Vol 49 No 24 | NIGERIA A message from our sponsors 28th November 2008 President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua wants to use the budget as a key to his political revival – but business and voters are sceptical Calculated and recalculated according to the wild swings of the global oil market, the 2009 budget is almost up there with the election tribunal and the cabinet reshuffle...
Vol 55 No 23 | NIGERIA Policies, what policies? 21st November 2014 The received wisdom on Nigeria's elections is that they are all about money and mobilisation. Despite sheaves of glossy manifestos rolling off the presses, acres of newsprint devoted...
Vol 52 No 23 | NIGERIA Inflammatory subsidy 18th November 2011 Jonathan says fuel subsidies will end on New Year’s Day but few people expect that he can pull off such a momentous change to Nigerian life The federal government’s decision to remove fuel subsidies from 1 January 2012 is dividing the public and raising the spectre of unrest. The government insists that it cannot...
Vol 58 No 11 | NIGERIA A date with destiny 26th May 2017 Expectations are building about a statement on 29 May – the mid-point of Muhammadu Buhari's presidential term When the army chief warns politicians to stop approaching 'officers and soldiers for undisclosed political reasons', as General Tukur Buratai did on 16 May, and the government's top... READ FOR FREE
Vol 54 No 21 | NIGERIA Ibori treasure hunt to go on 17th October 2013 The ex-governor fraudster is going to make the Crown work for his loot. Now, a ‘retrial’ will investigate his assets fully in 2014 The process of deciding how much of ex-Delta State Governor James Ibori’s assets the Crown will confiscate will now continue in what promises to be high courtroom drama...
