Tag: Jonathan Presidency

‘Past administration looted funds for fight against terrorism’ – Malami

Aminu Imam

The Attorney-Gen­eral of the Feder­ation (AGF), Abubakar Malami, says the present administration has “cleared the mess” of the past government in terms of the fight against terrorism. Malami disclosed this on Monday, while featuring on a radio programme in Kano. Speaking on the recovery of looted assets, the AGF said Nigerians have seen proof that the money recovered over the years from foreign countries has helped Presi­dent Muhammadu Buhari’s administration fund various projects. The AGF added that the as­set recovery was made possi­ble due to Buhari’s radical ap­proach to the…

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Jonathan handed over $550bn economy to Buhari, Ex-Minister reveals

Aminu Imam

…Blasts Amaechi over empty treasury claim Former Minister of Aviation, Osita Chidoka, has lambasted Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, over his claim that former president, Goodluck Jonathan, did not leave money in the treasury enough to sustain the country for three weeks. In the statement titled, “Gov. Amaechi’s Statement on 2015 Foreign Reserve: Setting the Records Straight,” Chidoka said he was surprised and disappointed at comments made by the minister. Recall that Amaechi made the allegation on a television programme, where he stated: “As former chairman of the governors’ forum,…

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‘Jonathan responsible for rise of banditry in Nigeria’ – Amaechi

Aminu Imam

…Says funds Jonathan left behind couldn’t sustain nation for 3 weeks The Minister of Transportation, Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi, has said that banditry in Nigeria became rampant because of the poverty created by the past administration of president Goodluck Jonathan. Amaechi, who stated this during a television programme, claimed that the monies Jonathan left for Nigeria at the point of his departure on May 29, 2015, was not enough to run the country for three weeks. The ex-Governor of Rivers State claimed that while he was chairman of the Nigerian Governors’…

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$69bn illegal NNPC oil shipment deals’ funds during Jonathan’s govt. uncovered in US Banks 

Aminu Imam

A disclosure by a US-based asset recovery firm, Forensic Assets Investigation and Recovery Services LLC (FAIR), saying it has uncovered $69 billion (about N28.3tn) in illegal oil deals by the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, (NNPC), stuck in American banks. The firm said the funds were believed to have been siphoned from undeclared crude oil sales under the Goodluck Jonathan administration allegedly by the NNPC officials and their collaborators in the Central Bank of Nigeria, (CBN). Out of the stash, $9bn was reportedly traced to a Texas bank account allegedly belonging…

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2023: APC Govs Clamouring for Jonathan Presidency are Hypocrites – Sule Lamido

Ishaku Yohanna

…Says APC is a party of double talk By Ishaku Yohanna Former governor of Jigawa state, Sule Lamido, has described some governors of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) that are clamouring for former President Goodluck Jonathan to contest the 2023 presidential election as mere hypocrites. Speaking on Arise Television on Wednesday, Lamido wondered why the governors are thinking of presenting Jonathan who they had described as “weak, clueless; a man they vilified, demonised, a man they called all sort of names and eventually defeated to come back and become…

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