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#HeroOfDemocracy: Goodluck Jonathan Mobbed By Nigerians In London (PHOTO)

Former President Goodluck Jonathan was recently spotted in a London restaurant and Nigerians couldn't have enough of him. See the photo below which was shared...

I Handed Over Nigeria As The Largest African Economy With A $574 Billion GDP – Jonathan

Former President Goodluck Jonathan has said that he handed over a Nigeria with the largest economy in Africa, though he met the nation the...

Goodluck Jonathan Eulogises Alamieyeseigha, Says He Was A Social Transformer

Former President Goodluck Jonathan on Sunday, April 10, 2016 expressed his grief over the death of the first civilian governor of Bayelsa State, Chief...

Tribute: Men Like Oronto Douglas Don’t Die, By Nnimmo Bassey

by Nnimmo Bassey My last meeting with Oronto was barely a week before his passing. He had sent me a text message inviting me over...

#Tribute: Oronto Douglas – An Ijaw Who Built Bridges Everywhere In Nigeria

by Lasisis Olagunju He was not a president. He was not even a governor and, yet, he enjoyed the kind of aura you find around...

Oronto Douglas: One Of The Best Of My Generation, By Yinka Odumakin

A friend of about 28 years, Oronto Douglas breathed the last in the early hours of Thursday, April 9, 2015 after about seven years...

Oronto Natei Douglas: A Man Of Uncommon Courage, By Akinbode Oluwafemi

by Akinbode Oluwafemi My last lunch with Oronto was on February 22, 2015. The venue was his hotel room on the  9thfloor of Eko Hotels,...

My Journey With The Amazing Oronto Douglas, By Ipigansi Okumo

by Ipigansi Okumo At 5:00am on Thursday 9th April, 2015, a great journey filled with lofty hopes and ideas came to a painful end. It...

‘Men like Oronto Douglas do not die’: A Tribute, By Andy Rowell

by Andy Rowell Nigeria lost one of its most iconic, out-spoken and passionate advocates for social and environmental justice last week with the cruelly early...

The Rebel, Oronto Douglas: Memorial For A Friend (READ)

by Daphne Wysham If they knew him at all, the world knew Oronto Douglas as the former attorney for the writer, playwright and Ogoni human...

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