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Obasanjo, Osinbajo, Tinubu Meet In Lagos

January 12, 2020 2:30 pm
Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo, former President Olusegun Obasanjo and the All Progressives Congress (APC) National Leader, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, met in Lagos on Saturday.

They graced the 80th birthday celebration of Chief Rasaq Okoya, founder of Eleganza group of companies.

Other in attendance were Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu; Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed; former Commonwealth Secretary-General, Chief Emeka Anyaoku; Africa’s richest man, Aliko Dangote as well as traditional rulers.

Born in Lagos on Jan. 12, 1940, Okoya is a billionaire industrialist and the Aare of Lagos.

According to the New Agency of Nigeria (NAN), the guests were

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Obasanjo Meets Dapo Abiodun Behind Closed Doors

January 10, 2020 6:42 am
Former President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, on Thursday, met Ogun State Governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun behind closed doors.

NAN reports that Obasanjo stormed the Governor’s office at Oke-Mosan, Abeokuta, and went straight into the meeting, which lasted for about an hour.

In an interview with newsmen after the meeting, Obasanjo said he had visited the governor to discuss varied issues regarding development of the state with him.

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Some of the issues, according to him, involved education, agriculture and rural development.

Obasanjo equally said he used the opportunity to welcome

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Obasanjo, Nwodo Speak On Ihedioha’s Leadership Style

December 31, 2019 5:23 am
Former Nigeria’s President, Olusegun Obasanjo, has said Imo State Governor, Hon. Emeka Ihedioha possessed the qualities to rebuild the State.

Obasanjo made the declaration when he alongside other notable national leaders visited Governor Ihedioha at his country home in Mbutu, in Aboh Mbaise local government area of the state.

THISDAY learnt that ex- President, Olusegun Obasanjo was in Imo State for the 90th birthday celebration of foremost nationalist and elder-statesman, Chief. Mbazuluike Amaechi which held in Owerri, Monday.

However, Obasanjo said, “Some of us have said, you have what it takes to make this State one of the leading

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Igbos Are The Most Gifted In Africa – Obasanjo

December 29, 2019 2:54 am

During the British colonisation and amalgamation, it took just 9 months to win the North and Southwest over, but it took 30 long years before the Igbo’s finally joined the cause.

 

General Olusegun Obasanjo once quoted: “You see the Igbos, there is no other tribe like them in Nigeria. They have a very unique lifestyle that you can’t compare with any other tribe. They are brave. The Igbo man loves business and entrepreneurship and would walk to the ends of this earth to get a good deal. They are also very technologically innovative and they hold a lot of …

Obasanjo Criticizes Ambode For Abandoning Lagos Rail

December 28, 2019 2:44 pm

Former Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo has criticised former Lagos State governor Akinwunmi Ambode for abandoning the Lagos light rail project while he was the governor of the state between 2015 and 2019.

“We borrowed to build a light rail in Lagos, embarked on the project and a succeeding governor abandoned the project for his full term of four years at 65 per cent completion when he should have started paying down on the loan,” Obasanjo said on Friday in Lagos as a keynote speaker at the “Why I am Alive” campaign.

Obasanjo also criticised Ambode of prioritising the construction of …

Nigeria Faces Impending Bankruptcy, Says Obasanjo

December 27, 2019 2:04 pm

President Olusegun Obasanjo on Friday in Lagos expressed deep concern about Nigeria’s current debt profile and warned the Federal Government against “impending bankruptcy.”

Obasanjo was a keynote speaker at the “Why I am Alive” campaign celebration in Lagos on Friday.

Nigeria’s external debt, he said, grew by as much as 700 percent to N24.947 trillion ($81.2.74 billion), from $10.32 billion in just four years (2015), meaning that the country would have to commit half of its foreign earnings to servicing its current level of indebtedness.

