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2023: I have no preferred candidate -OBJ

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Nigeria’s former President Olusegun Obasanjo has stated that he has no preferred candidate among those contesting the 2023 presidential election. Obasanjo, stated this in Minna on Sunday when he visited former Heads of State, Generals Abdulsalami Abubakar and Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida. Obasanjo arrived in Minna, the Niger State capital, at midday and spent about an hour in Abdulsalami’s house before going to the hilltop residence of Babangida. The elder statesman said he only had a national agenda, not a preferred candidate. “I don’t have a special candidate, I have a…

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OBJ to Gbajabiamila: ‘Your statement on my meeting with Tinubu is fake and a disservice to his ambition’

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Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, Nigeria’s former President has warned supporters of Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, the All Progressives Congress Presidential candidate, over the claim that he has endorsed Tinubu. Obasanjo expressed dissatisfaction with what he described as an unauthorised report of the discussion at the closed doors meeting he held with Tinubu. Speaker of House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, in a statement on Thursday said that what transpired during the meeting between Obasanjo and Tinubu was a sign of victory for Tinubu come 2023. The former president in a statement issued by…

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Commotion in Abeokuta as OBJ rides commercial tricycle, carries passengers

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Olusegun Obasanjo, Nigeria’s former President was the focus of attention as the 85yr old former Nigerian ruler rode a commercial tricycle and carried passengers across parts of Abeokuta, the Ogun state capital. The former president had, in June, donated tricycles to 85 persons as part of an empowerment programme in honour of his 85th birthday. The former president clocked 85 on March 5, 2022. The pictures of former President Obasanjo has gone viral after photographer Daniel Olusanya shared them on his Facebook page. The former president rode from his residence…

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IBB to Buhari: Forget 2nd Term

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Says “Enough of this analogue system, let’s give way for digital leadership orientation” Gen. Ibrahim Babangida, Nigeria’s former Military President has urged President Muhammadu Buhari to forget running for a 2nd term presidency in 2019. Babangida said, Nigeria would be better off without Buhari’s “analogue system”. Babangida is the second former Nigerian leader to ask Buhari not to seek another term in office. Last month, former President Olusegun Obasanjo also rated Buhari’s performance in office since 2015 low and undeserving of another term. “I do not intend to deny President…

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