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Delta, Olusegun Obasanjo (1976-79, 99-07), Presidency, State News, Top Stories
Monday, August 8th, 2011
Delta State Government has denied offering N3bn bribe to Electoral Petitions Tribunal judges and former President Olusegun Obasanjo to secure a favourable verdict for Governor Emmanuel Uduaghan. An online news portal, Saharareporters, had reported that the state offered the huge sum to “buy the judgment” of the tribunal in the suit by the state Democratic […]
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National Politics, Olusegun Obasanjo (1976-79, 99-07), Presidency
Thursday, July 28th, 2011
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo’s warning on the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) zoning is sheer hypocrisy, his former deputy, Atiku Abubakar has said. The former vice president was responding to reports credited to Obasanjo in national dailies yesterday, that the party should go back to its zoning arrangement. He suggested that House of Representatives Speaker, Hon. […]
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Headlines, Olusegun Obasanjo (1976-79, 99-07), Presidency
Saturday, July 16th, 2011
One of the contenders for the Olowu chieftaincy stool, Prince Olutayo Fadairo, has filed a legal action against the incumbent monarch, Oba Olusanya Dosunmu, before a high court in Abeokuta, Ogun State, asking the court to stop Dosunmu from parading himself as the Olowu of Owu, Abeokuta. The chieftaincy dispute in the Owu Kingdom, the […]
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Olusegun Obasanjo (1976-79, 99-07), Presidency
Monday, July 4th, 2011
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has lamented the declining number of farmers in the country, with the youth showing total apathy to farming. The former president, therefore, advocated increased incentives from the federal, state and local governments in Nigeria to stimulate the interest of graduates in agriculture with a view to making farming profitable and attractive […]
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Africa & World Politics, Latest Politics, Olusegun Obasanjo (1976-79, 99-07), Presidency
Friday, June 17th, 2011
Nigerian Diaspora groups in the United States have berated former President Olusegun Obasanjo over his comments, that the current administration of President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan lacks the will and consistency to fight corruption. In a statement made available to LEADERSHIP WEEKEND, Comrade Femi Soneye, director of Projects and Planning of the Alliance of Nigerians In […]
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EFCC Politics, Olusegun Obasanjo (1976-79, 99-07), Presidency, Top Stories
Wednesday, June 15th, 2011
GENEVA— FORMER President Olusegun Obasanjo, Wednesday, in Geneva, Switzerland took a swipe at the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, and the Independent Corrupt Practices Commission, ICPC, over their efforts at tackling corruption since he left office. He said: “I haven’t seen the persistence and consistency in Nigeria because the people involved in corruption are […]
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Africa & World Politics, Arnold Alalibo, General Politics, Latest Politics, National Politics, Olusegun Obasanjo (1976-79, 99-07), Presidency
Tuesday, June 14th, 2011
Geneva-Former President Olusegun Obasanjo will today participate in a panel discussion on building sustainable societies at the ongoing 100th Session of the International Labour Organisation, ILO, holding in Geneva. The News Agency of Nigeria correspondent covering the meeting reports that the session is being organised by ‘Club de Madrid’, an independent non-profit organisation composed of […]
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Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), Latest Politics, Ministries, Olusegun Obasanjo (1976-79, 99-07), Presidency
Friday, May 6th, 2011
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has advised President Goodluck Jonathan to be cautious in choosing people that will work in his cabinet during his four-year tenure. “I have no advice to anybody on making a government but all I will say is that a leader will be judged on the type of people he builds around […]
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Latest Politics, Olusegun Obasanjo (1976-79, 99-07), Presidency
Thursday, May 5th, 2011
Cape Town (S-Africa) – Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has advised sit-tight leaders across Africa that time is running out and should take a cue and bow out peacefully. Obasanjo, who spoke at the presentation of the Africa Progress Panel (APP) report in Cape Town, yesterday, urged African leaders to realise that there is life after […]
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Olusegun Obasanjo (1976-79, 99-07), Oyo, Party Politics, Peoples' Democratic Party (PDP), Presidency, State News
Friday, April 29th, 2011
The governorship candidate of the Accord Party in Oyo State, Senator Rashidi Ladoja, has attributed the failure of the Peoples Democratic Party in the South West during the last general elections to former President Olusegun Obasanjo. Ladoja, who was a member of the PDP’s Board of Trustees, apportioned the blame in a post-election press […]
