Vol 57 No 24 | NIGERIA Army's 'Biafra' overreaction 2nd December 2016 Five years ago, the movement for a separate Igbo nation, Biafra, seemed dead in the water of the Niger Delta. Fighting between leaders of the secessionist Movement for...
Vol 64 No 22 | NIGERIA The end of Tinubu's beginning 2nd November 2023 The public fight over the president's history polarises politics and reinforces the need for judicial reform That so many Nigerians expected the Supreme Court to confirm Bola Tinubu's victory in this year's Presidential elections reflects a consensus about the judiciary rather than the merits...
Vol 52 No 8 | NIGERIA A trap for the juggernaut 15th April 2011 The governing party has taken a hit in the National Assembly but Goodluck Jonathan remains favourite to win the presidential vote Parliamentary elections on 9 April showed that Nigerians are no longer willing to be taken for granted by the People’s Democratic Party, which has towered over the political...
Vol 42 No 15 | NIGERIA 2003 starts here 27th July 2001 The coming elections are about the survival of Nigeria's federation as much as President Obasanjo's career Two years before the next national elections, decision-making comes a poor second to political manoeuvring - and that threatens the few recent successes in reforming the mismanaged and...
Vol 53 No 6 | NIGERIA Oil cuts as Delta erupts 16th March 2012 Piracy and militant attacks are cutting oil production in the Niger Delta as the government struggles with northern insurgents As the government contends with a Boko Haram militia determined to make the north ungovernable, a new round of attacks has erupted in the oil-producing Niger Delta. Apart...