching seven new police helicopters.

“This is quite a trying moment for this country in terms of security,” Jonathan said during the launch of the helicopters as well as 17 armoured personnel carriers and 20 patrol vehicles.

Nigeria is battling a raft…

President Jonathan wishes Olubadan happy 99th birthday

President Goodluck Jonathan greets and felicitates with the Olubadan, Oba Samuel Odulana as the revered traditional ruler of Ibadanland celebrates his attainment of the remarkable age of 99 years today.

On behalf of himself, his family, the Federal Government and the people of Nigeria, President Jonathan wishes the Olubadan very happy birthday celebrations.

The President notes that Oba Odulana has deployed his immense…

President Jonathan congratulates Governor Oshiomhole on 60th birthday

President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan has congratulated Governor Adams Oshiomhole on the occasion of his 60th birthday, tomorrow, Thursday, April 4, 2013.

In a letter to Governor Oshiomhole, President Jonathan said the Governor had ‘lived a remarkable and eventful life’ in trade unionism, politics and governance at the highest levels, ‘with the common thread of the ideals of unyielding rectitude,…

President Jonathan Visits Awolowo Family On Saturday In Ikenne, Ogun State

President Goodluck Jonathan on Saturday in Ikenne, Ogun State, promised to stand by the children of the late Publisher of the Tribune Newspapers, Chief Oluwole Awolowo.

Jonathan said this when he paid a condolence visit to the Ikenne home of the Awolowos to condole with the family over the death of Chief Oluwole Awolowo. 

The President, who arrived at the…

President Jonathan attends Good Friday service at Aso Villa Chapel

President Goodluck Jonathan, today attended the Good Friday service, that was held at Aso Villa Chapel, along with his mother, Eunice.

Nigerian President Pardons Former Governor, Convicted in Corruption Case

Nigeria’s Council of State and President Goodluck Jonathan pardoned his former boss, ex-Bayelsa state governor Diepreye Alamieyeseigha, who was impeached and convicted for corruption.

The decision allows him to return to politics, presidential spokesman Doyin Okupe said today by phone from Abuja, the capital. The Council of State includes the president, all former presidents and chief justices, the two heads of…

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo with US President, Jimmy Carter in 1978

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo with US President, Jimmy Carter in 1978.

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How Boko Haram planned to bomb President Jonathan’s jet

Borno is the hotbet of the Islamist group, Boko Haram.

The alleged recovery of three anti-aircraft guns, two technical vehicles mounted with anti-aircraft stands and 10 rocket propelled grenades, in a cache of arms, in Maiduguri, on Friday, lent credence to the claim of the plot to attack the president’s plane.

Besides the anti-aircraft guns and rocket propelled grenades, the massive arms the…