Tag: OBASANJO
Obasanjo won’t stop criticizing Buhari
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has said he will continue to criticise President Muhammadu Buhari, saying, democracy involves criticism and that it is not family...
Obasanjo is a demagogue, a threat to democracy – Group
The Federal Government has been called upon by the Coalition for Good Governance and Change Initiative, (COGGACI), to ensure the immediate arrest and prosecution...
Obasanjo, Shonekan, Abdulsalami, Jonathan attend council of state meeting
IBB, Gowon, absent
Former Head of Interim National Government, Ernest Shonekan, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, Abdulsalami Abubakar, Goodluck Jonathan are attending are currently attending the...
Obasanjo Hints Buhari Could Be Banking on a Rigged Re-election
In an extraordinary rebuke of a president, former leader Olusegun Obasanjo, chastised President Muhammadu Buhari for deceiving Nigerians and failing in his promises.
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Buhari has failed the test of leadership – Obasanjo
The Buhari administration is increasingly showing itself to be breathtakingly incompetent, and Nigerians must not reinforce failure by re-electing ineffective and incompetent government in...
Obasanjo’s movement for Nigerian women and youth in politics
In the Coalition for Nigeria Movement, which I have advocated and is growing rapidly and whatever political association will emanate from it, youth under...
Kufuor and Obasanjo Will Always Be Our Presidents
All those aspiring for political power in Africa and the world over, do so with the sole objective to better the lot of their...
Zambia to complain to Nigeria over Obasanjo statement
The Zambian government will complain to the Nigerian authorities following a statement from that country's former President Olusegun Obasanjo over the political situation in...
Nigeria: Obasanjo And Jonathan Said To Have Failed Northern Christians
The media has been awash with the postulation by the Northern Nigeria Christian Politicians (NNCP) that the former presidents of Nigeria, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo...
G20 Summit: Shell pumps $50 billion in illicit financial outflows annually out of Africa...
Obasanjo who is a panel member pleaded with the G20 countries bloc to help fight tax evasion and the system of tax havens or...
Could Obasanjo Be More Sensible Than Kufuor?
Campaigning for reelection in his home region of the North, recently, President John Dramani Mahama was reported to have told an audience in Ghana’s...
2016 Budget Stuffing Shame; Obasanjo saw it coming
This is even as he stressed the need for men and women of integrity at the legislative level.
While speaking with State House correspondents ...
Obasanjo asks Africa to invest in local commodities for growth
Former Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo in Mahe, Seychelles, has said that African countries could achieve industrialisation by focusing their efforts on locally available commodities...
Many African Heads of States Are Engineers of Conflicts – Obasanjo
By the same token, he noted, outside interference in Africa has been responsible for conflicts, citing the NATO air strikes in Libya in 2011...
Tonto Dikeh Confirms Obasanjo is Indeed Her Father-in-Law
It’s been flying around as a rumour for some time, but now we have confirmation.
Nollywood actress, Tonto Dikeh is married to Oladunni Churchill who...
Olusegun Obasanjo Gets A Presidential 79th Birthday Wish
Femi Adesina, presidential media aide issued a statement saying that Buhari affirms that the ex-president, who is approaching the octogenarian cycle, has contributed immensely...
Obasanjo ignored due process in awarding $841.6 million rail contract
Former president Olusegun Obasanjo
The project manager of a Chinese construction firm, Etim Abak gave a shocking revelation when he testified before the Senate Committee...
Igbo Mandate Congress Castigates Radio Biafra Hate Speech
Speaking with co-coordinators of the group at an emergency meeting in Enugu to evaluate the implication of the Indigenous Peoples of Biafra (IPOB) successful...
Nigeria hopes for better future as it marks independence anniversary
How hope was rekindled
In and for this great vast blessed land
The bride of African continent
And untapped, non-exhaustive international transactions
Still stumps the senile and sages
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Treachery and Betrayal: El-Rufai?s Companions
When it comes to the game of power and treachery, Governor El-Rufai towers above his peers and those he met in the game, notwithstanding...
Politicians should serve two terms, one in office, the other in jail
As a Psychologist by academic qualification, we say that that the way you feel affects the way you interpret the world. This statement I...
Obasanjo vs Okonjo Iweala fire rages on
By Sadiq Abubakar
The continuous bashing of former Finance Minister, Dr Ngozi Okonjo Iweala continues with former President Olusegun Obasanjo joining the fray in...
Lessons From Buhari’s rejection of Rolls-Royce ride in London
By Dr. Chido Nwangwu.
A few days ago, Nigeria's newly elected president who will be sworn in on May 29, retired army general Muhammadu Buhari,...
NDLEA Cautions Kashamu To Concentrate On His Alleged Drug Case
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), on Sunday, advised the embattled Ogun Senator ? elect, Buruji Kashamu, to concentrate on the facts of...
Buhari can fix Nigeria’s various problems – Obasanjo
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo on Sunday declared that Nigeria had been badly run in the last eight years, but added that President-elect Muhammadu Buhari...
Obasanjo and Buhari sit in Jonathan?s council of State meeting
In what appears a valedictory session of sort, Former President Olusegun Obasanjo was among former Nigeria leaders that attended Tuesday?s Council of State...
Obasanjo Joins Rotarians for Club meeting in Dar el Salam
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo of Nigeria, is?in Dar el Salam for Rotary Club meeting.
According to Sharmila Bhatt, the Committee Chairperson of...
Buhari advised to avoid Olusegun Obasanjo
Nigeria?s President-Elect. Muhammadu Buhari has been advised to avoid former president Olusegun Obasanjo if he intends to succeed in leading Nigeria.
Former Chief Whip of...
Obasanjo Believes Nigeria Democracy Is Growing
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has commended Nigerians for conducting credible elections in 2015, saying that the feat has now showed that the country?s democracy...
Book Review, Watch the Watcher – The Obasanjo Years
Book:?Watch the Watcher
Reviewer:?Professor G.G. Darah
Author: Yinka Odunmakin
This is a provocative and polemical book of memories and reflections by Yinka Odumakin about General Olusegun Obasanjo,...