Tag: Goodluck Jonathan
Villagers killed in central Mali as mediators seek to restore stability
Armed men killed at least 12 villagers in central Mali, local officials said on Thursday, while in the capital Bamako West African mediators held...
Chad and Nigeria should co-operate in fight against Boko Haram
Chad's President Idriss Deby said on Monday in Nigeria's capital Abuja the fight against Islamist Boko Haram insurgents was being hindered by...
Nigeria’s Buhari praises Jonathan for peaceful handover
Nigerian election winner Muhammadu Buhari congratulated outgoing President Goodluck Jonathan for peacefully relinquishing power on Wednesday, a day after becoming the first...
Nigeria’s Buhari wins historic election landslide
Three decades after seizing power in a military coup, Muhammadu Buhari became the first Nigerian to oust a president through the ballot...
Nigerian Navy commissions four new warships
Nigeria's President Goodluck Jonathan yesterday commissioned into service four recently acquired warships, with two more to be commissioned before the end of...
Nigeria military promises neutrality after poll delay
Nigeria's military pledged not to get involved in party politics on Wednesday, after concerns grew about its role in pushing for the...
Nigerian security chief urges vote delay, opposition refuse
Nigeria should delay next month's elections to give organisers more time to distribute millions of biometric ID cards to voters, the country's...
Analysis – Nigeria election tensions raise spectre of break-up
As Nigeria approaches its most divisive and closely fought election since the end of military rule in 1999, its leaders are having...
Nigeria’s Jonathan makes surprise visit to insurgency-hit northeast
President Goodluck Jonathan made a surprise visit to insurgency-plagued northeast Nigeria on Thursday, a rebuff to critics who say he has ignored...
U.S. says Nigeria vote a factor in increased Boko Haram attacks
The U.S. State Department said on Tuesday it believes the Feb. 14 election in Nigeria is a factor behind the sharp increase...
Nigerian governors facing Boko Haram request more troops before election
Facing an increasingly violent Islamist insurgency, governors from three states in northeast Nigeria asked President Goodluck Jonathan on Tuesday to deploy extra...
Nigerian presidential candidates
In a no-contest vote, Nigeria's President Goodluck Jonathan was nominated as the ruling party's leader for the February 2015 elections early on...
Nigeria seeks to extend state of emergency in three northern states
Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan will ask the national assembly to extend a state of emergency in three northeastern states hit by Islamist...
Nigerian president says tide is turning against Islamists
Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan said on Wednesday the army was turning the tide against Boko Haram Islamists and he trumpeted his government's...
Nigeria’s campaigning president says “turning tide” against Islamists
Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan said on Wednesday the army was turning the tide against Boko Haram Islamists and he trumpeted his government's...
Nigeria still working to free abducted girls
Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan told the United Nations General Assembly authorities were still working to free about 200 girls abducted from a...
Nigeria leader wants $1 billion loan to help fight Boko Haram
Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan on Wednesday sought approval from parliament to borrow up to $1 billion abroad to help the armed forces...
Nigeria in darkest phase of history – president at bomb site
President Goodluck Jonathan said on Friday Nigeria had entered one of the darkest phases of its history, visiting the scene of a...
Abuja bomb cuts short Nigeria president’s trip to AU summit
Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan has cut short a trip to an African Union summit in Gabon a day after a bomb blast...
Africa and the West pledge more support in the war against...
Nigeria will get more military and tactical support to help combat the Islamist militant group Boko Haram and find 200 kidnapped schoolgirls,...
Nigeria’s president orders full scale offensive on Boko Haram
Nigeria's president said on Thursday he had ordered "a full-scale operation" against Boko Haram Islamist militants and sought to reassure the parents...
Boko Haram too extreme for ‘al Qaeda in West Africa’ brand
When Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan branded Boko Haram "al Qaeda in West Africa", it was sure to turn up the alarm among...
Nigerian president, leaders to discuss African militant threat
Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan, facing a mounting Islamist insurgency at home, will fly to South Africa to discuss ways of tackling militancy...
Nigeria’s president cancels visit to village of abducted girls
Nigeria's President Goodluck Jonathan has cancelled his first visit to the village from which more than 200 schoolgirls were abducted by Islamist...
Nigerian president to visit town where girls were seized
Nigeria's President Goodluck Jonathan will on Friday visit the northeastern village where more than 200 schoolgirls were seized a month ago by...
