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Posts tagged with "Chief Olusegun Obasanjo"

Niger Delta students in the UK protest the refusal of the NDDC to pay their tuition fees African News

Niger Delta students in the UK protest the refusal of the NDDC to pay their tuition fees

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...
Diaspora community in the UK marks 60th independence anniversary with seminar at Yanga TV African News

Diaspora community in the UK marks 60th independence anniversary with seminar at Yanga TV

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...
US Financial Crimes Enforcement Network place Atiku and his family under close surveillance Politics

US Financial Crimes Enforcement Network place Atiku and his family under close surveillance

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...
Elder statesmen express concern at presidency's childish response to Obasanjo's criticism News

Elder statesmen express concern at presidency's childish response to Obasanjo's criticism

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 almost doubles her AfDB voting rights as Adesina's elections looms on Thursday African News

Nigeria almost doubles her AfDB voting rights as Adesina's elections looms on Thursday

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...
Obasanjo urges African youths to force out elderly leaders if they want the continent to progress African News

Obasanjo urges African youths to force out elderly leaders if they want the continent to progress

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,...
 

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