Vol 60 No 11 | NIGERIA Troubles mount for Buhari 31st May 2019 There will be no radical changes in economic policy but a reshuffle of the security chiefs is probable and long overdue It may have been lack-lustre economy or the deepening national security crisis but President Muhammadu Buhari's swearing-in on 29 May was a morose affair. It was also short of star...
Vol 60 No 10 | NIGERIA OPL245: Fight or flight 17th May 2019 A new claim for damages by the Federal Republic of Nigeria, linked to a historic scandal over the controversial award of the OPL 245 oil licence, is set to further embarrass two hi...
Vol 60 No 8 | NIGERIA Atiku takes his beef to DC 19th April 2019 Atiku Abubakar is sticking by his claims of fraud in the Nigerian presidential election. He is spending $30,000 on Washington DC lobbyists Fein and DelValle to try to persuade Unit...
Vol 60 No 8 | NIGERNIGERIA Counter-terror error 19th April 2019 Four years after imposing a ban on economic activity along the shores of Lake Chad aimed at staunching the flow of funds to the Nigerian Islamist militia Boko Haram, the authoritie...
Vol 60 No 7 | NIGERIA Clean-up or cover-up? 5th April 2019 Links between Big Oil and politicians are blocking a multimillion-dollar environmental rescue plan for the Delta The UN-mandated clean-up of oil-polluted Ogoniland is becoming mired in allegations of pay-outs to politicians to rig elections in Rivers State. Violence and vote-rigging over two ...
Vol 60 No 6 | NIGERIA Election credibility on trial 22nd March 2019 With his party winning new ground in state elections, the opposition presidential candidate alleges systematic voter fraud Promising to call evidence from forensic scientists, statisticians and psephologists, the People's Democratic Party presidential candidate Atiku Abubakar filed his petition challen...
Vol 60 No 5 | NIGERIA The stayaway election 8th March 2019 A dull campaign then a delayed vote resulted in the lowest turnout in two decades Although Muhammadu Buhari comfortably defeated his main challenger Atiku Abubakar in presidential elections on 23 February, voter turnout was just 35.6%, the lowest since the retur...
Vol 60 No 4 | NIGERIA Drama in the delay 22nd February 2019 Accusations of malfeasance and conspiracy follow the last-minute postponement of the national elections In an election campaign that has failed to capture the nation's imagination, the announcement that voting would be delayed by a week, less than six hours before it was due to start...
Vol 60 No 4 | NIGERIA Governors get set 22nd February 2019 As the states demand more power from the creaking federal system, the governorship races are getting closer and more important When the world shifts its attention away from Nigeria's headline-making presidential election, the country's provincial politicians will be shifting into high gear. On 9 March, Nig...
Vol 60 No 3 | NIGERIA Errors of judgement 8th February 2019 The row over the President’s suspension of the Chief Justice raises doubts over the conduct of this month’s elections Chief Justice Walter Onnoghen, suspended by President Muhammadu Buhari on 25 January, is fighting for his professional life in a partisan battle that casts a shadow over presidenti...