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The APC Senator from Nasarawa West Abdullahi Adamu has said that former President, Olusegun Obasanjo, lacks the moral standing to ask President Muhammadu Buhari not to vie for a second term.

A former President, Olusegun Obasanjo, has said his recent open letter to President Muhammadu Buhari was not borne out malice or ‘bad belle’, but out of his deep concern for the situation in the country. Obasanjo stated this, on Thursday, at the secretariat of the Nigeria Union of Journalists, Oke Ilewo area of Abeokuta, the capital of Ogun State, shortly ...

President Muhammadu Buhari and former President Olusegun Obasanjo have met at the ongoing African Union Summit in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, five days after Obasanjo condemned Buhari’s administration. Both leaders were said to have met briefly just before the opening ceremony of the 30th Ordinary Session of the Assembly of Heads of State and Government of the African Union (AU). According ...

Billionaire businessman, Benedict Peters , has denied social media reports that he is funding the new coalition reportedly being headed by former President Olusegun Obasanjo . Peters, who is the founder of Aiteo Group, said this in a statement on Friday night . “For the record, I wish to state , categorically and unequivocally, that I am not a financier ...

Ali Wakili (APC-Bauchi South) has stated that former President Olusegun Obasanjo’s letter will not weaken chances of President Muhammadu Buhari come 2019 when he will be seeking reelection. Wakili said nobody, including Obasanjo, could change the minds of northerners on Buhari. “Unfortunately for him, he cannot change the minds of average northerners on President Buhari. “There is no candidate in ...

Former Abia state governor,Orji Uzor Kalu, has berated former president, Olusegun Obasanjo, for causing many problems in the country, adding that he is not in the position to condemn President Muhammadu Buhari. Kalu was reacting to a special statement on the state of the nation, in which Obasanjo advised Buhari against seeking a second term in office. In the statement, ...

The National Council of Tiv Youths says President Muhammadu Buhari has not handled his responsibilities well. This is a reaction to former president Olusegun Obasanjo’s open letter to Buhari, in which he berated him for failure to meet campaign promises. According to the president of the group, John Akperashi, the reply by the Federal Government did not address the issues ...

Bauchi state governor, Mohammed Abubakar, says President Muhammadu Buhari has performed well and, as such, should be commended, not condemned. The governor was speaking in the wake of former president Olusegun Obasanjo’s criticism of the Buhari administration. The elder statesman had, in a lengthy statement, on Tuesday, advised Buhari against seeking a second term in office in 2019, as his ...

Elder statesman, Tanko Yakasai says President Muhammadu Buhari’s desperation for power would not allow him heed the advice of ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo. Reacting to the letter written by Obasanjo to Buhari, Yakassai, said Obasanjo had spoken the mind of Nigerians. He said: “Obasanjo’s letter was an expression of disappointment with Buhari’s administration and it summarises the feelings of Nigerians and ...

The Nasarawa state chapter of the Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria (MACBAN) has condemned ex-president, Olusegun Obasanjo for his open letter to President Muhammadu Buhari. Speaking to journalists, on Wednesday, the state chairman of MACBAN, Muhammed Hussaini, called on the president to ignore the advice in the letter, stressing that Obasanjo was out to replace Buhari with his ...