LAGOS JANUARY 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Former President Goodluck Jonathan has denied the reports that he is under pressure to contest the 2023 presidential election. Jonathan made the denial through Ikechukwu Eze, his spokesman. The former president said he is rather focused on promoting peace and sustainable democracy in Africa. Asked to comment on the reports of Jonathan…
LAGOS DECEMBER 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Joint Task Force (JTF) deployed to the Niger Delta has launched a manhunt in the creeks and waterways for the gunmen who attacked a gunboat stationed behind ex-President Goodluck Jonathan’s residence in Otuoke, Bayelsa State. Major Jonah Unuakhalu Spokesman, Joint Task Force (JTF), Operation Delta Safe, who disclosed this on Tuesday,…
LAGOS DECEMBER 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Former Nigerian president, Goodluck Ebele Jonathan, has reacted to the attack on his residence in Bayelsa by unknown gunmen early on Tuesday, December 24 morning. Jonathan who was not in Otuoke at the time of the attack however returned to his village early this morning to assess the situation himself. According to…
LAGOS DECEMBER 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A bunch of gunmen on Tuesday attacked the country home of former Nigerian President, Goodluck Jonathan, in Otuoke Community under Ogbia Local Government Area of Bayelsa State. The attack, which occurred around 2:00am, came after Jonathan decided to move to his Yenagoa home at about 12:00am. According to sources, the two soldiers…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Presidency has described as “false and irresponsible” reports that former President Goodluck Jonathan was blackmailed to support the governing party, APC, in recent Bayelsa State elections. Speaking to newsmen in Abuja, on Tuesday, Senior Special Assistant to the President, Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, expressed shock that such a story could…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 26TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Former President Goodluck Jonathan has dismissed claim that he worked against the Peoples Democratic Party in the recent governorship poll in Bayelsa State because of the Malabu oil deal. Jonathan described the claim as absurd and deliberately designed as a form of blackmail. He was reacting to former Jigawa State Governor, Sule…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Peoples Democratic Party Elders Forum has called on the party’s national leadership to punish former President Goodluck Jonathan for allegedly betraying the PDP during the just-concluded governorship election in Bayelsa State. The PDP, which had ruled Bayelsa State since return to democracy in 1999, was trounced and displaced by the All…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Immediate past President, Dr. Goodluck Ebere Jonathan, has called on universities nationwide not to lose sight of their basic task of laying the proper character and intellectual foundations of the youth. He spoke on Saturday as the Guest Lecturer at the 6th and 7th Convocation ceremony of the Godfrey Okoye University Ugwuomu…