In an authorized biography, Madam Eunice Aye Jonathan recalls why the president was christened Goodluck, clickmoore reveals.

Madam Eunice recalls that there was nothing
special about the day on which Goodluck was
born in Otuoke. His birth was however very
easy compared to her other experiences with
childbirth.
She says: “I often had prolonged labour
during childbirth, sometimes for up to a
week, and because of this, I usually had still-
births. But when it was the turn of Goodluck,
I delivered him the very day I started having
labour pains. This surprised me”.
Apart from this, Eunice, did not regard the
day as extraordinary. According to her, the
people of Otuoke went about their duties as
usual. No dramatic event occurred. Perhaps,
the fact that nothing special happened was
indeed significant and the truly important
event was his birth.
Giving his reason for naming his son
Goodluck, his father said: “ I called him
Goodluck because although life was hard for
me when he was born, I had this feeling that
this boy would bring me good luck.
His paternal grandmother, Sarah, also
declared that her grandson, in his adulthood,
would shake the world the same way ‘king’
Azikiwe was doing at the time.