Former President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, on Tuesday, announced the establishment of Olusegun Obasanjo Leadership Institute (OOLI). Speaking through a statement by his Special Assistant on Media, Kehinde Akinyemi, the former president described the institute as a movement aimed at addressing the yawning gaps in Africa’s leadership narrative. Obasanjo said the institute, though not a military organisation would borrow what is …

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo, has explained how he was able to survive what he described as evil plan of former Head of State, General Sani Abacha, to kill him, after his arrest, alongside General Shehu Musa Yar’Adua and business mogul and winner of the 12 June 1993 elections, Chief Mko Abiola, attributing his survival to the special grace of God. …

Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has said ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo swiftly ended Boko Haram’s activities when the group first emerged during their administration. Speaking in Abuja on Wednesday during a visit by stakeholders from Kogi East Senatorial District, led by former Kogi State Deputy Governor, Simon Achuba, Atiku attributed the early success against the insurgents to strong political will. Atiku, …

‘The bottomline is for the refineries to work – eventually. If they do not, President Tinubu should understand that former President Obasanjo is waiting around the corner to laugh him to scorn’! Reports that N90 billion was found in the account of one of the recently-sacked Managing Directors of one of our refineries that work in fits and jerks – …

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has warned that there is growing discontent among Nigerian youths against the country’s prolonged maladministration. He said that unless leaders adjusted, a revolution powered by hungry and angry youths was inevitable. According to Obasanjo, though the country is blessed with talented and hardworking youths, the young population is disenchanted with the mismanagement of the nation’s commonwealth, …

The immediate past Attorney General of the Federation (AGF) and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, SAN, has denied the allegation of corruption leveled against him by former President Olusegun Obasanjo. Obasanjo, in his newly released book, ‘Nigeria: Past and Future’ alleged that corruption was at its worst under former President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration, with Malami being a strong supporter of …

The federal government has criticized former President Olusegun Obasanjo for opposing the N15.6 trillion Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway project, saying those criticising the project should not use the roads when completed. The Minister of Works, David Umahi spoke on Thursday in Akure, the Ondo state capital, during an interactive session on the Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway project. ‘This Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway is …

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has described the N15.6tn Lagos-Calabar Coastal highway project as wasteful and corrupt. He equally slammed the President Bola Tinubu administration for spending N21bn on a new official residence for Vice President Kashim Shettima, calling it a misplaced priority and conduit designed to embezzle public funds. The ex-leader disclosed this in chapter six of his new book, …

  Former President Olusegun Obasanjo on Wednesday said though the situation of the country is bad, things can still be salvaged and Nigeria can still be great. While describing himself as an incurable optimist, Obasanjo, who celebrated his 88th birthday on Wednesday, expressed the hope that Nigeria will be great in his lifetime. ‘For me, I am an incurable optimist …

Prominent Nigerians, including President Bola Tinubu, former presidents Muhammadu Buhari and Olusegun Obasanjo, and the 2023 presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, have mourned the demise of a leader of the pan-Yoruba socio-cultural group, Afenifere, Pa Ayodele Adebanjo. Adebanjo, an advocate of true federalism and restructuring, died at the age of 96 at his Lekki, Lagos State residence. …