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,...
Vol 43 No 24 | NIGERIA Ugly contest 6th December 2002 After the loss of more than 200 lives in riots blamed on the attempt to hold the Miss World contest in Abuja, a row is erupting over how...
Vol 43 No 21 | NIGERIASÃO TOMÉ & PRÍNCIPE Trouble in oil 25th October 2002 A symbol of regional cooperation, the Nigeria-São Tomé e Príncipe Joint Development Zone (JDZ), launched only in January, looks close to collapse.
Vol 43 No 20 | NIGERIA Nigeria's rag trade 11th October 2002 On 2 October Nigeria banned imports of all textiles in a bid to revive its own ailing industry. It now depends on imports from Asia, some of them...