Ali Modu Sheriff Still Under Probe - Presidency

Presidency has denied allegations that former Borno State governor, Ali Modu Sheriff, accused of sponsoring terrorism in Nigeria,  was part of the delegation of President Goodluck Jonathan on his recent visit to his Chadian counterpart, Idris Derby. 

Insisting that the Presidency was aware that he was under investigation, by the SSS for sponsoring Boko Haram. The Punch reports

 President Goodluck Jonathan has denied travelling to Chad with a former Borno State governor, Ali Modu Sheriff, for a meeting with the Chadian President, Idris Derby, on terrorism issues.

The President said he was fully aware of allegations of Boko Haram sponsorship levelled against the former governor, adding that he was only waiting for the outcome of his probe by security operatives.

The presidential spokesman, Dr. Reuben Abati, who said this in a statement on Thursday, insisted that the extent of participation of Sheriff in President Jonathan’s mission to N’Djamena, the Chadian capital, was limited to his being part of Nigerians who welcomed the President to the foreign land.

President Jonathan Needs Rest, He's Taking The Needed Rest In Germany ––Nigerian Ambassador

 Nigeria’s ambassador to Germany, Abdu Usman Abubakar, has claimed that Jonathan, who was abruptly flown to Germany from Abuja on Thursday, is taking a deserved rest in Germany.

It was reported that President Jonathan was flown to see doctors in Wiesbaden, Germany a few hours after the Nigerian president rounded off the National Confab in Abuja.

    President Jonathan’s sudden departure from Nigeria’s capital city and the cancellation of the scheduled dinner with members of the just concluded National Confab triggered panic and alarm amongst presidential aides and the Nigerian political class.

President Jonathan Sick, Flown To Hospital In Germany

Contrary to the official claims that President Goodluck Jonathan travelled to Germany on a private visit, Leadership has disclosed that the president actually took ill and had to leave the country for Germany to seek medical care.

Efforts to get a confirmation from the Presidency failed up until the time of going to press, as several calls to his spokesman, Dr Reuben Abati, did not go through and he didn’t respond to an email enquiry either.

Similarly, the senior special assistant to the president on public affairs, Dr Doyin Okupe, did not pick or return several calls to his mobile number last night.

    It was gathered that President Jonathan, on arrival in Germany, headed for a private hospital in the Germany for urgent medical attention.

PHOTOS: President Jonathan, Sambo, Fashola Use Hand Sanitizer During Meeting On Ebola

President Jonathan using hand sanitizer during on-going meeting on Ebola virus with state governors at the Villa. VP Sambo and Governor Fashola also used the sanitizer.

Several state governors, Ministers of Health, Information & FCT are right now in the Villa attending a special meeting with President Jonathan on the Ebola Virus disease. See the pics below:

WHAT IS WRONG WITH THIS PICTURE

Let me not waste your time guessing, President Jonathan has no shoes on. It seems the guy got used to his no shoes status, we forced him to wear shoes we can see the consequences!!
The guy does not like shoes shikena!! His shoelessness had nothing to do with poverty?





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REVEALED: PRESIDENCY SHARED N22.4M TO CHIBOK PARENTS AND ESCAPED GIRLS --- KIBAKI COMMUNIT`Y

The Chibok community leadership refuted allegations that it was given N100m to share to the parents and women, adding that it did not handle or receive any money from the Presidency.

The association in a press statement signed by its Spokesman, Dauda Ilya, in Abuja on Wednesday, said that 63 individuals comprising 51 escaped girls were given N100,000 each, 51 parents equally received N100,000 each and another 61 parents got N200,000 each.

The community stated that 10 parents out of the 122 that took part in the meeting with Jonathan did not receive any money.

NEW CONTROVERSY: President Jonathan Gave Chibok Parents N100million?

A new controversy is brewing in Chibok village, with parents of the abducted girls alleging that they have been shortchanged by Chibok community leaders who received N100million cash gift from the Presidency, on their behalf.

Channels TV reports:
Although a presidential aide denied any such gift to Chibok parents, through their leaders, one parent, Mr Abdu Halidu, told the BBC that he got only N200, 000 from the money.
Now the parents of the missing girls are saying that the amount shared to them is unacceptable. According to Mr Halidu “I got only N200, 000 out of the said N100 million. Some of us got N300,000 and some less than that. Our leaders in Abuja are using the girls to enrich themselves and this is unacceptable.”

