Ebola: Jonathan warns against discriminatory actions against Nigerians

President Jonathan

As the world unites in the fight against Ebola, President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan has said that he expects and hopes that Nigerians will no longer suffer discriminatory checks and stigmatization abroad now that the World Health Organisation has certified Nigeria Ebola-free.

Speaking at an audience with the Foreign Ministers of Germany and France who called on him at the Presidential Villa on Monday in Abuja, President Jonathan restated the Federal Government’s displeasure over  the stigmatization of Nigerians by some countries after the Ebola virus entered Nigeria in July through a Liberian traveler.

The President, in a statement signed by his Special Adviser, (Media and Publicity) Dr. Reuben Abati and made available to SHOWBIZPLUSng, maintained that there was never any justifiable basis for the stigmatization of Nigerians since Ebola was rapidly contained in the country and never attained epidemic levels.

Joke of the day: Presidency accuses #BringBackOurGirls campaigners of planning to unseat Jonathan

BBOG Campaigners

The absurd will never stop happening in Nigeria, especially from those in authority mostly at the federal level.

The Presidency on Thursday said its longstanding view that the agenda of the #BringBackOurGirls campaigners was confirmed on Wednesday with the presence of the movement’s leaders at the presidential declaration of Maj.-Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (retd.).

The Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Dr. Reuben Abati, made the Presidency’s position known on his Twitter handle.

Buhari had at the Eagles Square, Abuja on Wednesday formally declared his intention to contest the 2015 presidential elections on the platform of the All Progressives Congress.

2015: Buhari dares Jonathan, Atiku, picks APC presidential form, pays N27.5m

 

Buhari

A former military Head of State, Maj.-Gen. Muhammadu Buhari, on Thursday became the second presidential aspirant to pick the expression of interest and nomination forms of the All Progressives Congress.

Buhari, who paid the required N27.5m in Abuja was handed the forms by the party’s national chairman, John Oyegun.

President Jonathan mourns late Akpata

L-R: Jonathan and Akpata

President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan has commiserated with Governor Adams Oshiomhole and the people of Edo State on the death yesterday of prominent Nigerian administrator, educationist and elder statesman, Chief Tayo Akpata.

 Jonathan also extended his sincere condolences to Chief Akpata’s widow, Chief (Mrs.) Olabisi Akpata, his children, grandchildren and other relatives.

 In a statement signed by Presidential Spokesman, Dr. Reuben Abati,  Jonathan urged them to take solace in the memory of Chief Akpata’s long, successful and very fulfilled life in the service of his family, community, state and country.

Abuja in party mood as Jonathan decorates 313 Nigerians with national honours

Stephanie Okereke receiving her national honour from Jonathan few years ago

The city of Abuja was agog this morning as President Goodluck Jonathan today, Monday conferred different categories of national honours on 313 persons who have distinguished themselves in their various fields of endeavour.

Among those honoured at the ceremony which was held at the International Conference Centre, Abuja were a taxi driver, Mr. Imeh Usuah; a traffic warden, Cpl. Solomon Dauda; and a steward, Mr. Onuh Isaac, who have displayed exemplary performances.

The three of them got house gifts in the Federal Capital Territory from the President in addition to their national awards, Member of the Order of the Niger.

Jonathan also directed that the designer of the national flag, Pa Michael Akinkunmi, be placed on the salary of a Special Assistant to the President for life in addition to his national honour of Officer of the Order of the Federal Republic.

Jonathan bombs Tinubu, Fashola, says Ikimi’s defection, final blow to APC

L-R: Jonathan and Tinubu

President Goodluck Jonathan on Saturday described the defection of a former Minister of Foreign Affairs, Tom IKmi, from All Progressives Congress to the Peoples Democratic Party as spelling the end of the APC.

He also vowed that the Peoples Democratic Party would win Edo and Rivers states in the 2015 and 2016 general and governorship elections in the two states.

President Jonathan spoke during the PDP South-South unity rally held at the Samuel Ogbemudia Stadium in Benin, the Edo State capital.

While welcoming Tom Ikimi and other former members of the APC, including national and state assembly members, back to the party, he stated that the defection from the APC to the PDP, led by Ikimi, meant that “the last oxygen has been removed.”

South South TAN Rally: PDP Slams APC For Politicizing Ebola Virus Disease

L-R: Jonathan and Tinubu

The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Rivers State Chapter says the All Progressives Congress, APC, is one flock of same minds suffering from the calamity of being ignorant of everything simply because they lack the courage to admit their ignorance of a great number of things including the dreaded Ebola Virus disease that is ravaging many parts of West African sub region.

