Vol 54 No 14 | NIGERIA The governors and the insurgency 5th July 2013 Quieter streets along with fewer attacks and bombings suggest the declaration of emergency rule in Adamawa, Borno and Yobe states is holding back, for now, the momentum of...
Vol 40 No 21 | NIGERIA Cleaning up oil 22nd October 1999 At last people are taking Obasabjo's crackdown on oil crooks seriously Recent high-level visitors to Abuja have left apparently convinced that President Olusegun Obasanjo is reversing 20 years of corruption and mismanagement in Nigeria's oil industry, the heart of...
Vol 52 No 11 | NIGERIAAFRICA The fastest growing family 27th May 2011 The United Nations’ latest projection of world demographic trends* predicts that Africa’s population will reach 2.2 billion by 2050, 24% of the global population. Nigeria’s population, according to...
Vol 60 No 24 | NIGERIA Hard economics meets political pageantry 5th December 2019 Closing borders, President Buhari wants to boost local producers and stop the smugglers while most politicians look to the next election Listening to the political class in Abuja, Lagos or Port Harcourt, you might be unaware that the country is locked in an epic battle over the direction of... READ FOR FREE
Vol 65 No 17 | NIGERIA As the protests rage, Tinubu risks losing the north 9th August 2024 A week of mobilisation on the streets is changing the political landscape For President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, one of the most threatening elements of the ‘Days of Rage’ protests against his government is their national spread stretching from the ‘usual...