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January 17, 2014
Sub-Saharan Africa
Nigeria’s Central Bank Governor to Stay
According to the Nigerian media on January 9, an angry President Goodluck Jonathan asked the governor of the Central Bank, Lamido Sanusi, to resign immediately. Sanusi’s term is up in June, and he ha…
June 10, 2014
Sub-Saharan Africa
Nigeria’s Churning Is About More Than Elite Politics
This post was co-authored by John Campbell and Jim Sanders. Jim was a career, now retired, West Africa watcher for various federal agencies. The views expressed below are their personal views. The …
April 18, 2018
Local and Traditional Leadership
Traditional Rulers Hold Real Power in Nigeria
Emir Muhammed Sanusi is more than a traditional religious leader and he enjoys much greater influence than do Indian maharajas today.
December 17, 2012
Nigeria
Nigeria’s High Cost of Governance
Lamido Sanusi, Nigeria’s courageous governor of the Central Bank, has once again called attention to the high cost of government in Nigeria. He claims, credibly, that at least 70 percent of governme…
February 27, 2014
Sub-Saharan Africa
Questions After the Slaughter in Northern Nigeria
The Voice of America reports that the death toll from a “Boko Haram” attack on a federal government college the night of February 24-25 has reached fifty-nine. The method of the slaughter was charact…
