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 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 a presidential election and highlights the country’s vulnerability to the price of oil, which makes up 70-80 percent of the Nigerian government’s revenue.

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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 an almost unbroken generation in power, per capita income in Africa’s most populous state was USD1,940; by 2013, under civilian rule, it had leapt to […]

“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 Nigeria “will be conducted in accordance with global best practices in order to further strengthen the country’s democratic institutions.” In addition, he “reaffirmed his personal […]

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 turning point in our collective quest to conserve and manage our environment and improve the living conditions of our people.    2. The journey to the present […]

…“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 is information collection: gathering of raw data through photography, interception of electronic communications, and other methods involving technology. Second is information analysis: analysis of information […]

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 mission has yet to trickle out, a primary focus of any American advisory effort is likely to be intelligence collection and analysis. The techniques and procedures U.S. intelligence specialists could provide […]Read More

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 of the survival strategies African leaders are known for – including summary arrest and execution of opponents, the weakening of institutions, encouraging unhealthy ethnic, religious […]

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, the All Progressives Party (APC) has yet to conduct their primaries — during which their presidential candidates will be nominated and approved to contest the […]

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 this year.” He went on to say that “it was mandatory for the military to eliminate the Boko Haram insurgency in the next three months […]

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 government and the terrorist organization, or did impostors reached a phantom deal with an unsuspecting government? According to publicly available records, the Chadian president Idriss […]

President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan has assured the international community  that next year’s general elections in Nigeria will be conducted in accordance with global best practices to further strengthen the country’s democratic institutions. At separate meetings with the United Nations Secretary-General, Mr. Ban Ki Moon and the British Prime Minister, Mr. David Cameron before leaving New […]

President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan has said that he will continue to count on the support, goodwill and prayers of patriotic Nigerians as he strives to give the best possible leadership towards the positive transformation of the country. In a letter to a young Nigerian who sent a donation of Ten Thousand Naira as a humble […]