General Olusegun Aremu Okikiola Matthew Obasanjo

Ruto and Odinga have campaigned vigorously for the post starting with a launch event last August attended by four East African presidents and Nigeria's former president Olusegun Obasanjo (AC Vol 65 No 18)...

The eco-system of organisations set up by South Africa's Thabo Mbeki Nigeria's Olusegun Obasanjo and Algeria's Abdelaziz Bouteflika in 2002 has fallen into disrepair...

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo who supported Obi in the last election and remains a staunch critics of the Tinubu administration has also been meeting with some opposition figures including Kwankwaso...

It also painted the backdrop for President Bola Tinubu's state visit to Paris on 28-29 November the first by a Nigerian head of state since Olusegun Obasanjo's trip in 2000...

The key arguments about admission have changed greatly since 2002 when it was the fellow African leaders including President Thabo Mbeki of South Africa and President Olusegun Obasanjo of Nigeria who took the decision to suspend Zimbabwe and Mugabe in a fashion hard to imagine today...

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo who has rubbished the government's economic policy snubbed an invitation to the meeting Africa Confidential was told...

Four East African presidents former Nigerian president Olusegun Obasanjo and Tanzanian counterpart Jakaya Kikwete were among the bigwigs at State House on 27 August to endorse Odinga...

This requires the support of the big commercial banks and favourable treatment by government which it got under Presidents Olusegun Obasanjo and Muhammadu Buhari...

In 2007 the Bluestar Consortium led by Dangote oil magnate Femi Otedola and others committed US$721 million to buy two oil refineries just days before President Olusegun Obasanjo left office (AC Vol 49 No 22 Economy: Trouble in the markets)...

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)...