Vol 56 No 13 | NIGERIA A nation in waiting 26th June 2015 Post-election euphoria is turning to impatience as Nigeria waits for its new President to form a government and announce its policies. In fact, President Muhammadu Buhari has spent...
Vol 56 No 11 | NIGERIA Buhari sets out his agenda 29th May 2015 Against a chaotic economic backdrop, the new President promises to make government accountable and re-establish the rule of law Popular expectations of new President Muhammadu Buhari were stratospherically high before his 29 May inauguration in Abuja – all the more so because chronic fuel shortages, increasing power... READ FOR FREE
Vol 54 No 25 | NIGERIA The fire in Jonathan's backyard 12th December 2013 Piracy, oil theft and sectional rivalries are spinning out of control in the Delta, the political heartland of President Jonathan The idea that choosing a President and a Petroleum Minister from the Niger Delta would be the best way to tackle the crisis in the oil and gas...
Vol 43 No 14 | NIGERIA Harvesting souls 12th July 2002 Nigeria's popular charismatic movement took root with Joseph Ayo Babalola's Christ Apostolic Church in the 1930s. In the 1970s, the late Benson Idahosa of the Church of God...
Vol 50 No 12 | NIGERIA The hunt for Tompolo 12th June 2009 The government troops who raided the militants' hideout say they discovered secret documents listing the fighters and their political contacts The rebel commander High Chief Government Ekpemupolo, alias Tompolo, is on the run from government forces, and the war in the Niger Delta is intensifying (AC Vol 50...