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Oyo State Governor Seyi Makinde met on Sunday with former President Olusegun Obasanjo, alongside former governors of Ekiti and Osun states, Kayode Fayemi, and former Osun governor Olagunsoye Oyinlola, in Abeokuta, Ogun State. The meeting, held behind closed doors, took place at Obasanjo’s Penthouse residence within the Olusegun Obasanjo Presidential…
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African Democratic Congress (ADC) presidential candidate, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, yesterday labelled former President Olusegun Obasanjo unforgiving and vindictive as the hostility between the former allies appeared to degenerate. Atiku, vice president to Obasanjo between 1999 and 2007, said the latest tirade against him by his former boss was more of…
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Former President Olusegun Obasanjo yesterday described his decision to pick Alhaji Atiku Abubakar as running mate in the 1999 presidential election as the biggest mistake of his life. Speaking in Lagos at an event held to unveil maverick musician and activist, Charly Boy’s foundation and his memoir, “999: A Memoir…
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Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has dismissed claims that he once sought a third term in office, insisting he never made such a move. Obasanjo spoke recently at a democracy dialogue organised by the Goodluck Jonathan Foundation in Accra, where he maintained that there is no proof to support the third…
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Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has said that only an “unpatriotic and bad Nigerian” would vote for a candidate with bad character. Obasanjo spoke on Thursday in Abeokuta, the capital of Ogun State, while featuring in an interactive session of the Experiential Leadership in Africa with the theme “Executive Decisions, Indecisions,…
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Former president Olusegun Obasanjo has said the popular slogan ‘Emi lokan’ meaning ‘My turn’ is a wrong leadership attitude for Nigeria. Obasanjo stated this in his New Year message on Sunday, January 1, 2023. Obasanjo in his lengthy letter made available to newsmen by his spokesman, Kehinde Akinyemi, also endorsed…
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Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has reacted to the judgement of the Osun Election Petition Tribunal which nullified the election of Governor Adegboyega Oyetola. In a statement personally signed by him on Saturday, the former president commended the tribunal for the courage to nullify what he said was “clearly an illegality”….
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The Osun State chepter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has chided former President Olusegun Obasanjo over his comment on the 2018 gubernatorial election in Osun. Kunle Oyatomi, the Osun APC Director of Publicity, Research and Strategy, in a statement on Monday in Osogbo, the state capital said Obasanjo’s comment…
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With less than 26 days to the general elections, Nigeria’s former President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, on Sunday, expressed doubt about the credibility and competence of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), to conduct fair, free and credible elections. He noted that the outcome of the governorship election in Osun State…
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By Editor Former Nigerian President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo has lauded the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) for Osun West Senatorial District, Engr. Adelere Oriolowo for contributing significantly to the uplift of the Owu nation. He acknowledged Oriolowo’s high sense of commitment that had brought about unity and stability…
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