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

August 12, 2024August 12, 2024 Aminu Imam

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…

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

March 18, 2024March 18, 2024 Aminu Imam

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 Com�monwealth 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 for�mer 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…

�Why Obasanjo/Atiku second-term was most successful in economic growth, job creation� – El-Rufa’i

September 17, 2023September 17, 2023 Aminu Imam

Former Governor of Kaduna State, Nasir el-Rufa’i, has said the second term of former President Olusegun Obasanjo was the �most successful� in terms of economic growth, job creation, and inflation rate in Nigeria. El-Rufa’i stated this on Friday, during a session at the Africa in the World conference in Stellenbosch, South Africa. According to him, oil prices began to rise during this period but the Obasanjo government did not waste the windfall, adding that Nigeria�s fiscal health was at its best in 2007, such that when the global financial crisis…

Obasanjo says appointment of former IGPs as PSC Chair wrong

February 9, 2023February 9, 2023 Abdul-Azeez Ahmed Kadir

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo on Thursday in Abuja frowned at the appointment of former Inspectors-General of Police as chairmen of the Police Service Commission (PSC). President Muhammadu Buhari appointed former Inspector-General of Police, Musiliu Smith as chairman of the PSC in 2018. He resigned in 2022 and retired Justice Clara Ogunbiyi took over as acting chairman. In January 2023, President Buhari appointed another retired Inspector-General of Police, Solomon Arase as substantive chairman of the PSC Obasanjo expressed his misgivings when he spoke at the public presentation of a book: �Policing…

2023: “It�s wrong to say �emi lokan�” � Obasanjo chides Tinubu

January 2, 2023January 2, 2023 Aminu Imam

APC Presidential Candidate Bola Ahmed Tinubu

Former Nigerian President, Olusegun Obasanjo, has condemned the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), As�w�j� Bola Ahmed Tinubu, for saying �emi lokan�, a Yoruba phrase which translates to: ‘It is my turn’. Recall that Tinubu, in the build-up to the APC presidential primary election, had used the phrase while claiming that he was the next person to become the President of Nigeria. In a published letter yesterday, Obasanjo said: �Let me say straight away that �Emi Lokan� (My turn) and �I have paid my dues� are one and…

“Put Obasanjo’s image on redesigned Naira note” � Atiku

November 6, 2022November 6, 2022 Aminu Imam

�Says it’ll inspire future generations The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, has stated that the image of his former boss and ex-president, Olusegun Obasanjo ought to be on the proposed redesigned Naira currency notes, to inspire the country’s future generation. Atiku stated this yesterday, while celebrating the effort of the former president on bringing an end to the Ethiopia-Tigray conflict. In a string of tweets yesterday, he also saluted the 85-year-old elder statesman and African Union�s mediator for leading peace talks between the Ethiopian Government…

Obasanjo, AbdulSalami, Tinubu, Atiku, Obi, for Lar�s biography book launch

October 6, 2022October 6, 2022 Aminu Imam

All is now set for the 2022 Public Presentation of the official Biography and launching of the Solomon Lar Leadership Institute today, Thursday, in Abuja. According to the chairman, Planning Committee of the event, and former Director-General of the National Orientation Agency (NOA), Dr. Mike Omeri, eminent Nigerians across the political spectre, including former leaders � Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, Gen. Ibrahim Babangida (rtd), Gen. AbdulSalami Abubakar (rtd), and notable presidential candidates: Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, Peter Obi and chieftains of the political parties, business and family associates, have…

High cost of diesel, feeds affecting my Agric business – Obasanjo

August 3, 2022August 3, 2022 Aminu Imam

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has lamented the high cost of diesel, feeds and exchange rate crisis as they affect fish production in Nigeria. Obasanjo said he has been sweating because of the high cost of diesel, saying this has been affecting his fish production. Speaking at the South-West fish farmers� congress, which was held yesterday at the Olusegun Obasanjo Presidential Library (OOPL), the former President complained that the hike in the cost of diesel, as well as the constant increase in prices of fish feeds, would kick fish farmers out…

‘Obasanjo wrong to attack Atiku’ – Sule Lamido

July 11, 2022July 11, 2022 Aminu Imam

�Says he was an unknown prisoner when Waziri formed PDP Former President Olusegun Obasanjo was wrong to publicly criticise his former deputy, Atiku Abubakar, says former Jigawa State governor, Sule Lamido. He said Abubakar was a major contributor to the platform upon which Obasanjo ran for office in 1999. Obasanjo and Abubakar were elected as president and vice-president respectively on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), but they endured a fractured relationship that has yet to heal since their reign. �Obasanjo is a senior man, somebody who is…

Senate probes N400bn abandoned PHC projects initiated by Obasanjo

February 17, 2022February 17, 2022 Aminu Imam

The Senate has mandated its joint Committees on Health, Primary Health Care and Communicable Disease, Works, and Housing to investigate the abandoned N400 billion naira National Primary Health Centre (PHC) project initiated by former President Olusegun Obasanjo across the 774 Local government areas in the country. The resolution was reached yesterday during plenary by the Senate after it considered a Motion to that effect. The Motion, titled: �Need to investigate the abandoned Four Hundred Billion Naira National Primary Health Center Project�, was sponsored by Senator Yahaya Oloriegbe (Kwara-Central). Senator Oloriegbe,…