The incoming civilian government under President Olusegun Obasanjo ordered all high-value contracts approved by Abacha to be investigated and any stolen funds to be repatriated to Nigeria (AC Vol 40 No 12 All hail to the chief)...
But his connections to the federal government weakened under the presidency of Olusegun Obasanjo...
The audit of the controversial August 2022 presidential elections and the scope of its mandate have been the most disputed topic facing the bipartisan National Dialogue Committee (NADCO) formed last year following intervention from United States Senator Chris Coons and former Nigerian president Olusegun Obasanjo (AC Vol 64 No 19 Cross-party talks open carrots provided)...
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- AFRICAN UNION
He formally declared his interest in the AUC job ahead of the African Union summit in February at a press conference alongside his friend Olusegun Obasanjo Nigeria's former president and has quickly secured the support of Kenya's political class (Dispatches 21/2/24 Raila Odinga's bid for AU chair wins consensus in Nairobi)...
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After Odinga declared his interest in the job as a press conference at his Nairobi home on 16 February in the presence of his friend Nigeria's former president Olusegun Obasanjo Kenya's political establishment has moved quickly to support him...
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TINUBU'S ECONOMIC TOP TABLE Following in the tradition of Presidents Olusegun Obasanjo and Muhammadu Buhari Bola Ahmed Tinubu is both Commander-in-Chief and Oil and Gas Minister...
Vol 64 No 24 |
- AFRICA
- FINANCE
It was the threat of sanctions by the FATF that persuaded President Olusegun Obasanjo's government two decades ago to set up the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) which has become far more politicised under subsequent presidencies...
In the best case he observes the two former Lagos State commissioners can work together as effectively as former finance minister Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala and former CBN governor Charles Soludo did during much of Olusegun Obasanjo's second (2004-07) presidential term...
He ran the privatisation of state assets under President Olusegun Obasanjo and then took on the federal capital ruthlessly demolishing structures listed as 'illegal'...
Jaal Maarroo insists the United States must be involved in this process while AU Horn of Africa envoy Olusegun Obasanjo may also play a role...
DISPATCHES
On 27 February former President Olusegun Obasanjo a keen supporter of Peter Obi said that INEC should not accept any results without digital verification as this would contravene electoral law...
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