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Nigeria

Population: 227.71m
GDP: $199.72bn
Debt: 50.68% of GDP (2024)

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Atlantic crossing

Promising that his second-term government would be based on merit not party allegiance, President Olusegun Obasanjo said the focus would be on economic growth and job creation as...


Security blanket

A new security team is emerging to take on rising crime, threats of terrorism and political unrest in the Niger Delta as President Olusegun Obasanjo consolidates power. Here,...


Leaky and unlucky

Revelations by Royal Dutch/Shell that thefts of crude oil from its operations in the Niger Delta could amount to as much as 100,000 barrels a day have been...


The naira republic wins again

Money-politics and vote-rigging will undermine President Obasanjo's second term without a full investigation of the poll

'Don't give me any more of those Florida results!' bellowed a Nigerian journalist at a computer screen in the Election Commission's media centre. The machine was spewing out...


Landslide in the Delta

The presidential and gubernatorial elections in the oil-rich Niger Delta set new standards of improbability. Just over twelve hours after voting ended in some parts of Rivers, the...


The big issues

Whoever wins will have to tackle crime, constitutional reform and a sick economy

After the multi-million dollar election cycle this month, the winners will face an array of pressing economic and political issues... Criminality and security: The police service urgently...


North-south divide

Nigeria's elections were pulled back from the brink of collapse on 16 April when leading opposition candidate Muhammadu Buhari insisted he would not join a boycott of presidential...


Delta force

Just when oil markets needed abundant West African crude supplies (AC Vol 44 No 6), an explosion of violence in Delta State has cut off a third of...


Outgunning the opposition

Shaky administration and growing political violence threaten the credibility of April's national elections

The political scene has been ominously quiet as several constitutional issues rumble. The most serious is whether the 18 April presidential election can be held within President Olusegun...


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