Chief Olusegun Obasanjo

Tragicomedy of a nation in need of direction

  BY OLUKAYODE OYELEYE Nigeria’s population is rising and, today, it has more than quadrupled the figure at independence over 60 years ago....

Obasanjo deplores leadership deficit in Nigeria, says his generation has done a lot of “wrong things”

  “The old hands won’t voluntarily go out of the way. You have to make them go out of the way. Make it...

Obasanjo felicitates with Biden, says Kamala Harris, Vice-President-elect, has Nigerian DNA

  Excited by the election of MrJoe Biden and his running mate, Mrs Kamala Harris, former President Olusegun Obasanjo has congratulated the duo, saying...

#EndSARS protest: Obasanjo, like UN, cautions Buhari against use of brute force

  Disturbed by military crackdown on #EndSARS protesters, former President Olusegun Obasanjo has urged President Muhammadu Buhari to rein in the military and...

#EndSARS protest: Obasanjo to Buhari: Be ready to make life better for youths, remove lid on boiling steam

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo said in Ile-lfe, Osun State, that President Muhammadu Buhari should as the father of the nation expeditiously remove the...

Nigeria teetering on the brink of collapse, disunited, alerts Obasanjo

  After several months of reticence, former President Olusegun Obasanjo has opened up on the state of the nation and concluded that Nigeria...

Obasanjo, Gowon absent at virtual Council of States meeting

  The virtual National Council of States got underway on Thursday with President Muhmmadu Buhari presiding attended only by former President Goodluck Jonathan at...

Sen. Kashamu’s demise: Mortals should be kind to the dead – Tinubu

  Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, the National Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), has expressed grief on the sudden death of ex-Ogun Senator...

Obasanjo’s comment on Kashamu: Fayose hits back, says his own end will come too

  Irked by former President Olusegun Obasanjo’s comment on the death of ex-Senator Buruji Kashamu, immediate past governor of Ekiti State, Mr Ayodele...

Kashamu: Obasanjo says he escaped prosecution in U.S. for drug, but surrendered to Grim Reaper

  Endowed with sense of humour, former President Olusegun Obasanjo has reacted to the death of Senator Buruji Kashamu, saying in his lifetime...

Fulanization: Obasanjo reverses self on Fulanization, seeks dialogue

By James Akinloye *Obasanjo reverses self on Fulanization, seeks dialogue* It’s never too late to do the right thing; I think finally, former...