Nigerians remained indebted to Obasanjo, says Jonathan

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Abuja – President Goodluck Jonathan has congratulated former President Olusegun Obasanjo on his 76^th birthday.

This is contained in a statement issued in Abuja on Tuesday by the Special Adviser on Media and Publicity to the President, Dr Reuben Abati.

The statement quoted the president as saying that Nigerians remained indebted to Obasanjo for his efforts at ensuring peace, stability and development of the country.

Obasanjo has broadened Africa’s democracy — Mandela

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FORMER South African president, Nelson Mandela has said that former President Olusegun Obasanjo played a prominent role in actualising the survival of democracy not only in Africa, but also the world at large.
Mandela described Obasanjo’s outstanding leadership qualities as epochal, which he added, assisted him to restore democracy in Liberia, Sierra Leone, Cote d’Ivoire and Sudan.
The ex-South African leader made his stand known in the foreword he wrote in a two-volume book entitled Olusegun Obasanjo: The Presidential Legacy, 1999-2007 co-edited by Professor Oladipupo Akinkugbe and Ahmed Joda.

As senators, we stopped impeachment crisis between Obasanjo, Anyim – Durojaiye

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Senator  Biyi Durojaiye in this interview withADEOLA BALOGUN speak on various issues

The way you reel out dates and details of events does not portray a memory of an 80-year-old, what is the secret of that?

God’s grace is the first secret of what you have observed and what many people have also observed. People say I look younger than my age and that I look strong and virile, it is God’s grace. Another contributory factor is inherited good genes. My father was a very healthy person and he lived to nearly 87 and my mother too was a very healthy woman and she lived  nearly 92 before she died. The other one is Spartan discipline; I am not an angel because I too had my fun when I was younger but I avoided excesses. The number of beer bottles I have taken in life can be counted on my finger tips.

PDP crisis: Obasanjo’s men may back opposition in 2015

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The crisis in the Peoples Democratic Party is set to take a turn for the worse as party stalwarts loyal to former President Olusegun Obasanjo have decided to have a showdown with the supporters of President Goodluck Jonathan.

The latest development follows the party’s decision to sack senior party officials known to be loyal to the former President from its National Working Committee.

 Investigations showed that the removal, announced on Friday, shocked the former President and his group.

The leadership of the PDP had on Friday sacked loyalists of Obasanjo in the National Working Committee. The Bamangar Tukur-led leadership is known to be loyal to President Jonathan.

PDP sacks Obasanjo’s loyalists

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Loyalists of former President Olusegun Obasanjo were on Friday removed from office by the leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party. Those sacked from office were the National Auditor, Chief Bode Mustapha, and the National Vice-Chairman (South-West) Mr. Segun Oni. In Ogun State, the national leadership also sacked the Obasanjo-backed executive led by Senator Dipo Odujinrin.

The decision to remove these officers were taken at the meeting held in Abuja on Thursday by members of the National Working Committee. The meeting was presided over by the National Chairman of the PDP, Alhaji Bamanga Tukur.  Mustapha, an ally of Obasanjo, was replaced with Alhaji Fatai Adeyanju.

Bamanga Tukur Strikes: Sacks Obasanjo’s Men From Office

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PDP NATIONAL CHAIRMAN, ALHAJI BAMANGA TUKUR

… Caretaker Committee Appointed
 
… Moves To Control South West PDP
 
SAN FRANCISCO, February 15, (THEWILL) – National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, Alhaji Bamanga Tukur Friday moved to fully wrestle the control of the South West from former President Olusegun Obasanjo with the dissolution of the Exco of the South West and the removal of the National Auditor of the party, Chief Bode Mustapha, an Obasanjo loyalist, from office.

