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 62 No 21 | NIGERIA A splintered sect 21st October 2021 The death of a notorious jihad leader has shifted the balance of power among terrorist groups in the region An unrelenting campaign of terror by Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) continues to gather steam as it positions itself to succeed Boko Haram, from which it splintered, as...
Vol 42 No 9 | NIGERIA Exit top brass 4th May 2001 Big policy differences are behind the departure of three military chiefs Did they jump or were they pushed? The retirement on 24 April of the Chief of Army Staff, General Victor Malu; Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal Ibrahim Mahmud Alfa; and Chief of Nav...
Vol 54 No 11 | NIGERIA Lagos leniency 24th May 2013 A Lagos court has sentenced Azim Aghajani, the Iranian convicted on 13 May of importing 13 containers of infantry weapons, to only five years, along with his Nigerian accomplice, U...