Muhammadu Buhari

But the neat Cartesian logic of this Francophone reform had paid little heed to the sensitive realities of West African intergovernmental politics particularly in the region's biggest economy and most populous nation led by a president Muhammadu Buhari whose first reflex is a defensive economic nationalism illustrated by the five-month closure of all its land borders (AC Vol 60 No 20 Protectionism and patronage & Vol 60 No 24 Hard economics meets political pageantry)...

Its government hopes its revenues and fiscal position will be boosted by President Muhammadu Buhari's finance bill raising the VAT rate and other measures...

As he wrestles with mutually reinforcing economic and security problems President Muhammadu Buhari can no longer blame an uncooperative national assembly or opposition state governors if his planned reforms stall again...

Facing urgent economic and security demands President Muhammadu Buhari's team team will need far more political will to fight vested interests in the bureaucracy and business...

It was Muhammadu Buhari's military credentials that persuaded many Nigerians to trust him on security issues in 2015 at a time when insurgents had taken over more than 20 local government areas in the north-east gangs of kidnappers were terrorising communities across the country and the senior ranks of the security services were mired in corruption...

DIRECTOR GENERAL OF THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE SECURITY YUSUF BICHI Kano-born Bichi was appointed Director General of the Department of State Security in September 2018 replacing Matthew Seiyefa from the South-South who had been appointed by Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo while President Muhammadu Buhari was on leave in London...

President Muhammadu Buhari and his team insist they are facing down the vested interests that smuggle in cheap Asian rice and sneak out Nigeria's subsidised petrol to neighbouring states (AC Vol 60 No 20 Protectionism and patronage)...

Also missing was former Vice-President and PDP presidential candidate Atiku Abubakar silent since losing his petition challenging Muhammadu Buhari's re-election at the Supreme Court in October (AC Vol 60 No 8 Atiku takes his beef to DC)...

The amendment to the Production Sharing Contracts (PSCs) sped through parliament now under President Muhammadu Buhari's firm control...

With economic growth failing to keep pace with population growth and the country far too dependent on oil and gas exports President Muhammadu Buhari is trying to deal with critical shortages of revenues and fast-growing debt obligations...

Politicians bankers and wonks Personnel matter as much as policy when it comes to results in Nigeria and there are at least five centres of power when it comes to the economy whose influence can shift according to politics and business interests: The Presidency at Aso Rock: President Muhammadu Buhari Chief of Staff Abba Kyari Secretary to the Government Boss Gidahyelda Mustapha and a coterie of advisors including veteran businessman Mamman Daura...

Côte d'Ivoire's President Alassane Ouattara his Malian counterpart Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta Nigeria's Muhammadu Buhari and Niger's Mahamadou Issoufou who chaired the meeting gathered to try to turn the underfunded understaffed and underwhelming anti-terrorist Force Conjointe du G5 Sahel into a credible fighting machine...

Ten months after its inauguration the new integrated frontier crossing between Nigeria and Benin at Sémé Kraké on the key Lagos-Cotonou corridor was closed to most trade on the orders of President Muhammadu Buhari together with all other official crossing points on the 900km land frontier between the two countries...

Unphased by mounting security threats weakening international oil prices and an unresolved US$9 billion judgement debt demand President Muhammadu Buhari's unveiled an ambitious new budget on 8 October confounding analysts who say that the government needs to cut spending...