Vol 47 No 22 | NIGERIA Fear of flying 3rd November 2006 Africa, with less than four per cent of the world's air traffic, suffers about a third of its air disasters. The latest, on 29 October, killed the Sultan...
Vol 51 No 18 | NIGERIA Good man, impossible job 10th September 2010 Despite the time constraints, hopes for straight elections are vested in the Electoral Commission’s impressive Chairman Attahiru Jega Everyone, in and out of government, acclaimed the appointment in June of academic and trades unionist Attahiru Jega as Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission. Now with...
Vol 67 No 10 | NIGERIA Obi’s exit leaves the opposition back where it started 6th May 2026 Obi and Kwankwaso’s split with Atiku has exposed their inability to convert anti-Tinubu sentiment into a disciplined electoral machine For a moment, Nigeria’s battered opposition looked as though it had agreed a unity formula that might unpick President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s political pre-eminence.
Vol 64 No 22 | NIGERIA The end of Tinubu's beginning 2nd November 2023 The public fight over the president's history polarises politics and reinforces the need for judicial reform That so many Nigerians expected the Supreme Court to confirm Bola Tinubu's victory in this year's Presidential elections reflects a consensus about the judiciary rather than the merits...
Vol 65 No 8 | NIGERIA Oil broker James Ibori returns to Abuja stage 10th April 2024 President Tinubu's ties with convicted fraudster and ex-Delta State governor will boost the ruling party and may cut oil theft In Abuja, the story is of the rise and fall and rise again of James Ibori, former Governor of oil-rich Delta State, sentenced to 13 years in Britain...
