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Nigeria
Population: 156 mn.
GDP: 202.5 bn.
Debt: 5.9 bn.
Overview: The northern insurgency and protests against the abolition of the US$7 bn. fuel subsidies are rocking President Goodluck Jonathan's government. Without new social and productive investment in the north the crisis will escalate and threaten national unity. 

 

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  • Vol 48 No 10
  •  11th May 2007

Giant steps

Mallam Nasir el-Rufai's student friends called him 'Giant'; he stands some five foot seven inches tall. These days he is more commonly known as 'Bulldozer', because of his reputation for demolishing illegal buildings since he was named Minister for the Fe...

  • Vol 48 No 9
  •  27th April 2007

The dealmaking begins

The victorious People's Democratic Party wants to co-opt enough dissenters to put the rigged election furore behind it

  • Vol 48 No 9
  •  27th April 2007

The men from the south

Bayelsa State's head of security, Bola Igali, barked orders into his mobile phone. 'We have a security situation developing,' he told Africa Confidential, breaking off the interview. Shooting in Yenagoa, the Bayelsa State capital, had just broken out on 2...

  • Vol 48 No 9
  •  27th April 2007

Uneasy truce in Delta State

Emmanuel Uduaghan, the winner of the heavily disputed governorship elections in Delta State, will have a critical economic and political role in the coming months. He is the protégé of outgoing Delta Governor James Ibori, who has been under ...

  • Vol 48 No 8
  •  13th April 2007

Yar'Adua prepares for power

If the PDP juggernaut trounces the opposition, the new government will have the shortest of breaks before the pressure starts mounting

  • Vol 48 No 8
  •  13th April 2007

Too many parties spoil the polls

Opposition to the governing People's Democratic Party (PDP) is split between 24 different parties, most of which cannot even dream of winning a governorship, much less the Presidency.

  • Vol 48 No 8
  •  13th April 2007

Table

Key states in Nigeria's gubernatorial and presidential elections

  • Vol 48 No 5
  •  2nd March 2007

The grudge match goes on

Facing multiple corruption charges, Vice-President Abubakar accuses President Obasanjo of electoral sabotage

  • Vol 48 No 5
  •  2nd March 2007

Indictments, then elections

If Atiku Abubakar has been correctly indicted for embezzlement, he is not eligible to stand as a candidate in April's presidential elections. Section 137 (i) of the Nigerian constitution says that an aspirant for the presidency is ineligible if 'he has be...

  • Vol 48 No 3
  •  2nd February 2007

Party pieces

Feuding factions in the governing PDP jostle for jobs, and no prosecutions, before the elections

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