Former President Chief Olusegun Obasanjo has praised Bayelsa State Governor Douye Diri for his sterling performance. He said the state is making progress in all sectors of the economy. Chief Obasanjo hailed the governor for consolidating the legacies of his predecessor, Senator Seriake Dickson. He spoke yesterday during the 12th Bayelsa State Thanksgiving Day at the Ecumenical Centre in Igbogene-Yenagoa. …

Former President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo and the leader of the Diasporan delegation to motherland Africa, Dr Julius Garvey have both agreed to have Badagry in Lagos State, as the location for the World Africa Slave Trade Museum. This followed a meeting held at the Olusegun Obasanjo Presidential Library (OOPL), Abeokuta, Ogun State, during a courtesy visit to the former President …

Diplomat and ex-Chief of Staff to the President, Prof. Ibrahim Gambari has narrated how former President Olusegun Obasanjo 1991 lost out in the race to become the Secretary-General of the United Nations. Gambari revealed that Obasanjo’s military background disqualified him from being selected by the countries with veto power. He stated this on Wednesday at the public presentation of the …

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has said the desired peace and security in African countries would continue to elude them until world leaders acknowledge the importance of using African-grown solutions to resolving the political and socio-economic problems plaguing the continent. With particular reference to how the African Union (AU) High Representatives brokered peace between the Federal Government of Ethiopia and Tigray’s …

The pan-Yoruba socio-political organisation, Afenifere has condemned the former President Olusegun Obasanjo for ordering some monarchs in Yoruba land to stand up and sit down at a recent event. A few weeks ago, Obasanjo ago asked the monarchs, who attended a road inauguration, in Iseyin, Oyo State, to stand up and sit down when he and Governor Seyi Makinde entered …

The Oluwo of Iwo, Oba Abdulrosheed Akanbi, on Saturday, said former President Olusegun Obasanjo ordering traditional rulers in Oyo State to stand and greet Governor Seyi Makinde, at a project inauguration in Iseyin, Oyo State, was tantamount to desecration of Yoruba traditional stools. A short video of Obasanjo, who spoke in Yoruba, surfaced on the internet, expressing displeasure to the …

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo said on Monday that Nigerian political leaders have disappointed Nigerians, Africa, the Black race and the world for failing to make the nation the giant that everyone expected her to be. At the public presentation of a book, Reclaiming the Jewel of Africa by a former Minister of Finance, Dr. Olusegun Aganga, the former leader said: “Not …

Former President of Nigeria and African Union High Representative for the Horn of Africa region, Olusegun Obasanjo; President of the Union of the Comoros and Chairperson of the African Union, Azali Assoumani; President of the Republic of Ghana and the African Union Champion of Financial Institutions, Nana Akufo-Addo; and the President of the Republic of South Africa, Cyril Ramaphosa, have …

The West African Elders’ Forum (WAEF) has deployed a pre-election fact-finding mission led by former President Olusegun Obasanjo to Sierra Leone, ahead of the country’s general elections scheduled for June 2023. In a statement in Abuja on Wednesday, the Communications Officer of Goodluck Jonathan Foundation (GJF), the host of WAEF, Wealth Ominabo said the fact-finding mission also had former President …

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has denounced what he called Igbophobia and urged Nigerians to fight evil with good. There were concerns about an ethnic revolt when Igbo voters in Lagos were singled out during the presidential and governorship elections. Obasanjo, who spoke in Awka, the Anambra State capital, on the occasion of the Governor Chukwuma Soludo administration’s one-year anniversary, advised …