Vol 51 No 20 | NIGERIA The politics takes over again 8th October 2010 Bold reform plans are put on hold as the battle for Aso Rock intensifies The brief interest shown by President Goodluck Jonathan's government in economic reform seems to be waning in favour of a concentration on short-term tactics that might help his...
Vol 51 No 20 | NIGERIA The car bomb whodunit 8th October 2010 Whoever was responsible for the car bombs that killed 12 people in Abuja during the 50th anniversary of Nigeria's Independence on 1 October and whatever their motives, they...
Vol 51 No 19 | NIGERIA A false start 24th September 2010 Doubts about the election timetable, dissension in the President’s party and some surprise new candidates are changing everyone’s calculations The tight election timetable announced at the beginning of the month is now being questioned again by election officials, civil activists and most of the contesting candidates (AC...
Vol 51 No 19 | NIGERIA The field gets more crowded 24th September 2010 There is no shortage of candidates or political parties contesting the presidential election due early next year; the exact timetable (AC Vol 51 No 18) is under review...
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 51 No 18 | NIGERIA A tight election timetable 10th September 2010 Key events in the coming months Opposition parties, trades unions and civic activists are protesting against the breakneck schedule announced by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) for presidential elections on 22 January 2010....
Vol 51 No 16 | NIGERIA Goodluck with the numbers 6th August 2010 President Jonathan is slowly winning over the governors and party barons - but time is short The arithmetic is not right yet but Goodluck Jonathan is making steady progress in his bid for the candidacy of his party in next year's presidential elections. Last...
Vol 51 No 16 | NIGERIA Political spills 6th August 2010 A new burst of militancy is haunting the Niger Delta less than a year after the amnesty deal delivered an uneasy peace Delays over cash payments, the coming national elections and rising concern over oil pollution are behind the latest wave of protests and attacks in the Delta. Scores are...
Vol 51 No 16 | NIGERIA Father Kukah, Professor Jega and the vote 6th August 2010 In the Nigerian tradition of irrepressible optimism periodically suffused with brutal realism, Father Matthew Hassan Kukah argues that the last decade's attempts at democracy in Nigeria have been...
Vol 51 No 16 | NIGERIA Abuja takes Halliburton to court 6th August 2010 President Goodluck Jonathan's government is taking on the United States' oil services giant Halliburton and its Nigerian associates for organising bribes to secure contracts for the $6 billion...