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Friends abandoned me after I lost – Goodluck Jonathan
Add a CommentOutgoing Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan said Sunday that some of his friends deserted him shortly after he conceded defeat to his rival General Muhammadu Buhari in the March election. Jonathan publicly conceded defeat to Buhari on March 31, a decision which was commended … Read more →
Prez. Mahama commends Goodluck Jonathan for conceding defeat
Add a CommentChairman of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), President John Mahama has commended Nigeria’s outgoing President Goodluck Jonathan for peacefully conceding defeat in the just ended elections. President Mahama described the gesture as a great show of statesmanship. President … Read more →
Why I conceded defeat – Goodluck Jonathan
Add a CommentPresident Goodluck Jonathan spoke for the first time, yesterday, on why he conceded defeat to the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Major-General Muhammadu Buhari (retd), in the March 28 presidential election, saying he did so to avert … Read more →
I told Goodluck Jonathan he will lose the elections —T.B. Joshua
Add a CommentTelevangelist and cleric of the Synagogue Church of All Nations (SCOAN), Prophet Temitope Joshua, Sunday, said he told President Goodluck Jonathan, that he would lose the March 28 presidential election. Jonathan of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, was defeated by Gen. … Read more →
Full Speech: Goodluck Jonathan’s concession speech
Add a CommentBelow is the official concession speech by President Goodluck Jonathan following the historic victory by opposition leader Gen Muhammadu Buhari in Africa’s most populous nation’s national elections. “Fellow Nigerians, “I thank you all for turning out en-masse for the … Read more →
5 convincing reasons why Goodluck Jonathan lost Nigeria elections
Add a CommentNigerians are so used to the idea that an incumbent should win presidential elections that President Goodluck Jonathan’s failure to beat Gen Muhammadu Buhari needs some explaining. Here are five reasons why the opposition won: 1: Harder to rig Past … Read more →
Kufuor meets Goodluck Jonathan
Add a CommentFormer Ghanaian President and Chairman of ECOWAS election observer mission for the Nigerian elections, John Agyekum Kufuor yesterday held a parley with the Nigerian leader Goodluck Ebele Jonathan on the electoral process, the final results of which were yet to be announced as at press time. President Kufuor led … Read more →
Nigeria’s President Goodluck Jonathan seeks £580m to fight Boko Haram
Add a CommentNigeria’s President Goodluck Jonathan wants the government to borrow $1bn (£580m) to strengthen the military’s capability to fight militant Islamists. Mr Jonathan wrote to parliament, asking for the expenditure to be approved. Nigeria has a military budget of about $6bn … Read more →
Prez. Mahama writes to Goodluck Jonathan concerning Boko Haram
Add a CommentPresident John Dramani Mahama has called on member states of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) to help end the Boko Haram campaign of terror in Nigeria. He noted that Nigeria’s security and stability was tied to the … Read more →
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