•Obasanjo and Tinubu Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has criticised President Bola Tinubu’s economic reforms, arguing that the sharp devaluation of the naira has impoverished Nigerians and contributed to the country’s position as the world’s poverty capital. Obasanjo made the remarks yesterday during a keynote interview at the ongoing Finan...
•Obasanjo Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has backed calls for an increase in the 13 per cent derivation allocation to oil-producing states, saying the existing share should be treated as a starting point for further negotiations. Obasanjo spoke yesterday at the flag-off of the Crude Distillation Unit of the $1bn Azikel Refinery in Obunagha...
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has humorously stated that he does not know some of Nigeria’s top entertainers, including Don Jazzy, Carter Efe and Poco Lee, describing them as not important enough for him to know. Obasanjo made the remarks on comedian Isbae U’s podcast, Curiosity Made Me Ask, in an episode released yesterday, Saturday, Sep...
•Adeleke and Obasanjo (second right) Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has urged Governor Ademola Adeleke to continue on the path of good governance and delivery of dividends of democracy following his re-election as the governor of Osun State. Obasanjo gave the charge last night when he paid a surprise congratulatory visit to the newly re-el...
•Obasanjo Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has criticised the model of democracy practised across much of Africa, saying it lacks African context and content and has created a winner-takes-all approach to politics. Obasanjo said the Western liberal democracy inherited by many African countries was not designed around the continent’s realitie...
•Photo (L-R): Ex-governor Kayode Fayemi of Ekiti; former governor of Osun State, Olagunsoye Oyinlola; former President Olusegun Obasanjo and Oyo governor, Seyi Makinde. Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State, former Osun State governor Olagunsoye Oyinlola, and ex-Ekiti State governor Kayode Fayemi have visited ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo as ac...
•Atiku, Frank and Obasanjo Activist and former Deputy National Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Comrade Timi Frank, has accused former President Olusegun Obasanjo of turning former Vice President Atiku Abubakar into an election-year scapegoat every four years. Frank said this while reacting to Obasanjo’s latest attac...
•Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala The Director-General of the World Trade Organisation (WTO), Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, yesterday recounted how a deliberate communication strategy helped Nigeria secure the landmark $30 billion Paris Club debt relief during the administration of former President Olusegun Obasanjo. Okonjo-Iweala spoke in Abuja at the public pr...
•Obasanjo Former President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, has warned that Nigeria must never experience another civil war, stressing that many of the issues that triggered the 1967–1970 conflict remain unresolved within the country’s institutions and among its diverse ethnic groups. Obasanjo gave the warning yesterday at the Olusegun Obasanjo Presi...
•Obasanjo and Kwankwaso Former President Olusegun Obasanjo’s Thursday night’s visit to the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC) Vice Presidential candidate, Senator Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso at his Kano residence has added to speculations that the former president is supporting the presidential candidate of the party, Peter Obi. Multiple sources belie...
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