FORMER president Chief Olusegun Obasanjo has mooted fielding the current head of the African Development bank (AfDB) Dr Akinwumi Adesina as presidential candidate in the 2023 Nigerian elections.
Dr Adesina, 61, who served as Nigeria's agriculture minister between 2011 and 2015, was elected as the AfDB president in 2015 and...
FORMER president Chief Olusegun Obasanjo and Muslim cleric Sheikh Ahmed Gumi have recommended the creation of special courts to try bandits and kidnappers promptly following their recent meeting in Abeokuta to discuss insecurity.
With Nigeria teetering on the verge of a total breakdown of law and order, Chief Obasanjo and...
NIGERIAN students in the UK studying under the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) foreign scholarship scheme have started another round of protests over the inability of the agency to pay their tuition fees.
Established by former president Chief Olusegun Obasanjo in 2000, the NDDC was tasked with both developing the...
NIGERIAN community leaders in the UK marked the country's 60th independence day anniversary yesterday with a muted celebration at the Yanga TV studios that involved a three-hour seminar to debate the country's past and suggest solutions going forward.
Organised by Yanga TV in conjunction with Nigeria Independence Day Annual...
FORMER vice president Alhaji Atiku Abubakar and his family have been placed under close watch by the US Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (Fincen) amid allegations that he could have been engaged in suspicious financial transactions.
Between 1999 and 2007, Alhaji Abubakar was Nigeria's vice president, serving under Chief...
SEVERAL elder statesmen have expressed regret at what they call the presidency's childish response to recent comments by former president Chief Olusegun Obasanjo who criticised the government for sowing division among Nigerians.
At a recent book launch attended by socio-political groups, Chief Obasanjo said Nigeria had...
NIGERIA has foreclosed any possibility of an ambush at the forthcoming elections of African Development Bank (AfDB) president due to take place this Thursday by almost doubled its voting rights.
In May this year, the US government had sought to get AfDB president, Nigeria's Akinwunmi Adesina, removed. In a letter written to...
FORMER Nigerian president Chief Olusegun Obasanjo has called on younger Africans to participate actively in politics and force out the older generation urging them not to vote for anyone over the age of 80.
Like many other African countries, Nigeria has seen her politics dominated by an elite that has a firm grip on power,...
