An FCT High Court, sitting in Apo District, on Wednesday, vacated its earlier order restraining former President Olusegun Obasanjo from publishing or selling his book titled ‘MY WATCH’. The judge, Justice Valentine Ashie, had on December 10th, , granted the interim order,
Book: Watch the Watcher Reviewer: Professor G.G. Darah Author: Yinka Odunmakin This is a provocative and polemical book of memories and reflections by Yinka Odumakin about General Olusegun Obasanjo, Nigeria’s military head of state (1976-1979) and elected President (1999-2007). The author was motivated to write the book to challenge exaggerated claims of heroic
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo paid an unusual visit to the popular Itoku Market in Abeokuta, Ogun State, on Saturday. His mission: To appraise the welfare of the people. He seized the opportunity to urge market women to ‘do as they did’ on March 28 during the Presidential elections. The All Progressives Congress (APC) trounced the […]
Former President, Olusegun Obasanjo has sent a congratulatory message to the President-elect, Major-General Muhammadu Buhari over his election in Nigeria’s 2015 presidential election. The former president in a letter to the President-elect stated that his success and victory “after three previous unsuccessful attempts must be great object lessons for you and for all
In the traditional Igbo Ukwu society from where I hail, soup-making is a serious and expensive business. Soup was the most expensive culinary undertaking and it was also only done on Nkwo market days. Consequently, we have some proverbs around this serious soup business. One is that it is unbecoming for an adult to ‘igwo-ofe’ […]
I knew him in 2005 when I accompanied the then Etsako Central Council boss, Pascal Ugbome, on a visit to his Asokoro District, Abuja, residence. He was then President Olusegun Obasanjo’s Special Adviser on Project Monitoring and Evaluation. That first meeting, as brief as it was, made a lasting impression on me as he came […]
Obasanjo Scales Accreditation Hurdle Ex-President Obasanjo has been accredited at registration Ward 11, Unit 22 Totoro/sokori in Abeokuta North
The National Chairman of the Alliance for Democracy (AD), Senator Mojisoluwa Akinfenwa, has given reasons why the party endorsed President Goodluck Jonathan for second term. While speaking at a forum in Osogbo, he expressed conviction that AD would sooner or later produce president of the country. He said, “President Goodluck Jonathan is the party presidential […]
A group, the Council of the Wise, has condemned all ethnic militias’ calls for the sack of Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Professor Attahiru Jega. The council, who visited former President Olusegun Obasanjo, yesterday, at his Hilltop Mansion in Abeokuta, the Ogun state capital, described the protests staged by armed ethnic militias […]
Former Nigerian President, Olusegun Obasanjo, said the Boko Haram sect has legitimate grievances. He stated this on Monday during a global education conference in Dubai, United Araba Emirates (UAE). “They have legitimate grievances,” he told IBTimes UK. Obasanjo criticising current administration to the insurgency, Obasanjo highlighted low level of education in the
