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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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African roadshow rolls

The last official trip by a US President was Jimmy Carter's stopover in Liberia and Nigeria in March 1978; in Lagos Carter was hosted by then Head of State General Olusegun Obasanjo who is reported to be critically ill having been gaoled by Gen...


A diplomatic coup

Abacha's domestic political platform and to boost Nigeria's African standing which has waned since the Murtala Mohammed-Olusegun Obasanjo governments substantially backed liberation movements in Angola Mozambique Namibia and South Africa in the 1970s...


The General's transition

Olusegun Obasanjo Shehu Musa Yar'Adua Domkat Bali Theophilus Danjuma - still have their adherents usually those who have been helped or encouraged in their career by the old guard...


Cross-border crimes

Olusegun Obasanjo whom a military tribunal sentenced to 15 years in gaol for his alleged involvement in a 1995 coup plot was also arrested...


Fela and his heirs

Olusegun Obasanjo handed power to the civilian government of President Shehu Shagari Fela presented the out-going regime with a replica of his mother's coffin...


Privatising politics

Since General Olusegun Obasanjo nationalised its local assets 17 years ago BP's only overt role has been to supply products under licence to African Petroleum its (nationalised) marketing venture in Nigeria...


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