Presidency Says To Stop Insulting President Jonathan

 THE Presidency has warned those attacking President Goodluck Jonathan to put a stop to that against the backdrop that any insult matted on the president amounts to embarrassing the entire country.
The Presidency has also called on those who address the public to be mindful of their utterances while addressing them.

Speaking yesterday when he received a group under the aegis, Voice of Change Foundation, a Goodluck Support group made up of Nollywood celebrities ,Sport stars and Musicians, in his office, Abuja, Special Adviser to the President, Prof. Rufai Ahmed Alkali who noted that ethno-cultural differences of the nation should be seen as its strength, not weakness, however stressed that nobody should make comments capable of trivialising any of them.

Finally President Jonathan And Emir Sanusi Meet In Abuja (PHOTOS)

Who would have thought? That these two men will meet and heartily greet each other? President Jonathan and former CBN Governor and newly installed Emir of Kano, Sanusi Lamido Sanusi met today July 23rd for the first time since Sanusi's installation as Emir.

They met at the Presidential Villa in Abuja where Sanusi had gone to break the Ramadan fast with the President. The reconciliation meeting was brokered by the Sultan of Sokoto, Saa’ad Abubakar.

See more photos below:

Finally, President Jonathan Meets Parents Of Abducted Chibok Girls (SEE PHOTOS)

President Jonathan today July 22nd met with parents of abducted Chibok girls and rescued girls at the State House in Abuja. Present at the closed door meeting was the Senate President David Mark, Finance Minister Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, the Principal of the school, Mrs Asaba Kwambura as well as some Heads of Nigeria's Security Agencies.

The media was sent out of the room once the meeting kicked off.

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11 Parents Of Nigeria’s Abducted Girls Die

 FILE-In this Monday, May 19, 2014 file photo, Martha Mark, the mother of kidnapped school girl Monica Mark cries as she displays her photo, in the family house, in Chibok, Nigeria. At least 11 parents of the more than 200 kidnapped Nigerian schoolgirls will never see their daughters again. Since the mass abduction of the schoolgirls by Islamic extremists three months ago, at least 11 of their parents have died and their hometown, Chibok, is under siege from the militants, residents report. Seven fathers of kidnapped girls were among 51 bodies brought to Chibok hospital after an attack on the nearby village of Kautakari this month, said a health worker who insisted on anonymity for fear of reprisals by the extremists. At least four more parents have died of heart failure, high blood pressure and other illnesses that the community blames on trauma due to the mass abduction 100 days ago, said community leader Pogu Bitrus, who provided their names. (Sunday Alamba File/Associated Press)

LAGOS, Nigeria — About a dozen parents of the more than 200 kidnapped Nigerian schoolgirls will never see their daughters again.

Since the mass abduction of the schoolgirls by Islamic extremists three months ago, at least 11 of their parents have died and their hometown, Chibok, is under siege from the militants, residents report.

Seven fathers of kidnapped girls were among 51 bodies brought to Chibok hospital after an attack on the nearby village of Kautakari this month, said a health worker who insisted on anonymity for fear of reprisals by the extremists.

These Are Some Of The Faces And Names Of The Abducted Chibok Girls

67 days have gone by since their kidnap,yet, no word of their release.  Their pictures had also been kept away from the world,till now..These are the faces of the over 200 girls gotten from a leader of the community council in Chibok..According to Gordon Brown of Mailonline

    "I was shown these pictures after visiting Nigeria this week. I met the leader of the community council in Chibok, the town from which the girls were abducted.Slowly and with tears in his eyes, he flicked through a file in which he had recorded the names and photographs of the girls.

I'm Ready To Expose All Boko Haram Sponsors ––Kabiru Sokoto

 Nobody loves to suffer alone and especially when you are not the only one guilty of the offence you are being punished for. That is the dilemma of one of Boko Haram's kingpin, Kabiru Sokoto, who is in prison.

