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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 52 No 14
  •  8th July 2011

Ministers old and new

President Goodluck Jonathan’s cabinet was not complete when we went to press. Here are some key appointments and some of those tipped for appointment soon.

  • Vol 52 No 13
  •  24th June 2011

Boko Haram declares war

Building on growing northern resentments, the Islamist sect wants to create a political and security crisis by bombing the police

  • Vol 52 No 13
  •  24th June 2011

Power to the people, profits to the chiefs

Community control of oil can worsen local strife, to judge by the experience of the Neconde Group, which won the bid for Shell’s 45% of Operations Management Licence (OML) 42. Shell, the dominant oil company in the Niger Delta since 1959, has this year be...

  • Vol 52 No 11
  •  27th May 2011

The fastest growing family

The United Nations’ latest projection of world demographic trends* predicts that Africa’s population will reach 2.2 billion by 2050, 24% of the global population. Nigeria’s population, according to the forecasts, will grow from its current 160 million to ...

  • Vol 52 No 9
  •  29th April 2011

Better elections, dangerous politics

Fairer voting helps but fundamental reforms are needed to tackle the crisis in the impoverished north

  • Vol 52 No 9
  •  29th April 2011

Governors, godfathers and guts

For ambitious politicians, the exalted office of state governor is worth fighting for, sometimes literally. That made the 26 April gubernatorial elections in 24 of Nigeria’s 36 states a hefty test for the Independent National Electoral Commission (IN...

  • Vol 52 No 8
  •  15th April 2011

A trap for the juggernaut

The governing party has taken a hit in the National Assembly but Goodluck Jonathan remains favourite to win the presidential vote

  • Vol 52 No 7
  •  1st April 2011

Results that are fit to print

This month’s elections will be unique – the ruling class cannot agree on who they want to win

  • Vol 52 No 7
  •  1st April 2011

Watch the south-west

The six states of south-west Nigeria may determine the national elections for President Goodluck Jonathan, whose People’s Democratic Party lost much of its following in the region under its previous leaders. Of Nigeria’s 73.5 million registered electors, ...

  • Vol 52 No 5
  •  4th March 2011

So where did the money go?

Obscure accounts uncover a black hole in state finances as politicians hit the campaign trail promising to end corruption

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