LAGOS JANUARY 28TH (NEWSRANGERS) Resident Muhammadu Buhari and former President Olusegun Obasanjo met today, Sunday, January 2 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, at the opening session of the 30th African Union Summit. This is the first time both men are meeting since Obasanjo advised President Buhari not to re-contest in 2019 in a widely publicized letter….
LAGOS JANUARY 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Seun Kuti, son of late Afrobeat legend, Fela Anikulapo Kuti, has condemned a statement credited to former president Olusegun Obasanjo over poor governance in Nigeria. The former president had on Tuesday given several reasons Buhari should not seek re-election in 2019. Reacting, Seun on his Instagram page said Obasanjo who should be…
LAGOS JANUARY 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A former Nigerian president, Olusegun Obasanjo, is mobilising politicians and other Nigerians to sign on to his Coalition for Nigeria project, to oust President Muhammadu Buhari from office, PremiumTimes reports. .Many of those consulted by Obasanjo are said to have signed on to his elaborate plan for a mass movement away from…
LAGOS JANUARY 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-In a move which can be likened to a response to the declaration by former President Olusegun Obasanjo that President Muhammadu Buhari had performed below expectation, the Presidency has launched a weekly television and radio programme. The programme is designed to exhibit the policies and programmes of the Buhari administration. The Deputy…
LAGOS JANUARY 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday thanked former President Olusegun Obasanjo for the scathing criticism of his administration, saying he had no reason to believe that there was any ulterior motive. The President also said his administration would “not go into a state of funk for whatever reason.” He said he believed that…
LAGOS JANUARY 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Group under the aegis of Indigenous People Of Biafra (IPOB) has supported the statement of former President Olusegun Obasanjo advising President Muhammadu Buhari not to contest in 2019. IPOB in a statement signed by IPOB Media and Publicity Secretary, Mr Emman Powerful said They supported Obasanjo for his timely intervention because at…
LAGOS JANUARY 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-THE All Progressives Congress ( APC) said it needed time to study the statement, saying it will only respond to the former President’s letter after carefully studying it. The Nation gathered that the content of the letter was discussed at a National Working Committee of the party which was ongoing at the…
LAGOS JANUARY 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Yesterday’s visit of All Progressive Comgress Leader, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu and Chief Bisi Akamde has no connection with the letter written by former President Olusegun Obasanjo to President Muhammadu. In Obasanjo’s letter, the former President had advised Buhari not contest the 2019 President election sighting health and inability to perform as…