Browse the amazon editors picks for the best books of 2019, featuring our. He was reported to have said that his mission was to restore nigeria and defeat separatism. Those behind buhari death rumour are abnormal obasanjo. I dey kampe, meaning i am alive and well, said obasanjo jocularly in pidgin english in a telephone interview. Muhammadu buhari looks like a skeleton, olusegun obasanjo wants to go to heaven and many nigerians are insane by ij onuigbo stop all the charade people. Abeokuta former president olusegun obasanjo, monday, refuted the rumour that he had been shot dead by assassins. He toured every part of the front, and was wounded while doing so. Obasanjo was just second to gods at the timewho dare challenged his choice of who succeeded him. No, obasanjo didnt say trump knows nigerian president buhari is. Dec 09, 2014 former president of nigeria, olusegun obasanjo today launched a book tittled my watch containing several national issues both past and present. He received his medical degree from university of ibadan and has been in practice for more than 20 years. President olusegun obasanjo and his love letter to buhari by. In 1999, olusegun obasanjo became president of the federal republic of nigeria.
Former president olusegun obasanjo says he has written 12 story books as part of efforts to preserve culture and prepare children for the future. Moji obasanjo steps out with new husband encomium magazine. Jul 04, 2018 he added, i dare obasanjo to meet me oneonone on any podium to present the facts of that stewardship to the nigerian people just how did you, in eight years, rise to the challenges of. Gbenga obasanjo vs moji obasanjo let me start by saying rip to hollywood actor and brokeback mountain star, heath ledger,who was found dead in his apartment yesterday january 22nd 2008 by his housekeeper. Nairaland forum nairaland general politics obasanjos ebook my watch now available 11993 views buhari with itagiwa. While in prison, obasanjo became a bornagain christian. To this gbenga was said to have answered yes, again. Olugbenga obasanjo archive read alumni profiles share. President olusegun obasanjo of nigeria was our guest in a special edition of talking point, the bbc s interactive phonein programme. Olusegun obasanjo s most popular book is my watch volume 2. Obasanjo said this on tuesday while speaking at an. Buhari wants to hang a crime on me and detain me indefinitely, says obasanjo the content of the alleged beastly designs, it was learnt are twofold for now. Matthew olusegun aremu obasanjo was born in the village of ibogunolaogun in southwest nigeria. Olusegun obasanjo biography childhood, life achievements.
Olusegun obasanjo was nigerias military head of state 19769 and president 19992007. In 1995, obasanjo was imprisoned on fabricated charges of plotting a coup to depose general sani abacha. He added, i dare obasanjo to meet me oneonone on any podium to present the facts of that stewardship to the nigerian people just how did you, in eight years, rise to the challenges of. Olusegun obasanjo biography, children, net worth, house, age. He won the election and was swornin as president of the federal republic of nigerian on may 29 1999. The illfated plane that crashed at the domestic wing of ikeja lagos airport on thursday brought confusion to the people of abeokuta following the rumour that obasanjo has lost his son, gbenga obasanjo. Olusegun obasanjo writes yet another letter the other news. Gbenga obasanjos kids cry to see daddy the eagle online. He knew very well that late yaradua was not too strong to shoulder the burdens of presidency of. President obasanjo made history in 1979, when he became the first african military leader to hand over power to civilian rule. Apr 30, 2008 however, the scandals only increased once obasanjo left office and became the first nigerian president to hand power to a another nonmilitary president. Adekunleobasanjo died on thursday, june 4, 2009 at her daughteradetokunbo s. Ive written 12 books that can prepare children for.
The bicycle is a replica of what chief olusegun obasanjo used to navigate his ota farm when he left government in 1979, while he used the volkswagen car to travel round the country during the war. He served as the army general of nigeria and as a military ruler remained the head of state from february 1976 to october 1979. He retired as professor of african history at cambridge in 2006 and has. He chose obasanjo, despite the latters lack of combat experience. Similarly, nigerians must remember that it is never too. Muhammadu buhari looks like a skeleton, olusegun obasanjo.
Bbc news talking point president olusegun obasanjo. Alfred nobel created one of the most dangerous substances known to man, dynamite, and he is now fondly remembered as the dead swede that led to the creation of the nobel prizes of which our very own wole soyinka was a recipient. Expresident olusegun obasanjo denies sons death during ikeja lagos plane crash. Gbenga obasanjo vs moji obasanjo linda ikejis blog. Olusegun obasanjo, nigerian general, statesman, and diplomat, who was the first military ruler in africa to hand over power to a civilian government. Read all the latest news, breaking stories, top headlines, opinion, pictures and videos about obasanjo from nigeria and the world on today. He promised us good life and eventually empowered his people to overrun nigeria. He is not only a politician but a shrewd businessman and an imposing public figure. America knows and theyre coming and those who are running this present. May 10, 2018 later, some of the governors former aides documented his atrocities, asserting that he had killed a number of people. Wole soyinka, the man buhari, you made me support in 2015 has failed and is borrowing money to fund nigerias budget. He is still alive in abuja gbenga obasanjo is not dead.
