Vol 52 No 1 | NIGERIA Electric elections 7th January 2011 The accidental President Goodluck Jonathan takes on the northern establishment, with unpredictable results All the ingredients in the presidential and parliamentary elections due in April make for a fierce political battle. The dominant national party for over a decade is losing its gri...
Vol 4 (AAC) No 6 | NIGERIA Odein Ajumogobia 15th April 2011 Foreign Affairs Minister, Nigeria As Foreign Minister, Odein Ajumogobia leads an outspoken diplomatic corps. Nigeria urged Laurent Gbagbo to quit after losing Côte d’Ivoire’s presidential election. As the crisi...
Vol 4 (AAC) No 5 | CAMEROONNIGERIACHINA Good neighbours 31st March 2011 Addax, a British-listed oil and gas company controlled by China’s Sinopec, may benefit from this month’s decision by the Nigerian and Cameroonian governments to collaborate in the ...
Vol 4 (AAC) No 4 | NIGERIACHINA Can’t pay, won’t pay 28th February 2011 Friendly rhetoric and big promises between Beijing and Abuja do not deliver as payment problems strain ties Big deals between the Nigerian government and Chinese companies have fallen through, providing yet another chapter to the up-and-down drama between Beijing and Abuja. On 10 Februa...
Vol 4 (AAC) No 4 | NIGERIATELECOMS Who can you call? 28th February 2011 Another attempt at privatising fixed-line operator Nigerian Telecommunications Ltd. (Nitel) and mobile operator Mtel has failed.
Vol 51 No 25 | NIGERIA The war against the amnesty 17th December 2010 The presidential election, the oil trade and community peace deals are at risk in the latest Niger Delta conflicts Leaders of the Ayakoroma community in Delta State saw the violence coming. They warned the military Joint Task Force in mid-November that their town was in the crossfire between t...
Vol 51 No 25 | NIGERIA General John Togo and all his enemies 17th December 2010 The self-styled General of the Niger Delta struggle, warlord John Togo, emerged from the Itsekiri/Ijaw ethnic war of 2003, when rival tribal groups from Delta State spawned death, ...
Vol 51 No 24 | NIGERIA Atiku, Buhari and Ribadu - the great northern hopes 3rd December 2010 Northern politicians have regrouped and are making a determined bid for the presidency in next year's election The postponement of the presidential election until 9 April 2011 means another four months of intensive party politicking and the shelving of plans to reform the oil, gas and el...
Vol 51 No 24 | NIGERIA All the President's militias 3rd December 2010 Jonathan must win the Delta vote and is mustering the violent gangs to ensure his victory The fierce race for the presidency and National Assembly in next year's elections is worsening the violence in the Niger Delta and undermining last year's amnesty deal. Within th...
Vol 51 No 23 | NIGERIA Jonathan’s Delta blues 19th November 2010 Despite the President’s political base in the oil-rich Niger Delta, militant groups are on the march again and abandoning the amnesty deal A new coalition of fighters in the Niger Delta has emerged to oppose President Goodluck Jonathan’s amnesty and has launched a new round of violence. A younger generation – operatin...
