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Nigeria

Population: 144.7 million
GNI: $92400 million
Debt: $20300 million
Overview: Courtroom battles over last year's elections may trigger a major political upset as oil and gas revenues rise further. Banks and telecoms companies are preparing big new investments.

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  • Vol 48 No 8
  • 13/04/2007

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
  • 13/04/2007

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
  • 13/04/2007

Table

Key states in Nigeria's gubernatorial and presidential elections

  • Vol 48 No 5
  • 02/03/2007

The grudge match goes on

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

  • Vol 48 No 5
  • 02/03/2007

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...

  • Vol 48 No 3
  • 02/02/2007

Party pieces

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

  • Vol 48 No 3
  • 02/02/2007

What future for the reform team?

At the heart of policy-making for much of President Olusegun Obasanjo's two terms, the reform team of Nigerian technocrats is breaking up, raising doubts about the continuity of economic policy after the elections.

  • Vol 48 No 3
  • 02/02/2007

Buhari's election headlines

Another former military ruler dons a baba riga to run for the presidency and campaign for more accountability

  • Vol 48 No 3
  • 02/02/2007

Bond breakthrough

Some might consider it risky for a Nigerian bank to issue a US$300 million Eurobond on the international capital markets for the first time - just three months before the country holds critical national elections. In fact, the issue was oversubscribed ...

  • Vol 48 No 2
  • 19/01/2007

Tafidan's ghost

The three main candidates in April's presidential elections all have close ties to Katsina's late kingmaker Shehu Musa Yar'Adua

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