And this group of mostly young people will be connected with each other and the world through mobile devices. Chidi odinkalu and ayisha osori have published a book in nigeria that says obasanjo and his associates and supporters essentially stole. In the following quotes, nnamani said president george w. Obasanjo who spoke in abeokuta at 2017 international youth variety day and public presentation of volume one of olusegun obasanjos books for children said it was sad that the youths of nowadays. I saw the emergence of jonathan as an opportunity to solve the problem of minority agitation. My life with obasanjo, the 63yearold oluremi claims in the page book that the former president is a master in the art of deception, an exploiter, a violent and unrepentant wifebasher and lacking sexual discipline as he unrepentantly engaged in a string of affairs with single and married women she names several. But while mandelas incarceration ignited the comradeship spirit, obasanjo s detention poisoned his mind against the state he once loved so dearly, this is evident in the way by which both individuals governed their. Like mandela, obasanjo was imprisoned for political reasons in a similar accusation of planning to overthrow the government. Akinwunmi ambode, with asiwaju bola tinubu and ogun state governor, sen. My watch book launch with olusegun obasanjo youtube. Former president olusegun obasanjo says he has written 12 story books as part of efforts to preserve culture and prepare children for the future. Reflecting nigerias prominence and diverse involvement in subregional, pan.
Wole soyinka, the man buhari, you made me support in 2015 has failed and is borrowing money to fund nigerias budget. Buy nzeogwu by olusegun obasanjo from waterstones today. Former president olusegun obasanjo, in his recent controversial book, my watch, listed the names of his 21 children but he did not mention their mothers. I wish i had this handbook when i was president of malawi. Obasanjo is a former nigerian president who served nigeria under military regime from 1976 to 1979 and also as a civilian head of state from 1999 to 2007. Atiku is a shameless liar, obasanjo says in new book. Archive staff are available to answer any general research questions or questions about the librarys archival holdings. Obasanjo rescued nigeria, moved to ensure that nigerias debts he inherited were cleared. My watch spans large expanses of time, from the precolonial owu history, to early abeokuta and the last throes of an independent city state at turnofthecentury colonial nigeria, to the early life of its author, his civil war experience, his stewardship of the transitional government of 19761979, the interregnum, his second appearance on. Olusegun obasanjo has 26 books on goodreads with 8148 ratings. Obasanjo also saved harsh remarks for nasir elrufai, the fct minister during his administration, and bola tinubu, a former lagos state governor and a leader of the apc. Properly harnessed and planned for, this is a tremendously positive force for change. Matthew olusegun aremu obasanjo was born in the village of ibogunolaogun in southwest nigeria. Nov 3rd, 20 olusegun obasanjo to publish new book, vows to reply atiku\s political claim exnigeria\s president olusegun obasanjo on saturday said he would respond to the claims made by his erstwhile deputy, former vicepresident atiku abubakar, on their political relationship, in his soontobe published book.
Olusegun obasanjo biography childhood, life achievements. The name olusegun obasanjo is not strange to anybody around the world. Punch metro reports that obasanjo, who received a doctor of philosophy in christian theology at the noun in january 2018 and was the first phd holder from the institution, was conducted round. Ibikunle amosun during the grand opening of the olusegun obasanjo presidential library at oke. Obasanjo said this on tuesday while speaking at an. Japheth omojuwa born japheth joshua omojuwa on 3 october 1984 is a nigerian blogger, public speaker, socioeconomic, political commentator and social media expert.
Olusegun obasanjos most popular book is my watch volume 2. Wole soyinka, has attacked former president olusegun obasanjo in his new book. Olusegun obasanjo is the author of my watch volume 2 3. 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. This page provides contact information for the olusegun obasanjo presidential library. He served as nigerias military ruler 197679 and, as a civilian, as president 19992007 obasanjo attended baptist boys high school in abeokuta, in southwest nigeria, and later. Boasts of 15 million documents, two million books, 4,000 artifacts nigeria made history, yesterday, with the commissioning of the first presidential library in the african continent. Nigerian president olusegun obasanjo and other african leaders have come together as a united force to educate africans about the danger of covid 19 pandemic. Quis custodiet ipsos custodes ganis unfinished business. Would obj expunge delete this from his book my watch obasanjo on atiku. The president of nigeria, elected in 1999, gives a detailed account of his friend and colleague chukwuma nzeogwu, a young army officer who led the shocking and first military coup detat of 1966, which toppled the civilian government and heralded thirteen years of military dictatorship until the elections of 1998.
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. Discover book depositorys huge selection of olusegun obasanjo books online. Olusegun obasanjo net worth before we continue with his net worth, let us take a look at his biography first. I travelled to india to search for my exact age obasanjo. Books by olusegun obasanjo author of my watch volume 2. Transparency international elated over release of the chairman of its advisory council. Obasanjo trad als staatshoofd terug en shagari werd president. What obasanjo said about atiku in his book, my watch. Former president olusegun obasanjo launched his autobiography my watch with the royal african society on wednesday 11 february 2015. Bush warned obasanjo to desist from his plan to contest presidential election for the third term. Chief olusegun matthew okikiola aremu obasanjo, gcfr, is a nigerian military and political leader. A guide by elnathan john this is satire at its best. Our member and former president of nigeria, olusegun obasanjo, publishes a book about africa, its challenges and opportunities as a rapidly growing and.
Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Yesterday, nigerias military government ordered the immediate release of general olusegun obasanjo, the chairman of tis advisory council, and eight other prominent. And here was where atiku abubakar, my vicepresident,first showed his hand and his character. The book was released to the public on tuesday by bookcraft and formed the text of soyinkas speech at the 10th memorial lecture of the late chief gani fawehinmi.
He served as the army general of nigeria and as a military ruler remained the head of state from february 1976 to october 1979. By then more than half of africans will be living in cities. If you want to be convinced that the man is only telling a lie, pick up a copy of the book. Olusegun obasanjo, born march 5, 1937, abeokuta, nigeria, nigerian general, statesman, and diplomat, who was the first military ruler in africa to hand over power to a civilian government. Oluremi obasanjo, who is the mother of his oldest children, the most wellknown of them being dr. Former president of nigeria, olusegun obasanjo today launched a book tittled my watch containing several national issues both past and present.
By the constitution, i had to inaugurate or prorogue the national assembly on june 4, 1999. The museum and library is the centrepiece of the library complex. In 1983 pleegden militairen een staatsgreep en ze zetten shagari af. 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. Olusegun obasanjo s most popular book is my watch volume 2. Obasanjos ebook my watch now available politics nigeria. Not my will paperback january 1, 1990 by olusegun obasanjo author. Afonja, becoming nigerian the top nigerian books of. Encomium weekly can, however, reveal the mothers of these children and other women that had dalliances with the twotime president of the country. News about olusegun obasanjo, including commentary and archival articles published in the new york times. Obasanjo presidential library, first in africa commissioned. Latest news about obasanjo in nigeria today 8th may 2020. Obasanjos ebook my watch now available by captainkool15m.
Nnamdi s story is the typical start from ground up nigerian business story. Iyabo obasanjobello, a former senator of ogun state. Olusegun obasanjo is freed from prison transparency. Olusegun obasanjo biography, children, net worth, house, age. Founded in 1997, has become a leading book price comparison site.
Wole soyinka, has slammed former president olusegun obasanjo in his struggle to protect nigerias democracy, saying he is objectively unfitted for the role. Joined the army and received training in nigeria and abroad. Obasanjo in the book is quoted as saying that following umaru yaraduas death in 2010, he endorsed jonathan for the 2011 presidential election principally to solve the problems of minority agitation in nigeria. The complex is made up of two striking buildings, the arrival pavilion, designed and built by nigerian contractors, and the museum building itself, a white magnificent edifice that faces north, the gleaming steel and concrete structure housing exhibits that illustrate the life and times of olusegun obasanjo. Assistant professor of kinesiology and health sciences iyabo obasanjos book, african presidents daughter, details her experiences and offers.
What i did not know, which came out glaringly later, was his parental background which was somewhat shadowy, his propensity to corruption, his tendency to disloyalty, his inability to say and stick to the truth all the time,a propensity for poor judgment, his belief and reliance on marabouts, his lack of transparency. Obasanjo disclosed this in his autobiography, my watch, which was released on december 8. The editor of this volume has compiled transcriptions of the nigerian presidents key speeches delivered between may 2000 and may 2001. It will double its population to two billion by 2045.
There is a flurry of activities at the olusegun obasanjo presidential library oopl, abeokuta, ogun state. Obasanjo s my watch now available for download on okada books in april of 2015, a federal capital territory high court ordered the release of former president obasanjo s book. The most important officer in the national assembly is the senate president and that office had been zoned to the southeast. Obasanjos my watch now available for download on okada. Egite oyovbaire, 1 book isaac sagay, 1 book hans d orville, 1 book ade olomola, 1 book elkanah omioye ajewole, 1 book meto, edgar onwuamaegbu, 1 book leslie derfler, 1 book john iliffe, 1 book onukaba adinoyiojo, 1 book ebenezer babatope, 1 book tunde olusunle, 1. With that high court ruling, you and all nigerians can now read all 3 volumes of the controversial book on your mobile phone or tablet at. Meanwhile, obasanjo has been appointed as a parttime academic coordinator at the national open university of nigeria, abeokuta study centre, ogun state.
Subsaharan africa faces three big interrelated challenges over the next generation. It not only offers convincing arguments on what to do. Obasanjo to publish new book, vows to reply atikus. Friends, families and well wishers of mrs oluremi obasanjo, first wife of former president olusegun obasanjo, gathered yesterday in lagos to launch the. Olusegun obasanjo is a former president of nigeria who held the position from 1999 to 2007.
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