Tag: Dr. Goodluck Jonathan

‘Ex-President Jonathan ineligible for 2027 race’ — Umar Arɗo

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Umar on Jonathan

Political scientist and former governorship aspirant, Dr. Umar Arɗo, has declared that former President Goodluck Jonathan is constitutionally barred from contesting the 2027 presidential election, citing judicial precedents and the 2018 constitutional amendment. In a statement he issued yesterday, Arɗo noted growing calls to draft Jonathan into the race as a “solution” to Nigeria’s current political crisis, but argued that the former leader’s eligibility must first be settled. According to him, while a 2013 FCT High Court judgment cleared Jonathan to run again, the Supreme Court’s 2012 decision in Marwa…

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2027: North seeks alternative to President Tinubu

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Arewa 2027

Atiku, Jonathan favoured Northern elites, under the League of Northern Democrats (LND) are exploring alternatives to President Bola Tinubu ahead of the 2027 elections, with growing discontent over his administration. Key figures such ad former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar, whose popularity is rising in the region, are gaining traction. Former President Muhammadu Buhari and other northern leaders are reportedly aligning with Atiku. Meanwhile, some northern groups are pushing for the return of former President Goodluck Jonathan, who could serve only one more term. Political heavyweights, including Nasir el-Rufai and Rabiu Kwankwaso,…

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2023 APC candidate: Arewa group accuses Gov. Bagudu of plotting to facilitate Jonathans emergence

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A Northern group, Arewa Peoples Forum, (APF), has blamed Governor Atiku Bagudu of Kebbi State for an alleged plot to facilitate the emergence of former President Goodluck Jonathan as the presidential candidate for the 2023 elections. According to the group, Bagudu has been pulling strings behind the scene to complete the defection of the ex-president to the party. It claims that giving the ticket to the former president will be harmful to the partys unity and chances of victory at the polls. The group, in an issued statement signed in…

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Breaking! Ex-Jonathan aide, Kingsley Kuku arrested over child porn

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A former aide to President Goodluck Jonathan, Kingsley Kuku, has been arrested in Amsterdam over child pornography. Kuku, who was Special Adviser to former President Goodluck Jonathan on Niger Delta Affairs is being by Dutch authorities over child pornography complaints. Kuku reportedly circulated child pornography materials in 2018. According to reports, Kuku, who is a former Chairman of the Presidential Amnesty Programme, was arrested on Wednesday at Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, while on his way to London, United Kingdom. Recall that Kuku was elected as a member of the Ondo State…

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Youths ask Goodluck Jonathan to contest 2023 presidential election

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Nigerians Youths, under the auspices of Youths Earnestly Demand For Goodluck Jonathan 2023? (YED-4-GEJ 2023), has asked immediate president of Nigeria, Dr. Goodluck Ebele Jonathan, to contest for the position of the President of Nigeria in the 2023 presidential election. The YED-4-GEJ 2023 gave the endorsement in a statement signed by its National Chairman, Prince Teddy Omiloli, yesterday. The group begged Jonathan to come back in 2023 to continue with the trailblazing milestones he initiated in his first tenure as President of Nigeria. It also condemned the recent attacks in…

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2023: Goodluck Jonathan speaks on alleged defection to APC

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Former President Goodluck Jonathan has debunked reports of his defection to the All Progressives Congress, (APC). Jonathan said he is still a member of the Peoples Democratic Party, (PDP). Speaking at the Supreme Court victory/ Thanksgiving Service of the Bayelsa State governor, the former president described PDP as a friend that carries people along. Jonathan said, PDP has been a very friendly party, I am a member of PDP and I know from the beginning till today, it has been a very friendly party, PDP is a party that carries…

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‘President, governors can appoint opposition as cabinet members’ – Jonathan

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Former President Goodluck Jonathan has said there was nothing wrong for a president or governor to appoint opposition members into his or her cabinet. Jonathan, who stated this during a Thanksgiving Service organised by the Bayelsa State government to mark Gov. Diris one year in office on Saturday, in Yenagoa, said after elections, there ought to be unity among political parties. The ECOWAS envoy, who did not mention President Muhammadu Buhari, said, There is nothing wrong for a governor or president to pick someone from another political party and make…

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“Why I was in Aso Rock to see Buhari” Jonathan

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Former President, Dr. Goodluck Jonathan has given reason why he was in Aso Rock yesterday to see President Muhammadu Buhari. He said he was in Aso Rock to update Buhari on the political situation in The Gambia, where the countrys President, Adama Barrow, is seeking re-election amidst political tension and uncertainties. In a brief interview with State House correspondents at the end of the closed door meeting, Jonathan said he briefed Buhari about the outcome of his mission to the Gambian capital Banjul. Jonathan, who is the ECOWAS Envoy to…

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Second Republic Governor, Balarabe Musa laid to rest in Kaduna

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Buhari, Jonathan, others mourn his passing Ex-Gov. was voice for the voiceless PMB Nigeria lost a voice of liberty, freedom & truth Dr. Ramalan The remains of Second Republic Governor of Kaduna state, Alhaji Abdulkadir Balarabe Musa, was laid to rest yesterday, in Kaduna. The burial was preceded by a funeral prayer conducted immediately after the early evening prayer, led by Sheikh Ahmed Gumi at Sultan Bello Central Mosque, Kaduna. The mosque’s open ground was filled with people from within and outside the Kaduna metropolis who came to…

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