The Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC) is deeply disappointed that these retired army generals and former heads of state cannot voluntarily forgo their entitlements particularly in Nigeria’s trying period. They are still expecting payment of arrears of salaries when workers have not been paid for months in some states
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Prominent Nigerians at the event included former President Olusegun Obasanjo; former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar; the President of the Senate, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki; the Speaker, House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara; and serving and former Governors, among others
The statement said Olusegun Obasanjo, former President of Nigeria; Festus Mogae, former President of Botswana; and Speciosa Wandira-Kazibwe, former Vice President of Uganda, will gather in Abuja, Nigeria on a two-day official visit
According to the party, the security votes of past governments of former Presidents Heads of State from incumbent President, President Muhammadu Buhari, then as a Head of State; former Military President ibrahim Babangida; General Abdusalami Abubakar; former President Olusegun Obasanjo; and late Umaru Yar’Adua’s Adua must be probed.
L-R: The Vice Chancellor of Tai Solarin University of Education, Ijagun, Ogun State, Prof. Oluyemisi Obilade; the Ogun State Governor, Senator Ibikunle Amosun; former President of Nigeria, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo; and TASUED’s Pro- Chancellor, Prof. Olufemi Bamiro,
The statement, which said Obasanjo was already in Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire, where he was observing the presidential election, said further: “He was indeed involved in an incident on the Ibadan-Lagos Expressway, after Sagamu roundabout, while he was on his way to join in the celebrations of the 80th birthday anniversary of Chief Kessington Adebutu in Tinubu Methodist Church, Lagos
He said: “As a member of the Lake Chad Basin Commission Summit of Heads of State and Governments, the government of the Federal Republic of Nigeria has been giving maximum support to Lake Chad Basin Commission to ensure the discharge of its mandate in addition to funding the Lake Chad Basin Commission ordinary annual budget through the funding formula to which Nigeria contributes 40 per cent; Niger seven per cent; Libya 18 per cent; Chad 11 per cent; Cameroon 20 per cent; and Central African Republic four per cent
Fielding questions from State House correspondents after the closed door meeting with Buhari, Obasanjo said Nigeria needed to learn how Colombia survived insurgency for more than 50 years
There is no doubt whatsoever that the Olusegun Obasanjo presidency was wasted on a platter by all ramifications. It is…
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A social media twitter account: @newsvergeonline, had on Monday posted a tweet, claiming that the former president had described the Director of Media and Publicity of the Peoples Democratic Party Presidential Campaign Organisation, Chief Femi Fani-Kayode, as a “democracy wrecker”
However, some of the critical comments allegedly made by Obasanjo of recent have been found to have come from a fake Twitter account
Obasanjo spoke when he received the presidential candidate of the National Conscience Party, Chief Martins Onovo, who visited him in Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital
It is on record that former Heads of State, Generals Olusegun Obasanjo and Muhammadu Buhari are ardent critics of the Jonathan administration
He said that adequate funding of universities was imperative in order to enhance teaching and research in them for the benefit of the nation
Abubakar said this in Abuja at a news conference organised by his media organisation to intimate the public of a policy review summit coming up at the Obasanjo Presidential Library in Abeokuta, Ogun State on October 27
Former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar on Tuesday lamented that the war against Boko-Haram is taking too long despite the resources at the disposal of the nation’s security agencies.
The son of former President Olusegun Obasanjo, Lt. Col Adeboye Obasanjo who was shot in the ferocious Michika battle between the Nigerian military and Boko Haram has expressed eagerness to return to the battle front.
The Federal Government on Tuesday cautioned Nigerians against buying used cell phones and pre-registered SIM cards, saying that they might have been used by terrorists for untoward activities.