Tag: Obasanjo

Why I Visited Obasanjo – Atiku

Ganiyu Amodu

The 2023 presidential candidate for the People’s Democratic Party, PDP, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar said that his visit to his former boss, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo on Monday was not about politics, but “a courtesy call on the former President”. Atiku, who arrived at Obasanjo’s residence, located on the premises of the Olusegun Obasanjo Presidential Library (OOPL) at exactly 12: 37p.m., was accompanied by the former governors of Sokoto and Cross Rivers State, Senator Aminu Tambuwa and Senator Liyel Imoke among other eminent political stalwarts from the northern region. Upon arrival, Atiku…

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Atiku, Tambuwal, Imoke Visit Obasanjo, Hold Close-door Meeting

Ganiyu Amodu

Ahead of 2027 politics, politicians have been making moves suspected to be in line with strategising for the presidency. In one of such suspected moves, former Vice President Atiku Abubakar visited his former principal, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, in Abeokuta, the state capital, on Monday. Atiku, who contested the 2023 presidential election on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), arrived at the sprawling Olusegun Obasanjo Presidential Library (OOPL) in Abeokuta around 12:36 p.m. and quickly went to the Penthouse arm of the facility to meet his host, Obasanjo, who…

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How Dangote’s $750m Offer To Manage Nigeria’s Refineries Was Rejected — Obasanjo

Ganiyu Amodu

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has revealed new details about Nigeria’s refinery woes, recounting failed efforts to privatise the country’s refineries and the subsequent financial losses under government management. In an exclusive interview with Channels TV on Thursday, Obasanjo discussed the Port Harcourt, Warri, and Kaduna refineries during his presidency. He explained how he sought external help to rehabilitate and manage the facilities but faced resistance. He recalled, “I asked Shell to come and run it for us and Shell said they wouldn’t I said, Please come and take equity they…

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Obasanjo Bombs Tinubu, Says Fuel Subsidy Removal Wrongly Implemented

Ganiyu Amodu

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has described President Bola Tinubu’s policies on fuel subsidy removal and exchange rates as necessary but “wrongly implemented.” Obasanjo’s position is coming as Tinubu’s government rolled out activities marking his one year anniversary. The Ota-farmer zeroed in on three decisions of the administration which include fuel subsidy, exchange rates and the dealing with military coup in Niger Republic. His media adie, Kehinde Akinyemi, in a statement issued in Abeokuta on Sunday, quoted Obasanjo to have spoken at a Colloquium: “Nigeria’s Development: Navigating the Way Out of…

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Insecurity: Bode George urges Tinubu to meet Gowon, Obasanjo, Babangida, Danjuma, Others; Deploy Technology

ADEOLA YUSUF

Former Deputy National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Chief Olabode George, has urged President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to urgently put machinery in motion to tackle the insecurity plaguing the country. Speaking in Lagos on Wednesday, George, the Atona Oodua of Yorubaland, advised Tinubu to deploy modern technology to deal with banditry, kidnappings and other vices. He also suggested a meeting with retired military officers to gain from their experiences on how to tackle the menace. Some of them include Generals Yakubu Gowon, Olusegun Obasanjo, Ibrahim Babangida, Abdulsalami Abubakar,…

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Obasanjo, Adeleke, Ooni, Others Celebrate Love of Christ Generation Church’s 16th Anniversary

Abibat Babalola

Nigeria’s former President Olusegun Obasanjo led a train of dignitaries to celebrate the 16th anniversary of Love of Christ Generation Church, Cherubim and Seraphim and 2nd year thanksgiving service of its Lagos Cathedral. The event was titled “Divine Victory” on September 10, 2023. Dignitaries included the supreme head, C&S Unification church worldwide, His Eminence Solomon Alao (Baba Olori), His royal majesty Oba Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi Ojaja II Ooni of Ife, Governor Ademola Adeleke of Osun State, the Nigerian High Commissioner to the UK, Ambassador Sarah Tunji Isola OFR, Olori Dr…

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Obasanjo, Yar’Adua, Jonathan, Buhari Spent N14 Tr On Fuel Subsidy In 16 Yrs

ADEOLA YUSUF

NEITI releases audit report, says Nigeria’s loss to crude oil thieves, Saboteurs hit N16.25 trillion in 11 years.   Nigeria has spent $74.39 Billion which tranIates to N13.7 trillion on fuel subsidy from the years 2005 to 2021, the Nigeria Extractive Industry Transparency Initiative (NEITI) has declared. Platforms Africa reports that the time frame falls within the second term of ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo, a part of the term of late Umaru Yar’Adua, the term of ex-president Goodluck Jonathan, and the two terms of former president Muhammadu Buhari. READ ALSO: BREAKING:…

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Ask Your Cousin, Obasanjo, for Ige Murder, Omisore Tells Wole Soyinka

Gbenga Adeoti

All Progressives Congress (APC) National Secretary Senator Iyiola Omisore has accused people he described as “drowning politicians” of spreading propaganda against him. He lamented that a decade after the Bola Ige murder case, Nobel Laureate Prof. Wole Soyinka still referred to him as a prime suspect, despite being cleared by the court. Omisore,  a former deputy governor of Osun State, said it was curious that Soyinka, who accused the Obasanjo government of complicity in Ige’s death when he described the government “as a nest of killers”, could now describe him…

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Obasanjo in Benin Republic, seeks soft landing for Sunday Igboho – Report

Aoko Benjamin

“No, he went to Benin Republic on condolences visit to his old-time friend, Nicephore Soglo, who recently lost his wife – Roseline Soglo,” associate tells Platforms  Africa   Former President Olusegun Obasanjo was in Benin Republic in the first week of August, 2021, a report by TheCable has shown. Top sources in the diplomatic circle were quoted by TheCable to have confirmed that the former president travelled to Zanzibar, an island in Tanzania, on August 1 and rerouted to the Francophone country. Media aide to the African leader, Kehinde Akinyemi, could not…

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