Vol 56 No 5 | NIGERIA On the waterfront 6th March 2015 When gunmen opened fire on an opposition rally in the First Lady’s home town, they were sending a clear message Election campaigning for the opposition All Progressives Congress in the Niger Delta, the home base of President Goodluck Jonathan, was always going to be fraught. However, even the...
Vol 43 No 18 | NIGERIA Strategic supplies 13th September 2002 West Africa in general - and Nigeria in particular - is suddenly gaining from a re-evaluation of global strategy in the United States following the 11 September 2001...
Vol 63 No 15 | NIGERIA Peter Obi shakes up the political class 21st July 2022 The depth of the country's crises is forcing voters to rethink their choices – to the great benefit of the former governor of Anambra state Millionaire bankers make improbable revolutionaries, especially in Nigeria. But Peter Obi, the geeky former governor of Anambra state, is upending the political establishment's complacency about next year's presidential...
Vol 65 No 10 | NIGERIAEUROPEAN UNIONAFRICAMIGRATION Mystery surrounds Brussels migration deal with Abuja 1st May 2024 Abuja is silent after a top official at the EU says it has agreed to a migrant return scheme – without cash incentives Top officials at the European Commission say they have concluded talks on a migrant readmission and return agreement with Nigeria that could mark a breakthrough in Brussels-Abuja relations....
Vol 59 No 21 | NIGERIA The flight into Israel 26th October 2018 The leader of the supposed Igbo independence movement, Nwannekaenyi 'Nnamdi' Kenny Okwu Kanu, seems to have turned up in Israel after going on the run from a trial...