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- 6 Jan 2015
OBJ Accuses President GEJ of Squandering $55Bn Oil Money
Olusegun Obasanjo, former president has accused President Goodluck Jonathan of squandering $25billion crude oil savings left behind by his administration. Obasanjo made the allegation while hosting…
- 25 Sept 2012
Subscribers Honour Obasanjo, Former President
National Association of Telecommunications Subscribers (Natcoms), the umbrella body of telecommunications consumers in the country said it will confer the Nigeria Telecoms Platinum Award to Chief…
- 7 Dec 2015
Ghanaian President, OBJ Fight over Jonathan
Ghanaian president, John Mahama and former Nigerian president, Olusegun Obasanjo have allegedly fought dirty over Goodluck Jonathan, the immediate past president of Nigeria.…
- 3 Nov 2014
Obasanjo Accuses Jonathan, Others of Destroying Power Sector
Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, former president has returned a damning indictment on his successors who he blamed for the rot in the power sector. Obasanjo, after his second coming as a civilian president,…
- 9 Jun 2015
Nuhu Ribadu Poisoned over Anti-Graft War – Obasanjo
Former President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, has said that Mallam Nuhu Ribadu, ex-chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) was once poisoned in the course of his duties as…
- 23 Nov 2016
OBJ Tells PMB to Stop Complaining and Fix Nigeria
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has come hard on President Muhammadu Buhari for lamenting over mess created by previous administrations, saying he was elected to clean the mess. For one year and…
- 27 Nov 2014
GEJ Promoting Corruption, Fueling Boko Haram-OBJ
Olusegun Obasanjo, former president has blasted the President Goodluck Jonathan administration and the National Assembly for promoting corruption and poor governance. He also accused the President of…
- 24 Feb 2026
Obasanjo, Vanguard’s Amuka Lead Prayers for Zinox Chief Leo Stan Ekeh @70
African statesman and former Nigeria President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, on Sunday night, joined several distinguished Nigerians including Mr Sam Amuka, media icon and Publisher of Vanguard…
- 16 Feb 2015
OBJ, Adoke Frustrate Probe of ‘Snipers Training’ by GEJ
The planned investigation by the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) of the allegation by former President Olusegun Obasanjo that President Goodluck Jonathan was training and arming killer squad…
- 9 Sept 2014
Injured Col. Obasanjo Eager to Return to War Front
Lt-Col Adeboye Obasanjo, son of former president Olusegun Obasanjo, who was shot on Monday by Boko Haram insurgents near Michika in Adamawa State, has said that he wants to return to the battle…
- 8 Sept 2014
Col Obasanjo, OBJ’s Son Shot in Boko Haram Attack at Mubi
Lieutenant-colonel Adeboye Obasanjo, son of former President Olusegun Obasanjo, has reportedly survived an attack by Boko Haram militants which claimed the lives 24 soldiers after a platoon led by…
- 25 Nov 2016
Obasanjo Plots to Bring Down Buhari’s Govt – Reps
House of Representatives said yesterday that former President Olusegun Obasanjo’s recent statements are aimed at bringing down the government of President Muhammadu Buhari. The lower chamber was…
- 28 Aug 2014
GEJ, OBJ Resolve Differences, to Tackle Insecurity
Olusegun Obasanjo, former President, has declared his readiness to work with President Goodluck Jonathan to ensure an immediate end to the current security challenges facing the country. He had met…
- 14 Jun 2014
Muslims Want OBJ to Negotiate with Boko Haram
Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC) on Friday called on the Federal Government to give former President Olusegun Obasanjo the go-ahead to prevail on the Boko Haram extremists to release the abducted Chibok…
- 18 Jul 2015
OBJ Says Jonathan’s Govt A Disaster
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo, on Friday, described Goodluck Jonathan, immediate past president as a disaster. This came days after he insisted that he had no regret choosing the peer of late…
- 13 Jan 2015
