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May 30, 2012
Sub-Saharan Africa
Fuel Subsidy Haunts Nigeria — Again
According to the Nigerian press, funding for the fuel subsidy has run out, with seven months left in the year. Further, the press quotes the executive secretary of the Major Oil Marketers Association…
January 6, 2012
Sub-Saharan Africa
#Occupy Nigeria
Anger at President Goodluck Jonathan’s elimination of the fuel subsidy appears to have united Nigerians in a way not seen for many years. There have been popular protests in virtually all of Nigeria’…
February 25, 2019
Nigeria
Beware of Early Announcements for Nigeria's Election
The two leading candidates in Nigeria’s presidential election this past Saturday were President Muhammadu Buhari and former Vice President Atiku Abubakar. Everybody wants to know who won, and right away. The chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has said that the results of the national elections will start to be announced on February 25.
January 3, 2012
Sub-Saharan Africa
Nigera’s "War on Terror" and the Fuel Subsidy Ends
A protester walks past burning tyres while biting a lighter during a rally against fuel subsidy removal on Ikorodu road in Nigeria's commercial capital Lagos January 3, 2012. (Akintunde Akinleye/Cour…
February 9, 2015
Sub-Saharan Africa
Why Were Nigeria’s Presidential Elections Postponed?
On Saturday, Nigeria’s Independent National Elections Commission (INEC) announced that Nigeria’s presidential election would be delayed until March 28. According to Attahiru Jega, chairman of the INE…
