The Olusegun Obasanjo Leadership Institute (OOLI), in partnership with the University of Lagos (UNILAG), has concluded a four-day intensive leadership training for newly elected student leaders. The programme, held from Feb. 19 to Feb. 22, was themed “Leadership for the Future.” According to a statement issued in Lagos by the institute’s media consultant, Prof. Elvis […]
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has said the Nigerian nation “needs more rebels” to speak the truth to power without minding whose ox is gored. This, according to Obasanjo, is one of the greatest steps towards rebuilding the nation. Obasanjo spoke on Saturday during the unveiling of the autobiography of the Babanla Adinni of Egbaland, Chief […]
By Abiodun Taiwo Former President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo has described the reelection of the President of Ghana, Nana Akufo-Addo for a second term, as the result of his performance in office. He charged him to remain as enthusiastic, energetic, focused, and as committed as he had been in the last four years serving the people […]
Social-cultural organizations like the Afenifere, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Ijaw leader, Chief Edwin Clark, and Former President of Nigeria, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo have discussed why Nigeria is becoming a failed state. The organizations recently organised a consultative dialogue held at the Shehu Yar’Adua Center, Abuja, Daily Times reports. Former President Olusegun Obasanjo who spoke at the event, […]
The former President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, is reported to have shunned the invitation extended to him to speak at the just concluded 60th Virtual Annual General Conference of the Nigerian Bar Association. Recall that the just-concluded NBA conference sparked heated controversy following a petition signed by thousands of lawyers, […]
The Sokoto State Governor, Hon Aminu Tambuwal, has begun consultations with some veteran politicians over his presidential aspiration on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Daily Times gathered that the consultations started last Thursday when he met the former Senate President, Senator David Mark, during which he discussed his ambition with him. Tambuwal […]
Former president of Nigeria, Olusegun Obasanjo has said he wished to live above 100 years, believing that more achievements can be recorded in Yorubaland during his lifetime. Obasanjo said this while celebrating the the first anniversary of the Agura of Gbagura, Oba Sabur Bakare, Jamolu II. Speaking in Abeokuta on Tuesday, August 18, during an […]
National leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, has said that former President Olusegun Obasanjo and ex-military President, Gen. Ibrahim Babangida, “are yesterdays men and should allow Nigeria to move on.” Tinubu, who came to the Presidential Villa in Abuja in company of the former interim national chairman of the party, Chief […]
A former Nigerian President and elder statesman, Olusegun Obasanjo, has secured himself a new appointment as a United Nations envoy to Liberia. This would be Liberia’s first peaceful transfer of power from one democratically-elected leader to another in more than 70 years. UN Secretary-General, António Guterres, has sent Obasanjo to Liberia to support the transfer […]
A former President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, has allayed the fear of Nigerians who have envisioned that robots may soon take over their jobs, given the technological breakthrough in some countries, where robots now perform certain jobs. Obasanjo allayed this fear in his opening remark at the recent robotics workshop jointly organised by the Public Affairs […]
According to Daily Post, Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has said that the reinstatement and dismissal of a former chairman of the Pension Reform Task Team, Abdulrasheed Maina, was not consistent with President Muhammadu Buhari’s avowed war on corruption. Obasanjo said this at the 2017 Foundation Day Public Lecture titled: “Corruption and the Challenges of the […]
Ex-president, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo has advised some religious leaders to stop praying for criminals who acquired their wealth through Illegal means. OBJ said that if Nigerians stop celebrating crooks who enrich themselves from the commonwealth, corruption will disappear. Speaking at the 2017 Foundation day public lecture, titled: “Corruption and the Challenges of the African Child,” […]
Former President, chief Olusegun Obasanjo has called for prayers for the NIgerian nation never to sink like the former ruling party, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), declaring that the party is dead completely. Obasanjo made this declaration at the display of 40 African traditional drums in his honour to celebrate his 80th birthday celebration and […]
Title: STELLA: Her Journey & Her Legacy Author: Antoinette-Rita Publisher: Books with a Vision Pages: 176 Reviewer: Yinka S. Kareem Antoinette-Rita’s previous books are poetry books: Purple & Blue – Inspirational Poems and The Blue Ocean – Peace, Power, Prosperity (Volume 1); she fell in love with poetry at an early age. Unlike many poets, she began writing poetry at the […]
A former adviser to Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, on National Assembly Matters, Senator Florence Ita-Giwa, has described the death of Senator Uche Chukwumerije as a painful, one noting that he was passionate about the plight of the Bakassi people. In a statement made available to newsmen, on Wednesday, Ita-Giwaeulogised Chukwumerije, adding that he learnt on […]
Former President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo has expressed optimism that the Centre for Food Security of the Olusegun Obasanjo Presidential Library (OOPL) will be instrumental to the eradication of poverty, hunger and youth unemployment in Africa. Chief Obasanjo said the pilot scheme of the Feed Africa Programme which OOPL established in Delta State of Nigeria in […]