Recently, I eulogised Olusegun Obasanjo on my Facebook page, and someone made a comment whichprompted me to lay facts. Obasanjo is probably the most proactive President Nigeria has produced. Both as a Military and Civilian leader. In both dispensa.. He served as Nigeria 's military ruler (1976-79) and, as a civilian, as president (1999-2007). Obasanjo attended Baptist Boys' High School in Abeokuta, in southwest Nigeria, and later worked as a teacher. Unable to afford college, he joined the army in 1958 and received officer training in England Olusegun Obasanjo, former Nigeria's President Olusegun Obasanjo, was born 5 March 1937. He was appointed by the UN as a special envoy for Africa in 2008. President Obasanjo is also Founder of the Olusegun Obasanjo Foundation, a UK based charity that has a mission of advancing Human Security for All. More about Olusegun Obasanjo Biography and Profile President Jonathan and former President Obasanjo. Former Presidents Dr. Goodluck Ebele Jonathan, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo and six other former West African leaders on Thursday joined forces to. 5. Obasanjo discovered people like Charles Soludo, Okonjo Iweala whose contributions to national and economic development cannot be overemphasized. 6. Obasanjo launched Nigeria's first satellite in space, Nigeria Satellite 1 which ensured good internet and mobile communication. 7
Obasanjo also said the electoral success is a victory of good over evil. I join millions in the United States of America and in the rest of the world who felicitate with you, President-Elect Joe Biden, for your victory, he said Former President Olusegun Obasanjo, yesterday, debunked media reports that he was planning to float a new political party ahead of the 2023 general elections. He said he remained an elder stateman.. Unchallenged and emboldened, Obasanjo took his bad politics to a manic height when he foisted Umaru Yar'Adua on the nation as president. Yar'Adua was a very good man with a grand soul, a. Former President Olusegun Obasanjo says he is done with partisan politics, noting that claims making the rounds in the media that he is planning to float a new political party ahead of the 2023. Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has debunked media reports that he is planning to float a new political party ahead of the 2023 general elections. Mr Obasanjo, in a statement issued Sunday by..
Obasanjo is multitasking, he is good on the battlefield as he is at the negotiation table; in the military, as well as in the civilian field, he has been both a military dictator as well as an.. Obasanjo, a military head of state from February 1976 to September 1979, was also Nigeria's democratically elected president between May 1999 and May 2007. By Victor Uzoho Join the conversatio Former president of Nigeria, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo has insinuated that Patience Jonathan, wife of the president, Diezani Alison-Madueke, Petroleum Minister, Stella Oduah, former Aviation Minister and Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Finance Minister are all 'Presidents' of Nigeria, noting that Goodluck Jonathan comes behind the quartet and is the weakest of them all A good example is the immediate past American President, Donald Trump. Baba Iyabo, as sarcastically called ocassionaly to bring comic relief, also addressed issues of internal contradictions that happened in the Nigerian past, which brought about the much-debated civil war that lasted for 30 months between 1967 and 1970 10 October 2018. Samuel Awoyinfa and Oladimeji Ramon. Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has said Nigeria requires a President with a sound knowledge of the economy to make headway. This, he said.
