Shedding Light on Obasanjo's U.S.$16 Billion Power Projects
Nigeria's former president Olusegun Obasanjo may be in for serious trouble as the government plans a fresh probe of how U.S.$16 billion earmarked for power projects during his administration was spent, following a challenge from President Muhammadu Buhari, to show Nigerians how the funds were allocated.
Former president Olusegun Obasanjo.
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Nigeria:
Buhari Vs Obasanjo - AFRICMIL Calls for Full Probe of Past Nigerian Leaders
Premium Times, 23 May 2018
A civil society organisation, the African Centre for Media and Information Literacy (AFRICMIL), has called for a "full scale and wide-ranging investigations" into the… Read more »
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Nigeria:
Presidential War - After $16bn, Where's Power? Buhari to Obasanjo
Vanguard, 23 May 2018
President Muhammadu Buhari, yesterday, made a direct rebuttal of Chief Olusegun Obasanjo's summation of his administration as a disaster as he lampooned the former president of… Read more »
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Nigeria:
Buhari-Obasanjo Faceoff - Crossfire, As Supporters Bombard Each Other
Vanguard, 24 May 2018
Strong evocations of political indiscretion overflowed yesterday as supporters of President Muhammadu Buhari and former president, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo took positions against… Read more »
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Nigeria:
Fayose Mocks Buhari, Obasanjo Over $16 Billion Power Project
Guardian, 24 May 2018
Ekiti State Governor Ayodele Fayose yesterday mocked President Muhammadu Buhari and former President Olusegun Obasanjo over their latest verbal exchanges over the $16 billion… Read more »
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Nigeria:
Trouble for Obasanjo As Govt Revisits Power Project
Leadership, 23 May 2018
There are indications that former President Olusegun Obasanjo may be in for serious trouble, as the federal government plans to begin a fresh probe of how $16billion earmarked for… Read more »
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Nigeria:
Obasanjo, Jonathan Should Account for Power Projects - SERAP
Guardian, 23 May 2018
The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP), has called for a further probe of the alleged mismanagement of 16 billion dollars power projects between 1999 and… Read more »
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Nigeria:
U.S.$16 Billion Power Projects - Serap Asks Buhari to Refer OBJ, Jonathan to EFCC, ICPC
Premium Times, 23 May 2018
The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project, (SERAP) has urged President Muhammadu Buhari to "urgently refer the allegations of mismanagement of $16 billion power projects… Read more »
InFocus
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Former president Olusegun Obasanjo has responded to the suggestion by President Muhammadu Buhari that the administration which Obasanjo led between 1999 and 2007 wasted U.S.$16 ... Read more »