A former Minister of Lands, Housing and Urban Development, Mr. Nduese Essien said what has been practiced in Nigeria since 1999 is not the presidential system of Western democracy, but a modified form of democracy by the system’s operators. He added that the presidential Western-style democracy has not failed in Nigeria, adding that it has not been practiced according to …

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has said there is a need to review the power of judges to annul elections, thereby overruling the franchise of millions of Nigerians who choose a particular leader. He described as unacceptable a situation where three or four judges would determine who rules after Nigerians have gone to the polls to make a decision. The ex-President …

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo said on Monday that Western liberal democracy is unsuitable for Africa and seems not to be working for Nigeria and other African countries. According to the former president, western democracy as it is being practiced in Nigeria and other African countries, should be re-examined or moderated. He stated that this is because it has not delivered …

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 …