Vol 63 No 20 | NIGERIA An election umpire besieged on all sides 6th October 2022 A younger, better-informed and more demanding electorate is challenging the state and mainstream politicians to run fairer elections Every week or so a new scandal about a plan to steal the national elections next year hits the headlines and social media. One of the latest claims... READ FOR FREE
Vol 50 No 25 | NIGERIA Nigeria's succession: the candidates 18th December 2009 Should President Umaru Musa Yar'Adua's health problems cause him to withdraw from office, a number of People's Democratic Party (PDP) notables are poised to ascend.
Vol 40 No 12 | NIGERIA Exeunt sojas 11th June 1999 It was a spectacular coda to 16 years of military rule. On 29 May, more than 30 heads of state, ex-heads of state and international dignitaries -...
Vol 50 No 2 | NIGERIA A gathering storm 23rd January 2009 Plummeting oil prices, rising inflation and a chaotic foreign exchange market challenge the new economic team Oil Minister Rilwanu Lukman and Finance Minister Mansur Mukhtar are leading Nigeria's management of its worse economic crisis for two decades. The steep fall in world oil prices,...
Vol 51 No 19 | NIGERIA A false start 24th September 2010 Doubts about the election timetable, dissension in the President’s party and some surprise new candidates are changing everyone’s calculations The tight election timetable announced at the beginning of the month is now being questioned again by election officials, civil activists and most of the contesting candidates (AC...