Olusegun Obasanjo
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Former Nigerian President, Olusegun Obasanjo has raised alarm over water borehole drilling in homes, declaring that the repercussions could be devastating. He lamented that the incessant construction of boreholes particularly in Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital, was as a result of failure of subsequent administrations to sustain the Oyan Dam project embarked on by his…
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Former Nigerian President, Olusegun Obasanjo, on Sunday said anyone “who says Ifa Orunmila is nothing must be a bloody fool.” Obasanjo added that before the advent of Christianity or Islam, traditional forms of worship had been in existence. He spoke in Abeokuta, Ogun State, while hosting renowned female talking drummer, Olamuyiwa Aralola, popularly known as…
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Former President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo has said he’s hale and hearty even though some people want him to die, MEZIESBLOG reports. Speaking in Osogbo during the inauguration of the Old-Garage/Oke-Fia Road reconstructed by Governor Ademola Adeleke, Obasanjo said those who wanted him dead were spreading rumour of his death in the social media. He said…
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Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has said that those benefiting from fuel importation will do all in their power to frustrate the Dangote Petroleum Refinery. In an interview with Financial Times, the former President described the Dangote refinery as a project that should encourage both Nigerians and non-Nigerians. “Aliko’s investment in a refinery, if it goes…
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Former president Olusegun Obasanjo has expressed concern over youths’ restiveness caused by unemployment, fearing that Nigeria might be sitting on a keg of gunpowder. Obasanjo made the statement during an interview with the Financial Times monitored by Channels Television. “Our youth are restive. And they are restive because they have no skill. They have no…
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Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has advised African nations to re-examine the democracy inherited from the West. Obasanjo said Africa must build a model of democracy that is true to the African heritage and that caters for the welfare of the people. He said this at a Summit on the State of Democracy in Africa held…
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A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Femi Fani-Kayode has taken a swipe at the former President, Olusegun Obasanjo over what he called humiliation of monarchs in Oyo State. According to a viral video, Obasanjo had berated traditional rulers for not acknowledging his presence by standing up for him at a public event in…
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Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has denied planning to scuttle Nigeria’s 2023 elections. Some publications claim he wrote to the United Kingdom to back off the polls and allow Nigerians to decide the outcome. Obasanjo allegedly warned the UK authorities against interference, adding that it will not be business as usual. The former Head of State…
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Former President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo has said Nigeria will continue to be insecure, unprogressive and stagnated if the country is not restructured. The ex-president said this on Friday, June 27, 2020, at the year’s edition of the Sobo Sowemimo annual lecture organised by Abeokuta Club. He said restructuring is the way forward Nigeria, stressing that…
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The New Nigeria Initiative (NNI) has said Nigerians are still suffering from the rot of 16 years of misgovernance of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), which is planning to come back and regain power in 2019. Idoko Ainoko, Chairman of NNI, stated this while addressing journalists over the state of affairs of the…
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STATEMENT BY H.E OLUSEGUN OBASANJO ON THE OCCASION OF HIS REGISTRATION FOR COALITION FOR NIGERIA MOVEMENT Ladies and Gentlemen and members of the Fourth Estate of the Realm, I welcome you to this simple but important ceremony of my registering as a member of the Coalition for Nigeria Movement and I thank you for being…
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