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See also Nigeria 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022. Contents Volume 4, 2007. The April elections at federal and state levels dominated the political scene. The run-up to the elections soon became a legal battlefield, while the seriously flawed elections produced a large number of petitions before the election tribunals. Although the tribunal dealing with the petition on the presidential election had not reached its verdict by year's end, other trib…

See also Nigeria 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022. Contents Volume 8, 2011. The April elections at federal and state levels dominated the political scene and confirmed the incumbent Goodluck Ebele Jonathan as president, giving him a very strong political mandate. An improved election commission conducted the most credible elections yet in Nigeria’s history, despite continuing widespread shortcomings and lapses. However, the country experienced an …

See also 'Nigeria' in 2004 | 2005 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022. Contents Volume 3, 2006. In 2006, the failed third-term campaign by supporters of incumbent President Olusegun Obasanjo coincided with a deep constitutional and political crisis in four states that threatened the political system and endangered the run-up to the forthcoming election marathon in April 2007. These events may have far-reaching repercussions for the democratic transition to a new …

See also Nigeria 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022. Contents Volume 14, 2017. The ill-health and absence of President Muhammadu Buhari, which lasted for months, the on-going Islamist insurgency in North East zone, the precarious situation in North Central, organised crime and the country’s slow recovery from the worst recession for 30 years set the political and socioeconomic scene. The president’s advanced age and poor health led to further debate…

See also 'Nigeria' in 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022. Contents Volume 1, 2004. In 2004, Nigeria experienced a wave of hitherto unknown political violence, ethnic and religious conflict and organised crime, affecting almost all the 36 states and Abuja. The conflicts sometimes reached a level that threatened the political system and endangered the still infant democratisation process. While the shariah issue lost political momentum in the world's b…

See also Nigeria 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021. Contents Volume 19, 2022. Nigeria experienced another year of hardship and uncertainty, and the feeling of having reached a new low point did nothing to change the opinion Nigerians had of President Muhammadu Buhari, the retired major general and former junta leader whose eight years of leadership are generally seen as a failure. In the run-up to the elections, scheduled for the first quarter of t…

See also 'Nigeria' in 2004 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022. Contents Volume 2, 2005. In 2005, the Nigerian government demonstrated convincing leadership for the first time since it came to power as an elected body in 1999. Under the undisputed leadership of President Olusegun Obasanjo, it revealed a hitherto unknown capacity for managing and, to a fairly large extent, preventing a threatening internal crisis by withdrawing the most powerful local milit…

See also Nigeria 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022. Contents Volume 7, 2010. The ill-health of President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua, which for months caused a serious leadership and constitutional crisis, the unconventional resolution of that crisis and the subsequent death of the ailing president in early May dominated politics for quite some time. The aftermath of the crisis resulted in an unprecedented amendment of the constitution, the first amendment…

See also Nigeria 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2021 | 2022. Contents Volume 17, 2020. Throughout the year, Nigeria faced enormous security and political challenges, exacerbated by the Covid-19 pandemic and the protests against the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (sars). The political and socioeconomic situation was characterised by the country’s economic downturn, the worst for three decades, by the ongoing Islamist insurgency in the North East, by the precarious situation in the north-central states (which, inter alia,…

See also Nigeria 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2022. Contents Volume 18, 2021. Once again, Nigeria faced enormous security and political challenges. Throughout the year, the political and socioeconomic situation was characterised by the country’s slow economic recovery, triggered to a large extent by surging oil and gas prices, as well as by the ongoing Islamist insurgency in the North East, by the precarious situation in the North Central states, a…

See also Nigeria 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022.Contents Volume 12, 2015. The March and April elections at the federal and state level dominated the political scene. For the first time in Nigeria’s history, a sitting president was voted out of office. Muhammadu Buhari won decisively and was given a strong political mandate. An improved election commission conducted the most credible elections yet in Nigeria’s history, although it had initially …

See also Nigeria 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022. Contents Volume 15, 2018. Nigeria faced enormous security and political challenges throughout the year. The political and socioeconomic scene was characterised by the country’s slow economic recovery, the ongoing Islamist insurgency in the North East, the precarious situation in north-central states (which pitched nomadic herdsmen against settled farmers), and widespread, apparently organised, ban…

See also Nigeria 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022. Contents Volume 16, 2019. The February and March elections at federal and state levels dominated the political scene. In dubious circumstances, tantamount to a silent coup d’état, Muhammadu Buhari won his second and last term, heralding another extended period of uncertainty and crisis. Although the electoral commission was not up to the task of implementing the general elections, at the end of th…

See also Nigeria 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022.Contents Volume 11, 2014. Throughout the year, Nigeria had to face up to enormous security and political challenges. Despite the fact that democratic institutions were quite stable, the president and his government dealt with the endless deterioration of the security situation in the North with brinkmanship. Clashes between security forces and factions of the Islamic sect Boko Haram took place alm…

See also Nigeria 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022.Contents Volume 10, 2013. The precarious security situation in the northern regions deteriorated. Clashes between the security forces – particularly the army – and the Islamist sect Boko Haram and splinter groups such as Ansaru, took place almost every day, with hundreds of people killed. Over much of the year, sectarian violence with a noticeable ethnic undercurrent spread into states in the east…

See also Nigeria 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022. Contents Volume 13, 2016. Nigeria faced substantial economic and security challenges throughout the year. Plummeting oil and gas prices coupled with the emergence of new and violent militia groups in the Niger Delta caused the worst recession for 30 years. Increasing violence, and organised crime on an unprecedented scale in central Nigeria and the eastern Middle Belt, compounded the already preca…

See also Nigeria 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022. Contents Volume 5, 2008. The legal aftermath of the 2007 general election dominated domestic politics for most of the year. While the supreme court finally endorsed the election victory of Umaru Musa Yar'Adua towards the end of the year, the court of appeal declared some gubernatorial results null and void and several other cases were still before the court at the year's end. Over much of the year…

See also Nigeria 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022. Contents Volume 9, 2012. The most critical issue during the year was the deterioration of the precarious security situation, particularly in the urban areas of Maiduguri (Borno state), Potiskum and Damaturu (Yobe state), and Kano and Kaduna (capitals of the states of the same name). Clashes between factions of the Islamic sect ‘Jama’atu Ahlis Sunna Lid Da’awati Wal Jihad’, better known as Boko Har…

See also Nigeria 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022. Contents Volume 6, 2009. The ill-health of President Umaru Yar'Adua and his physical absence during the last weeks of 2009 exacerbated the power struggle within the ruling People's Democratic Party (PDP) and the federal executive council. Brinkmanship, manipulation and deliberate misinterpretation of various constitutional provisions prevented the seemingly hapless Vice President Goodluck Jonathan…