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Jonathan invites Boko Haram to come out of the shadows and dialogue

April 24, 2013 no comments

President Goodluck Jonathan has called on Boko Haram insurgents to come out of hiding, saying, “if they identify themselves, then there will be a basis for dialogue.” In an interview with...

President Jonathan says corruption in Nigeria is “over amplified...

April 23, 2013 no comments

President Goodluck Jonathan has dismissed the U.S. report, charging Nigeria of widespread corruption at all levels of government and impunity, as “misplaced and over-amplified,” Xinhua ne...

Baga Massacre: President Jonathan orders “full-scale investigati...

April 23, 2013 no comments

President Goodluck Jonathan has ordered “a full-scale investigation” into the mass murder of at least 185 people in Baga, a small commercial town, in Borno state, where fighting between N...

Widespread corruption thriving under President Jonathan, US human righ...

April 21, 2013 no comments

The United States Government on Friday condemned the widespread corruption that continues to thrive under President Goodluck Jonathan’s administration. In its 2012 Country Reports on Human Righ...

Amnesty for Boko Haram: President Jonathan sets up 26-man committee to...

April 17, 2013 no comments

President Goodluck Jonathan has approved a committee that will broker the amnesty deal with radical Islamist sect Boko Haram, a statement by his spokesman, Dr. Reuben Abati, has confirmed. The commit...

Leadership journalists to face criminal charges

April 16, 2013 no comments

Two journalists at Leadership newspaper in Nigeria are set to face criminal charges over a story they published alleging the presidency plans to disrupt opposition parties ahead of the 2015 elections...

Nigeria police release Leadership newspaper journalists

April 12, 2013 no comments

ABUJA (Reuters) – Nigerian police have freed four journalists arrested this week for a report in which they accused Goodluck Jonathan of launching a dirty tricks campaign against the opposition...

“Not above the law” – Presidency backs arrest of Lea...

April 11, 2013 no comments

The presidency is making no apologies for the continued detention of Leadership newspaper journalists who were arrested after they published a story alleging President Goodluck Jonathan plans to R...

President Jonathan changes tactic, considers amnesty for Boko Haram

April 4, 2013

In a recent strong show of force, President Goodluck Jonathan rejected calls for amnesty for Nigeria’s radical Islamist sect Boko Haram, but could the nation’s leader have experienced a c...

Presidency urges northern leaders to facilitate dialogue with Boko Har...

March 26, 2013 no comments

President Goodluck Jonathan is calling on northern leader to help facilitate dialogue between the government and radical Islamist sect Boko Haram. In a statement, Special Assistant to the President o...

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