Tag: Olusegun Obasanjo
Gani Adams’ past ways didn’t match my standards – Obasanjo
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo says the "past ways" of the Aare Onakakanfo of Yorubaland Gani Adams did not match his standards and principles.
Obasanjo met...
Obasanjo’s spokesman threatens to sue AFP over Ethiopia trip report
Kehinde Akinyemi special assistant on media to former President Olusegun Obasanjo has threatened legal action against AFP for misquoting him on Obasanjo’s trip to...
Kamala Harris has Nigerian DNA – Obasanjo
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo says US Vice-President-elect Kamala Harris must have some Nigerian DNA in her.
In a congratulatory message on Saturday, Obasanjo also described...
Obasanjo’s former chief press secretary is dead
Igwe Alex Nwokedi a former chief press secretary to ex-military ruler Olusegun Obasanjo has passed on aged 84.
According to the Uthoko Na Eze royal...
Obasanjo, Gowon, others applauded Buhari’s #EndSARS broadcast – Presidency
Nigeria's former leaders including Olusegun Obasanjo and Yakubu Gowon applauded President Muhammadu Buhari's broadcast on Thursday as “detailed and soothing to the country," the...
Buhari meets Obasanjo, Gowon, others hours after broadcast
President Muhammadu Buhari has convened a meeting with some former Nigerian leaders including Olusegun Obasanjo and Gen. Yakubu Gowon (rtd.)
It was gathered that the...
Fashola blames Obasanjo for Nigeria’s weak infrastructural base
Minister of Works and Housing Babatunde Fashola has knocked the Olusegun Obasanjo administration which in 2005 successfully oversaw the cancellation of $18 billion debt,...
Between ‘dividers-in-chief’ and dividers-in-law, by Wole Soyinka
I am notoriously no fan of Olusegun Obasanjo, General, twice former president and co-architect with other past leaders of the crumbling edifice that is...
Soyinka backs Obasanjo on Nigeria being more divided under Buhari
Playwright and Nobel laureate Prof Wole Soyinka has stood behind former President Olusegun Obasanjo in his statement that Nigeria has become more divided under...
Obasanjo is Nigeria’s ‘divider-in-chief’, Presidency fires back
The Presidency has referred to former President Olusegun Obasanjo as Nigeria’s ‘divider-in-chief’ after his scathing statement about the country “fast drifting to a failed...