Vol 39 No 13 | NIGERIA Revolving doors in Abuja 26th June 1998 Abuja’s hoteliers are among the most obvious beneficiaries of General SaniAbacha’ sdemiseon8June.Sincethen,theinlandcapital’ s hotels and guest houses have been full of would-be advisors, influence- pedlars, contract-seekers and curious...
Vol 43 No 24 | NIGERIA Ugly contest 6th December 2002 After the loss of more than 200 lives in riots blamed on the attempt to hold the Miss World contest in Abuja, a row is erupting over how...
Vol 66 No 1 | NIGERIAAFRICA IN 2025 Merger or bust for the opposition 10th January 2025 The challenge is clear – form an alliance or risk leaving President Tinubu as the frontrunner in the 2027 elections With electioneering expected to start in 2026, this year will test the opposition’s resolve to form a mega party that could unseat President Bola Tinubu and his All...
Vol 64 No 18 | NIGERIA After Tinubu opened Pandora's Box 7th September 2023 The President's policy experiments – on subsidies, the naira and the military – have raised questions about his ministerial team A mass of contradictory signals greeted Bola Ahmed Tinubu's first hundred days in the presidency on 6 September. The day before, the National Labour Congress had called on...
Vol 54 No 14 | NIGERIA The governors and the insurgency 5th July 2013 Quieter streets along with fewer attacks and bombings suggest the declaration of emergency rule in Adamawa, Borno and Yobe states is holding back, for now, the momentum of...
