Tag: Olusegun Obasanjo

2023 Presidency: Obasanjo backs AfDB Akinwunmi Adesina over Tinubu – Report

Gbenga Adeoti

  Nigeria’s Former President Olusegun Obasanjo is in support of a move to draft the current President of the African Development Bank, Dr. Akinwumi Adesina, into the 2023 presidential race, a report by Vanguard showed on Sunday, quoting competent source close to the former President to have confirmed the news last night. The move comes as the former Head of State reportedly failed to convince Governor Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto State and former Rabiu Kwankwanso of Kano State to work together in order to advance political interest of the Peoples…

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I am not ready to die yet, 84 year-old Obasanjo declares

Gbenga Adeoti

“Although I am old, I am not ready for departure. They have bought me my ticket but I haven’t taken my boarding pass yet,” Obasanjo    Nigeria’s former President Olusegun Obasanjo has said that he was not ready to die yet. Using his words, Obasanjo who recently celebrated 84th birthday (born on March 5, 1937) said “though his ticket to return to his Maker has been bought,” he was “not set to board the aircraft yet.” He said this during an interview with an “International Institute” as revealed by a…

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