Gunboats, 2 Airforce Helicopters Drafted to Rescue Jonathan's Abducted Uncle in Bayelsa State

We are winning the war against insecurity they always tell us. I believe them but what about you? Do you? Well, President Goodluck Jonathan’s uncle, 70-year-old Chief Inengite Nitabai, was kidnapped on Sunday after some gun men stormed his compound in Otuoke, Ogbia Local Government Area of Bayelsa State.

The incident which took place at 8.30 pm was by a 10-man gang. Now the presidency has detailed gunboats and two Nigerian Air Force helicopters to search for the abductors and rescue the victim. No ransom has been demanded yet. We are indeed winning the war. Aren’t we?

EXCLUSIVE: Jonathan to Secure World Bank $300 million (about N46 billion) housing Loan for Mortgage Bank

In the face of continuous security challenges facing the nation, President Goodluck Jonathan, who yesterday unveiled the 200 units of three-bedroom flats constructed for officers and men of the police force in Lagos, said such welfare measure would boost the commitment of the officers in securing the nation.

This is just as he said that Nigeria was securing World Bank loan of $300 million (about N46 billion) for Mortgage Bank to address the general housing challenge in the country.

Patience is a Mere Domestic Appendage-Soyinka

The wife of President Goodluck Jonathan, Patience, has been accused of getting away with murder in the country and of being used as a political tool, with the tacit support of her husband.

Making this allegation Thursday during an international press conference on the state of the nation, Nigeria’s Nobel laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka, who alongside human rights lawyer, Mr. Femi Falana (SAN), pointedly identified the first lady as being neck deep in the political crisis in Rivers State, added that her “seizure of Port Harcourt for 11 days with full security apparatus in tow, indicated that there is something about that madam herself.”

Presidency Blames Amaechi over Rivers Fracas

Special Adviser to the President on Political Matters, Ahmed Gulak

As debates and comments continue to trail the fisticuffs that ensued between pro and anti-Amaechi factions in the Rivers State House of Assembly, the presidency has laid the blame of the whole saga squarely on the state governor, Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi.

Special Adviser to the President on Political Matters, Ahmed Gulak, made this known while commenting  on the Rivers State crisis to journalists in Abuja Friday.

Nigeria, China Sign Agreement on Financial Cooperation

President Goodluck Jonathan

President Goodluck Jonathan and President Xi Jinping of China Wednesday in Beijing presided over the signing of five agreements to boost financial, trade, economic, technical and cultural relations between Nigeria and China.

Rivers Crisis: ACN Demands Jonathan's Impeachment

President Goodluck Jonathan

The Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) has asked the National Assembly to immediately commence impeachment proceedings against President Goodluck Jonathan over his alleged role in the ongoing crisis in Rivers State.

The party blames President Jonathan for failing to live up to his oath of office to uphold the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.