IOL (Free subscription) | 05/20/2008
A daughter of former Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo has turned herself in to face charges of embezzling public health funds.
All Africa (Free subscription) | 05/20/2008
After spending several weeks in hiding, Chairman of the Senate Committee on Health, Senator Iyabo Obasanjo-Bello, yesterday appeared before the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court over allegations of graft.
All Africa (Free subscription) | 05/20/2008
Sebastine Hon takes exception to the letting off lightly of former President, Olusegun Obasanjo, by the House Power Probe Committee
All Africa (Free subscription) | 9 hours ago
Action Congress (AC) has predicted that Nigerians, who are currently rattled by the damning revelations of alleged corrupt practices recorded during the eight-year tenure of Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, would be shocked with more of such in the nearest future.
Afriquenligne (Free subscription) | 13 hours ago
Embattled former first daughter Senator Iyabo Obasanjo-Bello, granted bail by an Abuja High Court Wednesday, is in fresh troubles as a g r oup, the Lisabi Collectives, in her Abeokuta constituency in South West Ogun State, has initiated moves for her recall from the Senate, the Punch newspaper reported.
All Africa (Free subscription) | 11 hours ago
Reprieve came the way of the embattled daughter of former president Olusegun Obasanjo, Senator Iyabo Obasanjo-Bello, as an Abuja high court granted her bail under certain stringent conditions.
All Africa (Free subscription) | 12 hours ago
... that in Nigeria, "The executive as previously personified by our former President Olusegun Obasanjo and the incumbent Alhaji Shehu Musa Yar'Adua, seems not to be in hurry to comply with the dictates of our constitution, especially Section 162 (1), (2) and (10), which establishes a Federation Account into which all revenues, including the so-called excess crude revenue, should be paid into."According...
All Africa (Free subscription) | 9 hours ago
... in the politics of the coastal state. Vedelago, is a close ally of the former president Olusegun Obasanjo and political associate of the Vice President, Dr. Goodluck Jonathan. It was reported among party members that she has gathered a heavy war chest to contend with her former party and is claimed to have reached out to many other opposition candidates, including the Action Congress (AC)...
All Africa (Free subscription) | 11 hours ago
... And it will not be playing to the gallery.Now attempts are being made now to ensure that Obasanjo should not appear before the National Assembly committee. This is an attempt in my view, to sweep the problems under the carpet. If they continue with the exercise, one or two or three things will happen. One, the judiciary, if it is allowed, can do the cleansing of this nation by trying and...
Marc's Voice (Free subscription) | yesterday
... HP bought EDS - Cisco is banking their future on Web 2.0 One of Microsoft's secret weapons is Dare Obasanjo . Now that he’s back to blogging, Dare rips a new one in the very notion of early adopter trends - pointing out that blogger hype in fact means almost next to nothing. But Dare DOES identify trends and players who DO make it out of the early adopter phase. I guess the question would...
About things too concerning to ignore (Free subscription) | yesterday
Iyabo Obasanjo-Bello is remanded in police custody but turns the police station into her little fiefdom. Along with the respect for the rule of law we need to know that everyone is equal before the law regardless of status and means. Leave Comment Related Entries: Nigeria: Splitting hairs on Senate funding Nigeria: Yar'Adua interviewed by the FT Nigeria: Ministries banned from funding National...
Smalltalk Tidbits, Industry Rants (Free subscription) | yesterday
Dare Obasanjo gives a great example of the difference between the classic "early adopters" and the general market - and notes that many, many things that are crucial to a small set of people are of no interest to the vast majority: I've lost track of all of the this is the year RSS goes mainstream articles I've read over the past few years. Although RSS has turned out to be a key technology...
Disparate (Free subscription) | yesterday
Giving Diigo a fair shake. Turns out, it might be cool for active reading. I still have issues with it (comments are private by default and they don't disappear on pressing "enter"), but the main usage pattern seems to make sense. So… Actively reading this Dare Obasanjo blogpost about technology adoption. Found the link thanks to [...]
All Africa (Free subscription) | yesterday
ABUJA-Senator Iyabo Obasanjo-Bello is receiving a VIP treatment in the Maitama Police Station, Abuja where she was detained last Monday following her court appearance on the allegation of retaining ill-gotten money.
MyJoyonline (Free subscription) | yesterday
... had just crossed the lane in front of the Church and was waiting on the median of the Olusegun Obasanjo Way to allow vehicles coming from the Pig Farm side to pass before venturing to the other side, when she met her untimely death. He said the driver of the water tanker with registration number GT 7866 F, who was driving at top speed, veered off his lane to the other to avoid crashing into...
