General Olusegun Aremu Okikiola Matthew Obasanjo

Since the exit of President Olusegun Obasanjo in 2007 Nigerian diplomacy has had a diminishing impact on the continent; last month Nigerian diplomats at the African Union summit reported the most common greeting was a sympathetic nod...

A decade ago Mbeki and the then Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo helped to launch the New Partnership for Africa’s Development which envisaged spending some $80 billion a year on infrastructure to boost African economies...

Established in Bayelsa as a safe pair of hands outgoing President Olusegun Obasanjo and his putative successor Yar'Adua picked him as the party's vice-presidential candidate in 2007...

Maurice Iwu INEC Chairman owes his position to one of the aspirants Andy Uba (Labour Party) a former advisor to President Olusegun Obasanjo...

The real deal Back in 2006 President Olusegun Obasanjo’s government signed an $8...

The deal resembles the oil-for-infrastructure contracts signed by former President Olusegun Obasanjo just before the 2007 elections although President Goodluck Jonathan wants to avoid too close an association with his recent predecessors...

With newly inaugurated President Goodluck Jonathan stamping his authority on Abuja and the sacking of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) director the deal could meet the same fate as the oil-for-infrastructure pacts signed under former President Olusegun Obasanjo (AAC Vol 2 No 6)...

North African countries have adopted a similar model to that of former Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo’s government which demanded investment in unattractive downstream projects in return for oil acreage...

Given interim powers by the National Assembly on 9 February Vice-President Jonathan is closer to former President Olusegun Obasanjo than President Yar’Adua and is seen as more sympathetic to Obasanjo’s projects like the railways...

In Nigeria it appears that efforts to patch up relations which had deteriorated since former President Olusegun Obasanjo stepped down are yet to succeed...