Author: Xpariso Media
Former President Goodluck Jonathan has decided to run for president in 2023, barely 48 hours after disowning a nomination form procured for him by a northern group. Mr Jonathan had on May 9 rejected presidential expression of interest and nomination forms of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) bought for him by a Fulani group. He later visited APC chairman Abdullahi Adamu, a shuttle his aides said was to distance himself from the purchase. Citing a credible source in Mr Jonathan’s camp, state-run newswire, News Agency of Nigeria, reports that Mr Jonathan has finally made up his mind to vie…
As part of measure to tackle the menace of open defecation in the nation’s capital, FCT Minister of State, Dr. Ramatu Tijjani Aliyu, has flagged off the construction of 10,000 public conveniences in the Federal Capital Territory. According to the report made available to Xparisomedia team today by the Special Adviser on Media to the FCT Minister of State, Austine Elemue, at the groundbreaking ceremony, “the minister said that in 2014, Nigeria embarked on an ambitious 5-year mission to eliminate open defecation nation-wide, building millions of toilets and aiming to change the behaviour of millions of Nigerians.” “Aliyu revealed that…
The Media Adviser to former President Goodluck Jonathan, Ikechukwu Eze have issued a disclaimer on the purchase of APC presidential form by a Northern group for Jonathan. According to him, It has come to our notice that a group has purportedly purchased Presidential Nomination and Expression of Interest forms, of the All Progressives Congress APC, in the name of former President Dr. Goodluck Ebele Jonathan. We wish to categorically state that Dr. Jonathan was not aware of this bid and did not authorize it. We want to state that if the former President wanted to contest an election, he would…
Controversial socio-political activist, Reno Omokri has reacted to the news of his former principal, Goodluck Jonathan joining the 2023 presidential election on the platform of the All Progressive Congress, APC. Naija News had reported earlier that former President Jonathan on Monday picked up the presidential nomination and expression of interest form of the ruling APC. The news has since stirred a barrage of reactions on and off social media as lovers of the former president and concerned Nigerians expressed their individual views on Jonathan’s new political movement. It was reported that a Coalition of Northern groups picked up the presidential…
Amidst defection rumour, the Fmr. President, Goodluck Jonathan pays a visit to the APC National Chairman Sen. Dr Abdullahi Adamu Turakin Keffi in his residence Abuja. More details loading
According to Yemi Balogun, report has it that members of the Miyetti Allah cattle rearers association have purchased the 2023 presidential form for former President Goodluck Jonathan. Recall that Jonathan, while addressing some youths who stormed his house a few weeks ago, urging him to join the presidential race, said he was not ready. At the moment, it is unclear if Jonathan would accept the form to join the race. More details loading…
Last week I paid a two-day visit to Ebonyi State, where I commissioned various projects. At the King David University of Medical Sciences, Uburu, I commissioned a twin flyover (the King David’s University flyover), the University Building, the University Medical Hospital, with its impressive facilities and equipment, and a 12-kilometre dualised Federal Road, from Mbu in Enugu State to Uburu. I also inaugurated the University’s Cancer Centre, built and equipped by the Federal Government, under TETFUND. In Onueke, where a brand new International Airport is being constructed by the State Government, I inaugurated the Airport Presidential Lodge, and a 5km…
FCT Minister of State, Dr. Ramatu Tijjani Aliyu, has argued that the only major way in which the government can make the creative industry attractive to investors and major players is by the provision of various several waivers, grants, tax holidays, rebates and other related incentives. The minister spoke at the 2022 Zuma Film Festival lecture titled: “Post Covid-19 funding policy framework partnerships between the Federal Capital Territory Administration and the Nigerian Film Corporation, for the Nigerian film industry through rebates, location incentives, tax credits and film grants”, Aliyu, lamented that lip service has been paid to the establishment of…
In remembrance of the 26th anniversary of the ‘Ezeigbo Gburugburu, and Iyom Onwa Chieftaincy title conferred on she and her late husband, the former Nigerian ambassador to Spain, Bianca Odumegwu Ojukwu, widow of late Biafran leader, Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu, has shared photos from the day they were conferred with the traditional titles of Eze Igbo and Iyom Onwa Eze Igbo respectively. She said, ”It was a day of pomp and ceremony, and a congregation of the premier traditional rulers of Igboland 26 years to this day, as Dim Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu was conferred the traditional title of ‘Ezeigbo Gburugburu ‘…
There is an ongoing speculation that the former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar might retain former Anambra State Governor, Peter Obi, as his running mate in the 2023 presidential election. This is according to Daily Independent. Atiku and Obi were both presidential candidate and Vice-Presidential candidate of the PDP in the 2019 general election which they lost to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) which fielded President Muhammadu Buhari as its flagbearer. However, credible sources in the party said the moves by Atiku is facing stiff resistance by PDP governors who want him to pick one of them from the Southern as…
