LAGOS JANUARY 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Ahead of the February 16 presidential election, former President Olusegun Obasanjo will in the coming days embark on foreign trips where he will market Atiku Abubakar, the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), to the international community on why he thinks he will make a good president of Nigeria if…
LAGOS JANUARY 22ND(NEWSRANGERS)-Olusegun Obasanjo who reacted to a statement about him being ‘sick’ by Buhari, slammed the Nigerian President again who according to him is sick in the spirit, body and soul. Obasanjo who stated that Buhari needs to rest and allow another person to take charge of the country in an interview with BBC…
LAGOS JANUARY 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-Mixed reactions has emerged from Nigeria political leaders and associations over former President Olusegun Obasanjo against President Buhari’s administration. Among those who reacted were the PAN Niger Delta Forum, PANDEF, Arewa Consultative Forum, ACF, Afenifere, Ohanaeze Ndigbo and some leading lights in politics and civil society. Buhari adopting Abacha strategy because he…
LAGOS JANUARY 22ND(NEWSRANGERS)-Olusegun Obasanjo, Former President, has attacked Ibrahim Idris, the immediate retired Inspector General of Police. Mr Obasanjo launching the attack said Mr Idris is known to rig election. The former president, however, thanked President Muhammadu Buhari for not extending the tenure of the former police boss. Mr Idris did not leave the force…
LAGOS JNAUARY 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-The sixteen-page letter the former President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, wrote to President Muhammadu Buhari and released this afternoon is the last push by desperate politicians who can’t handle the President politically and have resorted to subterfuge. Our first message to the former President is that he needs a good doctor for good…
LAGOS JANUARY 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-The media has just been furnished with a transcript from a Press Conference by Chief Olusegun Obasanjo in Abeokuta earlier yesterday accusing President Muhammadu Buhari of plotting to rig the 2019 General Elections. Read the Full Statement Below; I am concerned as a democrat who believes that with faithful and diligent practice…
LAGOS JANUARY 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Former president Olusegun Obasanjo says Nigeria is back to the Abacha era when state institutions were used to fight perceived enemies of the head of state. He was speaking on Sunday in his state of the nation address which he tagged “Points for Concern and Action”. Sani Abacha, a general, was the…
LAGOS JANUARY 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-As Nigerians prepare to vote in next month’s presidential election, a former president, Olusegun Obasanjo, has said his role would be that of a vigilant watchman, who would not hesitate to raise the alarm whenever there is any irregularities. Obasanjo said this, yesterday, in Abeokuta, while addressing a delegation of the Action…