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- Vol 51 No 16
- 06/08/2010
Goodluck with the numbers
President Jonathan is slowly winning over the governors and party barons - but time is short
- Vol 51 No 16
- 06/08/2010
Political spills
A new burst of militancy is haunting the Niger Delta less than a year after the amnesty deal delivered an uneasy peace
- Vol 51 No 16
- 06/08/2010
Father Kukah, Professor Jega and the vote
In the Nigerian tradition of irrepressible optimism periodically suffused with brutal realism, Father Matthew Hassan Kukah argues that the last decade's attempts at democracy in Nigeria have been 'positive' and the country will hold together by 'sheer...
- Vol 51 No 16
- 06/08/2010
Abuja takes Halliburton to court
President Goodluck Jonathan's government is taking on the United States' oil services giant Halliburton and its Nigerian associates for organising bribes to secure contracts for the $6 billion liquefied natural gas plant on Bonny Island from 1995 to 2...
- Vol 51 No 12
- 11/06/2010
Welcome to London
Britain’s Metropolitan Police have told Africa Confidential that they are confident they will secure the extradition of Nigeria’s former Delta State Governor James Ibori from Dubai, ‘by the end of the summer’. This follows the conviction of Ibori’s sis...
- Vol 51 No 11
- 28/05/2010
Into the unknown
An exciting election looms next year: no one knows who is going to run and, more importantly, who is going to win
- Vol 51 No 11
- 28/05/2010
Reformers, politicians and generals
Three groups are emerging within the governing People’s Democratic Party (PDP).
- Vol 51 No 11
- 28/05/2010
Dangote is a Gooner
The eagerness of the United States-based private equity firm Blackstone to talk up the value of Nina Bracewell Smith’s 16% stake in Arsenal Football Club may have prompted Nigerian billionaire Aliko Dangote to pull out of the sale talks.
- Vol 51 No 9
- 30/04/2010
The gung-ho Governor
The ruling party is set to win next month’s elections amid growing criticism at home and abroad
- Vol 51 No 8
- 16/04/2010
A government in a hurry
In just twelve months Acting President Jonathan’s team wants to fix the power crisis, reform the NEC and reorganise the state oil company
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