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Oil Politics, Olusegun Obasanjo (1976-79, 99-07), Presidency
Thursday, January 12th, 2012
January 12, 201243 Comments Former Minister of Aviation, Mr. Femi Fani-Kayode, on Thursday said erstwhile President Olusegun Obasanjo resisted pressure from then Finance Minister, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, between 2006 and 2007 to implement full deregulation. Fani-Kayode made the revelation while addressing protesters at Area One, Abuja during the public march against the Federal Government’s removal […]
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Olusegun Obasanjo (1976-79, 99-07), Presidency
Saturday, December 10th, 2011
By DANIEL IDONOR THE lingering feud between former President Olusegun Obasanjo and his vice president for eight years, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, yesterday, reverberated as Atiku chose the occasion of the 1st Shehu Musa Yar’Adua memorial lecture to display his contempt for his former boss as he skipped him (Obasanjo) in his protocol list. The former […]
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Headlines, Olusegun Obasanjo (1976-79, 99-07)
Friday, December 2nd, 2011
A 36-year-old man, who claimed to be a serving “Major” in the Nigerian Army, Mr Jeremiah Garba, has been arraigned before a High Court sitting in Abeokuta, on Wednesday, for stealing letterhead of former President Olusegun Obasanjo. The accused was brought before Magistrate K.M Peters of Magistrate Court I, Isabo, Abeokuta, for stealing letterhead from the ex-president’s […]
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General Politics, Legislature, Olusegun Obasanjo (1976-79, 99-07), Presidency, Senate
Thursday, December 1st, 2011
OPPOSITION lawmakers in the Senate on Wednesday asked for sanction to imposed on ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo for lapses in the Federal Government’s privatisation exercise in the past 12 years. The Senators argued that sanctions recommended by the senate ad hoc committee that probed the exercise for the former heads of the Bureau […]
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Latest Politics, Olusegun Obasanjo (1976-79, 99-07), Presidency
Tuesday, November 29th, 2011
FORMER President Olusegun Obasanjo yesterday disclosed that he discussed the possibility of an expression of remorse from the late Dim Chukwuemeka Odumegwu-Ojukwu “on the Nigerian civil war which in itself was a culmination of actions and reactions.” Obasanjo said this while paying tributes to the late Ikemba Nnewi. He said: “It is with deep sadness […]
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Africa & World Politics, Latest Politics, Olusegun Obasanjo (1976-79, 99-07), Presidency
Tuesday, November 29th, 2011
Former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar, on Monday, said ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo lobbied former United States President George Bush to back his third term bid. He also said Obasanjo deliberately imposed a sick President on the country in 2007 in order to punish Nigerians. The former VP said the “imposition” of the late Umaru Yar’Adua was Obasanjo’s […]
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Olusegun Obasanjo (1976-79, 99-07), Presidency
Sunday, November 20th, 2011
Sunday, November 20, 2011 • • Photo: Sun Publishing More Stories on This Section Former President Olusegun Obasanjo, at the weekend, lampooned the squandering of $35 billion he left in Nigeria’s foreign reserve in 2007 when he left office, saying the country’s leaders and people need to be prudent to get out of its economic […]
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Olusegun Obasanjo (1976-79, 99-07), Presidency
Tuesday, November 15th, 2011
BySimon Ebegbulem BENIN—Former Chief Whip of the Senate, Senator Rowland Owie, has called on the Attorney-General of the Federation to prosecute former President Olusegun Obasanjo over the dismantling of toll gates. Owie, who commended the re-introduction of toll gates by President Goodluck Jonathan, recalled the condemnation that greeted the destruction of the toll gates during […]
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Olusegun Obasanjo (1976-79, 99-07), Presidency
Tuesday, November 8th, 2011
Obasanjo Share Former Oyo State Governor Rashidi Ladoja has attributed the present dilemma of the Peoples Democratic Party to the overbearing influence of former President Olusegun Obasanjo. He alleged that Obasanjo killed the dreams of the founding fathers of the party as a result of his personal agenda. Ladoja spoke with journalists at […]
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Ibrahim Babangida (1985-93), NNP Spotlight, Olusegun Obasanjo (1976-79, 99-07), Presidency
Saturday, October 29th, 2011
Ambassador Musiliu Obanikoro is not new in politics. He was chairman, Lagos Island Local Government, a former senator of the Federal Republic of Nigeria and currently the nation’s High Commissioner to Ghana. In this interview, he speaks on the recent local government election in Lagos, describing the results as shocking. His son, Jide Obanikoro, contested […]
