Vol 44 No 9 | NIGERIA Landslide in the Delta 2nd May 2003 The presidential and gubernatorial elections in the oil-rich Niger Delta set new standards of improbability. Just over twelve hours after voting ended in some parts of Rivers, the...
Vol 44 No 9 | NIGERIA Generals on the hill 2nd May 2003 The Abuja-Minna axis still works for old comrades in arms Two former military leaders, General Abdulsalami Abubakar and Gen. Ibrahim Babangida, look out from their hilltop mansions in Minna, central Nigeria, unperturbed by the furore over the elections...
Vol 44 No 8 | NIGERIA The big issues 18th April 2003 Whoever wins will have to tackle crime, constitutional reform and a sick economy After the multi-million dollar election cycle this month, the winners will face an array of pressing economic and political issues... Criminality and security: The police service urgently...
Vol 44 No 8 | NIGERIA North-south divide 18th April 2003 Nigeria's elections were pulled back from the brink of collapse on 16 April when leading opposition candidate Muhammadu Buhari insisted he would not join a boycott of presidential...
Vol 44 No 7 | NIGERIA Delta force 4th April 2003 Just when oil markets needed abundant West African crude supplies (AC Vol 44 No 6), an explosion of violence in Delta State has cut off a third of...
Vol 44 No 5 | NIGERIA Outgunning the opposition 7th March 2003 Shaky administration and growing political violence threaten the credibility of April's national elections The political scene has been ominously quiet as several constitutional issues rumble. The most serious is whether the 18 April presidential election can be held within President Olusegun...
Vol 44 No 5 | NIGERIA The battle in the states 7th March 2003 The ruling PDP's grip on the state governors is under attack from all sides Nigeria's 36 state governors have proved a durable crowd. All but two of those elected in 1999 are to stand again for the same party in April's elections...
Vol 44 No 5 | NIGERIAFRANCEAFRICA Jacques is back 7th March 2003 France's triumphal return to Africa is marred only slightly by the tricky problems it faces there It was an impressive turnout. Forty-two heads of state or government braved the icy cold of Paris and its unlovely Porte Maillot conference centre for the biennial...
Vol 44 No 3 | NIGERIA A victory for the generals 7th February 2003 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 &...
Vol 43 No 25 | NIGERIA Election year 20th December 2002 The main milestone in preparations for the 2003 elections will be the Nominating Convention of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on 3-5 January, probably at Eagle Square,...