Nigeria’s main opposition party said Thursday the country should expect a more accountable government after the ruling party, which had controlled the government since 1999, lost its majority in parliament. Thirty-seven lawmakers elected as members…
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Nigeria’s President Goodluck Jonathan lost his majority in parliament on Wednesday after 37 lawmakers bolted his party for a new opposition coalition, the latest political blow to hit the embattled leader. In a letter presented to the speaker of the…
The Nigerian presidency on Wednesday hit back at criticism by former president Olusegun Obasanjo, describing his widely leaked letter accusing Goodluck Jonathan of leadership failures as “indecorous” and “reckless”. Presidential spokesman Reuben Abati…
I am constrained to make this an open letter to you for a number of reasons. One, the current situation …
The speaker of Nigeria’s lower house of parliament on Monday accused the government of failing to tackle graft, urging President Goodluck Jonathan to do more to stamp out endemic corruption. Aminu Tambuwal said Jonathan’s administration had repeatedly…
Nigeria’s president said he has given his backing to the creation of an African rapid reaction force, adding that it could help tackle the Boko Haram insurgency, in comments published Monday. “We fully support this rapid reaction force,” Goodluck Jonathan…