Vol 66 No 5 | NIGERIA Tinubu aims for Africa’s top economy slot 7th March 2025 Officials in Abuja hope the country’s recalculated GDP can help recover its ranking and prove the government’s harsh reforms are working A full-throated public relations campaign is under way to show that President Bola Tinubu’s reforms are bearing fruit after two troubling years with most Nigerians hit by a...
Vol 66 No 5 | NIGERIAWHO'S WHO Tuggar drives Nigeria’s strategic autonomy 7th March 2025 The appointment of Yusuf Maitama Tuggar as President Bola Tinubu’s Foreign Minister in May 2023 was one of the more imaginative cabinet choices. A former journalist and ambassador...
Vol 66 No 4 | NIGERIA Rivals tussle for Benin Bronzes 21st February 2025 The opening of the Museum of West African Art (MOWAA) in Edo State’s Benin City won plaudits. But few noticed the absence of the objects it was designed...
Vol 66 No 3 | NIGERIA Playing the numbers game 7th February 2025 Political pressure is mounting on Nigeria’s National Bureau of Statistics ahead of the imminent release of its GDP rebasing data. The statistical exercise could more than double the...
Vol 66 No 1 | NIGERIAAFRICA IN 2025 Merger or bust for the opposition 10th January 2025 The challenge is clear – form an alliance or risk leaving President Tinubu as the frontrunner in the 2027 elections With electioneering expected to start in 2026, this year will test the opposition’s resolve to form a mega party that could unseat President Bola Tinubu and his All...
Vol 66 No 1 | NIGERIA President Tinubu’s oil optimism doesn’t add up, yet 3rd January 2025 Local companies taking over onshore production and international offshore plays won’t plug the revenue holes Widespread scepticism greeted President Bola Tinubu’s ‘Budget of Restoration’ when he presented it to the National Assembly on 18 December – mainly due to doubts about the oil...
DISPATCHES Vol 66 No 1 | NIGERNIGERIA Junta accuses Nigeria of French kiss 31st December 2024 Regional security in the Sahel is deteriorating amid claim and counter-claim The diplomatic chill between the Sahelian military juntas and France grew colder over Christmas after Niger’s junta leader General Abdourahamane Tiani accused France of allying with militant groups,... READ FOR FREE
Vol 65 No 25 | NIGERIA Tinubu prepares to present 2025 budget 12th December 2024 Foreign exchange and tax reforms are praised by international banks but most Nigerians are yet to see the benefits For the multilateral financial institutions and investment banks, President Bola Tinubu’s economic reforms are stabilising the country’s finances and staunching the loss of billions of dollars in revenues... READ FOR FREE
Vol 65 No 25 | NIGERIA Reforms spark a national tax revolt 12th December 2024 State governors and federal lawmakers oppose plans to centralise revenue collection in a new agency in Abuja President Bola Tinubu’s alliance with northern Nigeria, which helped him get into power last year, risks falling apart as he attempts to re-engineer the country’s revenue structure. Tinubu’s...
Vol 65 No 24 | NIGERIA Tinubu looks to his military home boys 28th November 2024 After a spate of coups swept West Africa, the President has stacked key positions with officers from his home region Faced with security threats on multiple levels – jihadist fighters, mass unrest and would-be putschists – President Bola Tinubu is taking no chances. He is building the country’s...