“Such a situation talks about impending bankruptcy,” the former president warned. He insisted that “no …

Obasanjo Mourns Ajanaku, ‘She Persuaded Me To Contest’

December 5, 2019 1:49 pm
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo on Thursday, expressed shock over the death of his erstwhile Presidential Adviser on Women Affairs, Titilayo Ajanaku, noting that her loyalty and commitment to women affairs development was exemplary and worthy of emulation.
Obasanjo also recalled how the late erudite nursing professional joined other Nigerians to visit him in 1998 to persuade him to contest for the seat of the president.
The death of the late First chairman of Abeokuta Local Government, Ogun state was confirmed by her son, in a telephone chat with the former President early hours today.
Obasanjo described her as a woman
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Obasanjo Restates Importance Of Credit–Based Economy

December 2, 2019 3:51 am

Former President of Nigeria, President Olusegun Obasanjo has listed integrity and trust as important elements in managing credit-based economies.

Obasanjo, who stated this at the Annual Induction/Nigeria Credit Industry Award 2019 of the Instititute of Credit Administration (ICA) said that  today, there is strong credit availability in finance world for development-oriented programmes including those in agribusiness, education and the provision of infrastructure.

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“ To be successful player in this space, we must demonstrate trust and ability to manage creditlines judiciously, corruption free so that future generations of Nigerians who …

Obasanjo Preaches Love, Mutual Respect Among Nigerians

November 23, 2019 3:22 am

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo, has advised Nigerians, particularly members of the Baptist Church to continue to live by virtues of love and mutual respect displayed by Jesus Christ.

Delivering the anniversary lecture entitled, ‘The Faith of Our Fathers: Preserving Our Baptist Heritage’, at the 20th anniversary of the Baptist conference, Igede Ekiti ,yesterday,  Obasanjo stressed the need for members to sustain the principle of faith and absolute trust in the Lord Jesus Church bequeathed to them by the founding fathers of the church.

The former President explained that Baptists must continue to manifest the practice and teaching of the lifestyle …

I’ve Been Living With Diabetes For Over 30 Years – Obasanjo

November 13, 2019 3:28 am

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo on Friday morning led hundreds of people on road walk for diabetes awareness … The significance of this public awareness, championed by a national figure and a former president, cannot be overemphasised. This public declaration by Obasanjo, about his health, when other public figures and politicians would hardly do so, provided more information on diabetes. Another interesting part of that day was when, the former chairman of Diabetes Association of Nigeria (DAN), Professor Sunny Chieneye, in a lecture titled ‘Women and Diabetic: Our Right to Healthy Living’, called for concerted efforts to check the menace of …

Obasanjo: Buhari, APC Colluding With INEC To Rig Elections

Obasanjo: Buhari, APC Colluding With INEC To Rig Elections

November 3, 2019 11:11 am

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has expressed serious doubt over the integrity, impartiality and competence of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to conduct fair, free and credible elections in the days ahead.

He stated this on Sunday at a world press conference, held at his Olusegun Obasanjo Presidential Library (OOPL), in Abeokuta.

Reading from a 16-page address entitled: “Points for Concern and Action,” Obasanjo also alleged that President Muhammadu Buhari and the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) have embarked on the president’s self-succession project, by recruiting collation officers who are already awarding results based on their projects to actualise the …

Kingibe: Obasanjo, among those behind June 12 annulment

Kingibe: Obasanjo, among those behind June 12 annulment

June 13, 2019 12:09 am

A former Secretary to the Government of the Federation Ambassador Babagana Kingibe, yesterday said ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo was one of the architects of the annulment of the June 12, 1993 presidential election, which was won by the late Chief Moshood Kashimawo Olawale Abiola.

Kingibe was Abiola’s running mate on the platform of the defunct Social Democratic Party (SDP).

He said although Obasanjo attempted to convene a meeting of statesmen to address the aftermath of the June 12 crisis, President Muhammadu Buhari only attended the inaugural meeting and stopped because of the direction of the session.

Kingibe said Buhari’s position was …

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