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‘Many generations will remain grateful to Obasanjo’ – Buhari

President Muhammdu Buhari has asserted that former president, Olusegun Obasanjo, through his personal sacrifice, commitment and wisdom, has contributed immensely to the institutionalization of democracy in Nigeria and Africa. While congratulating Obasanjo who turns 79 on March 5, Buhari stated that many generations would be grateful to the former president for the work he has... Read More

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February 18, 2016

Obasanjo leads Commonwealth Observer Group to Uganda’s presidential election (PHOTOS)

Former Nigerian President, Olusegun Obasanjo is in Uganda for the East African country’s presidential election. Obasanjo, who serves as the Chair of the Commonwealth Observer Group at the Ugandan presidential election, was spotted making the rounds. See photos below:

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February 16, 2016

How Obasanjo awarded $841.6m rail contract without MoU, accurate estimates

It has been revealed that former President Olusegun Obasanjo, was awarded the Abuja Rail Project in 2007 without an engineering design or a Memorandum of Understanding. This disclosure was made on Monday, by the Project Manager of a Chinese civil engineering and construction company (CCECC), Etim Abak, before the Senate Committee on the Federal Capital... Read More

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February 6, 2016

Oshiomhole to Obasanjo: ‘You’re more of an emperor than Nigerian governors’

Edo state governor, Adams Oshiomhole says former President, Olusegun Obasanjo is more deserving of being tagged an ’emperor’, than the state governors he recently described as ‘acting like emperors’. The former president had recently unleashed heavy chaste on state governors, whom he said live like emperors and prevent the local governments from performing their statutory... Read More

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February 3, 2016

‘Obasanjo, Babangida elevated corruption in governance’

Dr. Tunji Braithwaite has accused former president President Olusegun Obasanjo and ex-Head of State, Ibrahim Babangida, of making corruption attractive to Nigerian governors. Braithwaite’s comments was in reaction to Obasanjo’s recent criticism of governors- whom he says are acting like emperors while expecting the citizenry to make sacrifices. According to the elder statesman, the policies... Read More

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February 2, 2016

I’m not used to working as hard as Obasanjo – Buhari

President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday, expressed his gratitude to former president, Olusegun Obasanjo, for tolerating him for 3 and half years as Minister of Petroleum under his regime as Head of State. Buhari said Obasanjo was aware that he couldn’t work as hard as him, yet he allowed ‘last that long and work’ The president... Read More

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February 1, 2016

‘Some Nigerian governors live like emperors’ – Obasanjo

Former president Olusegun Obasanjo, on Monday, upbraided some Nigeria governors for living like emperors while asking Nigerian citizens to make sacrifices so as to survive this difficult time. Obasanjo made the statement while speaking as the chairman of the inaugural conference of the Ibadan School of Government and Public Policy(ISGPP), at the University of Ibadan.... Read More

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December 24, 2015

Obasanjo, Jonathan, Atiku, Babangida to get N2.3bn from 2016 budget

N2.3 billion has been budgeted as entitlements for eleven former Presidents, Heads of State and former Vice Presidents/Chiefs of General Staff, in 2016. The breakdown of the entitlements of past leaders was contained in the 2016 budget presented by President Muhammadu Buhari to the National Assembly on Tuesday. The former Presidents and former Heads of... Read More

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December 16, 2015

Obasanjo is an expired man… Buhari’s government will fail if he confronts me – Fayose

Ekiti state governor, Ayo Fayose has claimed that President Muhammadu Buhari and the All Progressives Congress are working assiduously to remove him from office. Fayose, however, says he’s ready for them, stressing that the people of Ekiti are with him in spite of the federal government’s plan to use the military panel to upturn his... Read More

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December 13, 2015

#DasukiGate: Compromised public figures seek Obasanjo’s help

Some public figures who have been implicated in the $2.1bn arms fund scandal have reportedly reached out to former President, Olusegun Obasanjo to wade in and help their plight. According to Punch, these group of prominent Nigerians who received funds from the former National Security Adviser, Sambo Dasuki, want soft landing with their prosecution. The reports states that ‘a trusted aide’ of Obasanjo... Read More