Aug 18, 2017 muhammadu buhari looks like a skeleton, olusegun obasanjo wants to go to heaven and many nigerians are insane by ij onuigbo stop all the charade people. His career is made the focus for a history of nigerias first fifty years of independence 19602010 and of african continental affairs during the same period obasanjo having been an active opponent of apartheid and an architect of the african union. It takes a lot of courage and trust to look past what you have been through, and trust someone new not to put you through it again trevon johnson for gbenga obasanjo there is no disputing this statement. Subsaharan africa faces three big interrelated challenges over the next generation. Books by olusegun obasanjo author of my watch volume 2. He stepped down from the presidency in 2007 at the end of his second term and returned to his farm. Adekunleobasanjo died on thursday, june 4, 2009 at her daughteradetokunbos. Like him or hate him, olusegun obasanjo is an enigma. Gbenga with sister oct 4, 20 obasanjos son wasnt killed in ikeja lagos plane crash, gbenga obasanjo not dead. Obasanjo the man that troubleth nigeria vanguard news. The author, one of africas most esteemed statesmen, has also been a prolific author of books over the decades, to boot. There, he was posted to kaduna as an infantry subaltern with the fifth battalion.
That is the new development emanating from gbenga obasanjos household. Among the igbos of nigeria, it is often said that talking about the dead is a risky. Nigerian legacy of obasanjo wednesday, april 30, 2008. This was his first book, and from the initial publication, has remained very controversial. Obasanjo served until october 1, 1979, when he handed power to shehu. Reading a work by baba obasanjo often reminds one of a. Inspire a love of reading with prime book box for kids discover delightful childrens books with prime book box, a subscription that delivers new books every 1, 2, or 3 months new customers receive 15% off your first box. In the book, atiku abubakar, the story of my life, sunday vanguard discovered that atiku had, indeed, gone to the same otta for avuncular consultation with obj,as obasanjo is fondly called. My public health rotation was the only one i didnt just enjoy, i was very good at it. His later passport gave his date of birth as 5 march 1937, although this was an estimate, and there are no records of obasanjos birthdate from the time itself. Expresident olusegun obasanjo denies sons death during ikeja lagos plane crash the illfated plane that crashed at the domestic wing of ikeja lagos airport on thursday brought confusion to the people of abeokuta.
Says, 2017 budget will not be padded under my watch obasanjos book my watch adapted to nollywood moviephoto obasanjos book my watch about atiku 1. Olujonwon in a statement made available to journalists in abeokuta yesterday wondered why his mother is always on the look out for him. But she never lost her focus on improving health care for women and children, and in 2007 obasanjo was elected a senator. In what is turning out to be a season of open letters, daughter of former president olusegun obasanjo, iyabo, has ruled out further communication with. It will double its population to two billion by 2045. Olusegun obasanjo the former president of nigeria, club madrid. President olusegun obasanjo and his love letter to buhari. Forget about new roads or school books or medicine. He contended that since the content of the letter is the subject matter of the libel suit his client filed against obasanjo, which is still pending before the high court, it would be wrong for the expresident to be allowed to proceed to comment on, write books about or make publications on the issue yet to be decided by the court. Finally obasanjo reportedly asked gbenga if he did not also tell him that otunba alex onabanjo regularly pimped his daughter, mojisola for some circle of friends and associates to which gbenga purportedly said yes again. Former president of nigeria, olusegun obasanjo today launched a book tittled my watch containing several national issues both past and present.
The editor of this volume has compiled transcriptions of the nigerian presidents key speeches delivered between may 2000 and may 2001. Obasanjos ebook my watch now available politics nigeria. How obasanjo received news of rumoured death of son, gbenga, in lagos plane crash. In doing so, obasanjo became nigerias first military ruler to hand over power to a. President olusegun obasanjo and his love letter to buhari by fanikayode. He is currently the chief promoter of the olusegun obasanjo presidential library. He immediately asked to see the leader of the security team, a colonel, and ordered him, in no. He was born to the owu branch of the yoruba people. He spent his first six weeks repelling a biafran attack on aba. Thereafter, the ageing farmer was said to have asked for relieve of the.
Dec 18, 20 in what is turning out to be a season of open letters, daughter of former president olusegun obasanjo, iyabo, has ruled out further communication with her father till death, describing him as a. The name olusegun obasanjo is not strange to anybody around the world. Olusegun obasanjo is a former president of nigeria who held the position from 1999 to 2007. Ever since doing his rotations in medical school, olugbenga obasanjo knew he would devote his life and career to public health. Obasanjo himself claimed to have found god while in prison, which gave him the strength to run for the country again. Olusegun obasanjo at 80 african icon, global treasure. Reflecting nigerias prominence and diverse involvement in subregional, panafrican, and global affairs. In nigeria, obasanjo is a household name, a civil war hero, an administrator, a successful farmer, the first military head of state to have organized an election and handed over successfully to a civilian government, a nationbuilder who initiated most of nigerias national heritage and a builder of men who introduced. A book on obasanjo is always controversial and volatile and after my encounter with him in harare, i have always known him to be a temperamental person because if he had a gun that. This is the third in the series of papers on the legitimacy crisis facing president obasanjo in the face of the decision of the northern political leaders to withdraw the support of the north from the president. Inside olusegun obasanjo presidential library the guardian.
