All Progressives Congress( APC) stalwart Asiwaju Bola Tinubu yesterday asked President Muhammadu Buhari to ignore any letter from former President Olusegun Obasanjo and seek re-election. Obasanjo, in an open statement, urged Buhari to stay off the race next year and…
Nigeria unfair to Amaechi – Obasanjo (SUN)
Successive administrations in Nigeria have come under severe attack for the alleged neglect and unfair treatment meted on the First Republic Minister of Aviation, Chief Mbazulike Amaechi. Chief Amaechi who turned 89 last week was a First Republic politician and…
Why Buhari won’t arrest Obasanjo (Punch)
Olusegun Obasanjo, Nigeria’s former president, has cried out that President Muhammadu Buhari plans to arrest him. I consider it the mother of all false alarms: Buhari lacks motivation for such an action. But according to Obasanjo’s June 6 statement, which…
If Obasanjo is arrested, who will cry? (Punch)
My hunch may be effete, and my intuition may be asthenic. The submission I make in this treatise is not a whammy whisper from God into my hearing ears. If what I think the concerned is thinking is off-mark, I…
Frame-up allegation: APC, PDP Reps disagree on Obasanjo, Buhari (Punch)
Members of the All Progressives Congress and the opposition People’s Democratic Party in the House of Representatives have disagreed over the alarm raised by former President Olusegun Obasanjo that President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration planned to frame him up. While the…
Why I stopped Adesina from replying Obasanjo’s letter — Buhari (Punch)
President Muhammadu Buhari says he stopped his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity Femi Adesina from replying former President Olusegun Obasanjo’s letter against his administration because of Adesina’s age. The president explained the reasons when members of Buhari Support Organisation…
Presidency hits Obasanjo over Fayose, Ladoja, Obi (Nation)
The Presidency yesterday attacked the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) administration, especially under former President Olusegun Obasanjo, for “toppling” elected state governments, using the police and the secret service. In an article to commemorate the third anniversary of the Buhari Presidency…
That subtle warning from the Presidency: Obasanjo should keep Quiet —Na’abba (Vanguard)
Last Sunday, the presidency came up with allegations of connivance by some businessmen, the police and other security agencies with the opposition to dislodge President Muhammadu Buhari from the presidency in 2019. According to presidential spokesman, Garba Shehu, those behind…