President open to reconciliation with Obasanjo –Presidency

President Goodluck Jonathan and former President Olusegun Obasanjo The Presidency on Sunday said President Goodluck Jonathan was favourably  disposed to mending fences with former President Olusegun. The Special Adviser to the President on Political Matters, Mr. Ahmed Gulak,  made this known on Sunday just as  The PUNCH  gathered that the  feud between   Jonathan and Obasanjo […]

Mujahid Asari Dokubo Writes Obasanjo, Calls Him ‘Chief Assassin’

By SaharaReporters, New York The leader of Niger Delta Peoples Volunteer Force (NDPVF), Mujahid Dokubo Asari, on Thursday called former President Olusegun Obasanjo the “Chief Assassin of all times” in response to the former leader’s recent letter to President Goodluck Jonathan. In a letter to Obasanjo, Dokubo, who has previously sworn that there will be hell […]

2014 Prophecies: Jonathan’ll Beg Obasanjo To Win Second Term -Prophet Ayodele

*Says Tukur, Sambo, Oghiadomhe, Anyim will be sacrificed *Not Yet APC’s Turn To Rule Nigeria Prophet Babatunde Ayodele, Founder/Spiritual Head of Inri Evangelical Church, Lagos known for his accurate predictions has reeled out his 2014 prophecies. Obasanjo and Jonathan “I will advise every Nigerian to take time and be prayerful for the country and for themselves […]

Political killings: North asks Jonathan to prosecute Obasanjo

*Insists no second term for Jonathan in 2015 By Emeka Mamah & Soni Daniel, Regional Editor, North The North has asked President Goodluck Jonathan to explain who he was waiting for before taking action to bring officials of the former President Olusegun Obasanjo administration to book over political killings which he (Jonathan) said were the […]

Again, Jonathan hits back at OBJ (Focus on governing)

President Goodluck Jonathan again on Wednesday hit back at former President Olusegun Obasanjo over the 18-page letter he wrote in which he accused the President of deceit, deception, dishonesty, incompetence and clannishness among others. He had on Sunday replied Obasanjo’s letter, describing it as full of lies. The President revisited the issue during a Christmas […]

Column: Jonathan’s incomplete response to Obasanjo

President Goodluck Jonathan began his responses to Chief Olusegun Obasanjo’s blistering letter with a series of excuses – excuses that are wholly unnecessary. What I was expecting was a line-by-line rebuttal. And to, in the end, put a political noose around Obasanjo’s neck. Or, for Jonathan to confess and then resign or be impeached. But […]

Jonathan replies OBJ – Your letter is full of lies (Answer his allegations)

The allegation of training snipers to assassinate political opponents is particularly incomprehensible to me – President President Goodluck Jonathan on Sunday formally replied the 18-page letter written to him by former President Olusegun Obasanjo, saying it was a threat national security. Unlike Obasanjo’s letter which was dated December 2 but leaked to the press on […]

Obasanjo’s letter raised things that are germane – Bimbo Daramola

By Levinus Nwabughiogu Bimbo Daramola is a vocal member of the House of Representatives on the platform of All Progressive Congress (APC). He represents  Ekiti North Federal Constituency 1 in Ekiti State. In this interview with Vanguard, says that former President Olusegun Obasanjo in his letter raised salient issues that shouldn’t be ignored. Excerpts:  Nigerians […]

Another look at Obasanjo’s epistle to Jonathan

Jide Ojo | credits: File copy Opposition is true friendship. The man who tells you that you have a stinking rear is your friend. He is only drawing attention to your bodily filth and asking you to do something about it. He is better than a sycophant who says you can always come out of […]

From Obasanjo to Jonathan with ‘love’

A literal reading of the 18-page letter from former President Olusegun Obasanjo to President Goodluck Jonathan would lead to the conclusion that it is no more than a summation of complaints by the public, especially the print media, against the Jonathan administration. However, a deeper, semiotic, reading reveals many layers of interpretation in which denotative […]

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