Vol 51 No 4 | NIGERIA Goodluck with the money 19th February 2010 Now a man in a hurry, Acting President Goodluck Jonathan has to stamp his authority on Abuja and quickly decide which ministers and officials can help him and...
Vol 51 No 2 | NIGERIA The nearly man 22nd January 2010 After President Yar’Adua’s two-month health crisis in Saudi Arabia, Vice-President Jonathan’s supporters urge him to seize the day On 16 January, the Vice-President, Goodluck Ebele Jonathan, began to sound like a Nigerian President. His many supporters across the country say it's not before time: they are...
Vol 51 No 2 | NIGERIA The lucky friends 22nd January 2010 Vice-President Goodluck Jonathan is trying to build a broad consensus across political parties and ethnic regions, with advisors outside party and government circles who are mostly from Bayelsa....
Vol 51 No 1 | NIGERIA The elite scrambles for cover 8th January 2010 Desperate to stop the crisis over President Yar’Adua’s illness from spinning out of control, senior politicians plot compromise deals Politicians in Abuja currently have two main imperatives: to forestall a military coup and to prevent war restarting in the Niger Delta (AC Vol 50 No 25). They...
Vol 51 No 1 | NIGERIA A khaki option on the table 8th January 2010 Nigeria’s military, though much diminished, still sees itself as the last truly national institution and the final custodian of the state. If the current crisis unravels, senior officers...
Vol 3 (AAC) No 12 | NIGERIACHINA Spooks, not railways 21st October 2010 Abuja wants to use Chinese export finance to build a spy network with the controversial ZTE company – instead of a railway Security experts reckon that cyber warfare and espionage will be this century’s new battlegrounds. With that in view, Beijing is now considering whether to allow the Nigerian government...
Vol 3 (AAC) No 12 | NIGERIAINDIA India follows China’s lead 21st October 2010 Wherever China goes in Nigeria, India tends not to be too far behind. Chinese contractors may have landed all of the major railway deals in Nigeria (AAC Vol...
Vol 3 (AAC) No 9 | NIGERIACHINAINDIA Beijing gazumps New Delhi 20th July 2010 China's state companies advance billion-dollar oil and banking deals while India's plans are now on hold The Lagos State government, the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation and the China State Construction Engineering Corporation signed an US$8 billion deal this month for a 300,000 barrel-per-day oil refinery and a...
Vol 3 (AAC) No 9 | NIGERIACHINA Telecom troubles 20th July 2010 Plans to sell the state-owned Nigeria Telecommunications (Nitel) have floundered after China Unicom announced it would not be contributing to the front-running New Generation Consortium comprised of China Unicom Europe, the...
Vol 3 (AAC) No 7 | NIGERIACHINA Oiling the gears 20th May 2010 Beijing’s biggest African offer yet is a risky gambit to gain a major stake in the upstream and downstream sectors of Nigeria’s oil business Equal measures of optimism and scepticism greeted China’s announcement of an agreement to build three oil refineries worth US$23 billion. The terms of the memorandum of understanding are clear; the...