Former Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo and former Sierra Leonean President Ernest Bai Koroma were among the dignitaries who attended the 25th wedding anniversary of Pastors Biodun and Modele Fatoyinbo of the Commonwealth of Zion Assembly (COZA). The event, held in Abuja, also celebrated Biodun Fatoyinbo’s 50th birthday, attracting prominent political figures, religious leaders, and legal luminaries. Notable attendees included Anyim …

Former Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo has hailed the late ex-U.S. President Jimmy Carter as a “humanist par excellence” and the only non-African leader who personally visited General Sani Abacha to plead for his release from prison. Obasanjo, who served as Nigeria’s military Head of State from 1976 to 1979 and later as a two-term civilian president from 1999 to 2007, …

The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) has invited former President Olusegun Obasanjo to tour its rehabilitated refineries following his public skepticism about the viability of the $2 billion invested in the facilities. Obasanjo, during a recent television interview, questioned the progress at the Port Harcourt and Warri refineries, citing historical challenges faced during his administration in efforts to revamp …

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has disclosed that the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) rejected a $750 million offer from billionaire businessman Aliko Dangote. In an exclusive interview with Channels TV, former President Olusegun Obasanjo revealed that in 2007, Dangote offered a staggering $750 million to manage the Port Harcourt and Kaduna refineries. Obasanjo explained that the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation …

The Federal Government has allocated a sum of N27 billion for the entitlements of former presidents, vice-presidents, heads of state, chiefs of staff, retired heads of service, and professors in the 2025 fiscal year, according to Saturday PUNCH. Beneficiaries of this allocation include former Presidents Olusegun Obasanjo, Goodluck Jonathan, and Muhammadu Buhari, alongside ex-vice-presidents Atiku Abubakar, Namadi Sambo, and Prof. …

The ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), on Sunday, said it was not threatened by the weekend visit of ex-presidential flag-bearer of the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP), Senator Rabiu Kwankwaso, and former Cross River State governor, Donald Duke, to the Abeokuta, Ogun State home of ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo “to discuss the political future of Nigeria”. In the past few weeks, …

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has described Nigeria’s growing debt profile as a significant burden for both present and future generations. Speaking during a Zoom interactive programme tagged “Boiling Point Arena” on Sunday, Obasanjo expressed concern over the nation’s rising debt profile. The PUNCH reported Nigeria’s debt had surged by N12.6 trillion in three months, reaching N134.3 trillion ($91.3 billion) by …

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has congratulated the new President of Namibia, Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah. Obasanjo said the election indicated that the good people of the country had spoken. His congratulatory letter was made known in a statement by his Special Assistant on Media, Kehinde Akinyemi in Abeokuta, Ogun State on Wednesday. Obasanjo was particularly happy, that the people of the country …

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has thanked former Head of State, General Yakubu Gowon (retired) for the role he played in his release from prison. Obasanjo was one of those imprisoned by the regime of the late military dictator, General Sani Abacha over an alleged coup plot to overthrow Abacha. The former President who spoke in Plateau State at the weekend …

Former Head of State, Gen. Yakubu Gowon, says he pleaded with late Gen. Sani Abacha not to execute former President Olusegun Obasanjo for alleged coup plot in 1995. Gowon said this at the maiden edition of the Interdenominational Unity Christmas Carol and Praise Festival organised by the Plateau State Government. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that Obasanjo was arrested …