Vol 63 No 8 | NIGERIA Vice-President Osinbajo's bid challenges APC leader Tinubu and bank governor Emefiele 11th April 2022 The latest contender to join the race for the ruling party's presidential nomination may benefit most from his rivals' flaws After weeks of consultations with the ruling All Progressives' Congress (APC) and state governors, Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo launched his campaign on 11 April to win the party's presidential...
Vol 56 No 8 | NIGERIA INEC and high-tech 17th April 2015 The new technology helped combat fraud but old-fashioned politics determined the outcome The accolades heaped on Attahiru Jega and his team at the Independent National Electoral Commission for organising the country's most credible elections to date make much of the...
Vol 62 No 25 | NIGERIA Clogged-up commission 16th December 2021 What is holding up publication of a major report into how oil spills have wrecked the ecology of Bayelsa state in the Niger Delta? The Bayelsa State Oil...
Vol 65 No 13 | NIGERIA Battle for presidency splits the Kano emirate 14th June 2024 Political alliances for the 2027 elections are fuelling the contest for the traditional leadership of Kano Two emirs are laying claim to the throne of the Kano Emirate – a 220-year-old stool. On the surface it is just a battle of two cousins but...
Vol 59 No 21 | NIGERIA Now the race looks serious 26th October 2018 The challenger Atiku Abubakar has built a new coalition, but strong northern support for President Buhari will give him staying power Hell froze over in Nigeria on 11 October. That's when former President Olusegun Obasanjo endorsed his once Vice-President and newly crowned leader of the opposition People's Democratic Party... READ FOR FREE