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Former president olusegun obasanjo launched his autobiography my watch with the royal african society on wednesday 11 february 2015. 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. 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. A guide by elnathan john this is satire at its best. There are some sixty speeches from a variety of political and state occasions, international summits and conferences, official openings and inaugurations. By the constitution, i had to inaugurate or prorogue the national assembly on june 4, 1999. In the following quotes, nnamani said president george w. Transparency international elated over release of the chairman of its advisory council. Friends, families and well wishers of mrs oluremi obasanjo, first wife of former president olusegun obasanjo, gathered yesterday in lagos to launch the. 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. 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. It will double its population to two billion by 2045. Obasanjo presidential library, first in africa commissioned.
Akinwunmi ambode, with asiwaju bola tinubu and ogun state governor, sen. Latest news about obasanjo in nigeria today 8th may 2020. 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. I saw the emergence of jonathan as an opportunity to solve the problem of minority agitation. Chief olusegun matthew okikiola aremu obasanjo, gcfr, is a nigerian military and political leader. 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. 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. Japheth omojuwa born japheth joshua omojuwa on 3 october 1984 is a nigerian blogger, public speaker, socioeconomic, political commentator and social media expert. A columnist with the punch newspaper, leadership newspaper and, omojuwa. The museum and library is the centrepiece of the library complex. Former president olusegun obasanjo says he has written 12 story books as part of efforts to preserve culture and prepare children for the future. Archive staff are available to answer any general research questions or questions about the librarys archival holdings. 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. Books by olusegun obasanjo author of my watch volume 2.
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. 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. 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. 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. Discover book depositorys huge selection of olusegun obasanjo books online.
Joined the army and received training in nigeria and abroad. Obasanjo said this on tuesday while speaking at an. 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. Former president of nigeria, olusegun obasanjo today launched a book tittled my watch containing several national issues both past and present. The late first lady died on october 23, 2005, following a botched tummy tuck. Wole soyinka, has attacked former president olusegun obasanjo in his new book. Oluremi obasanjo, who is the mother of his oldest children, the most wellknown of them being dr. My watch book launch with olusegun obasanjo youtube. Meanwhile, obasanjo has been appointed as a parttime academic coordinator at the national open university of nigeria, abeokuta study centre, ogun state. 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. Reflecting nigerias prominence and diverse involvement in subregional, pan. 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. In 1983 pleegden militairen een staatsgreep en ze zetten shagari af.
And here was where atiku abubakar, my vicepresident,first showed his hand and his character. Olusegun obasanjo s most popular book is my watch volume 2. Olusegun obasanjo is a former president of nigeria who held the position from 1999 to 2007. Olusegun obasanjo has 26 books on goodreads with 8148 ratings. 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. Atiku is a shameless liar, obasanjo says in new book. Would obj expunge delete this from his book my watch obasanjo on atiku.
This page provides contact information for the olusegun obasanjo presidential library. 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. Olusegun obasanjo biography, children, net worth, house, age. Founded in 1997, has become a leading book price comparison site. Obasanjos ebook my watch now available politics nigeria. Assistant professor of kinesiology and health sciences iyabo obasanjos book, african presidents daughter, details her experiences and offers.
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