Vol 60 No 1 | NIGERIA A poll without passion 11th January 2019 Atiku coupAtiku's biggest coup was his reconciliation with former President Olusegun Obasanjo in Ogun state last year...
Vol 59 No 25 | NIGERIA Sharks in an oily soup 21st December 2018 The corrosive qualities of the OPL 245 saga dripped across three People's Democratic Party administrations from Olusegun Obasanjo through Musa Yar'Adua – who was lukewarm on all the proposed resolutions – and Goodluck Jonathan...
Vol 59 No 23 | NIGERIA Promises, promises 23rd November 2018 After dallying with an impromptu alliance put together by ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo Duke opted for the SDP ticket to put down a marker...
Vol 59 No 21 | NIGERIA Now the race looks serious 26th October 2018 That's when former President Olusegun Obasanjo endorsed his once Vice-President and newly crowned leader of the opposition People's Democratic Party (PDP) Atiku Abubakar... READ FOR FREE
Vol 59 No 16 | NIGERIA Politics of patronage 10th August 2018 The Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB) was conceived during Olusegun Obasanjo's first elected term as president to reform the labyrinth of institutions revolving around the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) and spur lagging investment...
Vol 59 No 15 | NIGERIA The probity contest 27th July 2018 The EFCC was established in 2003 by the then newly-elected President Olusegun Obasanjo to prosecute both high-level theft of public money and organised crime especially those involving politicians...
Vol 59 No 14 | NIGERIA A split by any other name 13th July 2018 Also in the alliance is the African Democratic Congress (ADC) backed by ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo...
Vol 59 No 10 | NIGERIA Friends with benefits 18th May 2018 One of the PDP's interlocutors is the African Democratic Congress (ADC) now home to former President Olusegun Obasanjo's Coalition for Nigeria Movement (CNM) which claims a membership of three million...
Vol 59 No 9 | NIGERIA An election on autopilot 4th May 2018 Back in Nigeria after his Washington trip Buhari went straight into attack mode lambasting two of his predecessors – Olusegun Obasanjo and Goodluck Jonathan – for profligate management of the country's resources...
Vol 59 No 3 | NIGERIA Rumblings in the regions 9th February 2018 First the doyen of the soldier-politicians General Olusegun Obasanjo wrote one of his customary open letters to President Muhammadu Buhari on 23 January advising him not to stand for a second term of office (AC blogpost)...