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Olusegun Obasanjo (1976-79, 99-07), Party Politics, Peoples' Democratic Party (PDP), Presidency, South-West
Wednesday, March 21st, 2012
THE chairman, Board of Trustees of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, on Wednesday, declared that the party would regain the states it lost in the South-West. Speaking at the South-West zonal congress of the party held in Osogbo, the former president said though “we have lost some states in crooked ways. We […]
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Boko Haram, Olusegun Obasanjo (1976-79, 99-07), Presidency
Thursday, March 8th, 2012
Thursday, March 08, 2012 More Stories on This Section Again, Boko Haram yesterday went on the rampage in Borno and Yobe states, killing the Area Comptroller of Customs, Adamu Ahmadu, a five-year-old boy and brother of a council chairman. The Islamist sect also torched a police station, a legislative building named after ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo […]
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Olusegun Obasanjo (1976-79, 99-07), Presidency
Tuesday, March 6th, 2012
Tuesday, March 06, 2012 •Obasanjo Photo: Sun News Publishing More Stories on This Section Former president Olusegun Obasanjo yesterday urged his children not to inherit his enemies and adversaries by trying to fight on his behalf urging them to work hard and be successful. Obasanjo, who celebrated his 75 birthday with pomp in Abeokuta, the […]
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Ogun, Olusegun Obasanjo (1976-79, 99-07), State News
Monday, March 5th, 2012
PRESIDENT Goodluck Jonathan yesterday congratulated former President Olusegun Obasanjo on his 75th birthday today. In a letter released in Abuja, President Jonathan thanked God that Obasanjo has spent virtually all of his adult life “in dedicated patriotic service to our fatherland.” Also, Ogun State Governor Ibikunle Amosun, congratulated the former President. Amosun, in a statement […]
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Olusegun Obasanjo (1976-79, 99-07), Presidency
Thursday, March 1st, 2012
FORMER President Olusegun Obasanjo yesterday in Abeokuta said that the barrage of criticisms against the establishment of his multi-billion naira Presidential Library in the Ogun State capital has continued to inspire him to get the project completed. Obasanjo, who spoke at a regional forum organised by the Institute for African Culture and International Understanding (IACIU), […]
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Olusegun Obasanjo (1976-79, 99-07), Presidency
Tuesday, February 28th, 2012
-SunIt was praises and thanksgiving all the way as members of the Chapel of Christ The Glorious King (CCGK), a church founded by former President Olusegun Obasanjo in Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital, celebrated its third anniversary recently. Amid dancing, drumming and singing, the former president was full of praises to God, saying he […]
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Africa & World Politics, Olusegun Obasanjo (1976-79, 99-07), Presidency
Wednesday, February 22nd, 2012
Former Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo arrived in Senegal late Tuesday to head a joint election observation mission between the African Union and the Economic Community of West African States . When asked what message he brought to Senegal from the AU, President Obasanjo said his first job is to observe Sunday’s vote and his second […]
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Articles, Columnists, Frisky Larr, NNP Columnists, Olusegun Obasanjo (1976-79, 99-07), Presidency
Wednesday, February 8th, 2012
By Frisky Larr, NNP, Feb. 8, 2012 – Putting all jokes aside, I can assure whoever takes time to read this essay that the number of people who quietly wish to have Olusegun Obasanjo back as President may be growing by the day if a frank and earnest statistic is taken. I will come back […]
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Abdulsalaami Abubakar (1998-99), Ernest Shonekan (1993), Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), Ibrahim Babangida (1985-93), Muhammadu Buhari (1983-85, 2015 - 2023), Murtala Ramat Muhammed (1975-76), Nnamdi Azikiwe (1963-66), Olusegun Obasanjo (1976-79, 99-07), Presidency, Sani Abacha (1993-98), Shehu Aliyu Shagari (1979-83), Tafawa Belewa (1960-66), Umaru Musa Yar'Adua (2007-10), Yakubu Gowon (1966-75)
Monday, February 6th, 2012
February 6, 2012 by Olusola Fabiyi and Oluwole Josiah The Federal Government plans to spend N3.19bn on the pensions and allowances of former Presidents, Heads of State, their deputies, former leaders of the National Assembly and their families in the year 2012. The proposed N3.19bn represents an increase of about N2bn from what was […]
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Oil Politics, Olusegun Obasanjo (1976-79, 99-07), Presidency, Shehu Aliyu Shagari (1979-83)
Thursday, January 12th, 2012
Govt remains open to dialogue Anyim, Adoke warn Labour THE imperative of a united and prosperous Nigeria has underlined appeals to President Goodluck Jonathan who has come under increasing pressure from eminent citizens including some former heads of state to rethink the issue of the removal of the fuel subsidy. Former Presidents Shehu Shagari and […]
