General Olusegun Aremu Okikiola Matthew Obasanjo

The interest of the older generation of former PDP figures who worked with ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo (and indirectly that of the former President himself) is underlined in the inclusion of former PDP Chairperson (2001-2005) Audu Ogbeh and more convincingly Amina J Mohammed (Gombe)...

This was a dig at Jonathan who like ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo sent the EFCC after his political opponents...

For now the biggest uncertainty is the appointment of the Oil Minister: the most likely possibility is that Buhari like President Olusegun Obasanjo in 1999 will take the portfolio himself to ensure full access to information on contracts and procurement but will appoint a top technocrat as minister of state to deal with the swathes of detail that go with the job...

The 17 April statement by its leader Nigerian ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo said turnout was 'generally low'...

At January's AU summit its Peace and Security Council (PSC) decided to 'defer consideration' and the COI Chairman Nigerian ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo was not given an opportunity to present the report as expected...

There is widespread anger at the African Union's decision to block publication indefinitely of an investigation headed by Nigeria's Olusegun Obasanjo that found that fighters on both sides were guilty of serious human rights abuses...

Just over a year ago General Olusegun Obasanjo wrote a highly critical letter to Jonathan urging him not to stand for another term...

In November Africa Confidential reported that major regional business interests including South Africa's Oppenheimer family the Ichikowitz brothers South African arms manufacturers and traders and former Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo were trying to get the opposition to unite behind a single candidate to defeat the 'anti-business' PF (AC Vol 55 No 23 Foreign boost for opposition)...

He took part in efforts to form a united front to oppose the PF which were brokered by Nigerian ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo and the Brenthurst Foundation a think-tank founded by South Africa's Oppenheimer mining dynasty...

Yet political veterans such as former President Olusegun Obasanjo have warned that in the current environment a party's candidates for the presidency and vice-presidency cannot be from the same faith group...