163. Made In Nigeria.. How Three Emirs Made Obasanjo The President in 1999. That Obasanjo and Olu Falaye, both Yorubas were the two contestants for the two dominant party, PDP and APP was by design, not an accident and 3 Emirs planned it. Enjoy the Last Exclusive Interview with His Imperial Majesty, Alayeluwa Oba Okunade Adele Sijuwade, the. In the same vein, the party formation fantasy is a staple of the reportage on Chief Obasanjo. Clearly, despite the criticisms leveled against him, the former president still makes good news, helps newspapers to sell copy, and online media platforms to chalk up traffic
(Former President Olusegun) Obasanjo was a good leader but he is selfish, so that disqualifies him. He is conceited, but when it comes to anything that benefits him, he will work hard. But he.. By Adekunle Ade-Adeleye When a newspaper reported in early July that ex-president Olusegun Obasanjo would be forming a new political party and had scheduled a meeting for mid-July, it created a stir among Nigerians. The report also stated definitively that three ex-governors had already been appointed as coordinators. Last month, Chief Obasanjo was also reported [ The exit of former President Olusegun Obasanjo from the ruling Peoples Democratic Party, PDP has elicited a celebratory response from Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele Fayose. On Monday, Mr Fayose. Mind your business - Presidency fires back at Obasanjo. Femi Adesina, the Special Adviser to President Muhammadu Buhari has hit out at former president, Olusegun Obasanjo, asking him to mind his. Obasanjo has proven time and again how bad he is in making good choices. Adeshina is a great technocrat, but the murky terrain of Nigerian politics might just turn out to be his undoing. Bring in an Obama into the system as it is presently constituted with the trash constitution and watch people hail Buhari as a wonderful President
Obasanjo was quoted as saying, In my part of the world, when you say goodnight in a place, you do not go back there and say good evening. The one who reported that may need to visit Yaba Left Obasanjo slams President Buhari and reveals that Nigeria is an embarrassing state. Former Nigerian leader, Olusegun Obasanjo, has unleashed a fresh volley of attacks on the incumbent president of Nigeria Muhammadu Buhari, over his poor handling of the country's affairs. Daily Trust reports that Obasanjo warned that Nigeria is fast drifting. Président OBASANJO paid all the money Nigeria was owning at the world through his wonderful finaciial ministèr Dr. Ngozi Okonjo Iweala. Under the governement of OBASANJO, Nigeria was having over six billion dollars in their foregne réserve account. Which was shared off by the president Good Luck Jonathan, s governement to the states Governors The former president quoted the words of his friend, Helmut Schmidt, a former chancellor of Germany, who said if the people in Africa have to make it, all their political leaders must have good grounding in economy. Obasanjo, while commenting on a lecture delivered by Matthew Kukah, bishop of the Catholic diocese of Sokoto, said even Jesus had.
The table compares Nigeria's pre-1999 conditions against the 1999-2007 period of Obasanjo's presidency on a nominal scoring scale from very poor (1 point), poor (2 points), good (3 points), very good (4 points) and excellent (5 points) A former Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo has denied claims that he is floating a political party. He noted that reports of him picking three former Governors to help actualise the dream ahead of the 2023 general elections were false, describing the report in a national newspaper that he had formed a new party as false Former Nigeria President Olusegun Obasanjo has described Joe Biden's emergence as the US President-elect as a victory of good over evil. I join millions in the United States of America and in the rest of the world who felicitate with you, President-Elect Joe Biden, for your victory, Obasanjo said in a congratulatory message to Biden
1. Laide Raheem, Abeokuta. Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has declared that Nigeria still has a long way to go as far as good leadership is concerned. Obasanjo, who stated that only Nigerians. Jonathan, Obasanjo, Sirleaf, five other former Presidents inaugurate Elders Forum to promote democracy, good governance in West Africa. Former Presidents Dr. Goodluck Ebele Jonathan, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo and six other former West African leaders on Thursday joined forces to establish a mechanism targeted at preventing and resolving election related conflicts and maintaining stability in the.
Monday August 14, 2017 - I Became President At 39, Gowon Did At 33, Why Can't You Become President At Age 30? - Obasanjo Asks The Youths Ex-President Obasanjo has urged the Nigerian youths to take over leadership from old politicians since they are not ready to quit politics. According to the former President, leadership [ Why Tinubu will 'make a good president' - Olubadan COVID-19 Vaccination: Obasanjo, other African leaders to mobilise home-grown resources to address challenges Ekiti APC suspends two members. Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has described the report published in one of the National dailies with the headline New Party Ahead of 2023 which alleged that he was planning to float a New Political Party as unfounded and false. Chief Obasanjo in a statement by his Special Assistant on. Former Presidents Dr. Goodluck Ebele Jonathan, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo and six other former West African leaders on Thursday joined forces to establish a mechanism targeted at preventing and resolving election related conflicts and maintaining stability in the sub-region The attention of former President of Nigeria Chief Olusegun Obasanjo has been drawn to unfounded report published in the Vanguard Newspaper with the headline: New Party Ahead of 2023: Obasanjo picks 3ex-govs as coordinators, meeting July 13 and dated July 4, 2021
Oshiomhole Boils, Says Obasanjo Not A Good Man, 'Exposes All the Skeleton in Ex-President's Cupboard. Former Edo State governor and top contender for the office of the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Comrade Adams Oshiomhole has said that former President Olusegun Obasanjo should arrested and sent to jail if found to have soiled his hands 4. Olusegun Obasanjo meets with Kurt Waldheim. The former president could be seen having a meeting with the fourth secretary-general of the United Nations, Kurt Waldheim, who later became Austria's president. The photo was taken in 1977. Olusegun Obasanjo with the fourth secretary-general of UN, Kurt Wladheim According to Premium Times; Former Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo wrote a letter 18 pages long to the current president of Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan.In the letter Obasnjo accuses Jonathan of 'ineptitude and of taking actions calculated at destroying Nigeria.' and claims that president Jonathan has failed 'failed to deliver on his promises to Nigerians, stem corruption.
