NEWS

State police: Shettima, Jonathan, Abdulsalami, govs, others for Reps’ national dialogue

Daily Dispatch April 21, 2024

The House of Representatives will on Monday hold a National Dialogue on State Policing in fulfilment of the commitment made by the Speaker, Abbas Tajudeen, Ph.D., in January. The proposal for state police is part of the ongoing review of the 1999 Constitution by the 10th National Assembly. The

NEWS

Jonathan, Wabote, Lumumba Bag African Heritage Awards

Daily Dispatch April 2, 2023

A former President of Nigeria, Goodluck Jonathan, and the Executive Secretary of the Nigerian Content and Monitoring Board (NCDMB) Simbi Wabote, have been honoured with the African Democracy and Peace Icon Award and Champion of Local Content Development in Africa Award, respectively. The NCDMB Corporate Communications, in a statement on Sunday, said that Jonathan and […]

NEWS

Obasanjo, Gowon, Jonathan, attend Council of State meeting

Daily Dispatch February 10, 2023

President Muhammadu Buhari is currently chairing the Council of State meeting holding at the Council Chamber of the State House, Abuja. The first in 2023, the meeting comes 14 days to the presidential elections and amid the twin crisis facing the economy: fuel scarcity and a cash crunch occasioned by the central bank’s naira redesign policy. […]

NEWS

Jonathan, Kukah, Amaechi, Yusuf Ali, others for unveiling of ‘The Letterman’

Daily Dispatch November 30, 2022

Nigeria’s capital, Abuja, is expected to literarily come alive on Thursday as former President Goodluck Jonathan and other top dignitaries converge on the city for the public presentation of: “The Letterman,” a book on the “secret” letters of ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo by the Editor-in-Chief of Premium Times, Musikilu Mojeed. “The Letterman” will be unveiled at […]

LEAD STORY 2

Budget: Obasanjo, Jonathan, Atiku, others to pocket N13.8bn 2023

Daily Dispatch October 22, 2022

A total of N13,805,814,220 has been proposed for the payment of pensions to former Presidents, Vice-Presidents, Heads of State, Chiefs of General Staff, retired heads of service, permanent secretaries, as well as retired heads of government agencies and parastatal in the 2023 fiscal year. NaijaBlitzNews reports that beneficiaries include former Presidents Olusegun Obasanjo

Politics

Former presidential spokesperson, Reuben Abati, confirms his ex-boss, Jonathan, set to declare for 2023 presidential race on APC platform

Daily Dispatch April 24, 2022

A former presidential spokesperson, Mr Reuben Abati, has confirmed that his ex-principal, Goodluck Jonathan, is set to move into the All Progressives Congress, APC. Abati said Jonathan would thereafter declare for presidency on the platform of the governing party. Sundry media reports had insinuated that the former president had given the APC a set of […]