Jump to navigation

Vol 50 No 24

Published 4th December 2009


Nigeria

The Abacha family's plunder machine

The Abacha family's plunder machine



Related Articles

How Washington’s demands hit voters

The spreading security emergency and foreign political interference will cost President Bola Tinubu votes

A claim by a United States Congressional committee that Nigeria is the deadliest place in the world to practice Christianity has reignited tensions between Washington and Abuja as...


Bankers circle the presidency

The country’s military is over-stretched and few trust the political class but its financiers are projecting power like never before

As the race for next year's presidential elections heats up, two political outsiders have been named as contenders with support by some in the top ranks of President...


A victory for the generals

A soldier - serving or retired - will be running Nigeria by June after a hard fought election

Nigerians now have a choice of presidential candidates in the 19 April election which almost exactly reflects the nation's schisms and idiosyncrasies (AC Vol 43 No 25 &...


Jonathan and the securocrats

With a new cabinet in place, the acting President wants to push through some economic and political reforms

The next stage of the political plan mapped out by Acting President Goodluck Jonathan and his advisors is taking shape, following the Senate's confirmation of the list of...


Playing the numbers game

Political pressure is mounting on Nigeria’s National Bureau of Statistics ahead of the imminent release of its GDP rebasing data. The statistical exercise could more than double the...