Transcript of President Jonathan's call to Super Eagles Coach and players

                            

Nigeria's President, Goodluck Jonathan on Tuesday, spoke to players and officials of the National team, via Skype. He urged them to return home with the Africa Cup of Nations trophy, and told them that he was solidly behind them.

President Jonathan spoke with head coach Stephen Keshi, his assistant Daniel Amokachi and the skipper of the team, Joseph Yobo, assuring them he will make them happy if they win the cup.

See excerpts from the tele-conference after the cut.....

How N5 trillion was embezzled under President Jonathan’s government – PUNCH

President Goodluck Jonathan

Over N5tn in government funds have been stolen through fraud, embezzlement and theft since President Goodluck Jonathan assumed office on May 6, 2010, a SUNDAY PUNCH investigation has found.

Our correspondents arrived at the stolen sum after poring over the reports of the various committees set up by the President to probe some sectors of the economy, particularly oil and gas. SUNDAY PUNCH also relied on disclosures by some senior government officials.

Five trillion naira is the summation of government funds said to have been stolen, according to the Mallam Nuhu Ribadu-led Petroleum Task Force report; the Minister of Trade and Investment’s report on stolen crude; the House of Representatives fuel subsidy report and investigations into the ecological fund, SIM card registration and frequency band spectrum sale.

The Ribadu report on the oil and gas sector put daily crude oil theft at a high 250,000 barrels daily at a cost of $6.3bn (N1.2trn) a year. This puts the total amount lost through oil theft in the two years of Jonathan’s government at over $12.6bn (N2trn).

President Goodluck Jonathan's Independence Speech; Full Text

 

This is the unedited text of President Jonathan's address to the nation this morning
Beloved countrymen and women, on this day, fifty-two years ago, our founding fathers brought joy and hope to the hearts of our people when they won independence for our great country. Nigeria made a clean break with more than six decades of colonial rule, and emerged as a truly independent nation. That turning point was a new beginning for our nation.
Those who witnessed the lowering of the Union Jack and the emergence of the Green White Green flag continue to relish the memory, because that ceremony was not just about the destiny of a nation, but the future of a people.