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November 19, 2015

Sub-Saharan Africa
Sambo Dasuki at the Intersection of Nigerian Politics

Col. Sambo Dasuki, ret., National Security Advisor to Nigeria’s President Goodluck Jonathan from 2012 to 2015, stands accused of stealing huge sums of money intended for the military’s struggle again…

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December 18, 2019

Nigeria
Buhari's Dictatorial Past and the Rule of Law Today in Nigeria

In the immediate aftermath of the State Security Service’s invasion of an Abuja court room and its re-arrest of Nigerian journalist Omoyele Sowore, the Lagos daily newspaper the Punch announced that it will prefix President Muhammadu Buhari’s name with his military rank, Major General, and will refer to his administration as a “regime,” until “they purge themselves of their insufferable contempt for the rule of law.”

Nigerian president Muhammadu Buhari stands next to Chief of Army Staff Tukur Yusuf Buratai during the opening ceremony of the military staff annual conference, on November 28, 2018, during his trip to visit troops fighting Boko Haram.

February 5, 2016

Sub-Saharan Africa
Nigerian President Buhari’s Sysyphean Efforts

Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari’s anticorruption campaign continues to gain credibility. Over the weekend, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) searched the Abuja residence of form…

Buhari Uphill

June 26, 2012

Sub-Saharan Africa
Guest Post: Nigeria’s New Security: Dasuki in, Azazi out

President Goodluck Jonathan’s dismissal of Andrew Azazi as his national security advisor and of Bello Haliru as minister of defense is his most dramatic response thus far to Boko Haram. Below is long…

Nigeria's President Goodluck Jonathan (C) arrives with his security officials to inspect the site of a plane crash at Iju-Ishaga neighbourhood, Lagos June 4, 2012.

October 6, 2017

Nigeria
Resistance to President Buhari’s Anticorruption Campaign

President Muhammadu Buhari won election in 2015 on the basis of his promise to restore security by destroying the terrorist movement Boko Haram and to reduce corruption, which many Nigerians believe …

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