…as PDP, APC campaign, Imolehin, Olaosebikan react On Sunday January 1, former president Olusegun Obasanjo, unarguably one of the most respected Nigerian past leaders in a letter endorsed the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Mr Peter Obi as his preferred candidate for 2023 and advanced reasons for his choice of Obi. Reactions expectedly greeted […]
Lt. Gen. Tukur Buratai (retd.), the immediate past Chief of Army Staff says the former President Olusegun Obasanjo nearly retired him at the rank of Major, 21 years ago. Buratai, who revealed this during his official handover to his successor, Maj. Gen. Ibrahim Attahiru at the Army Headquarters on Thursday, January 28, 2021, did not […]
National chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Prince Uche Secondus has commended former President Olusegun Obasanjo and some Nigerian elders for speaking up and drawing the attention of President Muhammadu Buhari to the state of affairs in the nation. READ ALSO: Nigeria is fast becoming a failed state under Buhari —.. Recall Daily Times […]
The Buhari Media Organisation (BMO) has expressed surprise that a company owned by former President Olusegun Obasanjo is on the list of over 19,000 tax defaulters recently released by the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS). BMO says this is because of Obasanjo’s status as a national leader who has, since leaving office in 2007, been […]
The Federal High Court, Abuja on Monday ordered the Central Bank of Nigeria to immediately pay the sum of N8 billion to Tiv communities in Benue state invaded by soldiers sometime in year 2001. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the money was awarded in favour of the communities in Logo, Ukum, Kwande […]
Ogun State Governor, Senator Ibikunle Amosun, has congratulated former president Olusegun Obasanjo, as he celebrates his 81st birthday Monday, describing him as a quintessential leader. In a statement signed by the state Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Otunba Adedayo Adeneye, the governor said the retired general and statesman, as military head of state and civilian […]
Abiodun Taiwo, Abeokuta The National Caretaker Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Senator Ahmed Markafi, on Tuesday met with former President Olusegun Obasanjo at the Presidential Library, Oke Mosan Abeokuta. Other Chieftains of the Party that accompanied Markafi to the meeting were the State Caretaker Committee members, the Osun State Caretaker Committee Chairman of […]
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has advised President Muhammadu Buhari to meet with the leader of IPOB, Mr Nnamdi Kanu before the ongoing crisis between IPOB and the military gets out of hand. Speaking on the issue on Friday, Obasanjo said: “I don’t see anything wrong in Buhari meeting with Kanu. I would not object to […]