Vol 49 No 5 | NIGERIA Technical knock-out 29th February 2008 President Yar'Adua's supporters say his election tribunal victory will free his government to move on reforms The verdict was emphatic. On 26 February, Justice James Ogebe and his four colleagues on the Presidential Election Tribunal in Abuja voted 5-0 to dismiss the petitions brought...
Vol 54 No 23 | NIGERIA Anambra kicks off the race 14th November 2013 The governorship election in Anambra State on 16 November will kick off the race for the national polls in 2015, even if the formal opening may be six...
Vol 62 No 14 | NIGERIA Abuja takes on the secessionists 8th July 2021 The security services haul in militant separatist Nnamdi Kanu then narrowly miss Sunday Igboho in Ibadan The Department of State Services (DSS) emerged from the shadows at the end of last month with all guns blazing, literally. Its targets were two hyper-populists from the... READ FOR FREE
Vol 49 No 18 | NIGERIA Unhealthy talk 5th September 2008 The rumours of President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua’s demise reverberating around Nigeria’s mobile phone networks over the past week were assuredly exaggerated, a combination of misinformation and idle political...
Vol 61 No 9 | NIGERIAHEALTHCOVID-19 Kudos to the health-workers 30th April 2020 Despite grandstanding by some senior politicians, it is the doctors and nurses who are winning public support in the fight against the coronavirus Criticisms are mounting about the lack of a coherent national strategy to manage the coronavirus pandemic. The missing piece is effective leadership from the national task force, under...