…was so shocking, unbelievable and caused so much chaos and riots that the then-President Obasanjo set up a panel to investigate the incident. 12 years after the incident, two police officers were sentenced to de@th for the k!lling and the case ended. Linda Ikeji Media followed the story for years and this birthed the f…

…OBJ’s reduced support for Obi A split has occurred between former President Olusegun Obasanjo and key leaders of the emerging opposition coalition, G100, over the modalities for the emergence of a single presidential candidate who will slug it out with President Bola Ahmed Tinubu in the January […] The post OBJ, G100 l…

Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde, on Sunday visited former President Olusegun Obasanjo at his residence in the Olusegun Obasanjo Presidential Library, Abeokuta, Ogun State, alongside former Osun State governor, Olagunsoye Oyinlola, and former Ekiti State governor, Kayode Fayemi. Makinde disclosed the visit in a post on…

Senator Shehu Sani commented on the long-running feud between Olusegun Obasanjo and Atiku Abubakar on Saturday, August 1, 2026Sani said the rivalry began when Gen Zs were in nursery school and has continued even as that generation now has children of their ownThe senator's post drew widespread reactions from Nigerians…

…is a retired Air Force officer, former SA on Niger Delta Affairs to President Olusegun Obasanjo and an elder statesman in the Niger Delta. He hails from Tamigbe community in Burutu local government area of Delta State. In this interview, Biakpara tells the Niger Delta militancy story, saying region elders visited milit…

…Shehu Sani, on Saturday hinted that the renewed feud between former President Olusegun Obasanjo and the African Democratic Congress (ADC) presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, may continue until one of them dies. Sani said Atiku has been receiving what he termed Obasanjo’s “hypersonic missiles” after the former vice…

…your third term, then I wear that resentment as a badge of honour.- Atiku fires back at Obasanjo Former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, has responded to former President Olusegun Obasanjo's claim that picking him as his running mate in the 1999 election was the biggest mistake of his presidency. Reacting to Obasanjo's…

…shaped his career in public service. He also thanked former President Olusegun Obasanjo for supporting the actualisation of the mandate freely given to him by the people of Plateau State, as well as former President Goodluck Jonathan for backing his administration through key interventions, including the establishment…

…with our new search feature at Legit.ng! A video of former Nigerian president Olusegun Obasanjo jumping off a stage surfaced online from Charly Boy's memoir launch in LagosGuests reportedly held their breath as Obasanjo leapt from the stage at Alliance Française, Adenuga House, with a man standing by to assist himThe c…

Former President, Olusegun Obasanjo, 89, wows guests as he jumps off podium at an event (video) Former President Olusegun Obasanjo stunned guests at a book launch on Friday, July 31, when he jumped off the podium. When he was done with his speech, Obasanjo ran off and jumped down from the podium. The viral video showed…

Leading the headlines on Saturday morning is former President Olusegun Obasanjo, who described his choice of Atiku Abubakar as his running mate in 1999 as the biggest mistake of his presidency. The South African government has also rejected claims that Nigerian singer, Ayra Starr, and her team were denied visas, while…

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo on Wednesday described the January 15, 1966 coup, the July 29, 1966 counter-coup and the annulment of the June 12, 1993 presidential election as some of Nigeria’s “black days.” This is as he urged Nigerians to learn from those painful episodes to foster unity and national development.…

Yoruba Nation campaigner, Sunday Adeyemo, widely known as Sunday Igboho, has narrated how he avoided arrest during the Department of State Services (DSS) operation on his Ibadan residence in July 2021, insisting that he remained inside the house throughout the raid. Speaking on Monday while hosting a group of Muslim cl…

…calling for The Great Leap Forward. Two examples from Nigeria would also help. President Obasanjo introduced the Poverty Alleviation Programme, PAP; and Jonathan launched SURE-P. The Malaysian economic revolution might not have attracted global attention, if it was not wrapped around VISION 2020. You can easily wrap yo…

The Yoruba Ronu Leadership Forum accused former President Olusegun Obasanjo of covertly backing President Tinubu's 2027 re-election ambitionThe group claimed Obasanjo used Kwankwaso as a tool to pull Peter Obi out of the ADC after failing to impose Obi as its presidential candidateYoruba Ronu President Akin Malaolu sai…

Akin Osuntokun, a former political adviser to ex-President Obasanjo, made a claim about who is funding the NDC's 2027 presidential ticketOsuntokun explained that Obasanjo personally brought Peter Obi and Rabiu Kwankwaso together as running mates for the 2027 electionThe claim directly challenges recent speculation that…

…He recalled that Nigeria benefited from debt relief under former President Olusegun Obasanjo but has returned to a situation where debt has risen dramatically. “The issue is not borrowing itself. Every serious economy borrows. The question is what you borrow for. Borrowing for productive sectors such as education, heal…

2027: "The Grave is not a witness box" - Atiku accuses Obasanjo of using late Speaker Na'Abba for Politics Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has responded to former President Olusegun Obasanjo over allegations that he bribed the late former Speaker of the House of Representatives, Ghali Na'Abba, to orchestrate moves…

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has warned African nations against accepting foreign assistance that compromises their sovereignty, saying the wrong kind of aid can leave countries economically trapped and unable to pursue independent development. Obasanjo spoke on Wednesday at the public presentation of a book titl…

…Falana spoke on Thursday at the 8th Penpushing Annual Lecture held at the Olusegun Obasanjo Presidential Library, Abeokuta, themed"Restoring Electoral Integrity: The Path to Good Governance and Public Accountability." He argued that electoral integrity cannot exist without transparent party primaries. "Please, let us s…

…Dr. Lateefat Sowunmi-Kolapo; the party’s Ogun Central Senatorial candidate, Prof. Iyabo Obasanjo; the Ogun State PDP Chairman, Hon. Abayomi Tella; and other party leaders. Addressing the monarchs, Adebutu said local government autonomy would be a cornerstone of his administration, insisting that councils must have dire…

…presentation of the historicbook, featuring a foreword by former President Olusegun Obasanjo, would be held on July 31 in Lagos As part of efforts to showcase the memoir on global stage, digital billboards at the iconic New York Times Square in the United States recently displayed it. The post Charly Boy celebrates Pet…

…It would appear that there is nothing questionable that our NASS would not do. FROM OBASANJO TO TINUBU – DECLINE IN SENSE OF RESPONSIBILITY “Democracy substitutes election by the incompetent many for appointment by the corrupt few” – George Bernard Shaw, 1856-1950, VBQ p 37 By the middle of the last century, great thin…

…was held at Ibara Baptist Church, Abeokuta had in attendance former President Olusegun Obasanjo represented by his wife, Mrs Bola Obasanjo, former Gov Ibikunle Amosun represented by his wife, Chief Mrs Olufunso Amosun, Gov Dapo Abiodun, Adebutu, Yayi and senator representing Ogun West, Mr Tokunbo Talabi, the Secretary…

…vice president, as was the case for Buhari in 2019, Jonathan in 2011 and 2015, and even Obasanjo in 2003. Vice-presidential swaps on a single ticket for second-term elections are extremely rare in presidential democracies globally, with the last exact case being by Franklin Roosevelt in the US in 1944. But the point, f…