Vol 56 No 7 | NIGERIA The rigging in Rivers 3rd April 2015 Lekia Nkirine didn't stand a chance. He was shot in the chest at close range at six in the morning on election day when 50 thugs attacked the...
Vol 53 No 6 | NIGERIA Abacha’s ghost and Boko Haram 16th March 2012 Security agents trying to disentangle the roots and widening network of the Boko Haram militia have identified links with a group of senior military and police officers who...
Vol 46 No 17 | NIGERIA Opening the gates 26th August 2005 Will a public auction of oil blocks break the cycle of patronage and corruption? Nigeria's biggest ever oil licensing round this weekend will test President Olusegun Obasanjo's bold promises to fight corruption, which helped to secure a massive write-off on the country's...
Vol 54 No 16 | NIGERIA Amaechi takes on Jonathan 1st August 2013 The battle for control of wealthy Rivers State is a personal struggle for power in the Niger Delta but has the makings of a national crisis For many of those listening to Governor Rotimi Amaechi’s address to the Chatham House think-tank in London on 24 July, the speaker may have appeared just another ambitious...
Vol 51 No 18 | NIGERIA Good man, impossible job 10th September 2010 Despite the time constraints, hopes for straight elections are vested in the Electoral Commission’s impressive Chairman Attahiru Jega Everyone, in and out of government, acclaimed the appointment in June of academic and trades unionist Attahiru Jega as Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission. Now with...
