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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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Publishing pearl

Olusegun Obasanjo's election campaign...

While the Nigerian government cannot bid for the title two of President-elect Olusegun Obasanjo's closest aides are former editors Ad'Obe Obe and Onyema Uguchukwu...


Soldier go, soldier come

General Olusegun Obasanjo the choice of most army officers and the Western powers was dubbed PDP (Pre-Determined President) - the acronym of his People’s Democratic Party...


Virtual voters

Election monitors coined a phrase for General Olusegun Obasanjo’s presidential victory on 27 February: the result was not ‘free and fair’ but ‘generally reflects the will of the people’...


Diplomacy with attitude

Britain is ahead of other Western powers in calling for support for General Olusegun Obasanjo's new government which will inherit a shattered economy and a fragile political system...


Battle lines in Washington and Africa

These moves together with Clinton’s Africa trip (he may also be going to Nigeria for Olusegun Obasanjo’s inauguration) have raised the continent’s profile and made Washington’s departmental officials more Africa-literate but leave out central questions about conflict and instability...


Muddy waters

Friends of President-elect General Olusegun Obasanjo say he is incensed by the decision of the outgoing military regime under Gen...


Down with tariffs

Sentiment is downbeat among French businesses in the Comité des Investisseurs en Afrique and the prospect of a Nigerian economic recovery under President Olusegun Obasanjo may attract French investment away from the zone...


The General's election

General Olusegun Obasanjo Nigeria’s first military officer to hand power to an elected government looks set - 20 years later - to become the first officer to win a presidential election...


The man who would be king

The local government elections on 5 December were good news for Nigeria and bad news for the presidential frontrunner and former military leader General Olusegun Obasanjo...


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