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December 9, 2015

What Soyinka said on Channels TV about GEJ, OBJ, President Buhari and pro-Biafrans

Nobel Laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka, says the recent discoveries of the massive looting perpetrated by the last administration has vindicated his ‘reluctant’ support for President Muhammadu Buhari in the last general elections. Soyinka also stated that Nigeria would not have survived four more years of former President Goodluck Jonathan’s rule. During a programme titled, ‘Channels Book Club’... Read More

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November 25, 2015

Obasanjo’s reply to Jonathan’s letter contains a few subliminal shots (READ)

Former President, Goodluck Jonathan, sent a letter to another former President, Olusegun Obasanjo, on September 22, intimating him of his ‘Goodluck Jonathan Foundation’. What appears to be Obasanjo’s response to Jonathan’s letter has been obtained by Premium Times. In the letter dated October 12, 2015, Obasanjo took a few shots and also counselled Jonathan. The letter reads: Dear President... Read More

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November 10, 2015

Photos from Obasanjo’s closed-door meeting with President Buhari

Former President, Olusegun Obasanjo, visited President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday, at the state house in Abuja. The two leaders held a private meeting, away from the prying eyes of reporters. Photographers on the other hand, got to take a few photos from the meeting. See below:

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November 3, 2015

Mr President, OBJ will tell you the consequences of not listening to me – Alibaba

Alibaba is a funny man. If you find yourself engaging him, sooner or later, the comic in him will always make light of any issue, which is why he’s respected among his peers and even elderly statesmen. But today, Alibaba is serious. And he wants the President to listen to him. There may also be consequences if... Read More

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November 3, 2015

If Nnamdi Kanu is dead, Ralph Uwazuruike will be the happiest man – MASSOB

The Movement for the Actualization of Sovereign State of Biafra, MASSOB, has ascribed the recent criticism of the group by former president, Olusegun Obasanjo, to Ralph Uwazuruike’s betrayal and deviation from the Biafran struggle. Obasanjo had recently described the Biafran struggle as an avenue to defraud people and make money. However, Uchenna Madu, factional National Director... Read More

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October 30, 2015

Obasanjo has ‘very few friends’… and they are

Former President, Olusegun Obasanjo, says he doesn’t have a lot of close associates and people he can call ‘friends’. While acknowledging the importance of friendship, Obasanjo proceeded to list the number of friends he has in Nigeria. The former President stated in a recent interview with Punch, that no human being is an ‘island unto himself’. Obasanjo... Read More

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Edwin Clark takes swipe at Jonathan, Obasanjo and Yar'Adua | YNaija.com

October 8, 2015

What Edwin Clark said about GEJ, OBJ and Yar’ Adua yesterday

A former chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party, Edwin Clark, has retired from partisan politics and left his party as well. But not without one last shot at former Presidents, Olusegun Obasanjo, Goodluck Jonathan and the late Umaru Yar’Adua. Speaking in his Abuja residence on Wednesday when a group, Think Nigeria First Initiative, paid him a courtesy visit-... Read More

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October 4, 2015

Toolz gushes about ‘blurry’ selfie with Obasanjo

Tolu Oniru can’t contain her excitement after boarding a flight with the former president of Nigeria, Olusegun Obasanjo. The excited OAP said she had to summon the courage to ask the retired General for a selfie. And what’s the point of taking a selfie with Obasanjo if you don’t share it on your Instagram page. https://instagram.com/p/8agYsjk3dP/

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October 2, 2015

7 important issues Nigeria must not play with – Obasanjo

Former President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, has listed 7 key issues the country and its leaders cannot afford trivialize. Obasanjo spoke about the development of the nation, while speaking with journalists at his mansion in Abeokuta, on Independence Day, October 1. He said Nigeria was on the path to overcoming its problems, but however noted that the... Read More

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September 26, 2015

President Buhari meets with Obasanjo, Gordon Brown in New York (PHOTOS)

President Muhammadu Buhari earlier today met with the former leaders of Nigeria and the United Kingdom. Buhari had a sit-down with former British Prime Minister, Gordon Brown and Olusegun Obasanjo at the Millennium House in New York. The President is in the United States for the United Nation General Assembly. See photos:

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September 22, 2015

Obasanjo writes a new book, absent at launch

Former president, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, has written a new booklet, for the kids. Obasanjo’s new book- a children’s story book on peace- was launched to celebrate the the 2015 International Day of Peace. As to why he decided to pen the book, “Peace Story for Children”, Obasanjo said it is to ensure the entrenchment of sustainable... Read More

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September 18, 2015

Did APC just call Obasanjo a criminal… and destroyer?

