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Nigeria

General Olusegun Aremu Okikiola Matthew Obasanjo

Date of Birth: 5 March 1937
Place of Birth: Ogun State


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Oil and oligarchs

NIGERIA: There is hot speculation about whether President Olusegun Obasanjo wants to amend the constitution and secure a third term which according to some elder statesmen could damage his reputation and Nigeria's stability...


Voters' voices

Khartoum hopes to play host to this month's African Union summit although AU Chairman Alpha Oumar Konaré Chadian President Idris Déby and Nigeria's President Olusegun Obasanjo would prefer it to be elsewhere...


Political petroleum Inc.

Formerly known as Ocean & Oil Oando has been one of the fastest growing companies under President Olusegun Obasanjo's rule...


Bye bye Bayelsa

The first stage of President Olusegun Obasanjo's operation 'Restore Hope' against Bayelsa State Governor Diepreye Alamieyeseigha is over with the impeaching of the beleaguered Governor by the State's House of Assembly on 9 December...


Tummy tuck, bellyache

He had been told to report to the British police under strict bail conditions (AC Vol 46 No 21) and President Olusegun Obasanjo is said to have complained to Prime Minister Tony Blair about his escape...


Madam President

Her career has earned her many Western friends and her appearance at the funeral of Nigeria's First Lady Stella Obasanjo won her a private audience with President Olusegun Obasanjo...


Ten years after

We hear that President Olusegun Obasanjo has told his party ally Rivers State Governor Peter Odili to get a grip on crime and dissent or suffer the political consequences...


Abacha's verdict

' Two months earlier the then military ruler Sani Abacha had shown some leniency to a group of alleged coup plotters including the current head of state Olusegun Obasanjo...


No truce yet

Hopes of a ceasefire or even a deal between President Olusegun Obasanjo and Vice-President Atiku Abubakar have evaporated despite high level attempts at reconciliation (AC Vol 46 No 18)...


No polls, no peace

Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo as African Union Chairman had asked South African President Thabo Mbeki to take on the mediation hoping to benefit from South Africa's moral authority and geographical distance...


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