2003 July 12: Former President Bush met with former President Olusegun Obasanjo in Nigeria. They discussed the circumstances under which former Liberian President, Charles Taylor would live in exile in Nigeria. Wrapping up a five-day tour of Africa, Bush said it would not be permitted for terrorists to use the continent as a base “to threaten the world.”
2006 July 12: In Bayelsa State, two explosions hit oil installations belonging to an Italian oil company, along two Agip pipelines.
