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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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Islamists raise the stakes as they take on Yar'Adua

Ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo a fundamentalist Christian paid little attention until a campaign for full Sharia (Islamic law) including huddud punishments such as amputations and stoning started up in several northern states...


Fifteen years of one-man rule

Ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo would occasionally pull rank on Jammeh whom he regarded as a very junior officer he mediated in judiciary problems in 2005 but President Umaru Musa Yar'Adua has shown little interest...


Half-time for Yar'Adua

Along with the former President Olusegun Obasanjo his influential backers included James Ibori a former governor of Delta State (AC Vol 49 No 13)...


Tshwane's big five

Foreign Ministry sources say relations with Nigeria are well below the warmth that existed between Mbeki and Olusegun Obasanjo...


The hunt for Tompolo

Other documents from Tompolo’s house suggest that ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo regularly used anti-corruption measures to enforce his writ over Delta politicians...


How to win in a recession

Ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo tried to ensure that bidding companies met certain technical criteria (such as annual turnover and years in business) intended to ensure that only bona fide companies could compete...


Votes that don't add up

The previous President Olusegun Obasanjo was a PDP man released from gaol to head the new republic after the Abacha regime...


Welome back, Chief Tony

Anenih switched his allegiance back to President Olusegun Obasanjo campaigning (with gifts of money and oil blocks) for a change in the constitution to allow him a third term in office...


Do or die

'Politics is a do or die affair ' according to a founder of the ruling People's Democratic Party and former head of state Olusegun Obasanjo...


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