The
three main parties all have their candidates, with Vice-President
Atiku Abubakar the last to take a running mate in the shape
of former Anambra State Deputy Governor, Okechukwu Ude.
It is a selection that seems certain to raise tensions in the
re...
Vice-President Atiku Abubakar launched his campaign
for the presidency in Abuja on 25 November, insisting that he
could win elections due next April, despite the open hostility
of the incumbent, Olusegun Obasanjo, his suspension from
the ruling People...
Ruling party insiders suggest that Governor Umaru Musa Yar'Adua could win the presidential nomination
With President Olusegun Obasanjo's sacking of Transport
Minister Abiye Sekibo on 6 October, the row over the 215
million euro (US$275.5 mn.) contract to supply aerial drones for
the Niger Delta won by Israel's Aeronautics Defence Systems
Limited (ADSL...
Presidential hopefuls are quietly launching campaigns but doubts
surround the party congresses due in December
On 20 October, Swiss-based and Canadian-listed
Addax Petroleum announced that it was buying a controlling interest
in a lucrative Nigerian oil block - the award of which until that
point had not been announced by the government. Interestingly,
Addax b...
Africa, with less than four per cent of the world's air traffic,
suffers about a third of its air disasters. The latest, on 29
October, killed the Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Muhammadu Maccido
and four senior politicians. On 18 September, President Oluseg...
Under threat of corruption charges, state governors are losing their political nerve
Six months ahead of the next presidential election, no one knows which candidates are standing and which are heading for gaol
No Nigerian official has been able to explain convincingly
the reasons for the delays in publishing the results of the national
census held in March. That is no surprise as the matter is of
the highest political sensitivity. .
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