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Malabu: Transfer Of OPL 245 Asset Got Presidential Approval, Documents Show

Malabu Oil & Gas Limited
The transfer of Oil Prospecting Licence (OPL) 245 after a 2006 out-of-court settlement between the federal government and Malabu Oil & Gas Limited got the approval of former President OlusegunRead More

Obasanjo: I Did Not Run After Power, Power Chased After Me

Olusegun Obasanjo
Former President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo at the weekend said he did not run after power, but that it was power that ran after him. Obasanjo spoke in Abeokuta, while respondingRead More

Defiant Atiku Visits Obasanjo, Says He’s Confident About Winning PDP Ticket

Atiku visited former President Olusegun Obasanjo in Abeokuta, Ogun State to seek support for his presidential aspiration.
Despite the clamour for power to shift to the South after President Muhammadu Buhari’s two terms of eight years, former Vice-President, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, has said he is confident thatRead More

Obasanjo: Nigeria Needs More Rebels To Challenge Government

Ex- President, Olusegun Obasanjo
Former President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, yesterday declared that Nigeria would require “more rebels” to speak the truth to power for the country to move forward. Obasanjo also stated that NigeriaRead More

Obasanjo: Unemployment Forcing Youths Into Violent Groups, Kidnap Gangs

Ex- President, Olusegun Obasanjo
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo yesterday raised the alarm that many Nigerian youths “are enlisting in violent groups and kidnap gangs” owing to unemployment and the inability of government to manageRead More

Obasanjo, Okowa, Ibori, Others Attend Olu Of Warri’s Coronation Thanksgiving

Olu of Warri’s Coronation Thanksgiving
Former president: I’ve seen the installation of three Itsekiri monarchs, I don’t pray to see a fourth one Former President Olusegun Obasanjo and Governor Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta State yesterdayRead More

How Obasanjo Warned Yoruba Elders Not To Support Buhari – Former Governor, Oyinlola

President Muhammadu Buhari with former President Olusegun Obasanjo
Ọlagunsoye Oyinlọla, a former Governor of Osun State has said that former President Olusegun Obasanjo warned him and other Yoruba leaders against supporting the candidacy of President Muhammadu Buhari butRead More

Obasanjo Warns Against Population Explosion In Nigeria

Ex- President, Olusegun Obasanjo
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo at the weekend cautioned against population explosion in the country, while stressing the need for proper population management. Speaking in Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital duringRead More

Why Babangida Annulled Abiola’s June 12, 1993 Victory – Obasanjo

Ex- President, Olusegun Obasanjo
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo in April 2021 blamed the annulment of the June 12, 1993 Presidential election adjudged to have been won by the late business mogul, Moshood Kashimawo Abiola,Read More

Obasanjo Opposes Secessionist Agitations, Says We’re Better Off Together

Ex- President, Olusegun Obasanjo
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo yesterday called on secessionist agitators to shelve the idea and work for the unity and oneness of the country. He said it is better for NigeriaRead More