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- Vol 51 No 5
- 05/03/2010
Yar'Adua goes into extra time
The reappearance of the President has worsened the political paralysis – and the splits in the PDP government
- Vol 51 No 5
- 05/03/2010
On her Majesty's Secret Service
Wits in Abuja have taken to referring to First Lady Turai Yar’Adua as ‘Her Majesty’ and her coterie of apparatchiks as the ‘Secret Service’. She organised the clandestine return to Nigeria of her husband, President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua, on 23 February. Her...
- Vol 51 No 4
- 19/02/2010
Acting President Jonathan sets out his plans
From the surrealism of ‘missing president’ Umaru Yar’Adua, linked to the outside world via a ghostly voiced interview with the BBC, and with attendant disputes of legitimacy and sovereignty, Nigeria has solved the crisis in its own way, by effecting what ...
- Vol 51 No 4
- 19/02/2010
Goodluck with the money
Now a man in a hurry, Acting President Goodluck Jonathan has to stamp his authority on Abuja and quickly decide which ministers and officials can help him and which to drop. Within two days of assuming office, Jonathan swore in 17 permanent secretaries an...
- Vol 51 No 2
- 22/01/2010
The nearly man
After President Yar’Adua’s two-month health crisis in Saudi Arabia, Vice-President Jonathan’s supporters urge him to seize the day
- Vol 51 No 2
- 22/01/2010
The lucky friends
Vice-President Goodluck Jonathan is trying to build a broad consensus across political parties and ethnic regions, with advisors outside party and government circles who are mostly from Bayelsa. His close friends include retired General Owoye Andrew Az...
- Vol 51 No 1
- 08/01/2010
A khaki option on the table
Nigeria’s military, though much diminished, still sees itself as the last truly national institution and the final custodian of the state. If the current crisis unravels, senior officers are likely to intervene, possibly with a nominal civilian head. O...
- Vol 50 No 25
- 18/12/2009
Yar'Adua's cardiac crisis encourages Abuja plotters
The political class examines its options as the President stays away
- Vol 50 No 25
- 18/12/2009
Nigeria's succession: the candidates
Should President Umaru Musa Yar'Adua's health problems cause him to withdraw from office, a number of People's Democratic Party (PDP) notables are poised to ascend.
- Vol 50 No 24
- 04/12/2009
Rogues and rackets on trial
A corruption case in Geneva snares some of Nigeria’s political elite, and judges order the return of stolen state assets
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