/ 8 June 2007

Nigeria’s ex-president goes back to university

Two weeks after stepping down as president of Nigeria, Olusegun Obasanjo is hitting the books and resuming university studies, close aides said on Friday.

The 70-year-old retired general, who stepped down on May 29 having served a constitutional maximum of two four-year terms, began coursework at the National Open University in Lagos on Thursday.

Obasanjo — who last November registered in Abuja for a course in Christian theology — will attend lectures in Abeokuta, in the south-western Ogun state, where he has a home, course facilitator Olubiyi Adewale told reporters. — AFP