The party came out with this while reacting to the APC’s unnecessary discomfort over the Transformation Ambassadors of Nigeria, TAN South South Rally in Port Harcourt over the weekend which was a huge success, and its senseless attempt to blame the party for going on with the event in view of the reported cases of the Ebola disease in the State.

In a statement signed by Jerry Needam, Special Adviser on Media to the State Chairman, Prince Felix Obuah and sent to SHOWBIZPLUSng, the Party said the APC’s continued hue and cry even after the event, and heaps of insults on President Goodluck Jonathan whom it is accusing of masterminding the rally appear to confirm the public view that all the noise about the Ebola virus disease without a corresponding action by Governor Amaechi and his APC chieftains in the State was mainly to stop the PDP rally and not born out of genuine concern for the health of Rivers people.

Ebola’s outbreak in Rivers blamed on Amaechi’s negligence

Medical personnel battling Ebola

 The recent Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) outbreak in Rivers State that has claimed the life of a doctor and put that of many more in danger, has been blamed on Governor Rotimi Amaechi’s poor handling of serious and urgent state matters.

The Rivers State PDP, in a statement sent to SHOWBIZPLUSng said it was pained by the latest development which it strongly believes was preventable but occurred as a result of apparent negligence and ill-conceived political game play by Amaechi, even when there were enough warnings and preliminary efforts aimed at averting it by the federal authorities through the federal Ministry of Health.

Jonathan appoints Kifasi new Head of Service... As Goni Aji retires

Kifasi

President Goodluck Jonathan has appointed Mr Danladi Irmiya Kifasi as the new Head of Service of the Federation as Mallam Bukar Goni Aji retires.

This is contained in a tweet posted by the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Dr. Reuben Abati.

Osun election: Why Jonathan congratulated Aregbesola

Jonathan

President Goodluck Jonathan on Sunday congratulated Governor Rauf Aregbesola of Osun  State on his victory in Saturday’s governorship election in the state.
In a statement by the Presidential spokesman, Dr. Reuben Abati, which was sent to SHOWBIZPLUSng, Jonathan commended the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and national security agencies for ensuring that the elections were free, fair, credible and peaceful in keeping with the avowed commitment of his Administration.
The President in the statement, also lauded the people of Osun State who, he said, “came out en masse yesterday in all the local government areas of the state to peacefully and freely exercise their democratic right, trusting in his assurance that all necessary measures would be taken to ensure their safety and the sanctity of their votes.”

Osun decides: Who wins today's governorship election between Omisore and Aregbesola?

L: Aregbesola and Omisore

As Osun indigenes go to polls today to elect their governor, SHOWBIZPLUSng wants you darling readers to tell us who you think will coast home to victory between the incumbent Rauf Aregbesola of APC and Iyiola Omisore of the PDP. Let's begin the voting here...

Era of politicians manipulating results of elections in Nigeria are over - Jonathan

Jonathan

President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan declared on Monday in Washington DC that the days when a few politicians, acting in concert with their hirelings and thugs, can hijack voters cards and other electoral materials, and manipulate the outcome of elections to their personal advantage are gone forever in Nigeria.

According to a press statement signed and sent to DAYLIGHTNG by the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Reuben Abati, Jonathan, while speaking at a meeting with Nigerian professionals in the United States, said that he remained fully committed to keeping the promise he made in 2011 that he will do everything possible to ensure that the elections in Nigeria become very free, fair and credible.

Son’s death: Jonathan mourns with el-Rufai

el-Rufai and Jonathan

President Goodluck Jonathan, has put aside their political differences to mourn with former minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Mallam Nasir el Rufai on the recent death of his son in a car crash today.

A signed statement sent to SHOWBIZPLUSng by Presidential Spokesman, Reuben Abati said Jonathan received with a deep sense of grief and shock, news of the sudden and untimely death of Hamza, son of el-Rufai.

Chibok girls hit 100 days in captivity as 11 parents die from shock, heart attack

Jonathan addressing some parents of the abducted Chibok girls in Aso Rock...recently

The National Chairman, Chibok community, Pogu Bitrus, has said that four more parents of the abducted girls of the Government Secondary School, Chibok, Borno State have died thus raising the number to 11. SHOWBIZPLUSng findings revealed that this sad news is coming in the wake of the abducted girls already spending 100 days in captivity, without any hope for their freedom in sight.

An online newspaper, The Cable, in its report monitored by SHOWBIZPLUSng quoted Bitrus as saying that seven of the parents of the girls abducted by members of the Boko Haram sect on April 14 from their hostel at Government Secondary School, Chibok, died of heart attack and frustration.