The Geopolitical Stakes in Nigeria: The Curious Role of the IMF

Jan. 31 | Nigeria's Central Bank Governor Sanusi Lamido Sanusi (L), International Monetary Fund’s Managing Director Christine Lagarde (C) and Nigeria’s Finance Minister Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala at a joint press conference on December 20, 2011 in Lagos, Nigeria....

Tough choices have to be made – Jonathan’s best speech yet

Jan. 8 | Editor’s Note: Nigeria’s President Goodluck Jonathan in a landmark speech, gets emotional, and reaches out to Nigerians for their cooperation on the removal of the fuel subsidy, as a way of repositioning the oil-rich nation’s economy. The removal...

Supreme court upholds Jonathan election, It’s “politically motivated,” says Buhari

Dec. 28 | Nigeria President Goodluck Jonathan AFP - Nigeria’s Supreme Court on Wednesday threw out a challenge to President Goodluck Jonathan’s electoral victory in April alleging irregularities and seeking a re-run. “This appeal lacks...

Tough time ahead of Nigeria in 2012

Dec. 27 | By Yemi Ifegbuyi It doesn’t matter whether you believe in prophecy or not, the social-economic tension that is widespread in the country will not be in any way different come 2012. If there is anything to be cautious of, it’s for you not go to sleep...

Nigeria’s April elections set new records in use of social media

Sep. 16 | By André-Michel Essoungou In 2008, then US presidential candidate Barack Obama broke new ground by using social media in ways never seen before. Yet it was Goodluck Jonathan, the recently elected president of Nigeria, who took the extraordinary step...

Six Years Term: A Detour to President Jonathan’s Transformational Agenda

Aug. 15 | By Tunde Ali When the erstwhile president of the Federal Republic of Nigeria -  General Olusegun Obasanjo (rtd.) aligned with Professor Iwu of the National Electoral Commission to defraud Nigerians of their political say during the 2008 general election;...

President Jonathan ‘not’ to seek re-election in 2015

Jul. 26 | By NAL staff writer There is a strong indication that Nigeria’s incumbent President, Goodluck Jonathan may not seek re-election in 2015, when the country is due to go the poll for another round of general election. The strongest indication, so far,...

Nigeria’s April Polls: Ruling party risks voters revolution

Mar. 2 | PDP leaders at the party's presidential primary held in Abuja, Nigeria's capital By Yemi Ifegbuyi Nigeria’s ruling party - Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) - risks losing its dominant status across the six geo-political regions of...

Jonathan seeks to clarify choice of words over ‘southwest rascals’

Feb. 14 | By Nigerians Abroad staff writer Nigeria’s President Goodluck Jonathan on Monday, posted on his official Facebook page that he was “grossly misunderstood” over his statement that suggests that part of the country is being administered by rascals. At...

Showdown in Abuja as PDP picks presidential aspirant

Jan. 13 | By Nigerians Abroad staff writer In what would be perhaps the most contested presidential primary in Nigeria since the beginning of democratic era in 1999, about 3,578 delegates of Nigeria’s ruling party Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, will today...