Buhari wins as Nigeria turns its back on Jonathan

Posted on Sat 04 April 2015 in Nigeria • Tagged with politics, opinion, news, APC, Boko Haram, Buhari, Goodluck Jonathan, Lamido Sanusi, Muhammadu Buhari, PDP, President Goodluck Jonathan, Wole Soyinka

Stephen Chan, SOAS, University of London

In the end, the margin was too decisive. Goodluck Jonathan, the incumbent president of Nigeria, had no choice but to telephone his challenger Muhammadu Buhari and concede defeat.

It was a rare moment of grace in an election characterised by Wole Soyinka, Nigeria’s …


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Nigeria's Oil Economy

Posted on Tue 16 December 2014 in Nigeria • Tagged with opinion, corruption, crude oil, economy, Oil, Oil Price

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The Nigerian Government must be feeling the heat now. When they made a budget for 2015, they didn't think the oil price would fall to as low as $59 a barrel (price as of 16/12/14). Saying that Nigeria's economy is wholly dependent on oil revenues would be an …


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