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Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), Muhammadu Buhari (1983-85, 2015 - 2023), Olusegun Obasanjo (1976-79, 99-07), Presidency
Thursday, May 30th, 2013
KEY predecessors of President Goodluck Jonathan in office, ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo; and ex-dictators, retired Generals Muhammadu Buhari, Ibrahim Babangida, and Abdusalami Abubakar (retd.), as well as the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Aminu Tambuwal, on Wednesday shunned the Democracy Day event of the Federal Government. While all former heads of government were reportedly invited […]
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Articles, Columnists, Frisky Larr, NNP Columnists, Olusegun Obasanjo (1976-79, 99-07), Presidency
Monday, May 20th, 2013
By Frisk Larr / NNP / May 20, 2013 – When I started taking on hate-filled critics of former President Olusegun Obasanjo during the days of his 8-year tenure, many hurled abuses at me and called me a sellout! Very few recognized my passion for putting facts in their correct perspective no matter how bitter […]
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Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), Latest Politics, Olusegun Obasanjo (1976-79, 99-07), Presidency, Umaru Musa Yar'Adua (2007-10)
Wednesday, May 1st, 2013
By HENRY UMORU & JOSEPH ERUNKE ABUJA—A Report of the Senate Committee on Public Accounts, presented to the Senate, yesterday, revealed how the Federal Government under three successive administrations from 2002 to 2012, grossly abused funds from the nation’s Special Funds Accounts to the tune of N1.2 trillion. According to the report presented by Senator […]
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Olusegun Obasanjo (1976-79, 99-07), Presidency
Sunday, April 21st, 2013
A former associate of ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo, Mr. Richard Odusanya, on Saturday alleged that the former chairman of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party’s Board of Trustees was in charge of a killer squad that was formed under the military regime of late Gen. Sani Abacha. Odusanya reportedly worked behind the scenes when Obasanjo was in […]
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Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), Olusegun Obasanjo (1976-79, 99-07), Presidency
Sunday, March 31st, 2013
*Moves to pacify North, meets traditional rulers *Aso Villa ‘hawks’ want his wings clipped *President launches counter offensive, woos S/West elders *Anenih on fence-mending with govs By Jide Ajani Fresh facts emerged, at the weekend, that former President Matthew Okikiolakan Aremu Olusegun Obasanjo is intensifying his opposition to the 2015 re-election aspiration of incumbent President […]
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General Politics, Olusegun Obasanjo (1976-79, 99-07), Presidency
Saturday, March 2nd, 2013
Former president Olusegun Obasanjo on Saturday in Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital, declared that Nigeria lacked good leaders. Obasanjo lamented that the dearth of good leaders in the country as well as on the African continent, had become an issue that deserved serious attention. The former president spoke during the final of the African Regional […]
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Olusegun Obasanjo (1976-79, 99-07), Presidency
Saturday, February 23rd, 2013
FORMER South African president, Nelson Mandela has said that former President Olusegun Obasanjo played a prominent role in actualising the survival of democracy not only in Africa, but also the world at large. Mandela described Obasanjo’s outstanding leadership qualities as epochal, which he added, assisted him to restore democracy in Liberia, Sierra Leone, Cote d’Ivoire […]
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Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), Olusegun Obasanjo (1976-79, 99-07), Presidency
Monday, February 18th, 2013
Messier! That aptly captures the feud between President Goodluck Jonathan and former President Olusegun Obasanjo. Both leaders went deeper into the trenches in their battle for the soul of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) at the weekend. While Jonathan moved to consolidate his grip on the party which, on Friday, sacked Obasanjo’s loyalists, from the […]
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Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), National Politics, Olusegun Obasanjo (1976-79, 99-07), Presidency, Raw Politics
Friday, February 1st, 2013
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has accused President Goodluck Jonathan of mismanaging the security issues engulfing the country. Obasanjo stated this in an exclusive interview published in the February issue of the pan-African magazine, New African. He blamed Jonathan for the deteriorating situation caused by the insurgent Boko Haram. “If the President is the chief security […]
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Africa & World Politics, Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), Olusegun Obasanjo (1976-79, 99-07), Presidency
Tuesday, January 15th, 2013
President Goodluck Jonathan, ex-Ghanaian President John Kufuor and some governors are scheduled to attend a civic reception in honour of former President Olusegun Obasanjo following his voluntary retirement from office as Chairman, Board of Trustees of the Peoples Democratic Party. The two-day event billed for the Olusegun Obasanjo Presidential Library, Abeokuta, from January 18 to […]
