Gen Olusegun Obasanjo's military regime in the 1970s introduced fuel subsidies as global oil prices rose...

Blinken has endorsed the African Union's efforts and the role of Olusegun Obasanjo the AU Special Envoy...

For now the onus is on a few individuals such as Nigeria's former President Olusegun Obasanjo who as the AU's Special Envoy was cleared by Addis to fly to the Tigrayan capital of Mekelle to meet TPLF President Debretsion Gebremichael on 7 November...

There are reports that Abiy told Kiir that he agreed to the suggestion during Kiir's visit to Addis Ababa but this looks doubtful in view of the constraints Addis is imposing on Nigerian ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo's better-known African Union-backed mediation mission (AC Vol 62 No 18 Lies damned lies and statistics)...

International organisations are backing the mission of the African Union's new special envoy to the Horn Nigeria's former President Olusegun Obasanjo who is expected to get mediation under way...

United States President Joe Biden is ready to impose sanctions on federal Amhara Tigray and Eritrean commanders if fighting does not cease and humanitarian aid is not allowed to reach affected populations (AC Dispatches 7/9/21 Nigeria's Olusegun Obasanjo takes on mediating role in war as brickbats fly on both sides)...

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo is a fan of Adesina's as are a few other former generals...

In the early 2000s vice-president Yemi Osinbajo played a pivotal role as Lagos attorney general in securing a legal victory for the state over the Olusegun Obasanjo presidency to have more autonomy over allocations to local councils...

The African Union's appointment of Nigeria's former President Olusegun Obasanjo has been greeted with scepticism by both sides but more so from Tigray (AC Dispatches 7/9/21 Nigeria's Olusegun Obasanjo takes on mediating role in war as brickbats fly on both sides)...