According to reports, Kabiru Sokoto has said he is ready to name the sponsors of the extremist terrorist group, Boko Haram. A top security officers at Kuje Prisons, Abuja, where he is serving a life sentence, revealed to Nigerian Pilot.

    The prison official said, “Kabiru Sokoto has been saying aloud and telling anyone who cares to listen in prison that he is ready to name the sponsors of Boko Haram. He also wants the government [of President Jonathan] to consider his plea for pardon.”

"We Know Where The Abducted Chibok Girls Are" - Presidency Confirms Army Report

Following claims by the Chief of Defence Staff, Alex Badeh that the Nigerian Army has discovered the location of the missing Chibok girls, the Presidency yesterday confirmed the reports.
This was disclosed yesterday by the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Public Affairs, Doyin Okupe during an interview with American news station, CNN.
Okupe said:

    “As an insider; I am saying that the location of the Chibok schoolgirls is now known and President Goodluck Jonathan is doing everything possible to ensure their safe return”

The Tribune reports:

    The confirmation came a week after the Chief of Defence Staff, Air Chief Marshal Alex Badeh, disclosed that the Nigerian military had discovered the whereabouts of the schoolgirls.

Presidential Convoy Allegedly 'Shoots at' Protesting OAU Students!

A presidential convoy was today held hostage by hundreds of protesting students of the Obafemi Awolowo University, after security details attached to the convoy allegedly shot at them. The convoy led by a Toyota SUV with ‘Presidency’ inscription and registration number, FG902-B02, tried to drive through the students who were protesting an increase in fees by the university. Two of the students reportedly sustained injuries.



One of the leaders of the protest told PREMIUM TIMES on phone:

"The security details shot at us. We have held them hostage. We will not let him go."

President Jonathan Never Planned To Visit Chibok Today-- Reuben Abati

According to Presidential Spokesman, no such arrangement was made.
See his tweets below:

NIGERIAN GOVERNMENT ORDERS CLOSURE OF ALL PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND OFFICES FOR WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM

 A statement by the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Pius Anyim, stated that the directive is to ensure free flow of traffic in the city centre.
The Federal Government has ordered the closure of all government offices and schools in the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, during the period of the World Economic Forum, WEF.
The WEF on Africa is scheduled to hold from May 7 to 9.

A statement by the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Pius Anyim, stated that the directive is to ensure free flow of traffic in the city centre.

PRESIDENT JONATHAN COMMENDS BUHARI, CALLS HIM A TRUE PATRIOT

                                                STATE HOUSE PRESS RELEASE

         PRESIDENT JONATHAN APPLAUDS GENERAL BUHARI’S PATRIOTIC CALL FOR    

                                          NATIONAL UNITY AGAINST TERRORISM


President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan commends General Muhammadu Buhari for his very statesman-like views on  terrorism and insecurity  in Nigeria as expressed in his article which was published by the media over the past two days.


President Jonathan believes that the position taken by General Buhari is that of a true patriot, respected former Head of State, revered elder statesman and nationalist.

The President welcomes General Buhari’s call on all Nigerians to remain steadfast and work in unity to overcome terrorists and other merchants of death who currently threaten national security.

President Jonathan Never Confirmed Withholding Of $10 Billion From Federation Account .

STATE HOUSE PRESS RELEASE

PRESIDENT JONATHAN NEVER CONFIRMED WITHHOLDING OF $10 BILLION FROM FEDERATION ACCOUNT

Reports in some domestic media today which quoted President Goodluck Jonathan as "confirming" in Amsterdam that the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) wrongly withheld $10 Billion from the federation account  are completely false and a total distortion of the President's comments during his meeting with the Nigerian community in the Netherlands.

At no time during the well-attended reception did President Jonathan also confirm any "irregularities" in the NNPC.

Nigerian Government Votes N300 Million To Fight Foreign Media 'Propaganda'

Nigerian authorities are signing off a N300 million war chest to contest what an official called “negative publicity” on Nigeria in foreign media, as the government faces increasing criticism over its handling of a rampaging terror crisis in three northeast states.
The amount will be spent on “External publicity /media insertions in foreign media: print media, electronic media, media forum in selected cities abroad, engagement with foreign news agencies, production of specialized publicity materials for external audience”, according to the 2014 national budget.