Vol 56 No 9 | NIGERIA Rising hopes, falling revenues 1st May 2015 The list of pressing economic problems – oil, power, the naira – is lengthening ahead of Muhammadu Buhari’s inauguration on 29 May It could hardly have been more cordial when a combined team of government and opposition economists from Nigeria arrived in Washington for the Spring Meetings of the International... READ FOR FREE
Vol 52 No 11 | NIGERIAAFRICA The fastest growing family 27th May 2011 The United Nations’ latest projection of world demographic trends* predicts that Africa’s population will reach 2.2 billion by 2050, 24% of the global population. Nigeria’s population, according to...
Vol 54 No 18 | NIGERIA Cracks widen in the PDP 6th September 2013 Seven state governors have walked out of the governing party, dealing a critical blow to its election strategy As he started a three-day state visit to Kenya on 5 September, President Goodluck Jonathan might try to put his own government’s political disarray into perspective. His host,...
Vol 61 No 21 | NIGERIA Rage at the gates 22nd October 2020 Targeted with live rounds in Lagos, campaigners against police brutality step up their protests and political ambition Pressure is mounting on President Muhammadu Buhari's government after the shooting of protestors at the Lekki Toll Gate in Lagos on 20 October with the African Union and... READ FOR FREE
Vol 61 No 18 | NIGERIA Building back bigger 10th September 2020 Planning to spend over 20 billion dollars on grand projects, the Buhari government is raising tariffs and tolls as well as taking on more debt Many Nigerians are disappointed that, as President Muhammadu Buhari is a year into his second term, he has not done more to halt the scourge of corrupt trading...
