The ECOWAS Member-states shall withdraw all their ambassadors from Mali and close land and air borders between them and the country, which is currently under a military junta.
On May 29, 2015, President Buhari inherited a foreign reserve of $28.6 billion, according to official data still present on the website of the Central Bank of Nigeria, as well as $5.6 billion Nigeria Liquified Natural Gas Limited dividends. Also, a 2015 budget of over 4 trillion Naira was handed over to the incoming administration by the outgoing Jonathan government.
Ex-Presidents Goodluck Jonathan of Nigeria and Barack Obama of the United States have condoled with the Government and people of South Africa on the passage of renowned anti-Apartheid icon Archbishop Desmond Tutu.
The plural crises rocking Nigeria has taken a turn for the worse with the National Publicity Secretary of Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria (PFN), Bishop Emmah Isong, calling for a national apology to former President Goodluck Jonathan.
A political risk consultancy, Menas Associates, says most Malians have been proclaiming the latest coup d’état of Tuesday, August 18 in their country as a popular victory.
President Buhari on Thursday departed for Mali on a one-day visit, following the briefing by the ECOWAS Special Envoy to the country, former President Goodluck Jonathan.
President Buhari will consult with key leaders of ECOWAS countries in order to find a solution to the crisis rocking the Republic of Mali.
In an Op-Ed, LNC’s Tony Nnadi writes on “the fake article credited to President Goodluck Jonathan on Biafra; the objections of the Niger-Delta nationalities to the undefined “Biafra restoration” and the Lower Niger paradigm.”
Former Nigerian President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan wrote the following tribute in honour of his predecessor, President Umar Musa Yar’Adua, to mark his 10th Year Memorial.
Obasanjo, Jonathan and others condole with President Buhari on the passage of his Chief of Staff Abba Kyari.