Vol 53 No 2 | NIGERIA How the fuel row caught fire 20th January 2012 An unwieldy and spontaneous opposition has won its first battle against the government; now it needs a strategy Nobody in government, least of all President Goodluck Jonathan, seemed prepared for the torrent of opposition excited by the decision to end fuel subsidies. This doubled the retail...
Vol 53 No 2 | NIGERIA Sanusi hits out at subsidy racket 20th January 2012 Almost alone among his colleagues in government, Central Bank of Nigeria Governor Sanusi Lamido Aminu Sanusi has made a credible case for the removal of fuel subsidies*. He argues ...
Vol 53 No 1 | NIGERIA A year of living dangerously 6th January 2012 Northern and Delta insurgents, oil companies and angry citizens threaten President Jonathan’s reform plans For a year that was meant to presage Nigeria’s great economic leap forward, 2012 could hardly have opened more inauspiciously. First came President Goodluck Jonathan’s declaration ...
Vol 53 No 1 | NIGERIA How the economy defies politics 6th January 2012 Insulated from political chaos, this year’s budget assumes a gross domestic product growth rate of 7.2%. The International Monetary Fund reckons it may be just under 7%. Early in t...
Vol 52 No 25 | NIGERIA Inside the security hierarchy 16th December 2011 Who's who in the line-up against Boko Haram?
Vol 52 No 24 | NIGERIA The unprosecutables 2nd December 2011 Rumours of Farida Waziri’s imminent demise as head of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission had been circulating for weeks before President Goodluck Jonathan administered th...
Vol 52 No 23 | NIGERIA Inflammatory subsidy 18th November 2011 Jonathan says fuel subsidies will end on New Year’s Day but few people expect that he can pull off such a momentous change to Nigerian life The federal government’s decision to remove fuel subsidies from 1 January 2012 is dividing the public and raising the spectre of unrest. The government insists that it cannot affor...
Vol 52 No 20 | NIGERIAGULF OF GUINEAPIRACY The Security Council lands a new African problem 7th October 2011 Nigeria calls a debate on worsening piracy in the Gulf of Guinea The United Nations Security Council does not lack for African problems: the continent’s woes take up about three quarters of the Council’s time. Later this month, a new issue will ...
Vol 52 No 20 | NIGERIA The loot looted 7th October 2011 Suspicion has been growing in Nigeria that some of the billions recovered from corrupt public officials may have been stolen again. A human rights group, the Socio-Economic Rights ...
Vol 52 No 18 | NIGERIA All the President’s businessmen 9th September 2011 Tycoons can boost their fortunes sponsoring political parties and many are seeking admission to Jonathan’s circle A group of power-brokers and fortune-seekers is taking shape around President Goodluck Jonathan. Often rivals, most have interests in the oil business, whose centre is his native N...
