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In Celebration of World Youth Day, Former president Goodluck Ebele Jonathan shared a message to Nigerian Youths, via his official Facebook page. It read,

Former President Jonathan met with Zambia's only female presidential candidate, Edith Nawakwi of Forum for Democracy and Development party yesterday August 10th. Jonathan, who is in Zambia as head of African Union's head of election observer team, said he was excited that a woman was running for presidency. He challenged other African countries to allow women run for such positions. This morning he visited various polling stations were voting is ongoing for the presidential election. See more photos after the cut...

Former President Jonathan who is in Zambia as Head of African Union election observation team, yesterday met with other election observers from Nigeria. He charged them to work hard so they can all make Nigeria proud. Jonathan also had talks with candidates in the Zambia general election and also visited the Electoral Commission of Zambia (ECZ) to access their readiness for the general election. More photos after the cut.

Former President Goodluck Jonathan has reacted to online media reports claiming that ‎he is a co-sponsor of militant group, Niger Delta Avengers. An alleged faction of the group had released a statement over the weekend claiming that himself and some other politicians like Rivers state governor Nyesom Wike, Senator Godswill Akpabio, Raymond Dokpesi and many others were sponsors of the group.

Former President Jonathan this morning met with 56 other AU Election Observers in Zambia. He will be serving as the head of the AU election observers for Zambia's general election...

Former President Dr. Goodluck Jonathan arrives Zambia for Election duty. Leader of the African Union Elections Observation Mission (AUEOM) to Zambia, former President Dr. Goodluck Jonathan was welcomed at the Lusaka International Airport early Saturday morning by the African Union team and government officials. He is billed to soon address  an opening  press conference. More photos after the cut...

Former President Goodluck Jonathan departed Abuja earlier today for Zambia ahead of the southern country's General Election scheduled to take place on October 11, 2016. Jonathan will be leading the Short Term team of African Union Elections Observation Mission (AUEOM) from the 1st to 15 of August

President Buhari says despite the oil boom a few years ago, the past administration failed to save for the rainy day. According to The Nation, President Buhari said this while speaking at the opening of the 12th All Nigeria Editors’ Conference (ANEC) 2016 in Rivers state yesterday August 4th. He was represented by the Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed.

President Buhari this afternoon received former President Goodluck Jonathan at the state house Abuja. Speaking with state house correspondents after their closed door meeting which lasted for 20 minutes, Jonathan said he was in Aso Rock to brief President Buhari of his recent international engagements. More photos after the cut.

Former President Goodluck Jonathan will be leading the African Union Elections Observation Mission (AUEOM) to the Zambia ahead of the country's general election scheduled to take place on October 11, 2016 . According to a press statement released on African Union's website on Monday, August 1st, the team headed by former Nigerian President would lead members of the Short Term observers from 1st to 15 August 2016 . Read the full statement below:

Ebattled former National Security Adviser (NSA) Col. Sambo Dasuki has said he was only obeying the directive of former President Goodluck Jonathan in the disbursement of funds from his office. According to  The Nation , Dasuki, who is standing trial for the alleged misappropriation of $15bn arms procurement fund, said this to some of his associates who recently visited him in detention.

Former President Goodluck Jonathan has debunked media reports that he is nursing a 2019 presidential ambition. Some online news portal yesterday reported that the former President had announced his interest to run for presidency come 2019 during a meet up in Bayelsa. However in a swift reaction, the former President's media aide, Ikechukwu Eze, denied the report saying there was no truth to it. 

Former President, Goodluck Jonathan and his wife Patience, arrived the Port Harcourt International Airport yesterday evening and were received by the Rivers state governor, Nyesom Wike. More photos after the cut. ..

Former President Jonathan has responded to a UK Sun newspaper report claiming he recently bought a 12,000 square foot house in Surrey worth a between 10-15 million pounds. The claim was made by a former editor of the paper, Kelvin MacKenzie, in his Weekly column this past Sunday. Above is how he casually wrote it... which you can find here ...

Former President Goodluck Jonathan took to his twitter handle to mourn the passing of former Super Eagles coach, Stephen Keshi who died on Wednesday June 8th.

Former President Jonathan and his wife, Dame Patience, were spotted arriving a restaurant in Edgewater, New Jersey yesterday Tuesday, 7 June 2015. The couple are on vacation in the US for 2 weeks. There is love and life after power!

To put to rest reports he was on exile, former President Jonathan temporarily halted his multi-city speaking tour and took some time to return to Nigeria. He is now back in the UK where he is scheduled to give a number of talks and interviews. 

If this is true, then it's quite sad!