Former president Olusegun Obasanjo has said that picking a running mate in the 1999 presidential election was a mistake. He made the comment while speaking in Abeokuta at a leadership and entrpreneurship mentoring session with selected school students on Saturday, June 25. Obasanjo, who won the 1999 and 2003 presidential elections, ran alongside Atiku Abubakar, who is currently the Presidnetial flagbearer of PDP in the 2023 presidential election. During his administration, both fell apart. Speaking at the leadership programme, Obasanjo …
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Three employees who work for former President, Olusegun Obasanjo, have been released two days after they were abducted. The farmworkers were abducted around Kobape area of Ogun State around 6 pm on Wednesday, September 8. They were said to be on their way to one of Obasanjo’s farms at Seseri village around Kobape when they were abducted by gunmen who reportedly emerged from the bush and shot at the Hilux vehicle conveying them. The kidnappers then took them to …
Ex-governor, Ayo Fayose has shared an interesting photo of a man who many refer to as OBJ, the shortform of the name of former President Olusegun Obasanjo. See his post below… The man does look like OBJ right?The post Ex-governor, Ayo Fayose shares interesting photo of man who many refer to as ‘Obasanjo’ appeared first on Linda Ikeji Blog.
Former president of Nigeria, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, has lamented on the the security state of the nation, saying insecurity now affects every part of Nigeria irrespective of geographical location, tribe, language and religion. Obasanjo speaking at this year’s edition of the Sobo Sowemimo Annual Lecture organised by …
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo today Friday June 19, paid a condolence visit to Pastor Ituah Ighodalo, husband of business woman and notable event planner, Ibidun Ajayi-Ighodalo, who passed away on Sunday, June 14 in Port Harcourt. The former President offered consoling words to the clergyman and also prayed for him. Ibidun, 39, will be laid to rest in Lagos on Saturday, June 20.
Former Nigerian Vice President Atiku Abubakar has alleged that former Governor of Edo state and chairman of the ruling All Progressive Congress, Adams Oshiomole frustrated the Obasanjo-led administration’s plan to remove fuel subsidy. The former Presidential candidate of the Peoples’ Democratic Party revealed this in tweets he shared on Saturday night. He recalled being the one assigned to negotiate with the NLC chairman, a meeting that ended up not being unsuccessful. Atiku tweeted; “The Obasanjo government in which …