{"id":79041,"date":"2025-11-20T11:47:38","date_gmt":"2025-11-20T11:47:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=79041"},"modified":"2025-11-20T12:12:53","modified_gmt":"2025-11-20T12:12:53","slug":"tinubu-celebrates-jonathan-at-68-hails-his-role-in-deepening-democracy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2025\/11\/20\/tinubu-celebrates-jonathan-at-68-hails-his-role-in-deepening-democracy\/","title":{"rendered":"Tinubu Celebrates Jonathan at 68, Hails His Role in Deepening Democracy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Huldah Shado<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>President Bola Tinubu has congratulated former President Goodluck Jonathan on his 68th birthday, praising him as a statesman whose contributions continue to shape Nigeria\u2019s democracy.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement on Thursday by his Special Adviser on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, Tinubu joined Jonathan\u2019s family and associates in celebrating the former leader.<\/p>\n<p>Tinubu highlighted Jonathan\u2019s \u201csimplicity and humility,\u201d especially his conduct during the 2015 presidential election, saying it strengthened Nigeria\u2019s democratic credentials and enhanced the country\u2019s global image.<\/p>\n<p>He also acknowledged past political interactions with Jonathan, noting the support and counsel that aided Jonathan\u2019s rise between 2010 and 2011.<\/p>\n<p>The President said Jonathan\u2019s continued diplomatic engagements, particularly in promoting democracy across Africa, remain exemplary.<\/p>\n<p>He prayed for the former President\u2019s good health and well-being, as well as that of his family.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Huldah Shado President Bola Tinubu has congratulated former President Goodluck Jonathan on his 68th birthday, praising him as a statesman whose contributions continue to shape Nigeria\u2019s democracy. In a statement on Thursday by his Special Adviser on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, Tinubu joined Jonathan\u2019s family and associates in celebrating the former leader. Tinubu [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":32,"featured_media":79042,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[172],"tags":[59],"class_list":["post-79041","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-featured"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79041","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/32"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=79041"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79041\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":79043,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79041\/revisions\/79043"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/79042"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=79041"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=79041"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=79041"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}