Former President Olusegun Obasanjo, on Thursday lost his former teacher, James Popoola, at the age of 92. Popoola reportedly taught Obasanjo at Baptist Boys High School, Abeokuta. Our correspondent gathered that the nonagenarian died at his residence in Ilaro, a…
Xenophobia: Obasanjo writes South Africa’s Buthelezi (Punch)
Former President, Olusegun Obasanjo has urged the African countries, whose citizens were affected by xenophobic attacks in South Africa to report to the African Union. Obasanjo also advised the affected countries include Nigeria to take other measures if the first…
I gave Obasanjo N100 million, PDP N500 million in 1998, Orji Kalu tells court (Guardian)
The lawmaker representing Abia North Senatorial District and former governor of the state, Chief Orji Uzor Kalu, yesterday told a Federal High Court, Lagos, how he gave former President Olusegun Obasanjo N100 million in 1998 when he (Obasanjo) was released…
Buhari’s govt wants to frame Obasanjo, says Atiku (Punch)
The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party in the February 2019 election, Atiku Abubakar, on Monday raised the alarm that President Muhammadu Buhari’s government was desperately plotting to frame former President Olusegun Obasanjo to stop him from criticising Buhari’s…
It is sad we don’t know our exact population, says Obasanjo (Guardian)
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has expressed deep concern about Nigeria’s inability to know the exact number of its population. Obasanjo, who spoke in Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital, at a mentoring session for a group of youths on “Youth Governance…
*Obasanjo is number one problem of Nigeria – Akiolu (Punch) * ‘Corps members no longer have lectures under trees in Anambra’ (Nation)
Obasanjo is number one problem of Nigeria – Akiolu (Punch) The Oba of Lagos, Rilwan Akiolu, has said former President Olusegun Obasanjo is the biggest problem of the country. Akiolu spoke at the public presentation of Battlelines: Adventures in Journalism…
Mismanagement of our diversity stagnating Nigeria –Obasanjo (Punch)
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has declared that as long as Nigeria continues to mismanage its plurality, the country may not make progress. He also said he knew many Nigerians that wanted to move out of the country because they could…
Obasanjo, NUT, ASUU lament rising number of out-of-school children (Punch)
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo on Thursday said he was pained by the high number of out-of-school children in the country. The former President said this as the Federal Government disclosed that it would start an open schooling progamme in July…
Nepotism is corruption, Obasanjo tells presidency (Guardian)
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has lamented that nepotism in Nigeria is obstructing the fight against corruption.In what seemed like reporting the country’s leadership to the world, the elder statesman, before a gathering of investors at the ongoing yearly meeting of…
Unite to salvage Nigeria, Agbor monarch tells Buhari, Obasanjo (Punch)
The Dein of Agbor in Delta State, Benjamin Ikechuku (Keagborekuzi I), has urged President Muhammadu Buhari and former President Olusegun Obasanjo to engage in dialogue over the state of the country. The monarch made the call on Thursday during a…