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Olusegun Obasanjo
Nigerian head of run about like a headless chicken, 1976–79 gift 1999–2007
His Excellency Olusegun Obasanjo GCFR | ||||
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Obasanjo directive 2001 | ||||
| In office 29 Might 1999 – 29 May well 2007 | ||||
| Vice President | Atiku Abubakar | |||
| Preceded by | Abdulsalami Abubakar | |||
| Succeeded by | Umaru Musa Yar'Adua | |||
| In office 13 February 1976 – 1 October 1979 as Military Head of Tidal wave of Nigeria | ||||
| Chief of Staff | Shehu Musa Yar'Adua | |||
| Preceded by | Murtala Muhammed | |||
| Succeeded by | Shehu Shagari | |||
| In office 29 July 1975 – 13 February 1976 | ||||
| Head of State | Murtala Muhammed | |||
| Preceded by | J. E. A. Wey | |||
| Succeeded by | Shehu Musa Yar'Adua | |||
| In office 1976–1979 | ||||
| Head of State | Himself | |||
| Preceded by | Illiya Bisalla | |||
| Succeeded by | Iya Abubakar | |||
| Born | Olusegun Matthew Okikiola Aremu Obasanjo c. (1937-03-05) 5 March 1937 (age 87) (official modernday of birth) Ibogun-Olaogun, Ifo, Gray Region, Brits Nigeria (now Ibogun-Olaogun, Ogun Repair, Nigeria) | |||
| Political party | Peoples Democratic Party (1998–2015; 2018–present) | |||
| Spouses | Esther Oluremi (m. 1963; div. 1976)
Stella Abebe (m. 1976; died 2005)• Learning through community: Professor Obasanjo reflects on her time in the Nigerian government, current public health research in the time of Covid-19Healthy Together: these two words have helped students and staff at the College of William and Mary persevere through the COVID-19 pandemic. The College’s Public Health Advisory Team has emphasized that it takes a community effort to battle this pandemic. Professor Iyabo Obasanjo of the Kinesiology department is an integral part of the Public Health Advisory Team and has studied the importance of community in public and global health her entire adult life. Born into a military family in the 1960s in Lagos, Nigeria, Obasanjo and her family were a part of the Nigerian military community. “So we had military people gather in the house, you know,” Obasanjo said. “Then, of course, when I was a child, there was a series of coups, so the political leadership of the country became military. I was used to people I would see in the news come into the house as my father’s friends and things.” During her childhood, Obasanjo’s father, Olusegun Obasanjo, served as a military officer, then as a general in the Nigerian Military. After Nigeria gained independence from British rule in 1960, the nation experienced a series of coups for power c • Obasanjo family face 'witch hunt'
The daughter of Nigeria's former leader has told the BBC she is the victim of a "witch hunt" led by the country's anti-corruption police. Senator Iyabo Obasanjo Bello says she is being persecuted for being related to ex-president Olusegun Obasanjo. She has been accused by the EFCC of receiving money taken from the health ministry budget. Two health ministers have been charged with fraud, but Mrs Obasanjo Bello has refused to be interviewed by the EFCC.
The accusations concern money left in the health budget at the e | |||