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Nigeria: President Goodluck Jonathan's Grammatical Boo-Boos
Daily Trust, 27 January 2013
For those who don't know, "boo-boo" is an informal American English term for "an embarrassing mistake." Every Nigerian knows that good grammar isn't President Goodluck Jonathan's ... read more »
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Nigeria: Boko Haram - Jonathan Denies Allegation of Extrajudicial Killing
Daily Trust, 25 January 2013
President Goodluck Jonathan has denied allegation of extrajudicial killing of innocent citizens by security operatives in the process of hunting down insurgents in the country. read more »
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Nigeria: 'Name Boko Haram Members in Your Govt'
Leadership, 25 January 2013
Congress for Progressive Change (CPC) has challenged President Goodluck Jonathan to name agents of Boko Haram in his government and possibly prosecute them. read more »
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Africa: Nigerian Militants Threaten Continent, Says Jonathan
This Day, 24 January 2013
President Goodluck Jonathan yesterday described the Islamic terror group, Boko Haram, as a threat not only to Nigeria, but also to the entire African continent and called for ... read more »
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Nigeria: Power - Nigerians Are Pleased With My Govt - Jonathan (interview)
Vanguard, 24 January 2013
President Goodluck Jonathan has said that Nigerians are quite pleased with his government's efforts at improving power supply in the country. read more »
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Nigeria: Nigerians Are Happy With Power Supply - Jonathan
Leadership, 24 January 2013
President Goodluck Jonathan has said that his government has done well in turning around the deficit in the power sector and that he believes that Nigerians are pleased with his ... read more »
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Nigeria: Jonathan Assures of Steady Power Supply By Year End
Vanguard, 24 January 2013
President Goodluck Jonathan has assured Nigeria of a significant improvement in the level of power supply by the end of this year. read more »
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Re: "it is not possible to find people who are economically comfortable engaging in violence".
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What a bunch of lies ...
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Was Osama bin Ladin's violence driven by poverty? What about the underwear bomber from Northern Nigeria. Was he driven by poverty? It is a shame to say this after Northern Nigeria has governed Nigeria for more than 80% of the time since independence. Who impoverished the North?
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These commentators are like vultures waiting to take advantage of the violence to extract money from the federal government as they have been doing for the past 50 years. Some of them are sponsoring Boko Haram just for this purpose.
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France has got a lot of documents from Mali that may help to reveal those Northern leaders sponsoring B. H. What they are committing is crime against humanity. We hope that the international community will deal firmly with them.
One woders about the quality of PhD president Jonathan possesses because PhD programmes are supposed to prepare a person for multiple competencies especially in the area of public communication.
As a native English speaker (with a PhD!), I think the author of this article is being petty in his complaints. Some of the "boos-boos" are not errors at all and the others are all rather minor. For example, the first: often the response to "Thank you" can be a return "thank you." In this case, he is thanking the interviewer for inviting him to speak. I hear this all the time in interview situations. "Committed to work" is fine; bulbs do light (they don't have to light up); weapons can enter hands; etc. Several of the others are the common slips of tongue that happen in unscripted oral interviews--even by the most careful speakers.
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