Vol 43 No 1 | NIGERIA Murdering sleep 11th January 2002 The murder of Attorney General and veteran politician Chief Bola Ige on 23 December raises new doubts about the prospect of free elections in 2003. He was murdered...
Vol 43 No 25 | NIGERIA Election year 20th December 2002 The main milestone in preparations for the 2003 elections will be the Nominating Convention of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on 3-5 January, probably at Eagle Square,...
Vol 66 No 7 | NIGERIA Tinubu bets the farm on Rivers State 4th April 2025 Determined to control the state’s politics and oil before the 2027 elections, the President has suspended an opposition governor In the latest twist in the power struggle to control Rivers State, the two leading protagonists – Governor Siminilayi Fubara and his predecessor Nyesom Wike – both appear...
Vol 65 No 25 | NIGERIA Tinubu prepares to present 2025 budget 12th December 2024 Foreign exchange and tax reforms are praised by international banks but most Nigerians are yet to see the benefits For the multilateral financial institutions and investment banks, President Bola Tinubu’s economic reforms are stabilising the country’s finances and staunching the loss of billions of dollars in revenues... READ FOR FREE
Vol 60 No 18 | NIGERIA The oil clean-up that didn't? 13th September 2019 The efforts to repair environmental damage to the oil-producing Niger Delta lack ambition and urgency The delays seemed at an end in 2015, when President Muhammadu Buhari formally launched the clean-up operation and endorsed the composition of the structures supervising the operations –...