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Ekiti state governor, Ayodele Fayose has reacted to former President Olusegun Obasanjo’s statement advising President Muhammadu Buhari not to contest the 2019 election. Fayose said the former president contributed to failure of Buhari’s government. He stressed that Obasanjo has outlived his...

The former Lagos State governor and the leader of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Asiwaju Ahmed Bola Tinubu has said that his meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari has nothing to do with Obasanjo’s statement. President Buhari receives in audience Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu and Chief Bisi...

The National Chairman of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) Dr. Victor Oye has taken a swipe at the former President, Olusegun Obasanjo over his advice that President Muhammadu Buhari should not contest the 2019 election. Oye said Obasanjo was not in the best position to advise Buhari...

Former president Olusegun Obasanjo on Tuesday, January 23, issued a press statement on the state of the nation, which he titled The Way Out: A Clarion Call for Coalition for Nigeria Movement. In the statement, the ex-president advised Buhari not to … via Nigeria News today & Breaking news ▷...

Olusegun Okikiola Obasanjo made valid points against @MBuhari and I hope @AsoRock does not dismiss those points, but Obasanjo failed to list one important failure of Buhari as @NGRPresident and that is that rogues such as Obasanjo are still walking free with their massive loot. via Nairaland...

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo and his wife, Bola took to the dance floor to celebrate his PhD degree. Watch the video below… http://thenationonlineng.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/27065654_161162614519927_6472250097114546176_n.mp4 The post Video: Obasanjo shows his dancing skills at his...

A former President Olusegun Obasanjo, (Dr) has told President Muhammadu Buhari that he must step on toes on friends and well-wishers in order to achieve the desired transformation and change agenda of his administration. Obasanjo, said hard choices must be made consciously or unconsciously to...

A former President, Olusegun Obasanjo, has warned that Nigeria should not turn its back on the clamour for restructuring. Mr. Obasanjo spoke on Friday at a Convocation Lecture organised by the National Open University of Nigeria, NOUN. He said the university has set the pace for the … via...

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo, on Friday, took the attention of guests and graduands at the 7th convocation lecture of the headquarters of the National Open University of Nigeria (NOUN). Obasanjo was the first PhD graduate of NOUN, having successfully completed his academic and other...

Former Jigawa State governor, Sule Lamido, has opened the emergence of Chief Olusegun Obasanjo as President in 1999. Sule Lamido While speaking at the 15th Daily Trust Dialogue in Abuja, former Jigawa State governor, Sule Lamido, on Thursday, said that the search of a true … via Tori News –...

Former President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, is among 14, 771 persons expected to receive honours at the 7th convocation of National Open University of Nigeria(NOUN), Prof. Abdalla Adamu, NOUN’s Vice-Chancellor, has said. Obasanjo The former president is expected to receive a doctorate in...

Vehicles for Atiku, others to gulp N.21bn From: Kemi Yesufu, Abuja The Federal Government, in 2017, paid out a sum of N40 million in lieu of purchase of vehicles for former Heads of State and presidents, it has emerged. According to the financial report submitted by the Secretary to … via The...

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo on Tuesday said he visited 97 foreign trips during his tenure as president between 1999 and 2007. He said the trips were largely aimed at repairing the country’s poor image following years of brutal military regimes. Mr. Obasanjo was widely condemned for...

The Senate Committee on Police Affairs Thursday alleged that former Presidents Olusegun Obasanjo and Goodluck Jonathan used the Police as a political tool against perceived political opponents. The committee was mandated by the Senate in plenary on Wednesday to ensure immediate compliance to...

Ex-President Obasanjo Showcases His Dancing Skills n Ebonyi State (Photos) 80-year-old Former President Obasanjo showed that he had his groove on recently in Ebonyi State when he amazed excited dignitaries with his dancing steps during a visit to Ebonyi Fertilizer Blending Plant, Onuebonyi...

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has claimed that the two anti-corruption agencies he created during his tenure, have been politicized by his successors. According to him, they turned the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and Independent Corrupt Practices and other related...

Former Nigerian president, Olusegun Obasanjo, during an interview he had recently with Yahoo News, revealed that he had only N20,000 with him before he entered office as president. See an excerpt from the interview As one might expect of a man who has published 2.2kg worth of autobiography –...

It is always fun to revisit some of Nigeria's pre-election interviews. Obasanjo is probably not ready to change his mind yet, but an assessment of the Buhari years will certainly come before the 2019 elections. Fans of President Jonathan should not expect favourable outcome as the failings of...

General Olusegun Aremu Okikiola Matthew Obasanjo was born in Abeokuta on March 5 1937. Chief Olusegun Obasanjo is a controversial figure in Nigeria's history. He has ruled Nigeria twice, once as a military administrator and secondly as a democratically elected president. Below are some of his...

The Movement for the Actualisation of the Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB) has dismissed the claim of former President Olusegun Obasanjo that Biafra is dead. While delivering a keynote address at a public discussion on Biafra in Abuja on Friday, Obasanjo had argued that no Nigerian should...