It was meant to be just another impact-less statement in the pile of daily releases we get stuffed with, from the two main political parties in the country. Regular and cliche, the Lagos chapter of the All Progressives Congress, threw all the usual shades and took the expected swipes at the Peoples Democratic Party. But a couple... Read More

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September 17, 2015

Ministerial slots: Obasanjo, Tinubu reportedly on collision course

Two South-West leaders in Nigerian politics, Former President Olusegun Obasanjo and ex-Lagos State Governor, Bola Tinubu, have reportedly clashed over President Buhari’s ministerial list. Telegraph reports that Tinubu’s candidate, Lagos State Commissioner for Finance, Wale Edun, whom he recommended as Minister of Finance, has been dropped, despite having undergone screening by the Department of State Services. Edun, will now be replaced... Read More

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September 15, 2015

Obasanjo speaks on Buhari’s appointments and performance so far

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo, has shed some insight into his standpoint regarding the appointments of President Muhammadu Buhari and his performance since his inauguration. Obasanjo was quoted by Premium Times, as saying that he is satisfied with Buhari’s appointments, and that there is no cause for alarm, just yet. “I am reasonably satisfied with his performance... Read More

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September 15, 2015

Timi Alaibe pumped N10bn into Obasanjo’s third term agenda – PDP

The Peoples Democratic Party in Bayelsa State has accused Timi Alaibe, the governorship aspirant of the All Progressives Congress, of donating N10 billion to the failed third term project of former President, Olusegun Obasanjo. The party released a statement to this effect through its state secretary, Godspower Keku. PDP says Alaibe can’t be trusted with public funds,... Read More

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September 15, 2015

Obasanjo made Jonathan President to rubbish me – Alamieyeseigha

Former governor of Bayelsa State, Diepreye Alamieyeseigha, has revealed the order of events that led to Goodluck Jonathan becoming President of Nigeria. Alamieyeseigha says former President, Olusegun Obasanjo, picked Jonathan, his former deputy as Vice President to late President Umaru Yar’Adua, in an attempt to embarrass him. He revealed to Sun Newspapers, that the move was part of... Read More

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September 14, 2015

Obasanjo claims to have left N287bn Abacha loot in the treasury

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo said he left behind over N287bn loot recovered from late Head of state, Gen. Sani Abacha. Obasanjo says he left in the national treasury the money, which is broken down as; $2bn, £100m and N10bn in cash and property. He said the funds were paid into the treasury through the Central Bank of... Read More

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September 13, 2015

We learnt something new about Obasanjo today

The Awujale and paramount ruler of Ijebuland, Oba Dr Sikiru Adetona, gave us a lesson in history on Sunday. Oba Sikiru Adetona, says former President, Olusegun Obasanjo, is to thank, for making make Abeokuta, his hometown, the capital of Ogun state. The monarch said Obasanjo used his position as Chief of Staff, Supreme Headquarters, to favour Abeokuta,... Read More

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September 13, 2015

‘President Buhari won’t interfere with investigation of Obasanjo, Lamorde’

The ongoing investigations being carried out by the National Assembly, will be free of interference from President Muhammadu Buhari, says the Presidency. The Presidency says the President will have nothing to do with the Senate’s probes of the Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Ibrahim Lamorde, as well as the probe of the power... Read More

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September 12, 2015

“I have forgiven Obasanjo… but I will expose him” – Alamieyeseigha

Former Bayelsa State Governor, Diepreye Alamieyeseigha says he has forgiven everyone responsible for his impeachment and subsequent imprisonment in 2005. Alamieyeseigha says he has forgiven former President, Olusegun Obasanjo, over the role he played in his ordeals, but however, added that he would expose him in his upcoming memoirs. In an interview with Vanguard, Alamieyeseigha, spoke... Read More

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