PHOTOS: PRESIDENT GOODLUCK JONATHAN VISITS THE REPUBLIC OF NAMIBIA

President Goodluck Jonathan on State Visit to the Republic of Namibia

PRESIDENT GOODLUCK JONATHAN (L) PRESIDENT HIFIKEPUNYE POHAMBA OF NAMIBIA WATCHING CULTURAL PERFORMANCE BY THE BATSWANA CULTURAL TROUPE NAMIBIA, DURING HIS STATE VISIT ON THURSDAY (20/3/14)

PRESIDENT GOODLUCK JONATHAN INSPECTING GUARD OF HONOUR MOUNTED  BY THE NAMIBIAM ARMED FORCES DURING HIS STATE VISIT TO NAMIBIA ON THURSDAY (20/3/14)

FIRST LADY OF NAMIBIA, MADAM PENEHUPIFO POHAMBA; PRESIDENT GOODLUCK JONATHAN; PRESIDENT HIFIKEPUNYE POHAMBA OF NAMIBIA AND FIRST LADY OF NIGERIA, DAME PATIENCE JONATHAN DURING THE ARRIVAL OF PRESIDENT JONATHAN TO  STATE HOUSE NAMIBIA FOR A STATE VISIT ON THURSDAY(20/3/14)

Controversy over Turkish Airlines arms shipment to Nigeria

THERE was controversy on Wednesday over reported arms shipment to Nigeria by two Turkish Airlines. The airline allegedly shipped weapons to unknown groups in the country, a development that AFP reports said was exposed by an incriminating phone call.
But the airline, with operations in the country, has denied the claim though it confirmed that it carried arms into Nigeria in accordance with international laws.
According to the French news agency, however, an Assistant Executive of the Turkish Airlines, Mehmet Karatas, in the leaked conversation allegedly told an advisor to Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Mustafa Varank, that he felt guilty over the national flag carrier’s arms shipment to Nigeria.

Bowen University Students On The Rampage

Students of Bowen University, Iwo, on Wednesday night went on the rampage while kicking against the university authorities’ plans to increase tuition fees.
The students of the private university, owned and operated by the Nigerian Baptist Convention, destroyed school property, vehicles and their chaplain’s residence.
Some of the students also complained of ‘unnecessary rules and regulations’ imposed on them by the school authorities.

Nigeria’s Flamingoes edge Colombia for quarter final

Nigeria’s Flamingoes have qualified for the quarter finals of the FIFA Under 17 World Cup tournament in Costa Rica, after coming from behind to beat Colombia 2-1.
Nigeria had earlier beaten China in their first group game by the same margin.
Needing all three points to stay alive in Group D, Colombia burst out of the blocks with a third minute goal as Angie Rodriguez looped a header from a perfect Nancy Acosta cross over the head of stranded goalkeeper Onyinyechukwu Okeke.

PRESIDENT JONATHAN TO MEET WITH POPE FRANCIS

PRESIDENT JONATHAN TO MEET WITH POPE FRANCIS AND JOIN OBAMA, OTHER WORLD LEADERS AT NUCLEAR SECURITY SUMMIT IN THE NETHERLANDS

President Goodluck Jonathan will join other world leaders, including President Barack Obama of the United States, President Francois Hollande of France, Prime Minister David Cameron of Britain and Chancellor Angela Merkel of Germany at the 2014 global Nuclear Security Summit which opens at the Hague in Holland on Monday, March 24, 2014.

Crisis Looms As FG Plans To End Fuel Subsidy

Nigerians may witness another massive protest following plans by the government to remove subsidies on petrol and kerosene.
The Minister of Petroleum Resources, Mrs. Diezani Alison-Madueke, gave a hint of government thinking on the removal of the subsidies Tuesday at the ongoing Nigerian Oil and Gas Conference in Abuja.
Arguing for the removal of the subsidies, Alison-Madueke said subsidies being paid to the marketers by the government on imported petrol and kerosene were no longer sustainable.
The oil minister explained that the reform being implemented in the power sector should be taken to the downstream oil sector, stressing that the negative impact of continued regulation of the sector outweighed the positive impact.

Nigeria Immigration Botched Recruitment: Victim's Families to get 3 slots each

Nigeria’s President Goodluck Jonathan on Wednesday ordered the cancellation of the nationwide recruitment exercise by the Nigeria Immigration Service, NIS, during which at least 19 applicants lost their lives and scores of others were injured last Saturday.
The cancellation of the recruitment exercise is coming on the heels of the widespread condemnation that trailed the tragic incident.
The President also ordered the conduct of a fresh recruitment into the NIS.
Labaran Maku, the Minister of Information who revealed this after Wednesday’s weekly meeting of the Federal Executive Council, also said President Jonathan directed that the families of all those who lost their loved one would be given three slots automatically in a fresh recruitment exercise ordered by the President.
One of those to enjoy the automatic employment must be a woman.

PHOTOS: PAN-AFRICAN WRITERS ASSOCIATION VISITS PRESIDENT JONATHAN IN ABUJA

PRESIDENT GOODLUCK JONATHAN (5TH R) MINISTER OF CULTURE AND TOURISM, CHIEF EDEM DUKE (4TH R) SECRETARY-GENERAL, PAN-AFRICAN WRITERS ASSOCIATION (PAWA) PROF ATUKWEI OKAI AND OTHER MEMBERS OF THE ASSOCIATION DURING THEIR VISIT THE PRESIDENTIAL VILLA ABUJA ON TUESDAY (18/3/13)

PRESIDENT GOODLUCK JONATHAN (R) RECEIVING THE 'NOBLE PATRON OF THE ARTS' AWARD FROM THE SECRETARY-GENERAL, PAN-AFRICAN WRITERS ASSOCIATION (PAWA) PROF ATUKWEI OKAI DURING THE VISIT OF THE ASSOCIATION TO THE PRESIDENTIAL VILLA ABUJA ON TUESDAY (18/3/14)

Immigration jobs tragedy: President queries minister, NIS boss

President Goodluck Jonathan on Monday queried the Minister of Interior, Mr. Abba Moro; and the Comptroller-General of the Nigerian Immigration Service, Mr. David Paradang, over the loss of 18 lives during the NIS recruitment on Saturday.The 18 died during stampedes at the venues of the NIS recruitment in different parts of the country. The deaths have generated national uproar. The presidential query for the minister and the NIS CG came as the wife of the Senate President David Mark, Helen, denied reported relationship with the consultants that handled the exercise.

President Jonathan inaugurates National Conference

Remarks by
His Excellency, President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan, GCFR
At the
Inauguration of the National Conference
Monday, 17th March, 2014
PROTOCOLS
1.          I am delighted to welcome you all to the inauguration of this historic National Conference which promises to be another significant landmark in our efforts to strengthen national unity and consolidate democratic governance in our beloved country.
2.          I also believe that this National Conference is coming at a very appropriate time. Having just celebrated the first centenary of our country, the most compelling task before us, as we move ahead and contemplate what our nation will be at the end of its second century, is to lay a much stronger foundation for faster development.