Goodluck Jonathan: “I faced betrayal in 2015”
10 Sep
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Goodluck Jonathan: “I faced betrayal in 2015”

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Former President Goodluck Jonathan said he experienced “a lot of betrayal” from allies during the 2015 elections, arguing that Nigerian politics too often rewards disloyalty and doublespeak. Speaking in Benin City on Thursday at the 70th birthday celebration of former Deputy Governor Mike Oghiadomhe, Jonathan said it is hard to find politicians who keep a consistent position. According to him, many say one thing in the morning and something different by afternoon or evening, a pattern he described as emblematic of the country’s political culture. Despite his criticism of the wider system, Jonathan praised Oghiadomhe,who served as Edo State deputy governor from 1999 to 2007 and as his chief of staff between 2010 and 2014,as a rare example of steadiness and trust. He called Oghiadomhe someone whose word “you can take to the bank,” adding that such...
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JONATHAN JANSEN | GNU politics may be black and white, but that’s not all there is to SA

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Politics tamfitronics While race consumes the discourse on the ANC-DA merger, other areas of South African society are seeing progress 26 June 2024 - 21:30 One of the most fascinating observations about the proposed government of national unity (the concept itself is being strained to the limit) is the unspoken subtext to the negotiations — how it dealt with the problem of race without talking about the problem of race. Here was a black-dominant party (the ANC) deciding to go into co-leadership with a white-dominant party (the DA), at least as far as their face of leadership is concerned... There’s never been a...
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“Mrs Jonathan and I labored for Wike’s emergence as governor, now we net insults” – Secondus
12 May
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“Mrs Jonathan and I labored for Wike’s emergence as governor, now we net insults” – Secondus

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Politics tamfitronics A musty National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Prince Uche Secondus, on Saturday, published that he and Nigeria’s musty First Lady, Mrs Persistence Jonathan, labored for the emergence of Nyesom Wike as Rivers order governor.Wike used to be the governor of the oil-successfully off order from Can also 2015 to Can also 2023 before he used to be appointed the Federal Capital Territory minister by President Bola Tinubu.Secondus attributed the lingering political disaster in Rivers Inform to the FCT Minister’s pursuit of selfishpastime.Secondus, who spoke to journalists in Abuja, mentioned the FCT Minister used to be the brain unhurried Governor Siminalaye Fubura’s political troubles.He alleged that the musty governor brought effort, bother, and effort into the order, stressing that the Minister has didn't draw any federal project to Rivers.In step with...
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