Vol 40 No 4 | NIGERIA The General's election 19th February 1999 Twenty years after he left power, Gen. Obasanjo looks set to return, this time with an electoral mandate General Olusegun Obasanjo, Nigeria’s first military officer to hand power to an elected government, looks set - 20 years later - to become the first officer to win...
Vol 57 No 13 | NIGERIA The Delta-naira yoyo 24th June 2016 Facing its deepest economic crisis for two decades, Nigeria has been bolstered by two modest pieces of good news this week. Firstly, officials in Abuja say they have...
Vol 64 No 23 | NIGERIA Tinubu tightens grip, opposition regroups 16th November 2023 Violence, low turnouts and blatant vote rigging raise doubts about the APC's latest state election victories Such was the nature of the victories for the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in the off-cycle state governorship elections on 11 November in Kogi and Imo states,...
Vol 46 No 2 | NIGERIA Ogbeh walks out 21st January 2005 The ruling party Chairman's resignation is upsetting plans for the election in 2007 President Olusegun Obasanjo is due to step down when his term ends in 2007. The succession that he is planning has been upset by a public falling out...
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...
