Vol 37 No 8 | NIGERIA Changing the guard 12th April 1996 General Sani Abacha's sacking of his Chief of Army Staff, Major General Alwali Kazir, and Chief of Air Staff, Air Vice-Marshall Femi John Femi, was a punishment, we...
Vol 50 No 24 | NIGERIA Ailing president, procrastinating politics 4th December 2009 The latest illness of President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua adds urgency to calls for far-reaching electoral and political reforms ahead of national elections due by early 2011. Despite mounting calls for Yar’Adua to step down on health grounds after he was spirited off to Saudi Arabia for treatment of acute pericarditis, his cabinet ministers insist he must remain in charge. Meanwhile, activists and opposition politicians are reorganising to challenge the incumbent People’s Democratic Party’s overwhelming grip on power. With national elections due by early 2011. The financial stakes are huge - control of some US$100 billion of annual oil and gas revenue. The last elections in...
Vol 62 No 25 | NIGERIA Buhari gambles on cash transfers on his way out 3rd December 2021 As the government ends fuel subsidies, the president plans to introduce an even costlier social grant to over 40 million citizens Just over a year before he's due to step down, President Muhammadu Buhari is taking some uncharacteristic risks. His government is phasing out politically sensitive subsidies and allowing...
Vol 60 No 7 | SIERRA LEONE A storm in a port 5th April 2019 Yet another Chinese loan-backed infrastructure project may be heading for cancellation as warnings of unsustainable debt grow Although President Julius Maada Bio was an enthusiast for Chinese investment in infrastructure at the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation last September, the government has cooled on some major... READ FOR FREE
Vol 57 No 10 | NIGERIA Avengers assemble 13th May 2016 As sabotage attacks and pipeline breakdowns in the Delta take as much as 400,000 barrels per day (bpd), the shadowy Niger Delta Avengers group claims it has launched...