Vol 65 No 25 |
- FRANCE
- AFRICA
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...
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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)...
Vol 65 No 5 |
- 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...