Patience Jonathan

The first flagged the F91 was launched at the Wuchang Shipyard Wuhan in January in the presence of Nigeria's First Lady Patience Jonathan...

A retired general chuckled at a story circulating in Abuja that a colleague who had been one of Jonathan's early supporters when he was doing battle as Vice-President with the Yar'Adua family recently told the President: ‘There are five presidents in this country: your wife (Patience Jonathan) the Petroleum Minister (Diezani Allison-Madueke) the Aviation Minister (Princess Stella Oduah-Ogiemwonyi) the Finance Minister (Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala) and you...

This is as much personal as political a feud which pits Amaechi against Jonathan who hails from neighbouring Bayelsa State and his wife Patience Jonathan from Okrika a large voting bloc in Rivers State...

Amaechi – from the Ibo-speaking area of Rivers has clashed several times with Patience Jonathan since his election as Governor in 2007...

It seems that Amaechi's attempts to bring more accountability to Rivers State finances particularly to establish competitive bidding for major contracts is causing tension with Patience Jonathan and her political allies...