Goodluck Jonathan
A Historic Step: Nigeria Outlaws Female Genital Mutilation
As one of his final acts as President, Goodluck Jonathan bans female genital mutilation (FGM) in Nigeria. As the most populous state in Africa, ...
A Historic Step: Nigeria Outlaws Female Genital Mutilation
As one of his final acts as President, Goodluck Jonathan bans female genital mutilation (FGM) in Nigeria. As the most populous state in Africa, ...
FORMER MILITARY MAN DECLARES VICTORY IN NIGERIAN POLLS
Mar. 31(GIN) – Showing a “commendable determination to register their vote and choose their leaders,” Nigerians by the hundreds of thousands lined up at ...
REVERSING COURSE, U.S. TO AID NIGERIA IN BOKO HARAM FIGHT
Feb. 16 (GIN) – After a widely-published plea from Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan for U.S. combat troops in the fight against Boko Haram fighters, ...
OUTRAGE WIDENS IN NIGERIA OVER POSTPONEMENT OF ELECTIONS
Feb. 9 (GIN) – In a mounting chorus of voices, Nigerians from north to south, from the diaspora and at home, both Christian and ...
Nigeria: The Challenge of Change – A Burden of Choice
Wole Soyinka weighs in on Nigeria’s “choices” What makes our situation especially galling is the fervid intrusion of some opportunistic sanitizers who bear direct, ...
DEATH TOLL RISES AS NIGERIANS PREPARE TO VOTE
(GIN) – As if things could hardly be worse, a bomb was detonated this week within a hair of striking President Goodluck Jonathan who ...
BOKO HARAM COMMITS ‘DEADLIEST MASSACRE YET’ IN BAGA
Jan. 12 (GIN) – The northern Nigerian town of Baga was devastated over the weekend by a surprise raid conducted by Boko Haram insurgents ...
NIGERIA JOINS ISRAEL, U.S. TO DEFEAT PRO-PALESTINIAN VOTE
Jan. 5 (GIN) – In a surprise turn of events, Nigeria lined up with the U.S. and Israel to defeat an effort by Palestinians ...
WITH THREE MONTHS TO GO, NIGERIA IS IN GRIP OF ELECTION FEVER MADNESS
Nov. 25 (GIN) – With only three months to presidential elections, Nigeria is in the grip of election fever with public feuding plumbing new ...
