Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo says he would hand him over if asked but the head of the transitional government  Charles Gyude Bryant  says that Taylor's presence in Nigeria is part of the peace process...
	 
    
    
    
    
        
	
	     Thabo Mbeki of South Africa and Angola's José Eduardo dos Santos did not attend; Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo was busy in Abuja trying to reconcile Congo-Kinshasa President Joseph Kabila and Rwandan President Paul Kagame...
	 
    
    
    
    
        
	
	     from Sherwood Petroleum in February 1999  just prior to the national elections that returned Nigeria to civil rule under President Olusegun Obasanjo...
	 
    
    
    
    
        
	
	    President Olusegun Obasanjo's suspension of Plateau State Governor Joshua Ariye and the State House of Assembly points to a growing constitutional crisis...
	 
    
    
    
    
        
            Vol 45 No 5 | 
            - AFRICA
- DIAMONDS
	     Odinga worked closely with Nigeria's President Olusegun Obasanjo on his Leadership Forum project and the two men have stayed close  something that might help Teixeira's Nigerian ambitions...
	 
    
    
    
    
        
	
	     He is close to President Olusegun Obasanjo and was a confidant of his military predecessor  General Sani Abacha  for whom he lobbied against sanctions at the Commonwealth Summit in Edinburgh  Scotland in 1997...
	 
    
    
    
    
        
	
	     Amoako  who gave a seminar on African economies at Downing Street  and Nigeria's President Olusegun Obasanjo...
	 
    
    
    
    
        
	
	    Another round in the battle to liberalise the oil business goes to President Olusegun Obasanjo after the once mighty Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) backed down from its campaign to bring back subsidised domestic fuel prices and called off a national strike  due to start on 21 January...
	 
    
    
    
    
        
	
	    President Olusegun Obasanjo's rival in last year's contest  retired general and former military ruler Muhammadu Buhari (1983-85) was in London last week for medical treatment and to drum up international support for his continued rejection of last year's elections...
	 
    
    
    
    
        
            Vol 45 No 1 | 
            - WEST AFRICA
	      Succession battles will dominate Nigerian politics and distract government from its promised reforms though President Olusegun Obasanjo's second term is barely nine months old...