President Jonathan suspends CBN Governor, Sanusi

President Goodluck Jonathan suspended the Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria, Mallam Sanusi Lamido Sanusi. According to a statement signed Reuben Abati, the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Sanusi’s tenure has been ‘characterized by various acts of financial recklessness and misconduct which are inconsistent with the administration’s vision of a Central Bank propelled by the core values of focused economic management, prudence, transparency and financial discipline’. Below is excerpts of the statement from the presidency:

“The amalgamation of 1914 was certainly not a mistake but a blessing”, read President Goodluck Jonathan’s New Year message to Nigerians

New Year Speech By His Excellency, Commander in Chief of the Arm Forces of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, President Goodluck  Jonathan GCFR. Dated December 31, 2013

Dear Compatriots,
I greet and felicitate with you all as we enter the year 2014 which promises to be a momentous one for our country for several reasons, including the fact that it is also the year of our great nation’s centenary celebrations. I join you all in giving thanks to God Almighty for guiding us and our beloved nation safely through all the challenges of the outgoing year to the beginning of 2014.

Governor Sullivan Chime of Enugu State places wife on house arrest

Below is what SaharaReporters posted:

Clara Chime, the First Lady of Enugu State, says Governor Sullivan Chime, has placed her under house arrest, and has cried out for assistance to reach human rights bodies to rescue her.  In a letter dripping with pain and suffering, Mrs. Chime disclosed that she married Mr. Chime in October 2008 but that she has been unable to share the matrimonial bed with him for over four years.  Describing her desperate situation, she said that even President Goodluck Jonathan and First Lady Patience Jonathan have intervened with her husband without success.

First set of pictures from President GEJ’s visit to Akwa Ibom

President Goodluck Jonathan is currently (Monday, 25 June) in Akwa Ibom State for the Senate retreat holding in Uyo, the state’s capital. He has commissioned some projects done under the administration of Gov. Godswill Akpabio. Below are some of the photos. We’ll bring you more shots as the event progresses. 

Breaking: President Jonathan sacks Azazi, Defence Minister

GEJ

President Goodluck Jonathan Friday evening sacked General Andrew Owoye Azazi as the National Security Adviser (NSA). Also relieved of his appointment is the Minister of Defence, Haliru Bello.

Azazi has been replaced by Colonel Sambo Dasuki (rtd). 

PRESIDENT JONATHAN TO RUN FOR AU CHAIRPERSON

President Jonathan

Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan could enter the race for chairman of the African Union, after Gambia pulled out of the running this week, a source close to Jonathan said on Saturday.
Leaders would choose a new chairman for the 54-member pan-African body in a secret ballot at the African Union summit opening on Sunday.