Former President Goodluck Jonathan, on Wednesday, said some state governors were encouraging criminals for the purpose of using them during elections. He urged them to emulate the Edo State governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, who is promoting and encouraging the best brains through his automatic employment of first-class graduates in the state. Jonathan said this at the commissioning of the renovated …

Former Nigeria’s military Head of State, General Abdulsalami Abubakar (rtd.), former President Goodluck Jonathan and retired Catholic Archbishop, John Onaiyekan are some of the eminent personalities currently gathered in Abuja for a national dialogue on state policing, on Monday. Organised by the Office of the Speaker of the House of Representatives, the dialogue is the beginning of deliberations on the …

President Bola Tinubu, on Wednesday, extended warm greetings to former Head of State, General Yakubu Gowon (rtd.), on his 89th birthday. President Tinubu’s congratulatory message was contained in a statement by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Chief Ajuri Ngelale. “His (Gowon’s) love and passion for Nigeria, as well as his determination to see into manifestation the unique gifts …

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu yesterday hosted former President Goodluck Jonathan who briefed him on some political developments in West Africa and some other parts of Africa. Jonathan is the Special Envoy of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) to Mali. The former Nigerian leader said he was at the State House in Abuja to relay to President Tinubu …

Former Nigerian President Dr Goodluck Ebele Jonathan will headline other African greats who are set to be honored at the maiden edition of The African Heritage Concert and Awards slated to hold in Kigali, Rwanda, on 1 April. Former President of Tanzania, late John Magufuli; Vice President of Liberia, Chief Dr Jewel Howard-Taylor; former President of Botswana, Lt. Gen. Seretse …

The All Progressives Congress Presidential Campaign Council (APC PCC) has called on the presidential candidates of the Labour Party, Mr Peter Obi, and his counterpart in the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, to accept defeat by calling to congratulate the APC flag bearer, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu. The APC PCC Special Adviser on Media and Strategic Communications, Mr Dele …