Today Ibori is one of many Abacha-era fixers to resurface on the political stage in Abuja after Bola Ahmed Tinubu took over the Presidency last May...

Once convicted in Geneva for laundering money stolen by military leader Sani Abacha and in the United States for illegal political contributions these days Chagoury is feted by France's President Emmanuel Macron and ex-US President Bill Clinton and most of all by Nigeria's Bola Ahmed Tinubu as a philanthropist (AC Vol 65 No 13 Tinubu summons the ghosts of Abacha's kleptocracy)...

' TINUBU'S FRENCH CONNECTION President Bola Ahmed Tinubu's relationship with Gilbert Chagoury started on a chilly note after the demise of General Sani Abacha in June 1998...

But the victory of his friend and business partner Bola Ahmed Tinubu in last year's presidential elections brought him back centre stage...

Double-edgedBut it also poses awkward questions for establishment leaders such as Alassane Ouattara in Côte d'Ivoire or Nigeria's Bola Ahmed Tinubu – both of whom saw their election victories in 2020 and 2023 mired in controversy...

Having served as political chief in the US Embassy in Abuja FitzGibbon had strong relations with President Bola Tinubu's government there...

The cost-of-living crisis is becoming the most serious political challenge facing President Bola Ahmed Tinubu's government a year after it was elected...

Opposition battles its internal demons In 2012 Bola Tinubu helped to lead a national coalition of opposition parties and radical activists to galvanise Nigerians into nationwide protests after President Goodluck Jonathan removed the petrol subsidy...

4% President Bola Ahmed Tinubu's espousal of free market economics – ending the $10bn a year fuel subsidies and letting the naira float – faces its sternest test...

' The man who holds his post today Bola Ahmed Tinubu was no less blunt admitting the need for a rethink of strategy: 'We must re-examine our current approach to the quest for constitutional order in four of our Member States...