Vol 48 No 8 | NIGERIA Yar'Adua prepares for power 13th April 2007 If the PDP juggernaut trounces the opposition, the new government will have the shortest of breaks before the pressure starts mounting Failing a cataclysmic reversal in the next week, President Olusegun Obasanjo's governing People's Democratic Party is likely to chalk up another victory at the state and federal elections...
Vol 48 No 8 | NIGERIA Too many parties spoil the polls 13th April 2007 Opposition to the governing People's Democratic Party (PDP) is split between 24 different parties, most of which cannot even dream of winning a governorship, much less the Presidency.
Vol 48 No 8 | NIGERIA Table 13th April 2007 Key states in Nigeria's gubernatorial and presidential elections We examine the main contestants and predict the probable winners of the elections
Vol 48 No 5 | NIGERIA The grudge match goes on 2nd March 2007 Facing multiple corruption charges, Vice-President Abubakar accuses President Obasanjo of electoral sabotage Vice-President Atiku Abubakar insists that he remains a candidate in April's presidential elections despite what he describes as 'every effort to destroy' him. Behind that campaign is President...
Vol 48 No 5 | NIGERIA Indictments, then elections 2nd March 2007 If Atiku Abubakar has been correctly indicted for embezzlement, he is not eligible to stand as a candidate in April's presidential elections. Section 137 (i) of the Nigerian...
Vol 48 No 3 | NIGERIA Party pieces 2nd February 2007 Feuding factions in the governing PDP jostle for jobs, and no prosecutions, before the elections Voters are less worried about the upcoming elections than the would-be candidates, now battling for territory before the campaign proper starts later this month. On 29 January, the...
Vol 48 No 3 | NIGERIA What future for the reform team? 2nd February 2007 At the heart of policy-making for much of President Olusegun Obasanjo's two terms, the reform team of Nigerian technocrats is breaking up, raising doubts about the continuity of...
Vol 48 No 3 | NIGERIA Buhari's election headlines 2nd February 2007 Another former military ruler dons a baba riga to run for the presidency and campaign for more accountability As he elegantly stretches out in a rented Mayfair apartment and insists on discussing 'policy issues not personalities', it is easy to forget that General Muhamadu Buhari headed...
Vol 48 No 3 | NIGERIA Bond breakthrough 2nd February 2007 Some might consider it risky for a Nigerian bank to issue a US$300 million Eurobond on the international capital markets for the first time - just three months...
Vol 48 No 2 | NIGERIA Tafidan's ghost 19th January 2007 The three main candidates in April's presidential elections all have close ties to Katsina's late kingmaker Shehu Musa Yar'Adua General Shehu Musa Yar'Adua's shadow looms large over Nigeria's April presidential elections. Soldier-turned-politician Yar'Adua died in gaol nine years ago on trumped up charges of coup-plotting against the...