Vol 61 No 14 | NIGERIA Divided we stand 9th July 2020 President Buhari has papered over rifts in the ruling party but they will re-emerge ahead of national elections With the Covid-19 pandemic spreading and the economy on the slide, the country's top politicians have taken refuge in the familiarity of an old-fashioned internal power struggle. Rival...
Vol 42 No 15 | NIGERIA Politics dead or alive 27th July 2001 The ruling People's Democratic Party, with 209 of the 348 seats in the National Assembly and 59 of the 103 seats in the Senate, enters the electoral race...
Vol 46 No 18 | NIGERIA Power show 9th September 2005 The epic battle between President Obasanjo and his deputy Abubakar is jolting the fragile political system Locked in a deadly embrace, President Olusegun Obasanjo and his deputy Atiku Abubakar look like two men struggling on a cliff edge as they try to hurl each...
Vol 44 No 22 | NIGERIA Polio politics 7th November 2003 There is growing frustration that a boycott of an immunisation campaign in northern Nigeria may be leading to a resurgence of poliomyelitis in the region. This would thwart...
Vol 62 No 25 | NIGERIA Buhari gambles on cash transfers on his way out 3rd December 2021 As the government ends fuel subsidies, the president plans to introduce an even costlier social grant to over 40 million citizens Just over a year before he's due to step down, President Muhammadu Buhari is taking some uncharacteristic risks. His government is phasing out politically sensitive subsidies and allowing...