•Obasanjo paid courtesy visit to Otti in Abia today Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has commended Abia State governor, Alex Otti, for repealing the law that allowed former governors and their deputies to collect pensions. He admonished other state governors to emulate Otti to reduce the cost of governance, reports Channels TV. The former pr...
•Obasanjo and Tambuwal Former Governor of Sokoto State, Aminu Waziri Tambuwal, has met with former President Olusegun Obasanjo, and decried the growing economic hardship in the country. He said the situation “is getting bad by the day,” and there was a need to tackle the challenges headlong, reports Daily Trust. Tambuwal, who represents Sokoto...
•Obasanjo and Soludo Anambra State governor, Prof. Chukwuma Soludo, has congratulated former President Olusegun Obasanjo on his 87th birthday. The governor said Obasanjo remained a towering figure in Nigerian and African history. This was disclosed in a press statement issued by Soludo’s Press Secretary, Christian Aburime, today. The governor ...
•Obasanjo Former President Olusegun Obasanjo today said that there is an urgent need for a law that will help to check organ harvesting and trafficking in the country. Obasanjo equally demanded legislative support in terms of a new bill to support people with kidney disease, reports The PUNCH. The former president, according to a statement [&h...
•Obasanjo and Tinubu President Bola Tinubu and ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo were today among the top dignitaries at the inauguration of Governor Hope Uzodimma of Imo State for a second term in office. Tinubu, who was earlier at an event in Abuja for the 2024 Armed Forces Remembrance Day, landed at the Sam Mbakwe Airport in […]
•Obasanjo Former President Olusegun Obasanjo, today, visited the President General of Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide, Chief Emmanuel Iwuanyanwu in his Owerri, Imo State residence where he held discussion with Ohanaeze leaders. Secretary General of Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Ambassador Okey Emuchay who spoke with our correspondent on the outcome of the visit,...
•Olusegun Obasanjo Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has said financial impropriety by the previous governments had forced Nigeria into a debt burden the coming generations would have no option but to pay. According to a statement by his Media Aide, Kehinde Akinyemi, the former president made the observation during a meeting with 2023 awardee...
•Late Ezeife Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has described the late governor of Anambra state, Dr. Chukwuemeka Ezeife as an unequivocal patriot with exceptional courage, declaring that the country has lost an intellectual giant, a brilliant thinker and profound humanist. Obasanjo, who just returned from visits to two North African countries...
•Obasanjo Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has asked youths to reject the toga of leaders of tomorrow, saying the youths are already the leaders of today. Obasanjo made this call at a Presidential Youth Retreat, themed “Contributing to the Green Economy,” held at the Youth Development Centre in Abeokuta yesterday, reports Vanguard. He asked ...