Oil Shocks Hit Nigeria, Threaten Jonathan’s Re-election
Last Tuesday, Nigeria’s central bank devalued the country’s currency by 10 percent in an effort to shore up foreign reserves hard-hit by falling oil prices. The move comes months before…
Backpage:What Happens When Oil Prices Fall?
When politicians, fund managers and development professionals look to highlight the success of democratic Nigeria, they typically point to one, key statistic: when the military stood down in 1999 after…
Backpage: Security Challenges and the 2015 Elections in Nigeria
“You can’t separate desperate politicians from violence and trouble.” ― Bamigboye Olurotimi A couple of months ago, President Goodluck Jonathan assured the international community that the 2015 general elections in…
Jonathan`s Speech At the Presidential Flag–Off of the Great Green Wall
PROTOCOL 1.We are here in this historic Community of Bachaka to flag-off an important initiative – the Nigeria component of the Great Green Wall (GGW) Programme. This occasion marks a…
Backpage: Nigeria and the failure of intelligence
…“To lack intelligence is to be in the ring blindfolded.” –General David M. Shoup According to Abram N. Shulsky and Gary J. Schmitt, intelligence has four major components: The first…
Back page : The Constraints on US Intelligence in Nigeria
The New Telegraph reported last week that approximately forty U.S. military personnel landed in Abuja to assist the Nigerian Army with operations against Boko Haram. Although additional information about their…
Backpage: Jonathan`s trip to Burkina Faso should be applauded
After twenty seven years, President Blaise Compaoré wanted to extend his stay in office as the president of Burkina Faso. He had stayed this long mostly by carefully effecting many…
Backpage: Buhari`s Candidacy and Jonathan`s presidency
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has announced that the 2015 presidential election will take place in February. However, Nigeria’s ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and the main opposition party,…
Backpage: The implication of negotiating with Boko Haram
On January 21, 2014 the Chief of Defense Staff Air Marshal Alex Badeh, said “the military will bring the Boko Haram insurgency in the country to an end before April…
Backpage: Boko Haram and the cease fire that never was
On Friday October 17, 2014 the Nigerian government gleefully announced to the world that a ceasefire has been reached with Boko Haram. But was there really a deal between the…