Vol 47 No 22 | NIGERIA The next election deadline 3rd November 2006 Presidential hopefuls are quietly launching campaigns but doubts surround the party congresses due in December Within two months, Nigeria's political parties are due to chose their presidential candidates and launch their campaigns for next May's elections. So far, there is an eerie surreality...
Vol 47 No 2 | NIGERIA The Sino-Shango pact 20th January 2006 China's US$2.27 billion foray into oil production for a 45 per cent stake in Nigeria's Block 130 is not the 'definitive agreement' that the China National Offshore Oil...
Vol 49 No 19 | NIGERIA The storm before the storm 19th September 2008 President Yar'Adua has returned home with plans for a cabinet reshuffle as violence explodes again in the Niger Delta Nobody has told Nigerians what was wrong with their President, who was in hospital in Saudi Arabia from 20 August to 6 September. Things are clearly not well...
Vol 2 (AAC) No 1 | NIGERIACHINA The honeymoon is over 27th November 2008 The once thriving Abuja-Beijing relationship has hit problems The catastrophic failure in November of Nigeria’s US$340 million, Chinese-built satellite NIGCOMSAT-1, launched only a year ago, is the latest, most visible indication of increasing difficulties...
Vol 65 No 17 | NIGERIA As the protests rage, Tinubu risks losing the north 9th August 2024 A week of mobilisation on the streets is changing the political landscape For President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, one of the most threatening elements of the ‘Days of Rage’ protests against his government is their national spread stretching from the ‘usual...
