Bala Mohammed is widely seen as having been one of the most corrupt ministers in President Goodluck Jonathan government and is currently facing corruption charges stemming from his time as Minister for the Federal Capital Territory...
The corrosive qualities of the OPL 245 saga dripped across three People's Democratic Party administrations from Olusegun Obasanjo through Umaru Musa Yar'Adua – who was lukewarm on all the proposed resolutions – and Goodluck Jonathan...
They feel marginalised and threatened by Buhari's transition agenda but have yet to demonstrate that they can turn out voters in greater numbers than when Goodluck Jonathan led the party four years ago...
Reports of rent-seeking and inertia in the president's inner circle – dominated by family members and kinsmen – has tarnished the anti-corruption credentials that swept him to power in 2015 over the hugely corrupt administration of President Goodluck Jonathan...
How the race looks in the regions The south-south and south-east for AtikuThe Igbo heartland is the backbone of PDP support and went overwhelmingly for Goodluck Jonathan in 2011 and 2015...
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JP Morgan argued that it was only obeying orders from President Goodluck Jonathan's government to transfer $800m paid into a government account by Shell and ENI into private accounts in Nigeria...
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Under the Goodluck Jonathan and Shehu Musa Yar'Adua governments the National Assembly failed even to vote on draft legislation...
Goodluck Jonathan as the PDP incumbent with a strong network among power brokers in the east generated a turnout of barely 40% in the region in the 2015 election In communities in the Middle Belt or North Central region the violence between herders and farmers now killing more people than Boko Haram attacks has polarised communities for and against Buhari...
The bill was blocked by the National Assembly until 2015 when Goodluck Jonathan lost power to Muhammadu Buhari...
How to become a buccaneer Nigeria currently produces roughly two million barrels of crude oil a day (including condensates) of which the Nigerian independents' share is just over 10% mainly in fields acquired from the IOCs during the presidency of Goodluck Jonathan...
Buhari was elected in 2015 with a resounding mandate to move Nigeria on from the instability and corruption associated with his predecessor Goodluck Jonathan...
That is what happened in October 2014 and it paved the way for the defeat of Goodluck Jonathan in elections the following year (AC Vol 55 No 23 After the bombing Jonathan declares)...
Most rebel leaders from the 2003-09 phase of the conflict – including Bibopre Ajube 'General Shoot-at-Sight' Victor Ebikabowei Ben 'Boyloaf' Government Tompolo and Ateke Tom – have turned on their old patron Goodluck Jonathan the former President and rallied around Buhari...