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Former President Goodluck Jonathan Mourns Elder Sister at Funeral
Otuoke, February 17, 2024 – Former Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan expressed deep sorrow at the funeral of his elder sister, Madam Obebhatein Jonathan, held in Otuoke, Bayelsa State, on Friday. Jonathan revealed that he received the news of his sister’s passing while he was in London, adding that her death deeply affected their elderly mother, Mama Eunice Afeni-Jonathan. Madam Obebhatein,…
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Insight: Why Nigeria’s restive oil region will only accept Jonathan
The most impressive building in Otuoke, Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan’s home town in the oil producing Niger Delta, is the multi-storey mansion complex he has built for himself and close family while in office. A few hundred meters away, the street where he grew up is a jumble of rusting iron-roofed shacks. Down a dirt side alley, Happiness Ebi smokes…
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