It must have sounded like a wonderful idea to somebody: a two-time national leader writing a newspaper column. Chief Obasanjo, whose sense of shopping must be worse than his sense of grammar, bought the proposal.

full story in the link below at the line acrross

He's a good writer, i have read some of his books like "Not my will", "my command" "nzeogwu. hero or villain". he writes well though i may not be comfortable with his opinion but he write well.

He always finds something to keep himself busy.

to him there is never a dull moment

Why not?

He will soon be in a cage like his friend Hosni Mubarak.

newspump:

It must have sounded like a wonderful idea to somebody: a two-time national leader writing a newspaper column. Chief Obasanjo, whose sense of shopping must be worse than his sense of grammar, bought the proposal.

full story in the link below at the line acrross

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Really? And what exactly is wrong with that idea. It's seems this post is actuated by your dislike of the man. . .compounded by ignorance, rather than a clear enunciation of the merits and demerits of such an idea. Olusegun Obasanjo is actually a prolific writer.

[url=http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=ntt_at_ep_srch?_encoding=UTF8&sort=relevancerank&search-alias=books&field-author=Olusegun%20Obasanjo]List of his books on Amazon.com here[/url]

okada_man:

He will soon be in a cage like his friend Hosni Mubarak.

Hope he doesn't get fired! Congrat on his new job.

After looting and stealing all that you can, I'm sure someone like him will have nothing else to do with his life. From pastor to writer, useless man, why didn't you help the country when you were president maybe then ud have a real legacy --- blooody asss.swipp.e

obowunmi:

After looting and stealing all that you can, I'm sure someone like him will have nothing else to do with his life. From pastor to writer, useless man, why didn't you help the country when you were president maybe then ud have a real legacy --- blooody asss.swipp.e

dont mind d confused block head. . .

this will definately make him live longer. wish me the best.

Baba himself. no dulling

I hope the column will have room for responses cos many ppl will flood his e-mail box with responses. But if it's still the same baba he won't give an inch for dissent to his ideas

Obasanjo writes or pay people to write for him? That guy is too dull to be creative joooor!

Where is the link? I can't see any thing on him there.

We are expecting his own side of story on BPE.

i thought the man said he no dey read newspaper?

obj_

Nothing wrong in a 2-time president writing column for a newspaper. Kofi Annan also writes a syndicated column for a group of global newspapers, including Nigeria's Businessday.

And whoever says Obasanjo doesn't have a 'sense of grammar' doesnt know anything. You can accuse Obasanjo with anything but not bad grammar. He may not speak foone or queen's English, but you can hard fault his grammar.  Writing is even easier. And with a man that has seen it all as Obj, he will always have something to write on.

My only problem is if this is not a contradiction of his statement, in 2007 or so, that he doesnt read Naija newspapers.

juman:

Where is the link? I can't see any thing on him there.

We are expecting his own side of story on BPE.

Jimoh Ibrahim is his new employer and the tabloid is only two months old.
Link [url=http://visionitesmagazine.com/index.php/topic,978.new/boardseen.html#new]http://visionitesmagazine.com/index.php/topic,978.new/boardseen.html#new[/url]

drpanaba:

Jimoh Ibrahim is his new employer and the tabloid is only two months old.
Link [url=http://visionitesmagazine.com/index.php/topic,978.new/boardseen.html#new]http://visionitesmagazine.com/index.php/topic,978.new/boardseen.html#new[/url]

Ok bros. Thanks.

i fuggin hate this guy.

That man writes better and is more versed than most of these 'columnists' you see all over the place. For me, it would really be an honour and a pleasure to read him; hope I do.

aletheia:

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Really? And what exactly is wrong with that idea. It's seems this post is actuated by your dislike of the man. . .compounded by ignorance, rather than a clear enunciation of the merits and demerits of such an idea. Olusegun Obasanjo is actually a prolific writer.

[url=http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=ntt_at_ep_srch?_encoding=UTF8&sort=relevancerank&search-alias=books&field-author=Olusegun%20Obasanjo]List of his books on Amazon.com here[/url]

This guy has 42 books on amazon, you might hate him or like him, but you can't take the fact that he is a prolific writer from him. I'm sure he'll do a good job

newspump:

It must have sounded like a wonderful idea to somebody: a two-time national leader writing a newspaper column. Chief Obasanjo, whose sense of shopping must be worse than his sense of grammar, bought the proposal.

full story in the link below at the line acrross

@ OP you must be an ignorant boy to have described the former presiden those words,have you ever read any of his books or his "Global connection" column in the "Saturday Mirror",I suggest you do yourself a favour by reading any of his write-ups first,that way you wont look like an ignoramous next time you want to comment on OBJ's writing skills;which I dare say is wayyyyyyyyyy ahead of those of most of the regular newspaper columnnists and brown envelope journalists

Why I like Obasanjo is because the guy no dey dull sha, always find soemthing to do all the time

I have no problem with OBJ becoming a columnist but I dont expect him to write on Nigerian papers. If you can remember,this is a man that openly said that he doesn't read Nigerian papers.

Any body can be a columnist. So no big deal.

with his writing, what will he promote? pdp and backwardness. nigerians will not be fooled if in his books, he will preach what he does not practice.

That guy should be in HAGUE for war crimes and genocide of the Odi village

Senatorkolade:

I have no problem with OBJ becoming a columnist but I dont expect him to write on Nigerian papers. If you can remember,this is a man that openly said that he doesn't read Nigerian papers.

yeah,he made that comment sometime ago

jaytime:

Any body can be a columnist. So no big deal.

i agreeno big deal in becoming a columnist, but disagree anybody can.
To be a columnist in a national newspaper, apart from having good writing skills, you must be versed in both current affairs and history, as well as wide read, else your column will be shallow and amateurish. when you write a sentence, you have to be sure of your fact because millions of people will be reading it. If you're a young journalist, like under40, you have to do a lot of research on 100 years history. without all thse, you column will just come across as shallow.

this is why a person like obasanjo,not only an ancyclopedia of history but also a seen-it-all part of Nigeria's history, participant in many historical events like independence, biafra war, and military politicsfrom 60s to date, will make a good columnist if he can articulate his message well.