JUST IN: Reuben Abati Under Arrest
Reuben Abati LAGOS OCTOBER 24TH (URHOBOTODAY)-A former presidential spokesperson, Reuben Abati, has been arrested. Mr. Abati, who was spokesperson to ex-President Goodluck Jonathan was arrested on Monday and is More...
‘Cracking Ribs’ with Buhari’s Super Ministers
Buhari By Reuben Abati LAGOS NOVEMBER 13TH (URHOBOTODAY)-“Have you congratulated our new Ministers?” “I am still thinking about it, actually. I don’t know whether to congratulate them or to commiserate or More...
Edwin Clark Slams Reuben Abati, Says He Sabotages Jonathan’s Administration
LAGOS OCTOBER 30TH (URHOBOTODAY)-A former Federal Commissioner for Information, Edwin Clark, has alleged that Reuben Abati, the Special Adviser to former President Goodluck Jonathan on Media and Publicity, sabotaged More...
Clark, the Father, Jonathan, the Son
By Reuben Abati LAGOS OCTOBER 16TH (URHOBOTODAY)-I HAVE tried delaying the writing of this piece in the honest expectation that someone probably misquoted Chief E.K. Clark, when he reportedly publicly disowned More...
Jonathan Doesn’t Drink Alcohol-Abati, Disagree on Probe
Goodluck Jonathan LAGOS AUGUST 23RD (URHOBOTODAY)-Former President Goodluck Jonathan is not a drunkard, neither does he drink alcohol except wine, during special occasions, his former Special Adviser on Media and More...
Phones No Longer Ring- Reuben Abati, Says No Condition is Permanent
Reuben Abati LAGOS JULY 26TH (URHOBOTODAY)-As spokesman to President Goodluck Jonathan, my phones rang endlessly and became more than personal navigators within the social space. They defined my entire life; dusk More...
$20bn: My Govt. has Nothing to Hide, Jonathan Tells Antagonistic Buhari
LAGOS APRIL 28TH (URHOBOTODAY)-President Goodluck Jonathan on Monday declared that his administration had nothing to hide on the alleged missing $20 billion oil money. Jonathan made the declaration while reacting More...
IGP: Muslim Group Protests Sack of Suleima Abba, Urges Buhari to Reject Removal
Suleiman Abba LAGOS APRIL 21ST (URHOBOTODAY)-The Muslim Rights Concern has urged the Transition Committee of the President-elect, Muhammadu Buhari, to declare the sack of former Inspector General of Police, Suleiman More...
Buhari’s Group, Presidency Clash over Transition Committee
LAGOS APRIL 21ST (URHOBOTODAY)-The APC Presidential Campaign Organisation and the Presidency clashed over the composition of the transition committee set up by President Goodluck Jonathan. While the APC PCO described More...
Jonathan Raises Alarm, Says Powerful Forces Are After Him for Failing Election
President Goodluck Jonathan LAGOS APRIL 21ST (URHOBOTODAY)-President Goodluck Jonathan has raised the alarm that some powerful forces in the country are after him following his inability to win the March 28 general More...
Jonathan, Sambo Condole with Family of Late Frontier News Editor, Idonor
Late Idonor LAGOS 13TH (URHOBOTODAY)-President Goodluck Jonathan, Vice-President Namadi Sambo and the State House Press Corps on Thursday commiserated with the family of the former chairman of the Corps and Frontiersnews More...
Reuben Abati Exposes Buhari’s Past Dictatorial Governance in Social Media
LAGOS JANUARY 2N (URHOBOTODAY)-The Special Adviser on Media and Publicity to President, Reuben Abati, published an abstract from secret documents in his Twitter, exposing the information from Wikileaks about Buhari’s More...
$16 EPZ Saga: Stop Abusing Me, Jonathan Cautions Itsekiris
President Goodluck Jonathan LAGOS NOVEMBER 18TH (URHOBOTODAY)-President Goodluck Jonathan yesterday expressed dismay over what he described as “abusive denigration of his personal integrity and the whipping up More...
Jonathan Appoints Bode-George as New NDLEA Director-General
Mrs Roli Bode-George LAGOS JUNE 20TH (URHOBOTODAY)-President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan has appointed Mrs. Roli Bode-George as the Director-General of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA). A statement made More...
Jonathan Fires Political Adviser, Ahmed Gulak
Ahmed Gulak LAGOS APRIL 29TH (URHOBOTODAY)-President Goodluck Jonathan has sacked Alhaji Ahmed Gulak as his special adviser on political matters,Presidential Spokesman ,Reuben Abati said in a statement Tuesday. According More...
Jonathan Fires Sanusi over Financial Recklessness, Misconduct
Sanusi LAGOS FEBRUARY 20TH (URHOBOTODAY)-President Jonathan Thursday morning suspended the Central Bank Governor, Mallam Sanusi Lamido Sanusi from office. He has been asked to hand over to the most senior Deputy More...
Jonathan Approves Appointment of Ima Niboro, Others as Chief Executives, Special Advisers
LAGOS FEBRUARY 7TH (URHOBOTODA)-President Goodluck Jonathan has approved the appointments of his former Media Aide, Mr Ima Niboro as Managing Director of News Agency of Nigeria (NAN). Other Chief Executives and More...
Resignation: Jonathan Begs Obasanjo to Reconsider Decision, Denies Knowledge of Kashamu
President Goodluck and Chief Olusegun Obasanjo LAGOS JANUARY 13RD (URHOBOTODAY)-President Goodluck Jonathan has telephoned former President Olusegun Obasanjo to deny responsibility for promoting a controversial More...
2015: Jonathan’s Posters Flood Abuja Again
President Goodluck Jonathan poster LAGOS DECEMBER 27TH (URHOBOTODA)- As Nigerians celebrate Christmas, campaigners for President Goodluck Jonathan’s re-election in 2015 have invaded Abuja with campaign posters, More...
Illness: Jonathan Denies Drinking Spree , Threatens to Sue Sahara Reporters,Others
president Gooluck Jonathan :LAGOS NOVEMBER 24TH (URHOBOTODAY)-The presidency has denied reports that the President Goodluck Jonathan’s unexpected illness was the fallout of a birthday party and a drinking spree More...
Jonathan Admitted in London Hospital for Medical Check-Up
President Goodluck Jonathan LAGOS NOVEMBER 21ST (URHOBOTODAY)-President Goodluck Jonathan who travelled to London to attend the meeting of Nigeria’s Honorary International Investors’ Council was reported to More...
2015: Politicians Want to Distract Me, President Jonathan Raises Alarm
President Goodluck Jonathan LAGOS JULY 29TH (URHOBOTODAY)-The President Monday said politicians who are desperate about power want to distract him from delivering on the mandate given to him by Nigerians to move More...
Jonathan, Northern Governors in Hide and Seek Visit to Obasanjo
(L-R) President Goodluck Jonathan and Ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo LAGOS JULY 20TH (URHOBOTODAY)-Four Northern governors on Saturday played what could be described as a hide and seek game with President Goodluck More...
Rivers Crisis: Jonathan Sues for Peace, Says He is not Involve
President Goodluck Jonathan President Goodluck Jonathan is worried about the untoward political developments in Rivers State. He has urged those involved in “regrettable acts of political violence” to show greater More...
Jonathan Holds Bilateral Talks with Chinese President
President Goodluck Jonathan and First Lady Dame atience Jonathan arrival in China LAGOS JULY 10TH (URHOBOTODAY)-President Goodluck Jonathan will today meet with President Xi Jinping of China where the two leaders More...