President Goodluck Jonathan is scheduled to declare his intention to contest in the 2015 presidential election on Tuesday, November 11, 2014. Some days ago, the President bought his expression of interest and nomination forms from the Peoples’ Democratic Party, PDP, where he hopes to emerge as the party’s flag-bearer for the polls. He will declare…
National leader of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has accused President Goodluck Jonathan and the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, of planning to rig the 2015 election. Tinubu made this cry on Saturday in Lagos following the flops recorded in the ongoing distribution of the Permanent Voters Cards, PVC, in the state.…
On Thursday, October 30, 2014, President Goodluck Jonathan purchased his presidential nomination form ahead of the 2015 general election in Nigeria. Jonathan obtained the form at the Wadata Plaza Secretariat of the Peoples’ Democratic Party, PDP, in Abuja, after he had told his party that he would be contesting in the polls. His formal declaration…
Following the resignation of seven Ministers from his government, President Goodluck Jonathan, on Wednesday, reshuffled his cabinet to fill the vacant positions left by the departing Ministers. The President restructured his administration at the weekly Federal Executive Council meeting at the Presidential Villa in Abuja. With the reorganisation, the Minister of Defence, Aliyu Guasu, will…
Education Minister, Nyesom Wike, has been commended by the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Rivers State for his purported call to the people of Aluu in voting out President Goodluck Jonathan and the Peoples’ Democratic Party, PDP, in 2015. According to the state Publicity Secretary, Chris Finebone, Wike’s call “is not surprising following recent heightened…
Story by Nwaorgu Faustinus Rivers State chapter of the All Progressives Congress, APC, has urged President Goodluck Jonathan not to contest in the 2015 polls if he does not want to be disgraced by being voted out of office by Nigerians. The party warned that Jonathan will lose if he allows himself to be deceived…
It was learnt by Aproko247 that governors of the Peoples’ Democratic Party, PDP, met President Goodluck Jonathan on Sunday night in Abuja to discuss some party issues. Our correspondent gathered that the meeting took place at the First Lady Conference Room at the Presidential Villa. The meeting was held behind closed door and ended in…
President Goodluck Jonathan has described former Head of State, General Yakubu Gowon as critical part of Nigerian history. Jonathan, in a congratulatory message to mark the 80th birthday of the Plateau State born retired army, said Nigeria will always owe Gowon for his immense contribution to the unity and progress of the country after the…
There are strong indications that President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan may formally declare his intention to contest in the 2015 Presidential election today. He is expected attend the Transformation Ambassadors of Nigeria, TAN, rally on Saturday, 18 October 2014, at the Eagle Square in Abuja. TAN is a pro-Jonathan group wooing Nigerians to give the President…
President Goodluck Jonathan has been advised to resign from office due to an assassination attempt on former Military Head of State, Muhammadu Buhari, in a bomb attack in Kaduna some days ago. Wife of Buhari, Hajiya Asiya, in a statement on Thursday, frowned at the incident, which almost claimed the live of her husband, and…