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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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Banking bust-up

Côte d'Ivoire's Foreign Ministry has sent furious letters to the Egyptian government and we hear the matter has been raised in private discussions between Mubarak and Nigeria's President Olusegun Obasanjo who has supported Ekra...


Nervy neighbours

Regional leaders including African Union Chairman Olusegun Obasanjo of Nigeria Amadou Toumani Touré of Mali and the Chairman of the Economic Community of West African States (Ecowas) Niger's Mamadou Tandja swiftly condemned the constitutional coup attempted in the name of Faure Gnassingbé the old dictator's son; Ghana kept quiet...


Can the centre hold?

Calming Nigeria's murderous ethnic tensions and reducing its chronic corruption are the chief declared aims of President Olusegun Obasanjo half way through his second and last term...


Credibility on corruption

The sudden sacking on 22 March of Education Minister Fabian Osuji was well timed to show Nigeria's creditors that President Olusegun Obasanjo's anti-corruption policy is working...


    Vol 46 No 6 |
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Olympic heights

Several ECOWAS Presidents were there including Nigeria's Olusegun Obasanjo who shares Konaré's criticism of Faure...


    Vol 46 No 5 |
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Faure falters

Faure Gnassingbé's resignation as acting Head of State on 26 February is a provisional victory for both Nigeria's President Olusegun Obasanjo Chairman of the African Union and Mali's former President Alpha Oumar Konaré now Chairman of the AU Commission...


Reform on the rack

President Olusegun Obasanjo and his team of economic reformers face a moment of truth this year...


    Vol 46 No 4 |
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Not a good start

A 9 February summit decided to send a heavyweight mission of five Presidents - new ECOWAS leader President Mamadou Tandja of Niger Olusegun Obasanjo (Nigeria) Amadou Toumani Touré (Mali) John Agyekum Kufuor (Ghana) and Mathieu Kérékou (Benin)...


Jammeh rejection

The opposition to Jammeh emerged in the closed-door sessions of the summit and was led by Nigeria's President Olusegun Obasanjo who has a strong aversion to coup-making lieutenants...


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