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Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), Olusegun Obasanjo (1976-79, 99-07), Presidency
Wednesday, October 5th, 2011
Former president, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo has denied writing President Goodluck Jonathan to sack the executive secretary of the Petroleum Technology Development Fund (PTDF) and four other directors of the agency. Obasanjo, who drove into the presidential wing of the Murtala Muhammed Airport, Lagos yesterday morning to board a private jet to an undisclosed destination, also […]
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Articles, Columnists, Jideofor Adibe, PhD, NNP Columnists, Olusegun Obasanjo (1976-79, 99-07), Presidency
Monday, September 26th, 2011
By Dr. Jideofor Adibe, London, UK – Sept. 26, 2011 – I am among those often accused of being fans of Obasanjo. I have never denied that but I need to put a big qualifier to this. Every era has specific leadership qualities that are most needed to get over the challenges of its time. […]
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Latest Politics, Olusegun Obasanjo (1976-79, 99-07), Presidency
Thursday, September 22nd, 2011
A former governor of Oyo State, Senator Rashidi Ladoja, has blamed the economic problem in the country on Obasanjo, saying that the former president, on assumption of office as president in 1999, after returning from prison, was busy travelling across the world, instead of addressing the problems of poverty and infrastructural deficit. Speaking with journalists […]
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Boko Haram, Governors, Imo, Olusegun Obasanjo (1976-79, 99-07), State News
Thursday, September 22nd, 2011
The Governor of Imo State, Owelle Rochas Okorocha, has said the solution to Boko Haram upsurge and Jos crisis lies in a better communication among the religious, political and traditional leaders. Okorocha, who spoke to some international journalists on the sideline of the just concluded economic summit on Business in Nigeria at Washington DC, USA, […]
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Olusegun Obasanjo (1976-79, 99-07), Presidency
Monday, September 19th, 2011
Former Olusegun Obasanjo Jama’atu Nasril Islam (JNI) has said there was no meeting between Muslims in Jos and former President Olusegun Obasanjo, as was reported in the media. Muslims in Jos, Plateau State, Sunday broke their silence over reports that they were involved in a peace meeting with former President Olusegun Obasanjo, saying they were […]
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Borno, Olusegun Obasanjo (1976-79, 99-07), Presidency, State News
Monday, September 19th, 2011
The General Overseer of Christ Great Miracle Ministry International Inc, Pastor Emmanuel Pius, on Saturday in Abuja differed with Nobel Laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka, over the recent trip by ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo to Jos, Plateau State and Maiduguri, Borno State. The cleric spoke at a press briefing to commemorate the fifth anniversary of the […]
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Boko Haram, Borno, Latest Politics, Olusegun Obasanjo (1976-79, 99-07), Presidency, State News
Sunday, September 18th, 2011
Less than three days after former President Olusegun Obasanjo left Maiduguri, the Borno State capital, Alhaji Babakura Alhaji Fugu, the eldest son of in-law to the late Boko Haram leader, Mallam Mohammed Yussuf, was shot dead on Saturday. Obasanjo had gone to condole with the family of the late leader of Boko Haram sect, Yusuf, who […]
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Boko Haram, Latest Politics, Olusegun Obasanjo (1976-79, 99-07), Presidency
Thursday, September 15th, 2011
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo yesterday waded into the Boko Haram crisis, pleading with the family of its leader, Yusuf Mohammed, who was killed by security agents in 2009, to forgive and forget the past. Obasanjo who arrived Maiduguri, Borno State yesterday morning met the Boko Haram leader’s relations at the family house in Bayan Quarters. […]
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Bayelsa, Boko Haram, Cross River, Latest Politics, Olusegun Obasanjo (1976-79, 99-07), United Nations
Wednesday, September 14th, 2011
ABUJA -Three weeks after the United Nations House bomb blast, the UN Resident Coordinator in Nigeria, Mr. Daouda Toure , Wednesday announced the names of UN members of staff and other non UN persons killed in the August 26 bomb attack. Mr. Daouda Toure confirmed that 23 persons were killed in the attack of which […]
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Ibrahim Babangida (1985-93), Olusegun Obasanjo (1976-79, 99-07), Presidency
Tuesday, September 6th, 2011
Former military president and Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP) presidential aspirant, General Ibrahim Babangida, has declared that he stands by his earlier comments that former president and Chairman of the party’s Board of Trustees (BoT), Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, mismanaged the national revenue while in office. Speaking with journalists on the eve of his 70th birthday in […]
