Ogun State, Nigeria, World News & Stories
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Prominent Nigerians have expressed profound sadness over the passing of Nigeria’s first chartered accountant, Akintola Williams. He passed away at the age of 104 at his residence in Lagos on Monday. Eminent figures from various fields have paid their respects and celebrated his remarkable contributions to the accounting profession and national development. Former Nigerian President…
Gentlemen of the press, we welcome you again this afternoon to another session over some developments after our briefing yesterday. You must have all read the statement yesterday evening by former President Olusegun Obasanjo where he was literally calling for the cancellation of the last Saturday’s Presidential and National Assembly elections. His call was anchored…
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has stated that the only health center in his village, Ibogun Olaogun, in Ogun State’s Ifo Local Government Area, serves 40 communities. Obasanjo made the remarks during the community’s annual Ibogun Olaogun Day ceremony on Tuesday. According to him, the health center in Ibogun requires the attention of the Ogun State…
Former Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo has denied reports that he endorsed the presidential ambition of the APC candidate, Bola Tinubu, when he recently visited him in Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital. In a statement by Obasanjo’s Special Assistant on Media, Kehinde Akinyemi, on Saturday, the former president said the statements coming from those claiming to…
Tinubu in Abeokuta. The presidential candidate and National Leader of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, paid a courtesy visit to the former President of Nigeria, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo at the Presidential Library in Abeokuta this morning. Photos of the visit of Tinubu in Abeokuta Below are some the photos of the…
Tinubu, the APC Presidential Candidate, arrives in Abeokuta for a closed-door meeting with former President Obasanjo.
President Muhammadu Buhari has for the first time, made a brief remark on former President Olusegun Obasanjo’s controversial letter and called it “abusive’’. President Buhari said he did not want a response to the letter which derided the government and urged Buhari not to seek a second term “Even when the Minister of Information and…
President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration has responded to former President Olusegun Obasanjo’s statement, thanking him for his observation and also educating him on the various successes recorded in the last 32 months. Some of the achievements included the exiting of recession, the increase in the production of rice and other grains, such that import of rice…
THE WAY OUT. A CLARION CALL FOR COALITION FOR NIGERIA MOVEMENT Special Press Statement By President Olusegun Obasanjo Since we are still in the month of January, it is appropriate to wish all Nigerians Happy 2018. I am constrained to issue this special statement at this time considering the situation of the country. Some of…
Former Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo has been appointed to the United Nations (UN) High-Level Advisory Board on Mediation along with 17 other current and former global leaders. The Secretary-General, Antonio Gutierrez had in September announced the establishment of the board to provide him with advice on mediation initiatives and back specific mediation efforts around the…
