February 6, 2019

A Look Ahead to 2019

Nigeria Goes to the Polls On 16th February 2019, Nigeria will hold a general election in which the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) and President Muhammadu […]
January 11, 2017

ECOWAS Mediates as Jammeh Clings On

On 13th January, an ECOWAS (Economic Community of West African States) mediation mission led by Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari is expected in The Gambia’s capital – […]
June 17, 2016

Oiling Over the Cracks: The End of Peace in the Delta

In 2009, the International community watched as the Niger Delta took a break from the violence that had plagued the region for a decade. In the […]
June 3, 2016

President Buhari: The Honeymoon is over

“I belong to nobody, yet I belong to everybody”. These words were uttered by President Muhammadu Buhari during his inauguration speech on 29th May 2015 and resonated […]
May 21, 2015

Great Expectations

On 29th May 2015 Nigeria’s President-elect, Muhammadu Buhari, will assume office. Not since Barack Obama entered the White House in January 2009 has so much expectation […]
April 2, 2015

Nigeria: Back to the Future?

  Julian Fisher writes: ‎ “Historic” and “amazing” are clichés that I try to avoid. But both may apply to the just-concluded Nigerian election. That Africa’s […]
February 19, 2015

Six weeks to defeat Boko Haram, Really?

On 7th February 2015, one week before elections were set to take place, Nigeria’s electoral commission (INEC) announced that it was postponing elections for 6 weeks. […]