Jonathan takes charge – Daily Trust
February 10, 2010 by Bunmi Awolusi · Comments
Vice President Goodluck Jonathan assumed office as acting president yesterday, following a National Assembly resolution asking him to take charge pending the return of President Umaru Yar’adua from medical trip to Saudi Arabia.
Yar’Adua: Unions plan one-day symbolic strike – The Nation
February 2, 2010 by Bunmi Awolusi · Comments Off
From the court room and street protests, the battle to fill Nigeria’s leadership vacuum is set to hit the labour scene.
Some unions are planning a one-day symbolic strike to force President Umaru Yar’Adua to obey the Constitution, it was learnt yesterday.
OBJ betrayed me –Yar’Adua • Turai consults with spiritualists in Mecca – Tribune
February 1, 2010 by Bunmi Awolusi · Comments
The call by former president, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, on President Umaru Yar’Adua to resign as president if his health is failing him has widened the gap between the president and his predecessor, even as it has deepened the suspicion of Yar’Adua’s loyalists and a section of the North about a Jonathan presidency.
CNPP faults FEC on Yar’Adua – Tribune
January 29, 2010 by Bunmi Awolusi · Comments Off
The Conference of Nigeria Political Parties (CNPP) has faulted the resolution by the Federal Executive Council (FEC) that President Umaru Yar’Adua, was capable of performing his duties.
The group in a statement signed by its national publicity secretary, Osita Okechukwu and made available to the Nigerian Tribune, in Abuja also described FEC’s position as “the height of exhibition of naked self- interest and orchestra of deception” and challenged it to publish forthwith the latest medical report upon which they based their declaration.
Gowon, Shagari, Ekwueme to Yar’Adua: hand over now – The Nation
January 29, 2010 by Bunmi Awolusi · Comments Off
Calls for the President to obey the constitution hit a crescendo yesterday, with former leaders joining the fray.
A group of former Heads of State, former Chief Justices, former ministers and other political leaders stormed the National Assembly with a message urging ailing President Umaru Yar’Adua to hand over power to Vice President Goodluck Jonathan.
S’West, S’South leaders meet on Friday – The Punch
January 28, 2010 by Bunmi Awolusi · Comments Off
The search for solutions to the constitutional crisis created by the prolonged absence of President Umaru Yar’Adua from the country will continue tomorrow with some South-West leaders meeting in Abuja with their South-South counterparts.
Saudi Embassy: No visa request from MPs – Daily Trust
January 26, 2010 by Bunmi Awolusi · Comments Off
The Saudi Arabian Embassy in Abuja yesterday denied claims by members of the House of Representatives’ 7-member panel that their proposed trip to visit President Umaru Yar’adua in Saudi Arabia was delayed by the Embassy’s failure to issue them with visas. The Charge d’Affairs in the Saudi Embassy Jalal Hassan O. Almagraby said the embassy has not received any visa applications from the House members.
N’Delta militants, youth leaders meet on Friday – The Punch
January 22, 2010 by Bunmi Awolusi · Comments Off
Former militant and youth leaders in the Niger Delta will meet on Friday (today ) to deliberate on President Umaru Yar’Adua’s abscence from the country and the growing clamour for Vice-President Goodluck Jonathan to be made acting President.
Row in Senate over Yar’Adua – Vanguard
January 15, 2010 by Bunmi Awolusi · Comments Off
Agitation raged in the Senate, yesterday, over the continued absence of President Umaru Yar’Adua, with a group of senators poised for a showdown with its leadership and President Yar’Adua.
Besides a motion seeking to urge President Yar’Adua to temporarily cede executive powers to Vice-President Goodluck Jonathan, the senators are also considering a shutdown of the Senate to drive home their frustration.
The Yar’adua health crisis: 7-man House team to visit Jeddah – Daily Trust
January 13, 2010 by Bunmi Awolusi · Comments Off
Hours after the ailing President Umaru Yar’adua was heard on the airwaves of the British Broadcasting Corporation [BBC] granting a brief but halting interview, the House of Representatives yesterday resolved to constitute a 7-man delegation to visit him in Saudi Arabia in order “to convey the members’ goodwill message and discuss other issues of national importance.”
