Obasanjo

Structurally defective storey building of classrooms donated by Sen. Iyabo Obasanjo collapses, students, teachers escape death

“We all knew it would give way one day, but the authorities did nothing about it. Thank God, no lives were lost. This...

Africa will decide its energy future – Obasanjo

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa, — In the midst of a global oil and gas crisis, Africa must take charge of its own energy destiny,...

End military hostilities now to pave way for dialogue, AU Special Envoy to Ethiopia, Obasanjo urges

Former Nigerian President and African Union’s Special Envoy to the Horn of Africa, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, has urged sides to the military hostilities...

Extradition: Ex-President Obasanjo, Yoruba monarchs in Benin Republic rally support for beleaguered Yoruba Nation activist, Igboho

  In what looks like rallying Yoruba leaders to support embattled Yoruba Nation agitator, Chief Sunday Adeyemo a.k.a Igboho Oosa, former President Olusegun...

FG replies Obasanjo, says Buhari actually saved Nigeria from becoming failed state

    Contrary to former President Olusegun Obasanjo’s claim, the Federal Government said on Sunday that President Muhammadu Buhari’s assumption of office in...

AfDB Probe: Obasanjo cries foul, says bank may be hijacked by foreign interests

  Adesina has performed creditably Unimpressed by the insistence of the U.S. on an independent investigation into some allegations against the President of...

Obasanjo donates his 32-room Hilltop mansion for COVID-19 isolation centre 

  In a rare magnanimity, Nigeria’s former President Olusegun Obasanjo has handed over his 32-room mansion at Presidential Hilltop, Abeokuta, Ogun State, to the state government...

Obasanjo to Sanusi : Your removal good and sad

    …you  have paid the supreme price Hours after Emir Lamido Sanusi’s removal, former President Olusegun Obasanjo has reacted to the dethronement, describing...

Obasanjo at 83: Buhari congratulates former boss, extols him as an exemplar in service to humanity

    President Muhammadu Buhari has joined world leaders to felicitate with former President Olusegun Obasanjo, also a retired Army general like Buhari,...

Archbishop of Canterbury, England, felicitates with Obasanjo at 83

  …extols him for serving course of peace globally As former President Olusegun Obasanjo turns 83 on March 5, the Archbishop of Canterbury, England,...

Obasanjo to Buhari : Restructure now, delay may threaten national unity, cohesion

  In a bid to stave off the country’s disintegration, President Muhammadu Buhari has been urged to heed the agitations for the restructuring of...

After several months, Buhari, his former boss, Obasanjo meet at ongoing AU Summit

    The ongoing 33rd African Union Summit in Addis Ababa, Ethiopian capital, provided an inescapable opportunity for President Muhammadu Buhari and his...

African countries are not united on regulation issues, says Obasanjo and key quotes from leaders in Sochi

  Following are key quotes from leaders and participants at the Russia-Africa Summit and Economic Forum in Sochi.   African countries are not...

EFCC using underhand media campaign to rope me, Obasanjo, other opponents – Atiku

Abuja – Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar has pointedly accused the Ibrahim Magu-led Economic and Financial Crimes Commission...

SERAP backs EFCC’s probe of Obasanjo govt’s $16bn power project

Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has welcomed “the reported probe by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) of the government of...