Nigerian president seeks to extend emergency laws in three states
Nigeria's president asked parliament on Tuesday for a six-month extension of a state of emergency in three northeastern states due to persistent...
Nigeria’s president at WEF pledges to free kidnapped girls
Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan promised on Thursday to find more than 200 schoolgirls abducted by Islamist rebels, as the hostage crisis overshadowed...
ISS: No end in sight to Boko Haram attacks as 2015...
‘Barbaric,' ‘insane,' ‘gruesome' and ‘cowardly' – these are some of the words that have been used to describe the attack that took...
At least 15 dead in Nigerian car bomb explosion
A suspected car bomb exploded on the outskirts of Nigeria's capital Abuja on Thursday, killing at least 15 people a week before...
Nigerian leaders unite against Boko Haram
Leaders from across Nigeria appealed for a united front against Boko Haram on Thursday, saying the Islamist insurgents were waging war on...
Nigerian president picks ex-general as defense minister
Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan appointed an experienced former army general from the Muslim north as his defense minister on Wednesday, as he...
Suspected Islamists kill 85 in northeast Nigeria
Suspected Islamist militants have killed at least 85 people in northeastern Nigeria, witnesses and officials said on Sunday, in a further setback...
Death toll from north-east Nigeria Islamist attack doubles
Gunmen from Nigeria's Islamist Boko Haram sect killed 98 people in the north-eastern town of Bama on Wednesday, residents said after burying...
Nigeria’s Boko Haram kill 51 in northeast attack
Gunmen from Islamist sect Boko Haram killed 51 people in an attack on a town in northeast Nigeria, witnesses said on Wednesday,...
Nigerian authorities free opposition deputy leader on bail
Nigeria's State Security Service (SSS) on Tuesday freed the deputy head of the main opposition coalition on bail, a day after he...
Nigeria president names replacements for sacked ministers
Nigeria's President Goodluck Jonathan has found 12 replacements for ministers he sacked last year, his office said on Tuesday, as he looks...
Nigerian president overhauls military leadership
Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan on Thursday replaced the chiefs of defense, army, navy and air force, a presidency statement said, without giving...
U.N. chief Ban fears Nigeria anti-gay law will fuel violence
U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon expressed deep concern on Wednesday at a new Nigerian law that criminalizes same-sex relationships, which he fears could...
Nigerian leader signs anti-gay law, drawing U.S. fire
Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan signed a bill on Monday that criminalizes same-sex relationships, defying Western pressure over gay rights and provoking criticism...
Nigeria to free 167 detained in Islamist insurgency
Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan has ordered the release of 167 people who were arrested during a military campaign to end an Islamist...
Nigerian commissions new UAV
Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan has commissioned the country's latest Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) which will be deployed as an intelligence, surveillance and...
Nigeria’s Boko Haram claims northeast barracks attack
Nigerian Islamist sect Boko Haram was behind a coordinated attack on military targets this month, the group's leader has said in a...
Benin says frees Nigerian ex-militant after Jonathan intervenes
Benin freed a former militant leader from Nigeria's oil-rich Delta region on Friday after a personal intervention by Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan,...
Nigeria extends emergency rule in violence-hit states
Nigeria's house of representatives on Wednesday approved a six month extension of a state of emergency in three northeastern states where the...
Nigeria military says 29 Islamists killed in two battles
Nigerian troops have killed 29 suspected Islamist militants in two days of fighting in the northeast, where President Goodluck Jonathan's forces are...
Nigeria offensive drives 40,000 refugees into Niger
Nigeria's army offensive against Islamist militants has pushed nearly 40,000 refugees over its northern border into Niger, a U.N. agency said, in...
Nigeria says needs Cameroon’s help to fight Boko Haram
Nigeria said it needed help from Cameroon to police their shared border as it seeks to win a drawn-out battle to crush...
Nigerian president seeks state of emergency extension
Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan asked the national assembly on Wednesday to extend by six months a state of emergency in three northeastern...
Militants kill 70 in northeast Nigeria attacks
Suspected Boko Haram militants have killed 70 people in three attacks in northeastern Nigeria in recent days, officials said on Monday, a...
President pledges national dialogue to heal ‘divided’ Nigeria
Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan on Tuesday promised a national dialogue to heal what he said was an ethnically and religiously divided nation,...
