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Wike opens up on why he met with Atiku, Obasanjo, Tinubu

Daily Dispatch August 26, 2022

Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, on Friday, said his team was more interested in a better Nigeria, and they are consulting widely with those who mean well for the country. Wike spoke when he interacted with journalists at the Port Harcourt International Airport, Omagwa in Ikwerre Local

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Obasanjo, Sultan advise NASS to revisit rejected gender bills

Daily Dispatch March 18, 2022

Former Nigeria’s President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo and the Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Muhammadu Sa’ad Abubakar has supported the ongoing call for the revisit of the gender bills rejected by the National Assembly. Speaking at the UN Women Officially Launch of New Women’s Political Participation project and Advocates for the Gender Bills in Abuja on Thursday […]

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Obasanjo, Sultan, other leaders converge on Abuja Thursday to meet minds on insecurity, socio-economic tensions

Daily Dispatch June 9, 2021

In the face of rising security complexities and socio-ecomic tensions, Nigeria’s former President, Olusegun Obasanjo has convened a national meeting to fashion out solutions to the myriad of problems confronting Nigeria. Obasanjo is leading to the meeting a former head of state, Gen. Abdulsalami Abubakar, Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar and Ex-Catholic archbishop

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Obasanjo, Sheikh Gumi urges FG to establish special court to try bandits, kidnappers

Daily Dispatch April 4, 2021

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo and popular Islamic scholar, Sheikh Abubakar Gumi, met on Sunday to discuss and propose possible solutions to the security challenges in Nigeria. The meeting, which held at the residence of the former president in Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital, was part of efforts to find solutions to the menace of banditry, […]

BUSINESS

Obasanjo, Yar’Adua, Jonathan paid N8.9trillion as petrol subsidy

Daily Dispatch September 22, 2020

The Petroleum Products Pricing Regulatory Agency (PPPRA) said the Federal Government under former presidents Olusegun Obasanjo, Umaru Yar’Adua and Goodluck Jonathan spent N8.94 trillion or $23.05 billion on petrol subsidy. The amount, calculated at current exchange rate, was spent between 2006 and 2015. The agency disclosed this in a document on subsidy payment released in