Amidst pomp and pageantry, former President Olusegun Obasanjo on Monday commissioned the 23, 000 capacity Stephen Keshi Stadium, Asaba. The former President who had earlier commissioned the dualised old Lagos/Asaba road, from Emuhu junction to…
LAGOS (Reuters) – Nigerian ex-head of state Olusegun Obasanjo backed his former deputy on Thursday for next year’s presidential election, ending a public feud that had threatened to undermine the main opposition candidate. Atiku Abubakar,…
The Council of State has recommended that the Nigerian government increases its support for the agricultural sector to the tune of one billion dollars. Ogun State Governor, Ibikunle Amosun, who revealed this to journalists, said…
Abeokuta — As part of his 80th birthday celebrations, former President Olusegun Obasanjo yesterday donated 12 tortoise story books written by him to some public and private schools in Ifo local government area of Ogun…
LAGOS, NIGERIA — Former Nigerian rulers have banded together to sing a hymn for peace in their troubled nation, with some acknowledging they had a role in creating the “mess.” Their video wish for 2017…
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo said on Saturday in Lagos that Mrs. Folorunsho Alakija, Africa’s richest woman by Forbes reckoning, was among the 25 billionaires he made during his tenure as President. Obasanjo stated this at…
Abuja and Abeokuta — Former President Olusegun Obasanjo on Tuesday made a number of recommendations to the federal government as the surest way of getting out of the current economic downturn, saying that the government…
Gbenga Bada I Pulse Ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo has described Izu Ojukwu’s movie, “76” as “a mixture of sweet and sorrow.” Obasanjo said this at a private screening of the movie at his Presidential Library in…
By Daud Olatunji – Vanguard Former President Olusegun Obasanjo said, yesterday, that he was persuaded to take over as Head of State, shortly after General Murtala Ramat Muhammed was killed in the 1976 coup. The…