Vol 45 No 11 | NIGERIA No turning back 28th May 2004 The state of emergency in Plateau escalates the President's confrontation with state governors President Olusegun Obasanjo's suspension of Plateau State Governor Joshua Ariye and the State House of Assembly points to a growing constitutional crisis. As investigations continue into Dariye's personal...
Vol 39 No 7 | NIGERIA Not Alaafin matter 3rd April 1998 The detention at London's Gatwick airport on 24 March of the Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Lamidi Adeyemi, and his family after it was claimed that drugs valued at...
Vol 50 No 10 | NIGERIA Votes that don't add up 15th May 2009 The rumpus over the rerun governorship election in Ekiti State on 25 April has become a symbol of the national crisis The political stand-off continued this week in Ekiti State after the Independent National Election Commission (INEC) announced the results of the governorship election on 5 May, which had...
Vol 52 No 8 | NIGERIA A trap for the juggernaut 15th April 2011 The governing party has taken a hit in the National Assembly but Goodluck Jonathan remains favourite to win the presidential vote Parliamentary elections on 9 April showed that Nigerians are no longer willing to be taken for granted by the People’s Democratic Party, which has towered over the political...
Vol 38 No 22 | NIGERIA The General's transition 7th November 1997 As Sani Abacha makes his political plans there is growing disquiet in the military No one who has visited the Presidential complex at Aso Rock in recent weeks doubts that General Sani Abacha, encouraged by his wife Maryam and his 'kitchen cabinet',...