Vol 46 No 7 | NIGERIA Can the centre hold? 1st April 2005 Regional violence and a constitutional conference challenge federal power Calming Nigeria's murderous ethnic tensions and reducing its chronic corruption are the chief declared aims of President Olusegun Obasanjo, half way through his second and last term. There...
Vol 50 No 23 | NIGERIAOIL AND GAS Big oil and small print 20th November 2009 The differences seem to be narrowing between the presidency and the critical stakeholders: indigenous and international oil companies, the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) and the Federal Inland...
Vol 59 No 11 | NIGERIA Cracks spread in APC alliance 1st June 2018 The governing party is tested as factions jostle for power and settle old scores with Buhari’s placemen Bola Tinubu's appointment to lead the reconciliation committee of the All Progressives' Congress was meant to signal that the APC hierarchy was ready to salve wounds of aggrieved...
Vol 67 No 7 | GHANANIGERIAEUROPEAN UNION After the Sahel rout, Europe courts the coast 1st April 2026 Expelled from the Sahel and estranged from Washington, the EU has signed its first African security pact with Ghana and wants Nigeria as an Atlantic anchor Amid its fraying ties with the United States, the European Union is shoring up defences on its eastern flank and negotiating security deals in North and West Africa...
Vol 55 No 23 | NIGERIA After the bombing, Jonathan declares 21st November 2014 Despite security and economic crises, Jonathan wins his party’s support for a second term while the opposition faces a leadership contest The candidate's declaration speech is, by tradition, a key moment in the theatre of Nigerian politics. President Goodluck Jonathan's rally in Abuja on 11 November to announce that... READ FOR FREE