This was another reason why President Goodluck Jonathan was in a hurry to cut the fuel subsidies)...
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Following Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan’s strong backing for Ouattara in last year’s election imbroglio the two have become firm friends...
Like President Goodluck Jonathan he is an Ijaw from the Niger Delta which has helped secure his job but he gets much of the blame for government failures against Boko Haram...
Rumours of Farida Waziri’s imminent demise as head of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission had been circulating for weeks before President Goodluck Jonathan administered the coup de grâce on 23 November...
The Deputy National Secretary of the Labour Party Babatunde Aiyelabola a trades unionist claims that the government is sending out contradictory messages to disorientate the public by for example claiming that President Goodluck Jonathan’s main rival in this year’s election Major General Mohammadu Buhari supported the subsidy removal...
Nigeria’s President Goodluck Jonathan who is Chairman of the Economic Community of West African States sent an aircraft to Monrovia to bring Tubman and running mate George Weah to Abuja for talks to resolve the crisis on 3 November...
Seeing the threat to national earnings Benin’s President Thomas Yayi Boni met Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan on 16 October and agreed on joint naval patrols around their countries’ maritime zone...
President Goodluck Jonathan promised to provide 600 police officers to help to maintain order during polling...
With President Goodluck Jonathan in power the ceasefire declared by the Delta militants appeared to be holding yet some have stayed in business albeit outside their home region...
Although the African Union condemned Gbagbo’s refusal to leave power after the election results Angolan President José Eduardo dos Santos and South African President Jacob Zuma were his strongest defenders in the AU panel on the Ivorian crisis where they frequently clashed with Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan and Burkinabè President Blaise Compaoré (AC Vol 52 No 4 Democracy standoff and The financial sanctions tighten)...