In the short term the crisis triggered by Boko Haram's kidnapping of more than 230 schoolgirls from Chibok in Borno State damages all those involved in addition to the students: President Goodluck Jonathan and his government the military and police taciturn oppositionists – and the insurgents who now face a more assertive local and international opposition...
Vol 55 No 10 |
- CHINA
- AFRICA
Li's presence at the WEF on Africa in Nigeria on 7-9 May was a demonstration of critical diplomatic support at a time of acute pressure on President Goodluck Jonathan...
Here too there are security concerns because grassroots supporters of President Goodluck Jonathan who hails from Bayelsa State in the Niger Delta are threatening to make the country ungovernable should he lose...
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The OPL 245 licence was revoked in 2006 leaving Etete high and dry until his fortunes turned again with the coming to power of President Goodluck Jonathan in 2010...
To those who know both men President Goodluck Jonathan's appointment of veteran spymaster General Aliyu Mohammed Gusau as Defence Minister on 5 March may be a case of 'my enemy's enemy is my friend'...
Plain speaking combative and ubiquitous Central Bank of Nigeria Governor Sanusi Lamido Aminu Sanusi was never going to work well with the taciturn and cautious President Goodluck Jonathan...
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8 billion: that was the oil sales revenue between January 2012 and June 2013 that should have been transferred to the federation account said a letter written by Central Bank Governor Sanusi Lamido Sanusi to President Goodluck Jonathan last September (AC Vol 54 No 25 Presidential letter bombs)...
Vol 55 No 3 |
- AFRICAN UNION
Initially supportive of South Africa's plan President Goodluck Jonathan changed tack and called for tight controls by the AU Peace and Security Council on the force's deployment and mandate...
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At face value the Davos reception made sense: Mahama sat alongside Nigeria's President Goodluck Jonathan at a forum on Africa...
Vol 55 No 2 |
- ECONOMY
- AFRICA
Conveniently for Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan 2014 is the year the country can claim to be Africa's biggest economy even though it will remain a less advanced one than South Africa...
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