Tag: Olusegun Obasanjo
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#EndSARS: What former Nigerian leaders told Buhari
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has described as a welcome development the Thursday broadcast of President Muhammadu Buhari on the ENDSARS protests in some parts of the country. Obasanjo made the commendation during a virtual meeting between Buhari and former Nigerian leaders on Friday. Mr Femi Adesina, the president’s spokesman, confirmed this development in a statement…
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Nigeria @60: Obasanjo gets encomium for bringing GSM to Nigeria
Chief Deolu Ogunbanjo, President National Association of Telecommunications Subscribers (NATCOMS) has commended the growth of the telecommunication sector in Nigeria. Highlighting the benefits and challenges in the Nigerian telecoms sector, Ogunbanjo poured encomium on former President Olusegun Obasanjo for bringing the Global System for Mobile Communication (GSM) to the country in his time. He recalled…
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Obasanjo: How Carrington advised me not to return to Nigeria during Abacha’s dark days
Former President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo has revealed how the late former American Ambassador in Nigeria, Amb. Walter Carrington offered him political asylum in US during the dark days of the late junta, Gen. Sani Abacha in 1995. Obasanjo remarked that during his tenure as Ambassador, Carrington helped in easing the move to democratic rule in…
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BREAKING: Obasanjo confirms COVID-19 status
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has on Sunday confirmed testing negative to the dreadful Coronavirus disease (COVID-19). The media aide of the former President, Kehinde Akinyemi made this known in a statement, revealing he was tested for COVID-19 on Friday at his Olusegun Obasanjo Presidential Library (OOPL) Pent House residence, Okemosan, Abeokuta, Ogun State capital. According…
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Kashamu’s death: Nigerians will watch out for Obasanjo’s own end – Fayose
Former Governor of Ekiti State, Ayodele Fayose had condemned comments made by former President Olusegun Obasanjo on the death of Senator Buruji Kashamu. TheNewsGuru.com (TNG) reports Fayose as saying Obasanjo should stop forming saint and that he should remember that his own end will come too. Recall that Obasanjo had in a letter to Dapo…
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TNG COVID-19 WATCH 9: Alarming development in Nigeria, as Obasanjo donates mansion
Good day welcome to TNG’s Covid-19 watch as we on a daily basis bring up to date developments on the pandemic in Nigeria and across the globe in snipets. Emman Ovuakporie, Regional Editor, TNG. The most alarming development in Nigeria in the last 24hours is the information from the Health Commissioner of Lagos, Prof. Akin…
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Mugabe, indomitable fighter for liberation of Zimbabwe – Obasanjo
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has described the late former President of Zimbabwe, Robert Mugabe, as an indomitable fighter, who contributed to the liberation of his country from apartheid and oppressive radicalism. Obasanjo said this in a condolence letter to President Emmerson Manangagwa of Zimbabwe, a copy which was made available to newsmen in Abeokuta on…
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NOUN unveils Olusegun Obasanjo Centre for African studies
The National Open University of Nigeria (NOUN) would continue to make efforts at ensuring that it remains among the topmost educational institutions engaged in cutting-edge research. NOUN’s Director of Media and Publicity, Ibrahim Sheme, in a statement on Friday in Abuja, said Prof. Abdalla Adamu, Vice-Chancellor of the university disclosed this during the unveiling of…