Vol 58 No 14 | NIGERIA Polarisation politics 7th July 2017 Efforts to enflame north-south relations have triggered widespread condemnation and revived memories of the civil war Of all the fights to pick in Nigeria, attacking the Igbo people is probably the most incendiary. Perhaps that was the motivation of the northern Arewa Youth Consultative...
Vol 38 No 25 | NIGERIA After Yar'Adua 19th December 1997 The death of a detained politician has focused attention on northern discontents Whatever caused the death of gaoled Northern military politician Shehu Musa Yar'Adua'on 9 December, it has sent a powerful message that Northerners can expect no special favours from...
Vol 61 No 25 | NIGERIA Unbalancing the books 17th December 2020 Promises of grand economic growth have been torpedoed by the Covid-19 pandemic and crashing oil prices This time last year President Muhammadu Buhari and his numerous economic policymakers were optimistic that 2020 could see growth acceleration, job creation, significant infrastructure investments and progress on...
Vol 55 No 23 | NIGERIA Policies, what policies? 21st November 2014 The received wisdom on Nigeria's elections is that they are all about money and mobilisation. Despite sheaves of glossy manifestos rolling off the presses, acres of newsprint devoted...
Vol 48 No 20 | NIGERIAUNITED NATIONS A Katsina man in New York 5th October 2007 Nigeria's President Umaru Musa Yar'Adua's maiden voyage to New York to speak at the United Nations General Assembly was choreographed by an improbable band of bankers, publishers, itinerant...
