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Obasanjo: Nigeria needs leaders with touch of madness

Ihesiulo Grace 20 May 2022 0

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has identified the kind of leader Nigeria needs. Obasanjo said Nigeria needs a leader driven by passion and “a touch of madness” to move forward. He made the remark while hosting a Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Presidential aspirant, Mohammed Hayatu-Deen, in

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National insecurity is failure of leadership, says ex-president Obasanjo

Ihesiulo Grace 18 December 2020 0

By Stephen Gbadamosi Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has said that the security problem facing Nigeria currently arises from lack of leadership in the nation. He said for solutions to come for the various challenges facing the country, all hands ought to be on deck, aside having a leader who could provide the needed leadership to […]

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Those who need special attention among us are always neglected-Obasanjo

Ihesiulo Grace 5 November 2019 0

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo on Monday has stated that those who need special attention in Nigeria are always neglected. Obasanjo stated this while laying the foundation of the Children with Special Needs School, Igbor, near Makurdi in Benue. Obasanjo, at the ceremony, regretted that people with various forms of disabilities, who needed special attention from […]

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Minister to Obasanjo: You’re ignorant, thrives on falsehood against Buhari

Ihesiulo Grace 30 January 2018 0

*Says only APC can stop Buhari from running The Minister of Communications, Mr Adebayo Shittu, has lambasted former President Olusegun Obasanjo for exhibiting ignorance of the achievements of the federal government and “churning out falsehood” against President Muhammadu Buhari. Shittu, who spoke on Monday while briefing State House correspondents at the Aso Rock Villa in

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Obasanjo: Edo needs FG, Int’l agencies’ support to tackle human trafficking

Ihesiulo Grace 16 January 2018 0

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has said that Edo State Governor Godwin Obaseki needs the far-reaching support of the Federal Government and well-meaning international organisations to stem the tide of human trafficking. Obasanjo, who said this during a courtesy visit to Governor Obaseki at the Government House, Benin City, the Edo State capital on Monday, stressed […]

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Obasanjo lauds Ugwuanyi’s commitment to South East Development

Ihesiulo Grace 7 November 2017 0

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has expressed delight with the commitment being displayed by Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of Enugu State towards the socio-economic development of the South East saying that the governor has surprised him. Speaking when he led a delegation of Brenthurst Foundation to the Government House, Enugu, Chief Obasanjo, recalled that during the South

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Nigeria on path to greatness again -Obasanjo

Ihesiulo Grace 5 November 2017 0

Despite the daunting challenges confronting her, Nigeria is on the path to greatness again, former President Olusegun Obasanjo has said. Obasanjo who spoke at the 52nd annual service songs of the 1st ECWA Church, Ilorin, Kwara state assured Nigerians that no matter the difficulties and challenges the nation was going through, it will come out […]

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Gov. Bello commends Obasanjo for establishing Open University

Ihesiulo Grace 1 March 2017 0

Kogi state governor, Alhaji Yahaya Bello, has commended the administration of former President Olusegun Obasanjo for its foresight in establishing the National Open University of Nigeria (NOUN). Governor Bello made the commendation yesterday when he received the Director Lokoja Study Centre Professor Isa Abubakar Ochepa and senior members of staff of the institution on a

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The Way Forward for PDP

Ihesiulo Grace 26 April 2015 0

  PDP was a great party. It is still a great party, but more instructively, great in the nostalgic sense of what rose from a political party founded on nationalist ideals in the wake of Nigeria’s return to democratic rule in 1999, to a behemoth at the prime of its glory in 2007 when former […]

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Obasanjo tells traders to vote massively on Saturday

Ihesiulo Grace 5 April 2015 0

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has urged Nigerians to go out enmasse on Saturday and vote in the governorship and state House of Assembly elections as they did in the March 28 election, which produced the President-elect, Maj. Gen. Muhammadu Buhari(retd.), of the All Progressives Congress. Speaking on Saturday during a surprise visit to Itoku Market […]