Obasanjo, a military head of state from February 1976 to September 1979, was Nigeria's democratically elected president between May 1999 and May 2007. Read mor Jonathan, Obasanjo, six other ex-Presidents inaugurate Elders Forum to promote democracy, good governance in West Afric
Olubadan describes Tinubu as a good man whose stewardship as president would consolidate on the progressive agenda of of the APC. Obasanjo recommends 'Yaba Left' to people who say he's forming. Olusegun Bamgbose, Esq., National Coordinator, Concerned Advocates for Good Governance (CAGG), has berated Femi Adesina, the Media Adviser to President Muhammadu Buhari, over what he described as.
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 17 June 2021: Global Oncology, a U.S.-based non-profit organization has today announced the appointment of Former Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo, as Presidential Ambassador of the Cervical Cancer-Free Nigeria campaign. President Obasanjo's role as Cervical Cancer-Free Nigeria Campaign Ambassador will accelerate broad-scale vaccination of Nigerians against HPV, the. Special adviser to the president on Media and Publicity Femi Adesina has rebuked former President Olusegun Obasanjo in an article published on Friday. Mr Adesina said Obasanjo contributed to the current chaos in the country, adding that the ex-leader should mind his utterances. Obasanjo had publicly criticised the Buhari administration severally A former President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, has endorsed the Ogun State governorship candidate of the African Democratic Congress, Prince Gboyega Isiaka, describing him as good, credible and worthy candidate to govern the state in 2019. He said this on Saturday when the state ADC leadership formally presented Isiaka and his running mate, Mrs Olabisi Okeowo-Bolade, [ The letter is reminiscent of Obasanjo's December 2013 withering, eighteen-page critique he sent to then-President Goodluck Jonathan. However, there are interesting differences
The point is that the president made good on his promise with his skewed political appointments and a dubious patronage system that continue to favour a particular section of the country. With every passing day, Nigerians romantically remember Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, the leader many regard as a statesman and an unusual Nigerian patriot with a. Olusegun Obasanjo, retired general and former president, turned 80 on Sunday. To commemorate the occasion, the presidential library bearing his name was opened in his home town the previous day. ''President Buhari is hosting an unusual meeting (virtual) with former Heads of State, current heads of security agencies and top government officials, in attendance; ex-Presidents, Olusegun Obasanjo, Goodluck Jonathan, Abdulsalami Abubakar, Ernest Shonekan and Yakubu Gowon.'
