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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...

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo, has described the agitation for the creation of Biafra as an agitation born in error and ignorance saying Biafra is dead, advising that no Nigerian should give vent to the agitation. Obasanjo stated this while speaking as a guest speaker at a public...

Former speaker of the House of Reprsentatives, Ghali Na'Abba in this interview with Vanguard speaks on some national issues, his roles with former President Olusegun Obasanjo among others. He said: “I obviously would not want to come between Buhari and Obasanjo. They knew each other in the...

Former president, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, yesterday visited Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue State and urged the All Progressives Congress (APC) government to fulfill all campaign promises made to the people during the campaigns. The elder statesman however, explained that his visit to Benue...

The Governor of Ekiti state, Ayo Fayose has taken a swipe at former President Olusegun Obasanjo calling him an expired politician who always goes to Aso-Rock to beg President Buhari for political favours. He said “I was governor without a godfather. I was governor for three years but Obasanjo...

When Matthew Aremu Okikiola Olusegun Obasanjo says that Nigeria is going to explode, you better believe him. If any of you reading this does not take that prediction seriously, I do, and here is why. I know Obasanjo arguably better than most of you reading this. Obasanjo has remained an enigma...

President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday met with former President Olusegun Obasanjo at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. The meeting was held behind closed-doors inside the President’s office. PUNCH gathered that journalists were not allowed to go near the venue of the meeting described as...

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has described pro-Biafra agitators as miscreants who should be ignored because majority of them are into 419 and drug business all over the world. He said this while speaking with PUNCH correspondents at his Hilltop residence in Abeokuta. Obasanjo described...

President Olusegun Obasanjo has been described by Prof, Wole Soyinka as an overgrown child of circumstance and “an affliction that those of us who share the same era and nation space must learn to endure”. The renowned playwright stressed that if the former President “offered to host me, I...

Former Nigerian President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo has confirmed that his vehicle had a burst tyre along the Ibadan-Lagos expressway. And he thanked Nigerians for their show of concern about his welfare. I am hale and hearty and presently in Abidjan, cote d'voire for the Presidential election...

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has said that Stella meant so much to him that he has already written so much about her in the book 'My Watch' and part of it says, she will be dearly missed by me, my family and the Abebe family during the 10th memorial service for the former first lady at...