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FG plans to frame, arrest me over comments, Obasanjo alleges

Ihesiulo Grace 9 June 2018 0

…FG won’t frame -up anybody- Minister Former President Olusegun Obasanjo on Friday raised alarm over attempt by the federal government to arrest and detain him over some phantom charges. Obasanjo in a release issued in Abeokuta and signed by his media aide, Kehinde Akinyemi, said the

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$16bn power spending: Obasanjo under fire as groups demand probe

Ihesiulo Grace 24 May 2018 0

…SERAP, AFRICMIL want EFCC, ICPC to take action against ex- President, others …Lament decay in sector despite huge spending Barely 24 hours after the war-of-words between President Muhammadu Buhari and former President Olusegun Obasanjo, two groups have called on the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and Independent Corrupt Practices and Other

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Higher institutions not for education alone -Obasanjo

Ihesiulo Grace 23 May 2018 0

Former president Olusegun Obasanjo has reminded higher institutions in Nigeria that the purpose for their establishment was not only for education but for social, economic and political purposes. Obasanjo, who was the Chairman of the 22nd convocation lecture of the Lagos State University titled ‘Role of Tertiary Education in Promoting Social Cohesion and Peace:

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Performance: Buhari, Obasanjo in war-of-words

Ihesiulo Grace 23 May 2018 0

…President: Obasanjo squandered $16bn on power with nothing to show for it …You are ignorant, lack essential qualities to remain in power, Obasanjo tells Buhari In what can be described as the first direct response to former President Olusegun Obasanjo’s ceaseless attacks on his performance in government, President Muhammadu Buhari has lashed out at his

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Obasanjo makes U-turn as Third Force fuses into political party

Ihesiulo Grace 11 May 2018 0

…Ojudu withdraws from Ekiti APC guber primary poll …Adeyeye dumps PDP after primaries in Ekiti Former President Olusegun Obasanjo’s political group, the Coalition of Nigeria Movement (CNM), on Thursday, made a U-turn as it fused into African Democratic Congress (ADC), less than four months after it was formed. The Daily Times recalls that Obasanjo proposed […]

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I will never endorse failure -Obasanjo

Ihesiulo Grace 3 May 2018 0

Former president Olusegun Obasanjo has said that he remained resolute in his agitation for the non-re-election of President Muhammad Buhari for second term adding that he cannot endorse failure. Obasanjo in a statement issued in Abeokuta and signed by his media aide, Kehinde Akinyemi said the purported rumour that he is now supporting the second […]

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Obasanjo bombs Buhari again, says US trip mediocre

Ihesiulo Grace 3 May 2018 0

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has again slammed President Muhammadu Buhari, saying his performance during the recent trip to the United States is “mediocre”. The former president said that Buhari missed another opportunity to display his mettle as a thoroughbred leader and instead undermined Nigeria’s interest in at least three segments of national

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Pa Adesanya rejected me thrice: Obasanjo

Ihesiulo Grace 2 May 2018 0

Ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo on Wednesday gave an account of how Pa Abraham Adesanya, late leader of Pan-Yoruba political group, Afenifere, rejected his candidature for the presidency three times in 1999. Obasanjo gave the account in Lagos, at the 10th Memorial Symposium of the late National Democratic Coalition (NADECO) chieftain. Adesanya, a politician, senior advocate

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Buhari breaks silence, extols Lai Mohammed over Obasanjo’s letter

Ihesiulo Grace 28 April 2018 0

President Muhammadu Buhari has finally spoken on the strong-worded letter from former President Olusegun Obasanjo to him in January, asking him to forget about contesting in 2019, as the development would amount to overstretching the tolerance of Nigerians. Obasanjo had in the letter, advised Buhari to retire from active public service and take his “role […]

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Ambode has done well so far, but he should not take Lagosians for granted -Gbadamosi

Ihesiulo Grace 18 April 2018 0

Babatunde Olalere Gbadamosi, is the Secretary of National Intervention Movement (NIM) in Lagos and also a Chieftain of the Action Democratic Party (ADP). In this interview, he bares his mind on the Land Use Charge Law of Lagos State, the essence of the establishment of NIM and the state of the nation. PATRICK OKOHUE reports […]

