•Gowon and Obasanjo A former governor of Kano State, Ibrahim Shekarau, is leading the northern elite to woo southern bigwigs for an alliance ahead of the 2027 general elections. Sources said former President Olusegun Obasanjo and ex-Head of State, Yakubu Gowon, are among supporters of the group, reports Sunday PUNCH. Our correspondents gathere...
•Obasanjo and late General Abacha Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has revealed that his outspoken nature on national and international issues led to his imprisonment under the military regime of the late Head of State, Gen. Sani Abacha, in 1995. Obasanjo also shared that his decision to seek the presidency in 1999 was driven by the [&hellip...
•Obasanjo Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has slammed the recent invitation the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation Limited extended to him, describing it as disrespectful. The NNPCL had, through its spokesperson, Olufemi Soneye, invited the former president for a tour of the Port Harcourt and Warri refineries. The corporation’s invitat...
•Obasanjo and late Jimmy Carter More tributes are still pouring in for former United States President, Jimmy Carter, who died on December 29, 2024. The latest is coming from Nigeria’s former President Olusegun Obasanjo who was military Head of State in 1978 when Carter first visited Nigeria. He spoke exclusively to our correspondent at his [&h...
•Obasanjo Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has recounted how the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) rejected a $750 million offer by billionaire business tycoon Aliko Dangote to manage the Port Harcourt & Kaduna refineries back in 2007. Obasanjo stated this during an interview with Channels Television. He said the NNPC, now r...
•Jonathan, Buhari and Obasanjo A former National Vice Chairman, Northwest, of the ruling All Progressives Congress APC, Salihu Lukman has written former President Olusegun Obasanjo, urging him to rally some former leaders of the country to unite the opposition in forming a new political party to challenge President Bola Tinubu and APC ahead of...
•Obasanjo A former President of Nigeria, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo has emphasised that the battle against corruption can only be effective and successful if it begins with accountability among top government officials. The former president said that tackling corruption at the highest levels of leadership would set an example for others and demon...
•Gowon and Obasanjo Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has thanked former Head of State, General Yakubu Gowon (retired) for the role he played in his release from prison. Obasanjo was one of those imprisoned by the regime of the late military dictator, General Sani Abacha over an alleged coup plot to overthrow Abacha, reports Channels TV. [&he...
•Gowon and Obasanjo Former Head of State General Yakubu Gowon has disclosed the crucial role he played in preventing the late General Sani Abacha from executing former President Olusegun Obasanjo over the 1995 phantom coup plot. Speaking at the Interdenominational Unity Christmas Carol and Praise Festival organised by the Plateau State Governm...
•Late Pastor (Mrs) Patience Umo Eno Wife of Nigeria’s President, Oluremi Tinubu, former Presidents Olusegun Obasanjo, Goodluck Jonathan and Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, state governors and other dignitaries today graced the funeral of Akwa Ibom’s First Lady, late Mrs Patience Umo Eno. •Governor Eno and daughter Speaking during the funer...
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