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Former Federal Permanent Secretary (Super Perm Sec) and elder statesman, Ahmed Joda is dead. He died on Friday at the age of 91. The former Nigerian President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo has described his death as “heartbreaking”. In a statement on Friday signed by his media aide, Kehinde Akinyemi, Obasanjo said the late Joda was his […]
Continue ReadingFormer Nigerian president, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo on Monday said he had no plan to float any political party either now or in the future. Chief Obasanjo, in a statement by his Special Assistant on Media Affairs, Kehinde Akinyemi, on Monday said he was not shocked by the report that he is planning to form a […]
Continue ReadingFormer Nigerian President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo has described Nigeria as a country presently dripping bitterness and sadness. The Owu Chief argued that even though Nigeria, as a country, is destined to be a land flowing with milk and honey, bad leadership has made it unachievable. He said this on Thursday while receiving a book titled, […]
Continue ReadingFormer President Olusegun Obasanjo on Wednesday described calls for the disintegration of Nigeria as unmindful and insensitive to the plight of the minority groups in the country. Mr. Obasanjo made the observation when he received the Tiv Professional Group (TPG) from Benue State, who paid him a courtesy visit in Abeokuta. The former president recalled […]
Continue ReadingEx-Nigerian President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, the Aare Ona Kakanfo of Yorubaland, Gani Adams, and some leaders of Yoruba socio-cultural group, Afenifere, met in Lagos on Wednesday over the challenge of insecurity facing the Southwest. The meeting was held at the residence of one of the Afenifere leaders, Pa Ayo Adebanjo, in Lekki, which was also […]
Continue ReadingA few days ago when he provoked the failed state thesis, unbeknown to him, former President Olusegun Obasanjo was stirring up attention to the medical condition called gangrene. In its manifestations, gangrene bears similarities with the political condition of a failed state. If a patient of gangrene is put side by side the victim of […]
Continue ReadingEx-Nigerian President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo said Nigeria is slowly becoming a failed state and a basket case that urgently needs to be pulled from the brink of collapse; and described National Assembly’s fresh constitutional review exercise as a waste of time and resources. He said constitutional review had been a money-gulping activity by every Assembly […]
Continue ReadingEx-Nigerian president, Olusegun Obasanjo, has described as sad the death of Senator Buruji Kashamu, a former governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2019 election in Ogun State. In a condolence message titled ‘Letter of condolence,’ addressed to the state governor, Obasanjo said, “I received the sad news of the demise of […]
Continue ReadingNigeria’s former President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, 83, was captured in a photo prostrating for a 59-year-old Agura of Gbagura, Oba Saburee Babajide Isola Bakre, in Abeokuta, Ogun State. This was the same way the ex-president greeted the Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi, Ojaja II shortly after the latter got his staff of office and […]
Continue ReadingFormer President Olusegun Obasanjo has reacted to the news of the dethronement of former CBN governor, Muhammad Sanusi II as the Emir of Kano. In a personal letter signed by him, the former president said the dethronement is bad because it is underserved and a good thing because the former monarch has ”paid the price.” See […]
Continue ReadingFormer Nigerian President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo has expressed fear of Nigeria disintegrating under the leadership of President Muhammadu Buhari. Obasanjo who disclosed this at the Frederick Fasehun 1st Memorial Lecture in Lagos on Saturday, February 29, stated that there is still a window of opportunity to stop a possible and indeed likely agitation for self-determination […]
Continue ReadingTwo former Nigerian Presidents, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo and Dr. Goodluck Jonathan, on Tuesday, met at the World Summit 2020, holding at Seoul, South Korea. Speaking after his meeting with Obasanjo, Jonathan said he was in Seoul to join the discussion on how to maintain world peace. On his Twitter page, Jonathan wrote: ”I was delighted […]
Continue ReadingNigerian Vice President, Prof Yemi Osinbajo, ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo and the All Progressives Congress (APC) National Leader, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, on Saturday in Lagos graced the 80th birthday celebration of Chief Rasaq Okoya, founder of Eleganza group of companies. Other notable Nigerians that attended the event were Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu; Minister of Information […]
Continue ReadingFormer Nigerian President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo has said Nigeria risks impending bankruptcy over the continuous accumulation of debt by the government. Obasanjo said things might get worse economically as Nigeria, as well as other African countries, kept piling up debts, saying he was worried for the future generations who would have to pay such loans. […]
Continue ReadingVeteran Nollywood actress, Tonto Dikeh’s ex husband, Olakunle Churchill, joined former Nigerian president Olusegun Obasanjo in an early morning workout which was a long walk beginning from his residence in Abeokuta as part of the annual Presidential Youth Mentorship Retreat 2019. The Theme for this year’s event is: “Seizing The Moment As Youths.” Below are […]
Continue ReadingTwo former Nigerian presidents, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo and Dr Goodluck Jonathan were among the dignitaries who attended the 85th birthday thanksgiving service of the Esama of Benin, Chief Gabriel Igbinedion, in Benin, Edo state, Nigeria, on Sunday. According to News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), the event, which took place at the Saint Gabriel, the ArchAngel […]
Continue ReadingFormer Nigerian President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, has claimed that Nigeria is still one country, because “God is a Nigerian”. Speaking at the international conference organised at Babcock University, Ilishan-Remo, Ogun State, Obasanjo however warned that the country was fast losing its identity over what he termed “poor management of the nation’s diversity.” The conference which […]
Continue ReadingAs Nigeria marks the first edition of the June 12 Democracy Day celebration, all former Nigerian presidents and heads of state were absent at the Eagle Square, venue of the event, despite the fact that they were invited. According to the programme of event, they were billed to arrive the venue at 9.35am but as […]
Continue ReadingEx-Nigerian president, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo has called out the President Muhammadu Buhari led govt for its insensitivity to Nigeria’s diversity by ensuring all three top leaders in the country are from the northern part of the country. The former president made the comments in an exclusive interview he had with Premium Times in Ogun state, […]
Continue ReadingFormer President, Olusegun Obasanjo and 393 other passengers, escaped a plane crash in Lagos. According to reports, the former president was among the passengers onboard an Ethiopian Airlines plane that found it difficult to land at Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Lagos. The Ethiopian Airlines aircraft, ET-901, had departed the Bole International Airport, Addis Ababa, at […]
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