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What Atiku Can Learn From President Jonathan

What Atiku Can Learn From President Jonathan

I do not know much about sports, but I know what good sportsmanship is. Diego Maradona, the Argentine football shaman, was a great player, but he is not celebrated as much as Pele of Brazil.  One fatal flaw detracts from Maradona’s genius – hubris.

Maradona is known to be a sore loser. He curses, barks and brawls in defeat. As a matter of fact, his ‘’legend’’ is stymied by his repulsive foibles and deportment.

Politics is like football. It is a game. One side wins and the other side loses. It should not have to be a hara-kiri – ‘’it …

Former President Jonathan Pays Aso Rock A Visits

Former President Jonathan Pays Aso Rock A Visit

Former President Goodluck Jonathan Thursday in Abuja visited President Muhammadu Buhari in the State House. The former president who was driven into the Presidential Villa at about 2.58 pm, was received by State House Chief of Protocol, Lawan Kazaure, before walking into the waiting hands of the president in his office.

However, the closed-door meeting was so brief as it did not last for more than 10 minutes before the former president came out of Buhari’s office, entered into his car and was driven off.

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How Jonathan aided Buhari’s victory in 2015 – Adoke

How Jonathan aided Buhari’s victory in 2015 – Adoke

Former Attorney General of the Federation (AGF) and Minister of Justice, Mr. Mohammed Adoke, has claimed the two-week postponement of the 2015 general elections by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) was not done to mar the victory of Muhamadu Buhari as widely held by his supporters.

Adoke said on the contrary, President Goodluck Jonathan stood a better chance of winning his re-election on the first date if INEC had gone ahead to conduct the polls in the face of insecurity.

Adoke served as AGF during the administration of Jonathan between 2011-2015.

He made the revelation in his soon to …

How Jonathan signed himself into trouble in 2015

How Jonathan signed himself into trouble in 2015

Sizzling details of some of the behind-the-scene power games during the five years reign of former President Goodluck Jonathan are beginning to surface, one of which was how the former president had already signed himself into trouble with the Fourth Amendment Bill 2015, if not for the last minute intervention by his former Minister of Justice and Attorney General of the Federation, Mohammed Bello Adoke.

Apart from this, the former president also endured intense pressure from prominent members of the political class, who wanted him to use his office to annex more states ahead of the 2015 general election, using …

Jonathan emerges Chairman of African Union's ISCP

Jonathan emerges Chairman of African Union’s ISCP

Former President Goodluck Jonathan has emerged as the Chairman of the African Union’s International Summit Council for Peace (ISCP).

Jonathan also urged AU to set minimum acceptable standards for appointing the leadership of electoral commissions as a means of building citizen confidence and ensuring credibility of elections on the continent.

The former President spoke on Friday at the International Leadership Conference in Johannesburg, South Africa, where he emerged as the chairperson of the newly inaugurated ISCP, a body made up of mainly African former Presidents and ex-Heads of State.

The two-day conference tagged ‘Africa Summit and Leaders Conference 2019’ has …