Obasanjo expressed his displeasure while delivering the inauguration lecture of the Olusegun Obasanjo Good Governance and Development Research Centre, National Open University of Nigeria
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It was learnt that the three former rulers considered the implications of the exit of Buhari at this point based on the unwritten arrangement for the rotation of the Presidency between the North and the South and the fallout of the emergence of former President Goodluck Jonathan after the death in office of former President Umar Yar’Adua
Therefore, I did not distort President Jonathan’s view and he did not say I did. Now that he has reaffirmed what he told me that he is writing his own account, I will enjoin Nigerians to wait for his book
Until I read Adeniyi’s book, I was beginning to ask myself whether it was the right thing to get Jonathan out. The book settled the matter
Obasanjo had in her suit filed on March 27 prayed that the wedding, which is scheduled for May 11, be moved to any date after June 1, which is Olujonwo’s 34th birthday
Obasanjo said this while playing host to members of the Correspondents Chapel of the Nigeria Union of Journalists, Ogun State Chapter at his hilltop residence in Abeokuta
The Forbes billionaire made the remarks on Friday in the United States while delivering a speech on: “Democratic Process in African Countries,” at the War College, Washington DC
As long as Malabu complied with the terms of its agreement in respect of OPL 245 by paying the signature bonus of US$207,960,000 in addition to withdrawing her appeal against the FG at the Court of Appeal, it would be unconscionable and inequitable for the FG to behave as if it never made the said agreement
The former Vice President`s Media Coordinator, Paul Ibe, said this on Tuesday in Abuja
He was on his way back to Abuja from Abeokuta, Ogun State, where he had joined other dignitaries to attend the inauguration of the Olusegun Obasanjo Presidential Library
Meanwhile, I have also realised that the only person that could be sure of not going to be detained either in cell, house-arrest or prison must surely be the dead person in the grave
It is indeed regrettable that despite the massive support the South East gave to PDP while their reign lasted, they merely took their support for granted, and deceived the gullible into believing that their destinies were intertwined
Thankfully, it is not every core northerner or Fulani man that shares the narrow world-view of men like President Buhari, who, apparently, believes that the south is inferior to the north and that she is not deserving or qualified to produce a Chief Justice of the Federation
In a press statement released in Owerri, the Imo State capital, the group said the call by the former president would have been seen as the act of a friend, benefactor and statesman if Obasanjo had dealt well with Ndigbo when he held the Presidency for eight years between 1999 and 2007
This followed Tuesday’s pronouncement by Obasanjo that the South East region should produce the country’s president in 2019
Obasanjo had on Tuesday when he hosted the leadership of the Christian Association of Nigeria, Ogun State chapter at his Abeokuta Hilltop residence, urged the Igbos to contest for the presidency in 2019
Where other leaders used the opportunity of their incumbency to raise their people, the reverse is the case with Obasanjo. The Awujale had just narrated how he dealt the Mike Adenuga. Maybe one day, somebody will also tell the story of Chief Bakare of the Oluwalogbon fame in the hands of Obasanjo
So the following day’s newspapers had three versions of the same single event; how Ibori was arrested. Kwara’s and mine agreed that Ibori was not arrested in their Lodge. EFCC lied in its version to manufacture reasons to convince a court to deny Ibori bail
For Atiku’s traducers, I leave them with the immortal words of William Cullen Bryant: “Truth crushed to earth shall rise again. The eternal years of God are hers; by error wounded, writhes in pain, and dies among her worshippers.”
A better way to address the problem of Ndigbo is their addressing their internal differences and anti-people leadership orientations