As the National Security Council of service and intelligence chiefs met in Abuja on 11 May under the chairmanship of President Muhammadu Buhari governors of the southern states met in Asaba Delta State demanding a national dialogue on the security emergency and constitutional restructuring to devolve revenue-raising and security powers from the centre...

Until recently governors in the northern states were chary of criticising President Muhammadu Buhari's government on security policy...

A clutch of sub-Saharan and European leaders will attend including francophone presidents Alassane Ouattara (Côte d'Ivoire) and Denis Sassou-Nguesso (Congo-Brazzaville) but also Cyril Ramaphosa (South Africa) Muhammadu Buhari (Nigeria) and Paul Kagame (Rwanda)...

More sober sources in the Senate believe mid-year is realistic – if Senate President Ahmed Lawan a close ally of President Muhammadu Buhari is able to see off any late attempt to sink the legislation...

Centre's gripSupport is growing for a constitutional change to allow state police forces as in many other federal systems such as the United States and Germany but President Muhammadu Buhari is said to be wary of the move as are many of the officials around him...

President Muhammadu Buhari and Nigeria's economy policymakers will certainly welcome the modest improvement in the country's economic outlook...

Frontiers is owned by one of Nigeria's more colourful oil magnates Benedict Peters who has been based in Ghana after leaving Nigeria after Muhammadu Buhari's election in 2015 (AC Vol 58 No 7 The great oil chase & Vol 59 No 4 'Feigned lawsuit' bid to foil US)...