Addressing members of the press, former President of Nigeria and Chairman of the CoDA Board; Olusegun Obasanjo, said that the private sector is a major vehicle of delivery and should view the AfCFTA as a great opportunity President Buhari has dismissed the endorsement given by former President Olusegun Obasanjo to his former VP Atiku Abubakar as a non-event, saying it was least surprised by Obasanjo's somersault and U-turn. In a statement, the President's SSA media, Garba Shehu said the endorsement in Abeokuta at a press conference was a well-rehearsed theatre President Jonathan Goodluck Get Obasanjo Closer, Congratulations! The comedy called life throws up all manners of things to keep humanity guessing and quisling; and has now visited Nigeria with aPresident Umaru Musa YarAdua dead and buried, and Acting President Jonathan Ebele Goodluck sworn in and upgraded to a full fledged president and life goes on! Icheokusays, congratulationsPresident Jona
Former Nigerian President, Olusegun Obasanjo says the death of Zambia's founding father and long-term leader, Kenneth Kaunda, has ended a long-list of African leaders who fought colonialism and. Former President Obasanjo was recently a guest on the BBC's Hardtalk programme. This is a very interesting interview in which Obasanjo is grilled about his record in office, corruption in his government and allegations of corruption against his daughter, his role in mediating the Congo conflict, and his successor Umaru Yar'Adua. Enjoy Ijaw Leader and former Information Minister, Chief Edwin Clark too has offered a response to the letter written by former President Olusegun Obasanjo to Dr Goodluck Jonathan. In his 10-page open. Olujonwo, the son of ex-president Olusegun Obasanjo officially joined the President Buhari campaign organization, few days after his father publicly declared his support for PDP presidential aspirant, Atiku Abubakar. In a recent Interview with Punch, Olajuwon said, 'I joined the APC long before the PDP was reconstituted and before Alhaji Atiku emerged as its standard bearer
Was Obasanjo really bad as a president? I enjoyed working with President Obasanjo. Indeed, he treated me very kindly and was paternal. As for being a good or bad president, I am not qualified to. Meeting President Obasanjo is always a good experience; it has always been for me. He is a straight shooter! He is very effacing of all the negative things that is peddled about him and he erases any doubt as to his intention and sincerity of purpose. During our meetings, he cracked humorous jokes even as he was singularly focused on the. Background: This discussion between former Nigerian president Olusegun Obasanjo and Angela Reitmaier, an affiliate of WFDD, took place in Berlin on February 12, 2012, when the former president gave an introductory keynote on Africa and Good Governance at the Humboldt-Viadrina School of Governance. In this interview Obasanjo reflects on efforts to fight corruption, including what faith. The former president also spoke of his expereience in prison, saying it afforded him the time to pray, read and think and have a good state of mind. Obasanjo was sent to jail after the Sani Abacha. Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has recommended the Psychiatric hospital in Yaba, Lagos, which is famously called 'Yaba Left', to persons who recently said he is on the verge of floating a new.
So your desire to be president is send people to prison abi, you see why people like cannot or will not make a good leadership. Nigeria don't need folks like you as president. Egotism is not good. As a matter of fact Obasanjo still has more legacy than you Recently you posted a picture and a video clip of you and former President Olusegun Obasanjo in a flight, what is your connection and relationship with the former Nigerian leader? You see, I actually wanted to pass a message particularly to the Nigerian youth through that my little encounter with Chief Obasanjo, I used th
A former President of Nigeria, Olusegun Obasanjo has charged leaders across the country to rise above political affiliations, religious and ethnic bias in order to salvage the nation from collapse. Mr Obasanjo added that Nigeria Is dripping with bitterness and sadness, hence, every leader must demonstrate the quality of good leadership expected. Former Nigerian President Obasanjo: Harness local resources to solve African problems. Africa's main challenge is not lack of funds or resources, but the inability to harness available resources to provide customised home-grown solutions needed to address challenges seen across the continent, former Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo said today. Speaking at the launch of the Coalition [ Former President Olusegun Obasanjo, has described as ridiculous, rumour that President Muhammadu Buhari had died and was cloned by somebody else from Sudan. Social media is good, but it can. Former President Olusegun Obasanjo on Thursday, took a cursory look at the myriad of challenges currently bedeviling Nigeria and called on all citizens to rally together towards taking the country.
Obasanjo as a soft power president. These are security, stability, development and cooperation as prerequisites for good governance on which African states would be measured Former President Olusegun Obasanjo in a letter personally signed by himself described the dethronement of Muhammad Sanusi II as a sad and good news. He noted that it is said because it was UNDERSERVED, and good because he has paid the price. The content of former President Obasanjo's letter is being misinterpreted by other media [ In a manner akin to hypocrisy taken too far, former President Olusegun Obasanjo has for the umpteenth time knocked President Goodluck Jonathan, accusing him of wasteful spending and mismanagement of the country's economy in the last six years. While receiving the South West Women Leaders Monday in his home in Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital, Obasanjo explained that he left in government's. Former President Olusegun Obasanjo, has described as ridiculous, rumour that President Muhammadu Buhari had died and was cloned by somebody else from Sudan, IgbereTV reports. Obasanjo said the rumour became popular through the abuse of the social media, expressing surprises that many Nigerians believed the lies Olusegun Obasanjo (GCFR) is a former president of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. This was presented at the Convention of Victory Life Bible Church International (VLBC) Victory City, Abeokuta, on Saturday. April 8, 2017