Tag: Olusegun Obasanjo
The making of supreme confusion – Chidi Odinkalu
Most people do not know or remember that, strictly speaking, there were and remain no official results for Nigeria’s 2007 presidential election. Organ [...]
Court remands ex-power minister, Olu Agunloye in Abuja prison over N4trn fraud
A Federal High Court in Abuja on Wednesday, January 10, ordered the remand of a former Minister of Power and Steel, Olu Agunlo [...]
Buhari clueless, wreaked havoc on Nigeria’s economy – Former president Obasanjo, Sanusi Lamido Sanusi
Former President, Olusegun Obasanjo and a former Emir of Kano, Muhammadu Sanusi, have both slammed former President Muhammadu Buhari, for destroying t [...]
2023 elections, a sickening show of shame – Obasanjo
Former president Olusegun Obasanjo says the outcome of the general election has made Nigeria more divided than ever before.
Speaking on Thursday in A [...]
Ethnic bigots accused me of ruining Nigeria by appointing Soludo, Iweala in my administration – Obasanjo
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo says his appointment of Ngozi-Okonjo Iwela as Minister of Finance and Chukwuma Soludo, governor of Anambra State as [...]
Nigeria election 2023: Obasanjo writes Buhari, expresses fraud in presidential poll, calls for review of results
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has alleged that the results of last Saturday’s presidential election have been doctored and manipulated.
The ex [...]
John Abebe sentenced to 7 years imprisonment for forgery
A special offences court in Ikeja, Lagos state, has sentenced businessman and socialite, John Abebe, to seven years in prison for forging a document b [...]
Former president Olusegun Obasanjo names Peter Obi as his preferred presidential candidate
Former president Olusegun Obasanjo has endorsed the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, as his preferred candidate for the 2023 gen [...]
Tafa Balogun, former IGP tried jailed by Obasanjo for stealing $100m is dead
Mustapha Balogun, otherwise known as Tafa, a former Nigerian Inspector-General of Police (IGP), is dead.
He was aged 74.
Balogun who became IGP [...]
When Obasanjo brutalised Atiku, I saved him; I was there when Yar’Adua chased Ribadu with axe – Tinubu
The national leader of the All progressives Congress, Bola Tinubu is doubling down on his credentials as a bona fide presidential aspirant on the plat [...]