General Olusegun Aremu Okikiola Matthew Obasanjo

It was only pressure from the European Union – a vital aid donor – and mediation from Nigeria's ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo acting for the Economic Community of West African States that saw a cabinet installed...

It concurs with much of the earlier AU inquiry under Nigerian ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo which concluded that these massacres were perpetrated 'pursuant to or in furtherance of a State policy' (AC Vol 56 No 22 Minority report)...

Led by Nigerian ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo the Commission released two reports one approved by four of the five-man team and a dissenting opinion from Uganda's Professor Mahmood Mamdani...

The interest of the older generation of former PDP figures who worked with ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo (and indirectly that of the former President himself) is underlined in the inclusion of former PDP Chairperson (2001-2005) Audu Ogbeh and more convincingly Amina J Mohammed (Gombe)...

This was a dig at Jonathan who like ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo sent the EFCC after his political opponents...

For now the biggest uncertainty is the appointment of the Oil Minister: the most likely possibility is that Buhari like President Olusegun Obasanjo in 1999 will take the portfolio himself to ensure full access to information on contracts and procurement but will appoint a top technocrat as minister of state to deal with the swathes of detail that go with the job...

The 17 April statement by its leader Nigerian ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo said turnout was 'generally low'...

At January's AU summit its Peace and Security Council (PSC) decided to 'defer consideration' and the COI Chairman Nigerian ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo was not given an opportunity to present the report as expected...

There is widespread anger at the African Union's decision to block publication indefinitely of an investigation headed by Nigeria's Olusegun Obasanjo that found that fighters on both sides were guilty of serious human rights abuses...

Just over a year ago General Olusegun Obasanjo wrote a highly critical letter to Jonathan urging him not to stand for another term...