Kalu: Jonathan May Be Nigeria’s Last President

Former Abia State Governor, Chief Orji Uzor Kalu, has said the failure of Nigeria’s elite, political, business and military class in joining hands with the federal government to fight Boko Haram may jeopardise the unity of the country and lead to its ultimate disintegration. Kalu spoke to journalists at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport late Tuesday on his arrival from the United Kingdom, saying President Goodluck Jonathan may be Nigeria’s last president as a united country. The former governor expressed worry over the incessant terrorist attacks in the northern part of the country by Boko Haram, especially the kidnapping of school girls in Chibok, Borno State, and warned that Jonathan might become to Nigeria what Mikhail Gorbachev was to the Union Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) when he presided over the disintegration of USSR. However, he noted that it was wrong to be heaping all the blame on the doorsteps of the president and making him look weak in the handling of the crisis without much support from relevant Nigerian citizens and institutions at a time the Jonathan administration is in dire need of that

To prevent chaos, Jonathan must contest in 2015- OPC

Leader of the Odua Peoples Congress, Dr. Frederick Fasheun has said President Goodluck Jonathan must contest for a second term in 2015 in order to prevent a breakdown of law and order in the country. “Since there is a provision in the constitution for a second term in office, Jonathan has the right to re- contest and nobody should mount pressure on him to drop the ambition,” he said. “The militant group in the Niger-Delta may return to the creeks if the President is denied the opportunity in 2015,” he warned. Fasheun said he was no a close ally of President Jonathan but believed he had done his best

Tension over choice of Jonathan’s political adviser

A row has broken out among stakeholders of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Adamawa State over the recommendation of Felix Tangwame as the new Political Adviser to President Goodluck Jonathan. Tangwamen is being touted by some forces, including one of the aides to the president, as successor to Mr Ahmed Gulak, whose appointment was recently terminated. Although, the president has made up his mind to pick another political adviser from Adamawa, some PDP stakeholders were opposed to Tangwamen, on the basis that it would be a violation of Federal Character Principle. The aggrieved stakeholders were claiming that since a Muslim (Gulak) was removed, the president should shop for a Muslim successor. They alleged that since Boni Haruna, a Christian, was earlier appointed a minister, the president should not short-change Muslim community in Adamawa State. It was learnt that the nomination of Tangwamen had split PDP leaders in the state. Some leaders were threatening protest vote in 2015 if the President went ahead with Tangwamen’s choice. “The recommendation of Tangwamen does not take

Be careful of detractors- Group tells Jonathan

A socio-political group, Safe Tower International Organisation, STIO, has cautioned President Goodluck Jonathan to beware of persons it described as ‘political detractors’ bent on distracting him from fulfilling his transformation agenda to the people, using subjective criticisms and propaganda. In a statement by Mr. Fidelis Aburime, STIO President, the group noted that in its recent opinion poll, President Jonathan had been the most criticised, disrespected and insulted of the country’s heads of state. Aburime said: “As revealed in the opinion poll carried out by STIO, President Jonathan has been the most criticised, disrespected, dishonoured and insulted, often times through direct verbal attacks and name