Vol 52 No 15 | NIGERIA Maiduguri's terror crisis 22nd July 2011 Styling themselves defenders of President Jonathan, Niger Delta militants are threatening to take on Boko Haram Thousands are fleeing Maiduguri, Borno State, where attacks by the Islamist militia Boko Haram and clashes with the army’s Joint Task Force have left scores of people dead...
Vol 37 No 3 | NIGERIA Who's killing who? 2nd February 1996 Bombings and arms caches mean that both sides are upping the stakes in the political crisis The rumblings are getting more ominous. General Sani Abacha's son killed in a plane crash, bombings in the north, tons of guns and ammunition found on the Benin...
Vol 58 No 20 | NIGERIA Homage to Catalonia 6th October 2017 As their central governments fight secessionists this week, Nigeria and Spain discover they have a few things in common Proponents of Biafra as an independent state in south-east Nigeria have seized upon the Spanish government's mishandling of the Catalonian secessionists to score propaganda points against President Muhammadu... READ FOR FREE
Vol 51 No 1 | NIGERIA A khaki option on the table 8th January 2010 Nigeria’s military, though much diminished, still sees itself as the last truly national institution and the final custodian of the state. If the current crisis unravels, senior officers...
Vol 61 No 14 | NIGERIA Divided we stand 9th July 2020 President Buhari has papered over rifts in the ruling party but they will re-emerge ahead of national elections With the Covid-19 pandemic spreading and the economy on the slide, the country's top politicians have taken refuge in the familiarity of an old-fashioned internal power struggle. Rival...