What More Does Achebe Want?... I Did All I Could For The Igbos ––Obasanjo

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In his usual no-nonsense posture, former President Olusegun Obasanjo has cautioned Prof Chinua Achebe and his likes to drop issues relating to the Biafra war in the trash can of history once and for all. Obasanjo a principal actor during the war, in a recent chat said Achebe keeps dragging Nigeria back with his negative views due to certain reasons. Below is how Obasanjo chronicled his efforts for the Igbos...

Obasanjo, Otedola Pray, Eat Lunch With Jonathan

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The curtain of uncertainty surrounding the resolution of the rift  between former President Olusegun Obasanjo and President Goodluck Jonathan is gradually being opened giving a vista of hope for the resuscitation of the ruling People’s Democratic party (PDP) and the stability of the political landscape.

Only last week, for the umpteenth time Obasanjo took on Jonathan’s presidency on what he described as the latter’s government inability to overcome the security challenges posed by the proliferation of violence orchestrated by the activities of  Islamic religious sect, Jama’atul Ahlus Sunnah Lid Da’awati Wal Jihad, otherwise known as Boko Haram.

Where is Stella Obasanjo’s son ?

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Muyiwa and Imelse

Until his mother’s death via an unsuccessful surgery in 2005, little or nothing was known about Muyiwa Obasanjo, son of Nigeria’s former First Lady, Stella Obasanjo.  Her demise somewhat launched him into the limelight irrespective of the fact that he was resident abroad at that time. Although he retreated from the social sphere post- funeral, he was again in the news when he wedded Imelse, a citizen of Dominican Republic at a wedding that had all the trappings of luxury and thereafter relocated to Nigeria.

Many years after romancing the kleiglights   albeit impromptu, he has tactically withdrawn, causing many to wonder what he has been up to.

Gumi: 'Evil' Jonathan - Repent And Resign; IBB, Obasanjo, Buhari, Atiku - Banned To Cleanse Nigerian

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Fearless Islamic scholar, Sheikh Ahmad Gumi has declared President Goodluck Jonathan "evil" and a failure, and called on him to repent and resign in order to recreate peace in Nigeria. He also said that many top former military Heads of State, Generals Yakubu Gowon, Muhammadu Buhari and Ibrahim Babangida be banned from participating in active Nigerian politics.

Gumi was speaking in a morning sermon today in Kaduna titled "The Man Jonathan", underlining that the sermon was neither criticism nor praise of a man. He said that Islam teaches that all prophets and people of God are in the Right extreme of the spectrum, while those that fight, oppose and suppress them or their mission are in the left extreme apparently the black.

Insult: You’re a failure, Obasanjo tells Okorocha

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Former President Olusegun Obasanjo on Saturday in Abeokuta, Ogun State, described Imo State Governor, Rochas Okorocha, as a “failure.” Obasanjo said this just as the Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, Alhaji Bamanga Tukur, likened the current crisis rocking the ruling party as a “surgery” which must bring some pain to members.

Obasanjo who was responding to guests who spoke during the grand finale of a civic reception organised in his honour by the South West Zone of the PDP said there was no way he could associate with Okorocha who had jokingly referred to the former President as his “colleague.”

Obasanjo Cautions Achebe, Awolowo’s Loyalists Against Civil War Comments

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Former President Chief Olusegun Obasanjo yesterday in Abeokuta ,cautioned the literary icon, Prof. Chinua Achebe and the loyalists of late sage, Chief Obafemi Awolowo against uncomplimentary comments over the 3 -year old civil war in the country. 

Obasanjo reacted in Abeokuta during the grand civic reception organised by the Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP) in the South West to formerly welcome him home after his resignation as the Chairman, Board of Trustee, BoT, of the party.

Jonathan Moves To Reconcile With Obasanjo

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President Goodluck Jonathan has begun moves to reconcile with former President Olusegun Obasanjo, as a means of ending the rift between them. Jonathan and Obasanjo had fallen apart over the last few months, following critical comments made by Obasanjo about the government. In a recent interview on Cable Network News, the former president criticised Jonathan’s handling of the Boko Haram insurgency and advised him to initiate a dialogue with the extremist sect.

