Former Military President, Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida, has disclosed that former President Olusegun Obasanjo opted to leave the Army after he was asked to succeed former Head of State, Murtala Muhammed, following the failure of the 1976 coup that claimed Murtala’s life. IBB made this disclosure in his autobiography, A Journey in Service while giving accounts…
The Movement for Anti-Corruption, Integrity, and Transparency Initiative has expressed its disapproval of the recent remarks made by former President Olusegun Obasanjo regarding state-owned refineries. Obasanjo had stated that the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) turned down a $750 million proposal from billionaire entrepreneur Aliko Dangote to oversee the Port Harcourt and Kaduna refineries in…
The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) has extended an invitation to former President Olusegun Obasanjo to visit the Port Harcourt Refinery. As stated in a release on Thursday, the NNPCL mentioned that this initiative is intended for Obasanjo to assess the operational condition of the oil processing plant located in Rivers State. In a…
A former National Vice Chairman (North-West) of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Salihu Lukman, has urged former President Olusegun Obasanjo to convene a coalition of past leaders to unify the opposition in establishing a new political party aimed at contesting against President Bola Tinubu and the APC in the upcoming 2027 general election. Lukman’s…
The Presidency has reacted to former President Chief Olusegun Obasanjo’s recent interview with News Central Television, which has been trending on social media in the past week. It is important to highlight that during the interview, former President Obasanjo made a subtle reference to the current administration, suggesting that Nigeria has a President who entered…
Nigeria’s former military and civilian ruler, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, has criticized the country’s mounting debt burden under successive governments despite his tenure leaving behind fortunes. Obasanjo, who served as the President of Nigeria from 1999 to 2007, mentioned that his administration left behind approximately $70 billion which included a $45 billion reserve and $25 billion…
