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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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Mystery kidnappers

President Olusegun Obasanjo had more or less told Elias Zamani head of the federal government's Joint Task Force to take a back seat in favour of negotiations through Ijaw community leaders...


Human wrongs

The bid started crumbling when the current AU Chairman Nigeria's President Olusegun Obasanjo arrived and made his opposition clear...


A New Year offensive

As a sign of its seriousness it kidnapped four foreigners during the week prompting President Olusegun Obasanjo to set up a high-level committee to negotiate their release...


The Sino-Shango pact

Almost all those awards have been rescinded or amended by President Olusegun Obasanjo's government since it took over in May 1999...


Hope at last

Presidents Thabo Mbeki of South Africa and Olusegun Obasanjo of Nigeria came as did China's Foreign Minister Li Zhaoxing and United Nations Deputy Secretary General Louise Fréchette...


Oil and oligarchs

NIGERIA: There is hot speculation about whether President Olusegun Obasanjo wants to amend the constitution and secure a third term which according to some elder statesmen could damage his reputation and Nigeria's stability...


Voters' voices

Khartoum hopes to play host to this month's African Union summit although AU Chairman Alpha Oumar Konaré Chadian President Idris Déby and Nigeria's President Olusegun Obasanjo would prefer it to be elsewhere...


Political petroleum Inc.

Formerly known as Ocean & Oil Oando has been one of the fastest growing companies under President Olusegun Obasanjo's rule...


Bye bye Bayelsa

The first stage of President Olusegun Obasanjo's operation 'Restore Hope' against Bayelsa State Governor Diepreye Alamieyeseigha is over with the impeaching of the beleaguered Governor by the State's House of Assembly on 9 December...


Tummy tuck, bellyache

He had been told to report to the British police under strict bail conditions (AC Vol 46 No 21) and President Olusegun Obasanjo is said to have complained to Prime Minister Tony Blair about his escape...


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