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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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No consensus on the census

Dealing with this issue soberly and effectively is perhaps the greatest immediate challenge facing President Olusegun Obasanjo's government...


Pride and prejudice

The subsequent dispute has been raised at two meetings between Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo and Egypt's Hosni Mubarak and was said to be one reason why the New Partnership for African Development meeting that Egypt hosted last year was poorly attended...


Pots, kettles and corruption

While President Olusegun Obasanjo and Vice-President Atiku Abubakar sling mud at each other the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) an official anti-corruption body led by Nuhu Ribadu has given Nigerians a taste of more to come and of the manner in which the political elite has operated state accounts in recent years...


Ambitions in the north

This rivalry has sharpened since the campaign to win President Olusegun Obasanjo a third term collapsed in May...


The governor's dues

Two more ideas were unveiled by President Olusegun Obasanjo on 18 July: his 'Gulf of Guinea initiative' to deal with the rising tide of attacks in the oil-producing creeks; and an investment plan and report from the United Nations Development Programme...


Reformers reshuffle

As concerns mount over the durability of the government's economic reforms and the management of public finances ahead of next year's election President Olusegun Obasanjo quietly reshuffled his reform team on 21 June...


Aliyu and the drones

The row over a US$200 million contract won by Israel's Aeronautics Ventures to supply aerial drones for use in the Niger Delta coincides with last week's sacking of National Security Advisor General Aliyu Mohammed Gusau by President Olusegun Obasanjo...


Pop goes the third term balloon

The attempt to change the constitution allowing President Olusegun Obasanjo to stand for a third term in 2007 has failed defeated in a Senate vote...


Business backers

A decade later it backed the re-election ticket of President Olusegun Obasanjo and Vice-President Atiku Abubakar because of 'the need for continuity' according to Nigerian Stock Exchange Director General Ndi Okereke-Onyiuke...


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