Moji obasanjo steps out with new husband posted on january 7, 2015 by encomium gbenga obasanjos exwife, mojisola, has obviously put all the shame thrown her way by the monumental sex scandal that preceded the dissolution of her six year marriage to the son of. Obasanjo is an infectious disease specialist in manassas, virginia. It is definitely true of him that the quality of a president is known by the kind of books he reads and the type of people he. He still serves the international community in several capacities. Generations will look at obasanjo library and say this is. She was also an exwife 19911998 of former president olusegun obasanjo. Olusegun obasanjos most popular book is my watch volume 2. As he surveys the state of his country in the aftermath of his election victory on. He is the second president of the federal republic of nigeria.
Without obasanjos wholesale and comprehensive endorsement buhari would have failed woefully at the polls three years ago. Inspire a love of reading with prime book box for kids discover delightful childrens books with prime book box, a subscription that delivers new books every 1. Feb 08, 2018 feb 8, 2018 missing obasanjos son to mother my siblings know my whereabouts, count me out of your life the son of expresident olusegun obasanjo, olujonwon who was reported missing by his mother over the weekend has resurfaced. This post is a simple one about the most successful politician in nigeria chief olusegun obasanjo. There are some sixty speeches from a variety of political and state occasions, international summits and conferences, official openings and inaugurations. Missing obasanjos son, olujowon obasanjo found see what he. He allegedly died after battling with a chronic ailment. Olusegun obasanjo is the former president of nigeria 19761979 and. Obasanjo said that he was so alarmed that he called the police chief to the state house and warned him about the indicting reports. Missing obasanjos son, olujowon obasanjo found see what. While that is the most dramatic episode recounted in obasanjos memoir, african presidents daughter, detailing murderous political skullduggery was hardly the reason for obasanjos book. Olusegun obasanjo speaks at book presentation on president. He served as nigerias military ruler 197679 and, as a civilian, as president 19992007.
Jan 31, 2018 obasanjo the man that troubleth nigeria. Gbenga obasanjo vs moji obasanjo let me start by saying rip to hollywood actor and brokeback mountain star, heath ledger,who was found dead in his apartment yesterday january 22nd. Former president olusegun obasanjo has described the people behind the death rumour of president muhammed buhari as abnormal human beings. Olusegun obasanjo has 26 books on goodreads with 8023 ratings. Olusegun obasanjo writes yet another letter the other. Many will still remember the drama that unfolded between heir apparent to expresident olusegun obasanjo, gbenga, and his estranged wife, moji obasanjo. Chief olusegun matthew aremu obasanjo was born on march 5, 1937 at abeokuta, ogun state, nigeria. Feb 8, 2018 missing obasanjos son to mother my siblings know my whereabouts, count me out of your life the son of expresident olusegun obasanjo, olujonwon who was reported missing by his mother over the weekend has resurfaced. Expresident olusegun obasanjo denies sons death during ikeja lagos plane crash the illfated plane that crashed at the domestic wing of ikeja lagos airport on thursday brought confusion to the people of abeokuta following. Olugbenga obasanjo r e chaisson incomplete or incorrect antibiotic therapy, especially in the initial phase of antituberculosis antitb treatment, is a major cause of acquired drug resistance. Oct 04, 20 gbenga with sister oct 4, 20 obasanjos son wasnt killed in ikeja lagos plane crash, gbenga obasanjo not dead. His later passport gave his date of birth as 5 march 1937, although this was an estimate, and there are no records of obasanjo s birthdate from the time itself. Obasanjo won presidential elections on 27 february with 62 percent of. Obasanjo rescued nigeria, moved to ensure that nigerias debts he inherited were cleared.
Obj is a yoruba man whos been married four times but presently has no wife. According to reports, veteran yoruba film maker and actor, gbenga ajumoko is dead. Jide,hole number 1 if the doctor of death and the army officer could subdue major akinyemi, yaradua and who ever to inflict the virus on them, would your poported advise to obj had stopped them from subduing obj to inflict him too. Obasanjo news latest breaking stories and top headlines. Few can dispute the fact that president olusegun obasanjo, the ebora owu, was one of those that brought president muhammadu buhari to power in 2015. Gbenga obasanjo, exwife in another tussle over children.
Obasanjo news latest breaking stories and top headlines today. The man who made news when he parted way with his wife, moji following. Obasanjo arrived at port harcourt to take up the new position on 16 may 1969. Recall that last year, gbenga ajumoko was reported to be critically down with a chronic ailment. Last june, as they braced themselves for the generals wrath, abacha died whether. In the first paper i discussed the hold of the north on the president before he became the nominee of the pdp and eventually the president in 1999. He immediately asked to see the leader of the security team, a colonel, and ordered him, in. He was released only after abachas sudden death on 8 june 1998.