- Vol 53 No 2
- 20th January 2012
An unwieldy and spontaneous opposition has won its first battle against the government; now it needs a strategy
- Vol 53 No 2
- 20th January 2012
Almost alone among his colleagues in government, Central Bank of Nigeria Governor Sanusi Lamido Aminu Sanusi has made a credible case for the removal of fuel subsidies*. He argues for direct measures – such as cash transfers – to help working people but i...
- Vol 53 No 1
- 6th January 2012
Northern and Delta insurgents, oil companies and angry citizens threaten President Jonathan’s reform plans
- Vol 53 No 1
- 6th January 2012
Insulated from political chaos, this year’s budget assumes a gross domestic product growth rate of 7.2%. The International Monetary Fund reckons it may be just under 7%. Early in the year, Finance Minister Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala will announce the rebased GDP...
- Vol 52 No 25
- 16th December 2011
As President Jonathan’s government tries to modernise the economy, it is throwing money at a campaign to defeat the Boko Haram militia
- Vol 52 No 25
- 16th December 2011
Who's who in the line-up against Boko Haram?
- Vol 52 No 24
- 2nd December 2011
Rumours of Farida Waziri’s imminent demise as head of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission had been circulating for weeks before President Goodluck Jonathan administered the coup de grâce on 23 November.
- Vol 52 No 23
- 18th November 2011
Jonathan says fuel subsidies will end on New Year’s Day but few people expect that he can pull off such a momentous change to Nigerian life
- Vol 52 No 20
- 7th October 2011
Nigeria calls a debate on worsening piracy in the Gulf of Guinea
- Vol 52 No 20
- 7th October 2011
Suspicion has been growing in Nigeria that some of the billions recovered from corrupt public officials may have been stolen again. A human rights group, the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (Serap), has filed a Freedom of Information requ...