LAGOS MAY 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has said Nigeria is sitting on a keg of gunpowder, as he bemoaned the hardship being experienced by citizens. Obasanjo made the remarks while speaking during Dele Momodu’s leadership lecture on Friday. He insisted that if China could lift 700 million people out of poverty, Nigeria ought to […]
LAGOS MARCH 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)- The Rivers State Government has dismissed as false and malicious social media reports claiming that former President Olusegun Obasanjo and a delegation from the Pan-Niger Delta Forum (PANDEF) visited Governor Siminalayi Fubara last Sunday. The government described the reports as fake news aimed at inciting chaos and lawlessness in the state. […]
LAGOS JANUARY 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)-The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) has extended an invitation to former President Olusegun Obasanjo for a tour of the Port Harcourt Refinery to verify its operational status. This development follows Obasanjo’s recent interview with Channels Television, where he cited advice from Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC) suggesting the refinery would […]
LAGOS NOVEMBER 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has debunked his death rumours making the rounds on social media, saying he’s alive. The ex-president, who wondered why some people would wish him such, said he quickly informed his family members that he’s hale and hearty. Obasanjo stated this on Tuesday during the inauguration of the Old […]
LAGOS OCTOBER 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Peter Obi, the 2023 Labour Party presidential candidate, on Thursday, met with former Nigerian Presidents Olusegun Obasanjo and Goodluck Ebele Jonathan in Abuja. Jonathan was president from 2010 to 2015. He lost the 2015 presidential election to Muhammadu Buhari and was the first incumbent president in Nigerian history to concede defeat in […]
LAGOS AUGUST 13TH (NEWSRNAGERS)-The World Bank Group Finances has disclosed that the Nigerian government is still repaying $10.6billion in loans taken by former presidents. The loans totalling 69 were obtained during the administrations of former Presidents Olusegun Obasanjo, the late Umaru Musa Yar’Adua, and Goodluck Jonathan. The Debt Management Office (DMO) had in June 2024 […]
LAGOS FEBRUARY 8TH 9NEWSRANGERS)-Amid the insecurity challenges confronting Nigerians, the 2023 Labour Party, LP, presidential candidate, Peter Obi, has said the Presidency of former Presidents Olusegun Obasanjo and Umaru Musa Yar’Adua can’t be compared to that of ex-President Goodluck Jonathan and President Bola Tinubu. Obi said state governors were in charge of security in their […]
LAGOS MAY 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Many prominent Nigerian leaders yesterday bid farewell to Pa Abraham Joseph Michael Diri, father of the Bayelsa State Governor, Senator Douye Diri, at Sampou community in Kolokuma/Opokuma Local Government Area of the state. The dignitaries include former Presidents Olusegun Obasanjo and Goodluck Jonathan; Jonathan’s wife, Dame Patience; Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, and […]
LAGOS DECEMBER 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The leader of Afenifere, a pan-Yoruba socio-political organisation, Chief Ayo Adebanjo, has said he and former President Olusegun Obasanjo are united in their support for the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Mr. Peter Obi, to win the 2023 presidential election. He said their support for Obi was for a better […]
LAGOS AUGUST 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Presidential candidate of Labour Party, Peter Obi, on Thursday met with former President Olusegun Obasanjo, in London. The former Anambra State governor also met with Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State and others in the English capital. While details of the meeting were still sketchy as of press time, the meeting is […]
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