Vol 56 No 11 | NIGERIA Delta, dollars and Downing Street 29th May 2015 Concerns about stability and commercial interests informed the sudden meeting between President Buhari and Britain’s Prime Minister Security, crime and migration topped the agenda when Nigerian President-elect Muhammadu Buhari met United Kingdom Prime Minister David Cameron at 10 Downing Street on 23 May. Aside...
Vol 56 No 11 | NIGERIASWITZERLAND Cash for loot 29th May 2015 The Swiss lawyers who brokered Nigeria's much-criticised immunity-for-cash deal with Mohammed and Abba Abacha last July are major beneficiaries, it has emerged. The two sons of the...
Vol 56 No 9 | NIGERIA Rising hopes, falling revenues 1st May 2015 The list of pressing economic problems – oil, power, the naira – is lengthening ahead of Muhammadu Buhari’s inauguration on 29 May It could hardly have been more cordial when a combined team of government and opposition economists from Nigeria arrived in Washington for the Spring Meetings of the International ... READ FOR FREE
Vol 56 No 9 | NIGERIA APC to lead with a leaner team 1st May 2015 At their Spring Meetings in Washington, officials at the International Monetary Fund and World Bank expressed surprise that Nigeria's incoming officials were willing to cooperate w...
Vol 56 No 8 | NIGERIA 'No condition is permanent' 17th April 2015 The credibility of the election and transition breaks the political mould and opens up the possibility of radical change One of President Goodluck Jonathan's campaign advisors had it all figured out a few weeks before the presidential election on 28 March. 'Nigerian elections are all about regional l... READ FOR FREE
Vol 56 No 8 | NIGERIA Mending fences 17th April 2015 Militant fighters ponder their options after Jonathan loses power and a showdown over oil theft looks likely It has been a bad month for the Niger Delta in both personal and political terms. The death of activist lawyer Oronto Douglas on 9 April, after a long struggle with cancer, has rob...
Vol 56 No 8 | NIGERIA INEC and high-tech 17th April 2015 The new technology helped combat fraud but old-fashioned politics determined the outcome The accolades heaped on Attahiru Jega and his team at the Independent National Electoral Commission for organising the country's most credible elections to date make much of the us...
Vol 56 No 7 | NIGERIA A moment of truth for the General 3rd April 2015 Returning to power after 30 years, Muhammadu Buhari has been elected President heading a coalition bent on reform One of the first acts of President-elect Muhammadu Buhari's new government will be to establish a clear regime of accountability and transparency in managing the country's oil and ... READ FOR FREE
Vol 56 No 7 | NIGERIA The rigging in Rivers 3rd April 2015 Lekia Nkirine didn't stand a chance. He was shot in the chest at close range at six in the morning on election day when 50 thugs attacked the compound of Joe Poroma, the Commission...
Vol 56 No 7 | NIGERIA Votes, damned lies and opinion polls 27th March 2015 Maximising the turnout and countering rigging could be the key to making a success of tomorrow’s elections Anyone following the opinion polls for a guide to the outcome of tomorrow's presidential and parliamentary elections will be disappointed. Yet they have played an important role in...
