General Abdulsalami Abubakar

If General Abdulsalami Abubakar's government cannot sort out the oil business its brokering of a political transition may not amount to much...

Abdulsalami Abubakar to provide a contingent of troops...

Since Annan's trip to Abuja in late June alongside Commonwealth Secretary General Emeka Anyaoku he has kept in close touch with Nigeria's new military leader General Abdulsalami Abubakar...

Abdulsalami Abubakar Obasanjo epitomises Nigerian soldiering: an officer and a gentleman who acquitted himself with courage and honour during the civil war...

The surprise was the choice of the next Chairman: Togo's ‘dinosaur' President Gnassingbé Eyadéma takes over from a thankful General Abdulsalami Abubakar who has plenty to occupy him in Nigeria...

Abdulsalami Abubakar’s new regime (AC Vol 39 No 18) has revoked that licence which is now up for grabs...

Astutely General Abdulsalami Abubakar (AC Vol 39 No 18) had sent a delegation led by Finance Minister Ismaila Usman and soon-to-retire Central Bank Governor Paul Ogwuma in a hail of reform-minded policy promises...

If General Abdulsalami Abubakar's government keeps its economic as well as its political promises Nigeria could pick up some funds fleeing from east Asia and eastern Europe...

Both are dominated by figures from the country's political past eager to seize General Abdulsalami Abubakar's offer of an unimpeded transition to civil rule by 29 May 1999...

Abdulsalami Abubakar on 7 September at the Nigerian Presidency's first international press conference for more than four years...