All Africa (Free subscription) | yesterday
The former Nigerian leader and UN Secretary General's Special Representative to the Great Lakes Region, Olusegun Obasanjo, has said that improved relations between Rwanda and the DRC could mark the end of Africa's Great Lakes war.
IOL (Free subscription) | yesterday
United Nations envoy Olusegun Obasanjo plans to scale back his mediation efforts in Congo, where the situation has "improved dramatically" over the past year.
All Africa (Free subscription) | 11/09/2009
Dr. Chukwuemeka Ezeife was the Third Republic Governor of Anambra State. He was also Political Adviser to former President Olusegun Obasanjo and at present, the Chairman of Association for Good Governance in Anambra State.
turenchi (Free subscription) | 11/09/2009
former President Olusegun ObasanjoFORMER President Olusegun Obasanjo has asked the management of the Bells University of Technology, Ota, Ogun State, to produce a Nobel Laureate by 2015.His call came as the Minister of ...FORMER President Olusegun Obasanjo has asked the management of the Bells University of Technology, Ota, Ogun State, to produce a Nobel Laureate by 2015.His call came as the Minister...
NigerianMuse Articles (Free subscription) | 11/07/2009
NEITI – Where is Our Missing Oil and Gas Money? (I) Nigeria, under the Presidency of Chief Olusegun Obasanjo (1999-2007) became a member of the now global Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) in 2003. It is now time to examine what has been happening since then. Former British Prime Minister, Mr. Tony Blair announced the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) at...
All Africa (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009
Mallam Isa Yuguda is the incumbent governor of Bauchi State, having been sworn into office on May 29, 2007. He contested and won the April 14 2007 gubernatorial election on the platform of the All Nigeria Peoples Party (ANPP). Before then, he was a member of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and served as Minister of Aviation under the administration of former President Olusegun Obasanjo.
All Africa (Free subscription) | 10/29/2009
The United Nations Secretary General's Special Envoy to the Great Lakes Region, former President Olusegun Obasanjo, has said that the problem of FDLR is being resolved by the European Union.
All Africa (Free subscription) | 10/28/2009
Reluctantly, he was said to have been brought into power during the days of former President Olusegun Obasanjo. The former president, it was said, prevailed on him to serve in his administration, albeit at the level of politics. And as one who had at one time or the other, passed through the path of power, Chief Olabode Ibiyinka George understood its use. As such, it took no time before attuning to...
All Africa (Free subscription) | 10/23/2009
A cross section of Nigerian youths have praised the leadership qualities of the former president of South Africa Dr. Nelson Mandela and President Barak Obama of the United States of America, calling them international role models. Other leaders whose contributions assisted in the advancement of humanity according to the youths, include Dr. Nnamdi Azikiwe, Prof. Dora Akunyili, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo...
All Africa (Free subscription) | 10/23/2009
This title is borrowed from a profoundly creative documentary inspired and facilitated by Andy Young, a long standing friend of Nigeria, and a true son of Africa. Young served as mayor of the city of Atlanta, Georgia, in America some decades ago. In that position, he frequently came in close contact with the leading lights of the African homestead. He was very close to late Bashorun Moshood Abiola...
All Africa (Free subscription) | 10/22/2009
DR. Mohammed Hassan Lawal, the Honourable Minister for Works is an experienced member of the Federal cabinet. He was one of the very few ministers that the Yar' Adua regime inherited from the Olusegun Obasanjo cabinet. Under Obasanjo, he was the Minister of Labour and Productivity.
All Africa (Free subscription) | 10/20/2009
Worried by the raging crisis which has polarised the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP in Ogun State, some eminent and well-meaning elders of the party in the state have waded in and have already succeeded in drafting former President Olusegun Obasanjo, an indigene of the state, into the mediation team.
All Africa (Free subscription) | 10/19/2009
It was on the 1st of October, 1960 that Nigeria got her independence from the British colonial masters. Also, it was on the 29th of May,1999 that the handing over from the military to a democratic government took place, with the swearing in of Chief Olusegun Obasanjo as the president who ruled from 1999 to 2007 and handed over to Alhaji Umaru Musa Yar'adua on May 29,2007 as the president and commander...
All Africa (Free subscription) | 10/17/2009
Worried by the raging crisis that has polarised the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Ogun State, some eminent and well-meaning elders of the party in the state have waded in and have already succeeded in drafting former President Olusegun Obasanjo, also an indigene of the state into the mediation team.
All Africa (Free subscription) | 10/12/2009
The Senate investigation into the alleged utilisation of more than N300 billion in the transportation sector during the administration of former President Olusegun Obasanjo, has recommended the prosecution of thirteen former Ministers of that era for the alleged abuse of the due process mechanism of that administration.
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