Former President Olusegun Obasanjo on Tuesday blamed politicians for the huge corruption at the local government level. The ex-President, according to a statement issued by his...
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo and an Islamic cleric, Sheikh Ahmad Gumi, on Sunday urged the Federal Government to establish special courts for bandits, kidnappers and other...
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo, said on Saturday, March 20, that he would live the rest of his life by serving humanity. Obasanjo spoke in Abeokuta at...
President Muhammadu Buhari said on Saturday Nigerians would continue to look up to former President Olusegun Obasanjo for wisdom and statesmanship. The President, according to a...
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo on Sunday visited the Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello, in Lokoja. The Chief Press Secretary to the governor, Mohammed Onogwu, who disclosed...
Last week, one of the most dominant news items Nigerians talked about with great relish was the extension of the tenure of the former Inspector General...
Former President of Nigeria, Olusegun Obasanjo has stated that Nigeria has a deficit where leadership is concerned, despite having abundance of people capable of assuming such...
The former Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Tukur Buratai, said on Thursday former President Olusegun Obasanjo almost forced him to retire from service in 2000....
The Catholic Bishop of Sokoto Diocese, Matthew Kukah, on Thursday lamented that Nigerians were yet to forgive themselves 51 years after the civil war. He also...
Year 2020 breasted the finishing line with some interesting political developments. In this QuickRead, we review former President Olusegun Obasanjo’s admonitions to Nigerians to stop blaming...
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has said that there was need for Nigerians to come together in other to tackle the many challenges facing the country. He,...
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo on Thursday described the late strongman of Oyo State politics, Chief Lamidi Adedibu as a “very honest” man who helped the Peoples...
The Aare Onakakanfo of Yorubaland, Gani Adams, said on Tuesday he has no reason to reconcile with former President Olusegun Obasanjo. Adams, who addressed journalists at...
Former President of Nigeria, Olusegun Obasanjo has revealed how his arrest and imprisonment during the regime of General Sani Abacha ruined his once promising crayfish business...
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo on Saturday warned Ghana’s presidential candidates against violence ahead of the December 7 general elections in the country. In a letter addressed...
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has called on the Federal and state governments to rise up and fight against the illegal felling of trees, as well as...
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo on Monday left Nigeria for Ethiopia to mediate in the conflict between the government and the northern Tigray region. The ex-president’s spokesman,...
A former Minister of Aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode, on Tuesday, faulted the decision of President Muhammadu Buhari to congratulate the Democratic Party presidential candidate in the United...
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has described the election of the Democratic Party candidate, Joe Biden as victory over evil. Obasanjo stated this in a congratulatory message...
Former Governor Rashidi Ladoja of Oyo State has blasted former President Olusegun Obasanjo, over his statement on how he was impeached as Governor in 2005. This...
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo on Thursday recalled how the alliance between his ex-deputy, Atiku Abubakar, and the former vice president in the Second Republic, late Dr....
President Muhammadu Buhari’s Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, has revealed details of who said what during a recent meeting his principal had with...
Fools paradise On October 23, President Muhammadu Buhari asserted that the protests by youths against the excesses of the disbanded Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) of the...
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has been told to keep his comments over the shooting of #EndSARS protesters at the Lekki Toll Plaza in Lagos by soldiers....
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo on Friday commended President Muhammadu Buhari’s response to the #EndSARS protest during his nationwide address to Nigerians. The president had said in...
President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday held a meeting with Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, Gen Yakubu Gowon (retd.) and other former Nigerian leaders. The meeting presided over by...
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has condemned the shooting of peaceful protesters at the Lekki area of Lagos State on Tuesday night. The former president noted on...
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has advised that President Muhammadu Buhari should use the endSARS protest as an opportunity to let Nigerian youths know that he understood...
The Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi, on Monday, hosted former President Olusegun Obasanjo in his palace at the ancient city. He also appealed to the...
Former Aviation Minister, Femi Fani-Kayode has reacted to President Muhammadu Buhari’s 60th Independence Anniversary speech, where he blamed past leaders for Nigeria’s present woes. Buhari, during...
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has said that it would take Nigerians and not foreigners to put the country where it should be. He charged Nigerians to...
The presidency on Wednesday reacted to the criticism of President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration by the Nobel Laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka. Soyinka had in a statement on...
Southern and Middle Belt Elders Forum has backed former President Olusegun Obasanjo’s comment that Nigeria was becoming a failed state. The elders in a statement on...
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo on Monday commended President Muhammed Buhari for supporting the President of the African Development Bank (AfDB), Dr. Akinwumi Adesina, in his re-election...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Sunday night chided the presidency for allegedly attacking former President Olusegun Obasanjo and other leaders over their comments on the...
The All Progressives Congress (APC) on Sunday challenged former President Olusegun Obasanjo to provide details of how the $16billion earmarked for the development of the country’s...
Former Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele Fayose, on Saturday backed former President Olusegun Obasanjo on his comment on the state of the station. The ex-president had said...
The presidency on Sunday criticised former President Olusegun Obasanjo over his comment on the state of the nation. Obasanjo had at a forum in Abuja said...
The Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed has said that President Muhammadu Buhari prevented Nigeria from becoming a failed state when he assumed office in...
Two former Presidents of Nigeria, Olusegun Obasanjo and Goodluck Jonathan, could not hold back their thoughts on recent events in the country. While Obasanjo, though not...
Nigeria’s former president, Olusegun Obasanjo has said that the country was fast drifting to a failed and badly divided state. Obasanjo, who blamed the situation on...
Former heads of state, General Ibrahim Babangida; Chief Earnest Shonekan and General Abdulsalami Abubakar on Thursday attended the Council of State meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari....
Sokoto State Governor, Aminu Tambuwal, said on Saturday former President Olusegun Obasanjo was still a relevant figure on national issues. The governor, who stated this when...
Former President, Olusegun Obasanjo has said he wishes to celebrate a century and beyond. The octogenarian said this at the first anniversary of the Agura of...
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo on Wednesday charged African youths to take active part in political activities in order to flush out older generation from office. He...
A Lagos based lawyer and human rights activist, Femi Falana (SAN) has said that former President Olusegun Obasanjo did nothing un-African by attacking late Senator Buruji...
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has said that he was not gloating over the death of Senator Buruji Kashamu. He said that there were lessons, either good...
Olusegun Obasanjo is a defining personality in Nigeria’s politics. For decades he has hovered like a wraith over the political cumulus. He is one of the...
The life and history of the departed have lessons for those of us on this side of the veil. ‘Senator Esho Jinadu (Buruji Kashamu) in his...
Former Ekiti State Governorok, Ayodele Fayose has condemned the comment credited to ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo over the death of Senator Buruji Kashamu. Fayose said that Obasanjo...
