Vol 62 No 1 | NIGERIA Ready to rumble 7th January 2021 As President Buhari looks to his legacy, the jostling for succession will begin in earnest In May, President Muhammadu Buhari will reach the halfway point of his second and final four-year term. It is that point in Nigeria's political calendar, when the main players' foc... READ FOR FREE
Vol 61 No 24 | NIGERIA Protest, what protest? 3rd December 2020 Official denials over the Lekki shootings fail to stand up against the mounting evidence, while activists are targeted in a clampdown Nigerian government officials continue to downplay the army shootings at youth-led protests against the rogue Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) police unit in October, and are doub...
Vol 64 No 25 | NIGERIA Opposition left outmanoeuvred 14th December 2023 After fighting formidable presidential campaigns, Peter Obi and Atiku Abubakar have failed to follow up Whether it is the 1,400-strong Nigerian delegation to the UN COP28 climate summit in Dubai, or the supplementary budget that allocated US$35 million to items such as a presidential...
Vol 48 No 12 | NIGERIA The new man in Abuja 8th June 2007 Vested interests in the police and political class are already trying to block President Umaru Yar'Adua's reform efforts At a subdued and well guarded inauguration ceremony in Abuja's Eagle Square parade ground on 29 May, President Umaru Musa Yar'Adua talked about reforming Nigeria's rotten political...
Vol 47 No 22 | NIGERIA Fear of flying 3rd November 2006 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 Muhammad...