Tag: Abeokuta
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BREAKING: No more war! Obasanjo finally receives Atiku in Abeokuta
…as both meet behind close-door The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, is currently in a closed-door meeting with former President Olusegun Obasanjo. Atiku was the Vice-President to Obasanjo between 1999 and 2007. Both have being entangled in controversies with the former president insisting not to support Atiku’s presidential bid at…
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2019: Tambuwal consults Obasanjo in Abeokuta
Governor Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto State on Wednesday night held a closed- door meeting with former President Olusegun Obasanjo in his Abeokuta residence. Tambuwal seeks to be president in 2019 on the platform of the opposition party, PDP. Tambuwal who addressed journalists after the meeting which lasted for about 50 minutes and ended few minutes…
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Photos: Osinbajo, Adeosun, others inspect Abeokuta flood
Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, has arrived Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital, for the on-the-spot assessment of last week Friday’s flood in which no fewer than eleven lives were lost and property worth millions of naira destroyed. The Minister of Finance, Mrs. Kemi Adeosun who was recently embroiled in NYSC certificate scandal and has been…
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2019: Secondus leads PDP delegation to meet Obasanjo in Abeokuta today
The National Working Committee (NWC) of the Peoples Democratic Party(PDP) is to meet with former President Olusegun Obasanjo in Abeokuta on Saturday ahead of 2019 polls. The National Chairman of PDP, Uche Secondus, made this known in Abeokuta while addressing journalists after a meeting between the executive members of the party in Ogun and the…
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Gov. Amosun to build 20,000-capacity amphitheater for drum festival
Ogun state governor, Ibikunle Amosun says his administration is constructing a 20,000-capacity amphitheater to host the annual drum festival on Friday. Amosun disclosed this at this year’s edition of the African Drum Festival Conference, Workshop and Exhibition held at the Olumo Rock Tourist Centre in Abeokuta. The theme of the Conference, Workshop and Exhibition is…
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2019: Obasanjo to host Falae in Abeokuta on Tuesday
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo is scheduled to host a former Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Chief Olu Falae as part of strategies for the 2019 general elections. Recall that the duo once contested against each other in 1999 when Nigeria returned to democracy. However, Obasanjo won that election. Impeccable sources confirmed that Falae,…
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FG pledges discount to farmers on equipment, feeds acquisition – CBN Boss
The Federal Government will provide cheap funds and discount of not more than five per cent to farmers who wants to acquire agricultural equipment and feeds. The Central Bank Governor, Godwin Emefiele, made this known on Thursday at the official launch of Mitros Ofada Rice in Abeokuta. Emefiele said the cheap funds would help conserve…
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Former President, Olusegun Obasanjo criticize resurgence of slavery in Africa
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo on Thursday, criticized the resurgence of slavery in some parts of Africa, saying that the development was worrisome. Speaking at the 2017 Annual Conference of the Comptroller General of Immigration held at the MITROS Residences in Abeokuta, Obasanjo said that slave trade in the 21st century should be condemned in the…
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Former South Africa President, Thabo Mbeki visits Obasanjo in Abeokuta
Former President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, on Sunday received former South Africa President, Thabo Mbeki, at his Presidential Library in Abeokuta, Ogun State. The ex-South African leader arrived Abeokuta at about 11.00 a.m. and was received by Mr. Obasanjo at the Legacy Resort Centre, located within the premises of Olusegun Obasanjo Presidential Library Mbeki was thereafter…