Vol 54 No 25 | NIGERIA Presidential letter bombs 12th December 2013 Private letters to President Jonathan from General Obasanjo and Bank Governor Sanusi warn of deepening financial and political threats The leaking this week of two damning letters to President Goodluck Jonathan was surely no coincidence and fires a powerful broadside against his government and his plans to...
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 66 No 21 | NIGERIA Coup plot or not 24th October 2025 Mobile phones started buzzing on 17 October about a thwarted coup plot, fired up by a story on Sahara Reporters on the arrest of 16 officers ‘over issues...
Vol 38 No 25 | NIGERIA After Yar'Adua 19th December 1997 The death of a detained politician has focused attention on northern discontents Whatever caused the death of gaoled Northern military politician Shehu Musa Yar'Adua'on 9 December, it has sent a powerful message that Northerners can expect no special favours from...
Vol 39 No 7 | NIGERIA From the shadows 3rd April 1998 Universally known as 'MD', former spymaster and police chief Alhaji Muhammadu Dikko Yusufu (66) has emerged as the most credible challenger to General Sani Abacha's as yet unannounced...
