Vol 48 No 8 | NIGERIA Yar'Adua prepares for power 13th April 2007 If the PDP juggernaut trounces the opposition, the new government will have the shortest of breaks before the pressure starts mounting Failing a cataclysmic reversal in the next week, President Olusegun Obasanjo's governing People's Democratic Party is likely to chalk up another victory at the state and federal elections...
Vol 43 No 16 | NIGERIA Eastward Ho! 9th August 2002 Igbo politics are boiling with preparations for next year's general elections. Since the dream of an independent Biafra was crushed in 1970, many Igbo have felt marginalised, and...
Vol 42 No 17 | NIGERIA Shariacracy on trial 31st August 2001 The adoption of Sharia hasn't reduced crime and corruption Nigerian advocates of Sharia – governance according to the norms, principles and rules laid down by Islamic law – face a reckoning this year. The poverty and frustration...
Vol 61 No 8 | NIGERIA Oil behaving badly 16th April 2020 The clean-up of Delta oil spills is still being held up by feuding politicians, bureaucrats and businesses as low oil prices hit public finances As oil prices crash to an 18-year low in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic, weakening global demand, and a price war, President Muhammadu Buhari's spending plans are...
