Vol 37 No 13 | NIGERIA Fat margins 21st June 1996 Oil traders and their sponsors may grumble that prices are low. But for the well-connected trader Nigeria is offering some of the best returns around. A comparison of...
Vol 43 No 3 | NIGERIA New parties, new plots 8th February 2002 The chief sponsor of the new party movement is Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida, the former military leader who bankrolls the United National Democratic Party (UNDP), run by the veteran...
Vol 50 No 24 | NIGERIA The opposition frontrunners 4th December 2009 No politician in Nigeria evokes reactions as intense and sharply divided as General Muhammadu Buhari. Many people think him incorruptible and a disciplinarian and accuse him of religious...
Vol 55 No 7 | NIGERIA Chip off the old block 4th April 2014 The children of the late dictator General Sani Abacha are making headlines. The oldest, Mohammed Sani Abacha, operates a political network based in Kano, where his father was...
Vol 64 No 6 | NIGERIA State elections will reinforce three-party vote split 16th March 2023 Peter Obi's Labour Party will face fierce local fights as incumbent governors defend their fiefdoms after last month's political upsets The outcome of the elections in 28 of Nigeria's 36 states on 18 March will have more effect on the daily lives of most voters than the disputed...