2015 Elections: GEJ Visits OBJ, Begs for Support
President Goodluck Jonathan last night met with former President Olusegun Obasanjo at his Hilltop mansion in Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital, in an attempt to seek the latter’s support for his…
- 30 Dec 2016
Bracing up For Advancement in the Telecom Industry
Ever since the telecommunications sector was liberalised by the government of former President Olusegun Obasanjo in his first tern as civilian President, the sector, and technology generally, has…
- 15 May 2015
Buhari Regrets GEJ’s Reluctance as OBJ Hands Tips on Governance
Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, former president, has recommended way forward for Muhammadu Buhari, president-elect’s administration in governing a new Nigeria. This is coming as Buhari accused the outgoing…
- 17 Aug 2017
Obasanjo Labels Lawmakers ‘Bunch of Unarmed Robbers’
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo on Thursday in Ibadan described Nigerian lawmakers as a “bunch of unarmed robbers”. “They are one of the highest paid in the world where we have 75 percent of our…
- 9 Dec 2014
Late Yar’Adau Deceived Me, Atiku, Others are Shameless Liars-OBJ
Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, former president in his new memoir titled “My Watch” has accused late President Umaru Musa Yar’Adau of deceiving him about how serious his health issues were before he became…
- 10 Dec 2014
“My Watch”: Court Orders Police, DSS to Seize OBJ’s New Book
Olusegun Obasanjo, former president of Nigeria, has been found guilty of contempt for publishing his memoirs “My Watch” by a high court of the federal capital territory. And the court has also…
- 14 Feb 2023
OBJ Says FG Abandoned Nigerians Trained to Build Satellites
Former president, Olusegun Obasanjo has blamed government’s policy somersault in the last 15 years for Nigeria’s inability to produce its own satellite. Obasanjo stated that without committed efforts…
- 4 Dec 2012
Obasanjo, Imoke, Ovia Bag NCS Honorary Fellowships
Nigeria Computer Society (NCS) will confer Honorary Fellowships on Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, former president of Nigeria, Senator Liyel Imoke, governor of Cross River State and Jim Ovia, founder…
- 7 Sept 2009
Reps Knocks Obasanjo’s ‘Oil Policy, Commends YarÁdua
House of Representatives has described President Olusegun Obasanjo administration’s ‘oil for infrastructure policy’ as ruse, stating that there were no infrastructural…
- 25 Mar 2015
OBJ Warns against Coup, Interim Govt
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo yesterday warned against military takeover of government in the country. Obasanjo, who gave the warning while receiving a delegation of South-West women of the All…
- 25 Jul 2016
OBJ's 2006 Memo on Local Software Shocks Shittu, CommTech Minister
Barrister Adebayo Shittu, minister of Communications has expressed shock over revelations by the Institute of Software Practitioners of Nigeria (ISPON) concerning a memo by then President Olusegun…
- 14 Jan 2015
OBJ Says Buhari is Incorruptible, Clean
Olusegun Obasanjo, former president on Tuesday said his administration probed the accounts of the Petroleum Trust Fund (PTF) headed by Maj. Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (rtd), the All Progressives Congress…
- 10 Nov 2017
Politicians Steal $5oBn Yearly-OBJ
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has revealed that political leaders and other key players in both public and private sectors in Africa launder the sum of $50 billion every year. The former…
- 18 Nov 2016
Buhari Owes OBJ, Others 10 Months Salaries, Blames Lack of Funds
Former Presidents Goodluck Jonathan, Olusegun Obasanjo, General Ibrahim Babangida, Alhaji Shehu Shagari have not been paid their salaries and allowances since January this year because of lack of…
- 25 Dec 2014
OBJ is a Serial Liar, Says Soyinka
Professor Wole Soyinka, Nobel laureate on Wednesday said that Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, former president’s has made a life-long career of compulsive lying. Soyinka in an abridged response to the…