Former President Olusegun Obasanjo, has revealed that his mother carried his pregnancy for 12 months before his birth by Mrs Benice Obasanjo. The former president attributed the delay in his birth to the influence of some witches and wizards who gave his mother a tough time before God’s intervention. According to a statement issued in…
A former President of the Nigeria Bar Association (NBA) and a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), Wole Olanipekun, made a revelation about an encounter with former President Olusegun, claiming that Obasanjo almost punched him when he suggested an amendment in the Nigeria’s constitution during his tenure. This revelation came during the 32nd and 33rd convocation…
Former President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, His Excellency, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo has congratulated His Royal Majesty, Engr Eberechukwu Oji over his emergence as the 9th Eze Aro of Arochukwu Kingdom. In a letter dated 11th December 2023, and personally signed by him, the statesman expressed joy at Oji’s emergence, which he described as…
A former Minister of Lands, Housing and Urban Development, Nduese Essien, said what has been practiced in Nigeria since 1999 is not the presidential system of Western democracy, but a modified form of democracy by the system’s operators. He added that the presidential Western-style democracy has not failed in Nigeria, adding that it has not…
The Presidency has responded to Olusegun Obasanjo’s comments made at the high-level consultation on Rethinking Western Liberal Democracy in Africa held at Green Resort Legacy, Olusegun Obasanjo Presidential Library, Abeokuta. The elder statesman criticized Western democracy, suggesting it had not delivered good governance and development in Africa. Furthermore, he called for a reexamination and moderation…
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has faulted the kind of democracy practiced in Africa. According to Obasanjo Western Liberal Democracy has not been a system of government in Africa because it was “forced” on the continent by the colonialists. He said this in Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital, while delivering a keynote address at an high-level…
