Nigeria: A Nation On The Brink

The Boko Haram menace spins out of control, breeding fears that it could consume the country Even for a man not known for effervescence, President Goodluck Jonathan looked alarmingly jaded when ...

President Jonathan an Ethnic Champion?

President Goodluck Jonathan’s decision to award maritime contract to a kinsman sparks row [caption id="attachment_9876" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Goodluck Ebele Jonathan"][/caption] On 5 January, the Federal Ministry of Transportation sought approval from the ...

Jonathan: Paths to building a viable Africa Free Trade Area

PRESENTATION BY PRESIDENT GOODLUCK  EBELE JONATHAN, GCFR,  ON “BOOSTING INTRA-AFRICAN TRADE” AT THE 18TH AU ASSEMBLY, JANUARY 29 – 30, 2012, ADDIS ABABA PROTOCOL It is a great pleasure for me to attend the 18th Ordinary session of our ...

Nigeria: 26 Ways To Beat Hard Times

[caption id="attachment_9963" align="aligncenter" width="495" caption="• A market scene: Amidst rising prices, Nigerians are advised to do bulk purchase of foodstuffs"][/caption]  The battle over the New Year Day’s removal of fuel subsidy ...

How Okonjo-Iweala Misled Jonathan

How did President Goodluck Jonathan arrive at his decision to remove the fuel subsidy, a gravely unpopular, anti-people policy? It all started on 6 December last year, when Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Finance ...

Nigeria: How to Reduce Governance Costs

Nigerian leaders must cut out waste if the nation is to achieve growth and development [caption id="attachment_9870" align="alignleft" width="263" caption="Goodluck Jonathan"][/caption] Some eight years ago, a commissioner in Ogun State invited a ...

Insight: Nigeria Counts Its Losses

 Nigeria reels in losses caused by the national strike called by organised labour and activists   [caption id="attachment_9852" align="aligncenter" width="400" caption="Nigeria's busiest port, the Apapa port, was shut during the strike."][/caption] For the ...

Who Will Deliver Us From This Goodluck?

[caption id="attachment_9718" align="alignright" width="300" caption="Femi Fani-Kayode"][/caption] As president, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo spent 300 billion per year on the fuel subsidy. Under the administration of President Goodluck Jonathan, it shot up to ...

Subsidy: protests erupt in Lagos, Ibadan

Widow of the legal icon, the late Chief Gani Fawehinmi, Ganiyat, lawer and activist, Mr. Femi Falana this morning, led thousands of Lagosians to protest against the removal to fuel ...

Battle For Bayelsa

 The path of Bayelsa State governor, Mr. Timipre Sylva, to another term in office is laden with obstacles allegedly erected by President Goodluck Jonathan   [caption id="attachment_8902" align="aligncenter" width="495" caption="Sylva: faces tough ...
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