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Nigeria

Goodluck Ebele Jonathan

Date of Birth: 20 November 1957
Place of Birth: Bayelsa


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Small earthquake, President slightly hurt

The defection of five state governors from his party to the new opposition alliance on 26 November can hardly have surprised President Goodluck Jonathan who has been procrastinating over the growing political crisis for the last four months...

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Politics versus the budget

No official reason was given for the postponement of President Goodluck Jonathan's budget speech to the National Assembly to 19 November...


Anambra kicks off the race

Although the PDP sees Anambra and the south-east as its political heartland under the presidency of Goodluck Jonathan the APC has mobilised its leading lights such as former military leader General Muhammadu Buhari and the ex-Governor of Lagos State Bola Tinubu...


Jonathan’s dialogue plan outflanks rebels

It has taken six weeks for President Goodluck Jonathan to regain the political initiative after seven state governors walked out of his party's national conference at the end of August demanding radical change or threatening an alliance with the opposition (AC Vol 54 No 19 Punching out the PDP)...

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On a wing and a prayer

The declared aim of President Goodluck Jonathan's 23-29 October trip to Israel was for him to join another 30 000 Nigerians on a Christian pilgrimage and to preside over signing a Bilateral Air Services Agreement with the government...


Taylor goes down alone

Nigeria's President Goodluck Jonathan has suggested there could a mechanism to suspend the ICC case against Kenyatta during his presidential term...


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Keïta’s test of words and deeds

Other leaders there to endorse Keïta included Nigeria's Goodluck Jonathan and Ghana's John Dramani Mahama alongside Tunisia's Interim President Moncef Marzouki and King Mohamed VI of Morocco who has been increasing his engagement with West Africa...


Punching out the PDP

The party dissidents talk about internal democracy but the core issue remains their opposition to President Goodluck Jonathan running for another presidential term in 2015...

They oppose Amaechi since he has consistently criticised the amnesty and now because he is undermining their ally and the Delta's first national President Goodluck Jonathan...


Reshuffle may not help Jonathan's chances

The first major reshuffle of Goodluck Jonathan's presidency on 11 September looked more like a panic reaction to political revolt inside his party rather than a strategic move to strengthen his government...


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