Tag: Obasanjo

Obasanjo visits ex-Head of State, Babangida in Minna

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Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has paid a private visit to former Head of State, Ibrahim Babangida, popular known as IBB), at his Hilltop residence in Minna, Niger state. Obasanjo was accompanied from the Bola Ahmed Tinubu International Airport in Minna by Government House protocol officials. The former president spent about 30 minutes in a closed-door meeting with Babangida before returning to the airport. No official statement was issued on the purpose of the visit, but sources said the visit may not be unconnected to national issues or the 2027 general…

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Obasanjo, Jonathan, Atiku, Obi eulogise Tambuwal at 60

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Tambuwal@60

Former Presidents Olusegun Obasanjo, Goodluck Jonathan, and former Vice President Atiku Abubakar on Saturday eulogised a former governor of Sokoto State, Senator Aminu Waziri Tambuwal, as he marked his 60th birthday. This is just as Tambuwal has said Nigeria was in peril and urgently needed salvation, calling on Nigerians to unite and rescue the country from its current challenges. Also, the various speakers, who spoke at a colloquium organised to mark his 60th birthday, in Abuja, narrated how Tambuwal was able to overcome the powers that be to become the…

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2027: Obasanjo meets PDP leaders, as Turaki’s faction plots Ekiti, Osun comeback

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Obasanjo PDP leaders

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo yesterday held a closed-door meeting with a faction of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) leadership led by its chairman, Taminu Turaki, at his residence within the Olusegun Obasanjo Presidential Library, Abeokuta, Ogun State, as the party intensifies consultations ahead of the 2026 and 2027 elections. The delegation, which arrived at about 11:38am, included former governors Mu’azu Babangida Aliyu (Niger) and Jonah Jang (Plateau), former Senate President and Chairman of the PDP Board of Trustees, Senator Adolphus Wabara, National Secretary, Alhaji Taofeek Arapaja, and other senior party…

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“Let youth be part and parcel of leadership today” – Obasanjo

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Obasanjo insists

Ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo says adults and societal leaders owe it to the youth to provide truthful, transparent, transformational, and selfless leadership. Obasanjo stated this in Abeokuta yesterday, at the grand reunion and maiden lecture series of the Royal College of Defence Studies, United Kingdom Alumni Association, Nigerian chapter. The former president delivered a lecture titled: ‘The Challenges of Youth in a Fractured World’. Obasanjo, represented by the Deputy Director, Olusegun Obasanjo Leadership Institute, Prof. Samuel Daramola, defined youth as a period between childhood and adulthood marked by vitality, idealism, hope,…

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Council of State meeting: Jonathan, Obasanjo, Gowon absent; Tinubu presides 

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Jonathan, Obasanjo, Gowon

President Bola Tinubu yesterday, presided over the meeting of Council of State, with former Head of State Yakubu Gowon, former President Olusegun Obasanjo and Goodluck Jonathan, absent. The meeting took place at the Council Chambers of the Presidential Villa, Abuja, with former President Ibrahim Babangida and AbdulSalam Abubakar, as well as Governor Charles Soludo, of Anambra State joining virtually. Others are Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), George Akume, serving Governors, the Chief of Staff to the President and other invited government officials. The meeting was also attended…

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“Buhari failed Nigerians”, Tinubu treading same path” – Obasanjo

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Obasanjo Tinubu

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has slammed the Late Muhammadu Buhari, declaring his 2015–2023 civilian administration as the worst Nigeria has ever experienced. In his new book, titled: ‘Nigeria: Past and Future’, Obasanjo accused Buhari of abandoning the very principles he cited as justification for overthrowing Shehu Shagari’s government in the December 31, 1983 coup. Buhari, who died in London on July 13, 2025, and was buried in his hometown of Daura two days later, had twice ruled Nigeria first as a military head of state and later as a democratically-elected…

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Seat of Power: “Non-virile leadership create Villa cabals” – LND Convener, Umar Arɗo

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LND on Villa cabals

Convener of the League of Northern Democrats (LND) and a former governorship candidate of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) in Adamawa State, Dr. Umar Arɗo, has traced the emergence of cabals in Nigeria’s seat of power to the post-Obasanjo era. Speaking on the public perception  of a ‘cabal’ in the Presidential Villa, during  LibertyTV flagship show, PoliticsNOW,  Dr. Arɗo said at the time he served the Government during the time of President Olusegun Obasanjo there was no existence of any so-called cabal, but said it was because, “the president (Obasanjo)…

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Nigerias failing status confirmed under Emilokan – Obasanjo slams President Tinubu

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Obasanjo slams Tinubu

Former President, Olusegun Obasanjo says Nigerias failing status under the reign of President Bola Tinubu is confirmed and glaringly indicated and manifested for every honest person to see. A statement issued by his Media Aide, Kehinde Akinyemi yesterday, quoted Obasanjo to have said this while delivering his keynote address at the Chinua Achebe Leadership Forum, Yale University New Haven Connecticut, USA. Obasanjo was quoted as saying:  As the world can see and understand, Nigerias situation is bad. According to the statement, the former President in his address titled: Leadership Failure…

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Alleged N14.4m monthly allowance: Senate kicks against Obasanjo’s ‘immoral benefits’ allegation

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Senate kicks

The 10th Senate has kicked against former president Obasanjo’s allegation against the legislators’ claiming N14.4m as monthly allowance, which he labelled as ‘immoral benefits’. Recall that ex-president Obasanjo recently criticised the legislators for determining their own salaries and receiving a special fiscal package from the Presidency. Responding to the former president’s remarks, the Senate spokesperson, Yemi Adaramodu, said: This sordid and telltale assertion was amplified during a visit of a group of House of Representatives members to the former President Olusegun Obasanjo. “To straighten the records, the Senate receives only…

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State of the Nation: Gowon, OBJ, Anyaoku, Danjuma, other eminent Nigerians converge on Lagos for dialogue today

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Eminent Nigerians, including former Heads of State and Presidents of Nigeria, Yakubu Gowon, Olusegun Obasanjo, Goodluck Jonathan, AbdulSalami Abubakar, and former Secretary-General of the Commonwealth of Nations, Emeka Anyaoku, as well as Nobel Laureate, Wole Soyinka, are among eminent Nigerians expected in Lagos today, Monday, to discuss the state of the nation and the way forward. Other eminent Nigerians expected at the event are former Chief of Army Staff, TY Danjuma; Chairman of the Northern Elders Forum, Ango Abdullahi; Leader of the Niger Delta, Edwin Clark; former Chief of Defence…

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