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Tayo Olanipekun Former Nigerian President, Olusegun Obasanjo, and leading development economist, Prof. Jeffrey Sachs, will headline the second Babacar Ndiaye Lecture, to be held in Bali, Indonesia, on October 13, 2018, the African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) has announced. The duo will speak on the theme, “Global Power Disequilibrium, Trade Wars and Implications for Africa,” during the international lecture series instituted …

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…God is our source of strength – Dickson By Amos Okioma Former President of Nigeria, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo says God has taken control of the affairs of Bayelsa State and it’s people in view of its past history of being dreaded for militancy and insecurity. Chief Obasanjo, who stated this during the state’s monthly Thanksgiving Service at the King of Glory Chapel, Government …

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Yenagoa, Nigeria, 19 June 2018: Former Vice President of Nigeria, Atiku Abubakar has explained that by the letters of the Nigerian Constitution, a Vice President is limited in his official powers to execute projects of his own initiative. That, according to the former Vice President, limited his capacity to deliver even on some lofty projects designed for his own state …

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Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has raised an alarm over alleged impending plot by the President Muhammadu Buhari-led administration to “frame him up” for fictitious crimes. Obasanjo said, already, impeccable security sources have informed him that his name is on their watch list and that the security of his life cannot be guaranteed.  In a press statement signed by his media …

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Former President Olusegun Obasanjo says the ruling All Progressives Congress is taking Nigerians for fools while “revelling in an unrepentant misgoverning of Nigeria.” This is coming as the promoter of the Coalition for Nigeria Movement also disclosed that the movement had adopted the African Democratic Congress as a political platform to actualise its dream for a new Nigeria. Obasanjo said …

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Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has warned President Muhammadu Buhari against participating in the 2019 presidential election. Although Buhari has not publicly declared interest in the 2019 race, there are clear indications that the president is interested in seeking another term. Stakeholders in the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) have endorsed him, while his reelection campaign office has been launched in …

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Former Nigerian President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, GCFR, at the weekend presented Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria (AMCON) with the Special Recognition and Commendation Award for Excellence in Banking, at the BusinessDay Banking Awards 2017, which held in Lagos. The management of Businessday newspapers, led by the Publisher, Mr. Frank Aigbogun said that agencies, regulators, microfinance banks, deposit money banks, investment …

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For Africa to attain its desired goal in real growth and development, prominent African leaders and top entrepreneurs across the continent have decided to work together towards integrating their economies to enable free trade among its members. Specifically,Vice-President of Nigeria, Professor Yemi Osibajo,  Former President of Nigeria, Olusegun Obasanjo, former President of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki, and president of the Dangote group, who are co-chair …

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Following the August 14 unprecedented disaster, Tony Elumelu, Founder of Tony Elumelu Foundation and Chairman of United Bank for Africa (UBA), Wednesday 23 August, paid a state visit to the people and Government of Sierra Leone to commiserate over the great loss caused by devastating mudslides and floods that have claimed hundreds of innocent lives and left many more still …

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It is no longer news ­that there is need to­ have an urgent, coor­dinated and sustained­ response to combat H­IV/AIDS in Nigeria. T­his can only be resu­lt driven when there ­are early government-­led efforts that seek­s to help coordinate ­public and private se­ctor activities as we­ll as the arrival of ­significant internati­onal funding. In a bid to hasten in­tervention and …

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