Vol 60 No 6 | NIGERIA Election credibility on trial 22nd March 2019 With his party winning new ground in state elections, the opposition presidential candidate alleges systematic voter fraud Promising to call evidence from forensic scientists, statisticians and psephologists, the People's Democratic Party presidential candidate Atiku Abubakar filed his petition challenging the official results of the 23...
Vol 51 No 1 | NIGERIA A khaki option on the table 8th January 2010 Nigeria’s military, though much diminished, still sees itself as the last truly national institution and the final custodian of the state. If the current crisis unravels, senior officers...
Vol 55 No 4 | NIGERIA Data battles in Abuja 21st February 2014 Nigeria's most sensational political row for a decade began with a dispute over arithmetic. The figure in question was US$49.8 billion: that was the oil sales revenue between...
Vol 58 No 6 | NIGERIA Mega-projects await reforms 17th March 2017 With President Buhari back from sick leave, questions multiply about the timing and content of the economic rescue plan Hopes for Africa’s biggest economy are yo-yoing as policy-makers argue over radical reform of the naira exchange rate and the sale of government stakes in oil and gas...
Vol 49 No 11 | NIGERIABRITAIN London's laundries 23rd May 2008 British banks could face awkward questions after police in London charged Theresa Nkoyo Ibori, wife of former Delta State Governor James Ibori, with money laundering on 20 May....