Obasanjo told the CNN in the interview that Jonathan had been applying less of dialogue and more of force in solving the Boko Haram issue.

Obasanjo’s recommendation for tackling Boko Haram

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The recent “carrot and stick” approach recommended by former President Olusegun Obasanjo to the solution of the Boko Haram insurgency should be taken seriously by President Goodluck Jonathan. Till date, among all our past leaders, Obasanjo has continuously shown concern, worry and proffered solution to this lingering crisis. He, human like all of us, though, has his faults which many of us have at one time or the other kicked against both while he was in or out of power. Yet, it is often said that, messages are considered while the messenger can be ignored. Obasanjo as a former president and military chief in this country has a lot to offer in terms of experience and tactics in security matters. We cannot for very obvious reasons sideline him when he speaks on similar issues just because we differ with his political moves. We should and must take him seriously because of our interest in building and achieving peace and unity in this country.

PDP meets Obasanjo, others

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The leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party is to meet former President Olusegun Obasanjo and some leaders of the party from the South-West. The need for the meeting was arrived at after a two-day meeting at the residence of the National Chairman of the party, Dr. Bamanga Tukur. Members of the National Working Committee were also at the meeting.

A member of the NWC made this known to reporters in Abuja on Wednesday evening. The meeting is scheduled to hold in Abeokuta on Saturday. It was learnt that the meeting is aimed at placating the South-West over the removal of Prince Olagunsoye Oyinlola as the National Secretary of the party.

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Obasanjo Is An Example Of A Man To Whom Much Has Been Given But Nothing Returned – Kashamu

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A Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) stalwart in Ogun State, Buruji Kashamu, has faulted former President Olusegun Obasanjo over his comment on the activities of rich politicians in the state. Kashamu also accused the former President of working for the re-election of his Owu kinsman, Governor Ibikunle Amosun, in 2015.

Egba, Ijebu unfair to Ogun West – Obasanjo

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Former President Olusegun Obasanjo on Wednesday declared that the people of Ogun West Senatorial District had been marginalised by the other zones in the state. He said this while receiving the leaders of the party from the district, who paid him a solidarity visit at his Hilltop residence in Abeokuta. He accused the Ogun East and Central zones, made up of the Ijebu/Remo and Egba, of working against the interest of the senatorial district comprising the Yewa/Awori.

Jonathan Attacks Obasanjo Again, Calls Him Confused And Unstable

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President Goodluck Jonathan has again lashed out at ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo, describing him as a confused man unstable in his views regarding government’s handing of the protracted Boko Haram insurgency.Mr. Jonathan, who spoke through his spokesperson, Reuben Abati, was reacting to Mr.  Obasanjo’s comment in a CNN  interview that the president had been deploying excessive force and exploring little or no dialogue in solving the Boko Haram problem.

President GEJ was aware of Obasanjo’s Kaduna visit –Investigation

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President Goodluck Jonathan was privy to ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo’s visit to Kaduna State, investigation has revealed. The visit has reportedly caused a rift between Jonathan and Vice-President Namadi Sambo. However, Sambo has since denied the allegation. Some sections of the media reported on Sunday that Sambo used the opportunity of Obasanjo’s visit to Kaduna (his state) to condole with the state over Governor Patrick Yakowa’s death to mobilise traditional rulers against Jonathan’s alleged second time bid.

2015: “Obasanjo Is No God, He Cannot Decide Nigeria’s Leader” – Presidency

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The cold war between the camp of former president, Olusegun Obasanjo and President Goodluck Jonathan took a new turn over the weekend, as a presidential aide called bluff the threats by Obasanjo not to back Jonathan if the latter eventually declares his intention to re-contest in 2015.

Although the president is yet to openly affirm his intention to run or not, analysts say his body language and that of those around him stoutly suggest the opposite.