UK PM pledges support for Jonathan – The Punch
March 1, 2010 by Bunmi Awolusi · Comments Off
United Kingdom Prime Minister, Mr. Gordon Brown, has advised Acting President Goodluck Jonathan, to remain steadfast in tackling corruption, electoral reforms and other democratic ideals.
Brown also said that he would support Jonathan to bring peace and stability to the Niger Delta.
I’m not fit enough to work, says Yar’Adua – The Nation
February 25, 2010 by Bunmi Awolusi · Comments
The President does not seem set to resume work, it emerged yesterday.
He has directed Acting President Goodluck Jonathan to “continue to oversee the affairs of state” as he recuperates, presidential spokesman Olusegun Adeniyi said.
Doctors block access to Yar’Adua – Envoy – Vanguard
February 23, 2010 by Bunmi Awolusi · Comments Off
Nigeria’s Ambassador to Saudi Arabia, Alhaji Abdullah Aminchi said, yesterday, that it was doctors attending to ailing President Umaru Yar’Adua who had denied Nigerians access to their President in his Jeddah hospital and not Saudi authorities. He said he visited the President last Saturday and that “he is really feeling better now.”
Yar’Adua: Cabinet team to Saudi stuck in Abuja – The Nation
February 22, 2010 by Bunmi Awolusi · Comments Off
The six-man Federal Government fact-finding team to Saudi Arabia failed to leave as planned last night.
“There was no landing permit for the aircraft,” a source close to the delegation said.
A presidential plane is to fly the team, which is expected to turn in its findings on President Umaru Yar’Adua’s health before Wednesday’s weekly Executive Council meeting. The outcome of the findings is expected to influence the course of discussion of the day.
Yar’Adua: Saudi authorities deny ministers landing clearance – The Punch
February 22, 2010 by Bunmi Awolusi · Comments Off
Indications emerged on Sunday that members of the Federal Executive Council who were delegated to visit President Umaru Yar’Adua in Saudi Arabia had been denied landing clearance by that country’s security.
Govt alleges campaigns against Jonathan – The Guardian
February 18, 2010 by Bunmi Awolusi · Comments Off
A six-member committee was raised yesterday by the Federal Executive Council (FEC) to visit President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia where he was been receiving medical attention since November 23, last year.
Reps to submit report of Saudi trip tomorrow – The Nation
February 17, 2010 by Bunmi Awolusi · Comments Off
The report of a five-member team of the House of Representatives who went on a goodwill visit to ailing President Umaru Yar’Adua in Saudi Arabia will be submitted tomorrow, it was learnt yesterday.
The team who returned on Saturday without seeing President Yar’Adua were said to have been denied access to him.
Cabinet reopens debate on Yar’Adua’s health today – The Nation
February 17, 2010 by Bunmi Awolusi · Comments
There was anxiety yesterday among ministers, following plans by some of them to ask the Federal Executive Council (FEC) to reconsider its stand on the President’s health.
The cabinet has said President Umaru Yar’Adua is not incapacitated. He has been in Saudi Arabia since November 23, last year for health reasons. Vice President Goodluck Jonathan is Acting President, after a long row.
Ogbulafor can’t see Yar’adua – Daily Trust
February 16, 2010 by Bunmi Awolusi · Comments Off
Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) National Chairman Prince Vincent Ogbulafor has left Saudi Arabia for India to seek medical attention for his eyes after failing to see President Umaru Yar’adua in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, Daily Trust learnt yesterday. Also yesterday, the Saudi Arabian Ambassador in Abuja denied that his country was responsible for visiting VIPs’ inability to see the ailing Nigerian ruler.
Govs head for S’Arabia to brief Yar’Adua – The Guardian
February 11, 2010 by Bunmi Awolusi · Comments Off
As Dr. Goodluck Jonathan settles down as Acting President and Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, a delegation of governors has left Abuja for Saudi Arabia to see ailing President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua. Jonathan presided over the Federal Executive council (FEC) meeting yesterday in his new capacity.
