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Nigeria:
A Female Christ and Other Miracles of Demo(n)cracy
Premium Times, 24 July 2013
The ugly spectacle of the "street fight" that broke out in the Rivers State house of assembly on 9 July gives further and better particulars of our determination to forever make… Read more »
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Nigeria:
Patience is a Mere Domestic Appendage, Soyinka Says
Daily Trust, 22 July 2013
Nobel Laureate Prof. Wole Soyinka has insisted that the First Lady Mrs Patience Jonathan is nothing but "a mere domestic appendage of power." Read more »
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Nigeria:
Rivers Crisis - What Next, As First Lady Opens Up?
Leadership, 21 July 2013
The crisis in Rivers State has carried with it many views, opinions and interests. For First Lady, Dame Patience Jonathan, these are not the best of times within the context of her… Read more »
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Nigeria:
Patience Jonathan's 'Son' and Other Fictive Kinship Terms in Nigerian English
Daily Trust, 21 July 2013
On July 18, Nigerian First Lady Dame Patience Jonathan famously said Rivers State governor RotimiAmaechi was her "son" against whom she harbored no ill-will. "Amaechi is my son. I… Read more »
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Nigeria:
Democracy ÷ Dame = Dam-Ocracy
Daily Trust, 21 July 2013
I make this small contribution to a growing school of study which is strenuously trying to understand Dame Patience Faka Jonathan, Nigeria's First Lady. Read more »
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Nigeria:
Soyinka, an Embarrassment to Nigeria - Dame Patience Jonathan
Leadership, 20 July 2013
Barely three days after Soyinka's attack First Lady, Dame Patience Jonathan, fired back at him for castigating her over the ongoing crisis in the Rivers State House of Assembly. Read more »
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Nigeria:
Rivers Crisis - Amaechi Is My Son - Patience Jonathan
Leadership, 18 July 2013
First Lady Dame Patience Jonathan yesterday appealed to Governor Rotimi Amaechi to hold the olive branch and resist being used by outsiders against his own people in the crisis… Read more »
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Nigeria:
Amaechi Is My Son, Brother - Patience Jonathan
Premium Times, 17 July 2013
The first lady asked the Rivers Governor to extend an olive branch. Read more »
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Nigeria:
Now That Patience Jonathan Is 'Jesus Christ'
Premium Times, 16 July 2013
Globally, disagreement between those saddled with the responsibility of leading the people is a norm, nonetheless, there's always a convincing motive for such." Read more »
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Nigeria:
Much Ado About a Dame
Premium Times, 15 July 2013
You gotta pity Goodluck Jonathan sometimes. He simply cannot catch a break from a section of Nigeria. The man got tired of the Nigerian heat, packed his bags and flew to China.… Read more »