A Nigerian author, Olusegun Olatunde Oyegbami, has accused President Muhammadu Buhari and former President Olusegun Obasanjo of causing the present economic woes in Nigeria. Oyegbami, who is the author of ‘Reversing the Rot in Nigeria’, made this known in this interview, where he also talked on the fraud behind the Petroleum Equalization Fund (PEF) and…
Former president Olusegun Obasanjo is at the moment having discussions with President Muhammadu Buhari. The meeting, which is taking place at the Presidential Villa in Abuja, we learnt, is behind closed-doors. This is not the first time both Buhari and Obasanjo are having a similar meeting this year. It is believed that the President is…
**Says President Not Sound In Economy, Foreign Affairs Despite embarking on over 20 trips abroad since he was sworn in as President of Nigeria on May 29, 2016, former President Olusegun Obasanjo says President Muhammadu Buhari is not a sound in foreign affairs. The Ota farmer made this known on Monday when he spoke at…
Former President, Olusegun Obasanjo last week was at the family house of the late Deputy Governor of Lagos State, Rafiu Bakare Adeyefa Jafojo. The Otta farmer was precisely at the Ikeja, Lagos residence of the deceased on Thursday, April 28, 2016. He was accompanied to the place by his friend, Oyewole Fasawe and one of…
Former Nigeria’s President, Olusegun Obasanjo, on Thursday, April 7, 2016, paid a courtesy visit to President Muhammadu Buhari. The former Head of State was at the Presidential Villa in Abuja to see the President ostensibly for a serious matter. Obasanjo was seeing Buhari again after he made a similar visit to him in 2015, soon…
According to a report by the Sun, a man working at the Abuja residence of Miss Funke Obasanjo, a daughter to former President Olusegun Obasanjo, is languishing in police detention for almost two months in connection with alleged disappearance of jewellery in her room. The victim, aged 34, whose name was given as Reuben Godwin,…
As part of the activities to the build-up for the 2016 edition of All Africa Music Awards, AFRIMA, African Union Commission, AUC, and The International Committee of AFRIMA paid a courtesy visit to the former President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, GCFR, on Friday March 26, 2016 at his residence in…
**Calls Critics “Stupid” **Jonathan Abused, Misused His Opportunity Former President, Olusegun Obasanjo, has slammed those criticising him for not accounting for the recovered loot of late Head of State, General Sani Abacha, describing them as stupid. Speaking in an interview over the weekend, OBJ, as he is fondly called, explained that it was not his…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has been described as a toothless bulldog by former President Olusegun Obasanjo. It would be recalled that the Commission was set up by Obasanjo during his regime which lasted from 1999 to 2007. Mallam Nuhu Ribadu was appointed by Obasanjo as EFCC’s pioneer Chairman and it was feared…
Former Nigeria’s President, Olusegun Obasanjo, was reportedly involved in a motor accident on Saturday afternoon along the Lagos/Ibadan Expressway. According to reports, OBJ, as the former Head of State is fondly called, was on his way to Lagos to attend a church service to celebrate the 80th birthday of pool magnate, Sir Kesington Adebutu, popularly…