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2019: You’ve failed Nigerians, don’t seek re-election, Falae tells Buhari

Ihesiulo Grace 18 April 2018 0

The National Chairman of Social Democratic Party (SDP), Chief Olu Falae on Tuesday visited former President Olusegun Obasanjo in Abeokuta; the Ogun State capital, on a consultation visit. Falae, who is a former secretary to the government of the federation under the General Ibrahim Babangida military regime, arrived at the Olusegun Obasanjo Presidential Library (OOPL) […]

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Obasanjo, Osifeso for Ota Police Area Commander’s football championship

Ihesiulo Grace 12 April 2018 0

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo and the Chairman of Mapcotec Nigeria Limited, Surveyor (Dr.) Segun Osifeso, will on Wednessday kick off the second edition of the annual Ota Police Area Commander’s football championship at the Nigeria Distilleries Limited (NDL) Ota, Ogun State sports ground. According to the organisers, AYSON Promotions, the competition will feature

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Presidency spurns Obasanjo’s failure assessment

Ihesiulo Grace 4 April 2018 0

The presidency has said that former President Olusegun Obasanjo’s failure tag on the current administration is not new. It said that the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari would, therefore, not join issues with the former president over his comments and assessment. Obasanjo had on Monday night, while addressing a group of youths, who visited him […]

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Presidency react to Obasanjo’s assessment of Buhari’s administration

Ihesiulo Grace 3 April 2018 0

The Presidency on Monday night said the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari would not join issues with former President Olusegun Obasanjo over his comments on Buhari administration. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Obasanjo had on Monday while addressing a group of youths who visited him at his country home Abeokuta described the […]

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Obasanjo is main problem of Nigeria – Olapade Agoro

Ihesiulo Grace 24 March 2018 0

National Chairman and Presidential aspirant under the platform of the National Action Council (NAC), Dr. Olopade Agoro on Friday declared that former President Olusegun Obasanjo is the main political problem of Nigeria.   Agoro, while addressing a press conference at his Apata, lbadan residence also described Obasanjo’s Coalition for Nigeria Movement (CNM) as

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Join politics, it doesn’t make you woman of easy virtues, Obasanjo tells women

Ihesiulo Grace 23 March 2018 0

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has called on women to take the bold initiative and step out into politics, assuring them that going into politics does not make them women of easy virtue. Speaking Thursday while delivering a lecture at the 14th Annual Lecture of Women in Management, Business, and Public Service (WIMBIZ), a non-governmental organisation […]

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Why I am in support of Obasanjo’s third force coalition, by Falana

Ihesiulo Grace 2 March 2018 0

Human right activist and constitutional lawyer, Mr. Femi Falana, SAN, has thrown his weight behind the third force movement of former President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, known as Coalition for Nigeria (CN). The constitutional lawyer said the third force by Obasanjo should be a party of the working class that would protect the interest of Nigerians. […]

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Obasanjo’s coalition will become a political party – Ondo coordinator

Ihesiulo Grace 7 February 2018 0

The Ondo state coordinator of the Coalition for Nigeria Movement (CNM), Hon. Demola Ijabiyi, mooted by former President Olusegun Obasanjo, has said that the movement will transform into a political party after it has become a mass movement. He stated this in Akure on Tuesday following the unveiling of the Ondo State chapter of the […]

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Obasanjo lack intergrty to criticise Buhari, says Lagos APC

Ihesiulo Grace 6 February 2018 0

As reactions continues to trail the letter written by former President Olusegun Obasanjo advising President Muhammadu Buhari not to seek re-election in the 2019 general elections, the Lagos State chapter of the All Progressive Congress (APC) has said that Obasanjo lacked the integrity to criticize the President. The Deputy Publicity Secretary of Lagos State APC, […]

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PDP, APC members join Obasanjo’s ‘third force’ movement in Ondo

Ihesiulo Grace 2 February 2018 0

A ‘third force’ group floated by former President Olusegun Obasanjo under the Coalition for Nigeria Movement (CNM) held its inaugural meeting Friday in Akure, the Ondo state capital. Members who were mainly People’s Democratic Party (PDP) supporters with few aggrieved All Progressives Congress (APC) Social Democratic Party (SDP) and Alliance for Democracy (AD) members came