Former President Goodluck Jonathan said the present socio-economic uncertainty which had sent shivers to all nooks and crannies of society would also be overcome by the grace of God. Jonathan noted that while the federal government is doing its best to salvage the situation, what the country needs now is collaborative efforts in finding solutions to the present economic hardship. …

Former President Goodluck Jonathan, on Monday, warned that the political crisis in Rivers State if not checked had the potential of destabilising not only the Niger Delta, but affecting other parts of the country. Jonathan called on the Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, and his predecessor and estranged political godfather,  Nyesom Wike to sheathe their swords, put the past behind …

The brother of former President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua has disclosed that there was no need for the controversy that surrounded power in the last days of the late leader, as he (Yar’Adua senior) had constitutionally transmitted his office to his deputy, Dr. Goodluck Jonathan. In an interview on Channel Television‘s Sunrise Daily on Friday morning, Senator Abdulaziz Yar’Adua, who represents Kaduna …

President Bola Tinubu, on Friday, sympathised with former President Goodluck Jonathan over the passing of his elder sister, Madam Obebhatein Jonathan. President Tinubu conveyed his condolence through a statement by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Ajuri Ngelale, titled ‘President Tinubu condoles with Dr. Goodluck Jonathan over sister’s passing’. Obebhatein, fondly called Amissi, was a teacher, businesswoman, mother, and …

Former President Goodluck Jonathan has said Nigerian politicians must change their brand of politics and prioritise national interests to allow for development in the country. Jonathan also stated that the country must avoid the “dangerous system” of “over-domesticating” government, but instead ensure that the right persons are put in the right places. The former President made the statements on Tuesday …

Former presidential spokesman, Ima Niboro has dismissed a rehashed 2010 report detailing how former President Goodluck Jonathan rejected the presidential yacht from the Navy, and directed them to use the funds to refurbish their aging fleet. In a statement on Saturday, Niboro pointed out that the story, being bandied as new, was a Daily Trust news report published in 2010, …

Former President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan’s spokesman, Mr. Ikechukwu Eze has roundly dismissed allegations by the a group known as the “Bayelsa APC Elders Council” that the former president nominated, or was trying to nominate the Bayelsa State ministerial appointee to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu. The state is among 11 others with a nominee in the list of 28 sent to …

Back in April 2018, I was a guest-by-happenstance of Nigeria’s former President Goodluck Jonathan in his Yenagoa home. My very good friend, one of the most professional and most cultivated police officers I’ve ever known, Don Awunah, invited me and a few of his close friends for a function in his honour. Awunah (sadly now of blessed memory) was being …

The Federal High Court, Abuja has ordered the disclosure of the spending details of about US$5 billion funds from Nigeria’s late Head of State, General Sani Abacha (known as Abacha loot) recovered by the governments of former presidents Olusegun Obasanjo, Umaru Musa Yar’Adua, Goodluck Jonathan, and Muhammadu Buhari. The Freedom of Information suit, from which the order emerged, was brought …