Olusegun Obasanjo

President Bola Tinubu and ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo were seen together in public, for the first time since Asiwaju was sworn into office. Imo State Governor, Hope Uzodimma's inauguration for a second tenure brought the duo who were…
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By Dr. Auwalu Anwar On Wednesday, 27th December 2023, the former Speaker, the House of Representatives (2000−2003), Rt. Honourable Ghali Umar Na’Abba, died at the National Hospital, Abuja around 3.00 a.m. I had been associated with him…
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Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has held a closed-door meeting with the leadership of Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide, but the outcome was not made public. The Secretary-General of the apex Igbo socio-cultural organization, Amb. Okey…
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By Hassan Gimba An Igbo adage says that when an anomaly persists for one year, it becomes the norm. So slowly, steadily but surely, it is becoming a norm, an accepted aberration, for a president in Nigeria to appoint himself as a…
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By Hassan Gimba In the first part of this write-up, we saw how in 1983, the National Party of Nigeria (NPN), afraid of defeat, capitalized on Shehu Shagari’s perceived likeability and reversed the election timetable and started with a…
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The Federal Government has set aside N13,805,814,220 for the maintenance of former presidents, vice presidents, chiefs of state, Chiefs of General Staff, retired heads of service, permanent secretaries, and retired heads of government…
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Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has faulted the verdicts of the Nigerian judges on the electoral disputes, saying three to five judges should not overturn decisions made by millions of voters during an election. Obasanjo described…
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The Presidency has blamed former President Olusegun Obasanjo for the current state of Nigeria’s democracy. The Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, in a statement on Monday said that the democracy…
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Former President Olusegun Obasanjo, on Wednesday, said that African leaders must find home-grown solutions to the myriads of problems confronting the continent. Obasanjo stated this while addressing a delegation of students and youths…
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The Yoruba Council Worldwide has described as sacrilegious former President Olusegun Obasanjo’s ordering of traditional rulers in Oyo State to stand and greet Governor Seyi Makinde at a project inauguration in Iseyin on Friday. It was…
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