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Nigeria 2007
Umaru Yar’Adua, the victor in April’s elections, has inherited perhaps the healthiest balance sheet of any new Nigerian head of state since independence. Even Nigerian writers are on a roll. But what the malaise novelists have portrayed so powerfully in their writing remains grimly present in today’s polity. - -
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Highest stakes for a generation
Once again, elite Nigerians dare to hope that the country could lead the continent on the global stage, writes William Wallis
ECONOMY: Recovery has failed to reach the poor
Things are looking better than they have for 30 years but states need to deliver, writes William Wallis
EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: Quiet man takes charge at Asa Rock
Matthew Green and William Wallis talk to a president keen to be seen as a ‘servant leader’
CAPITAL MARKETS: Betting bus-loads of cash
Matthew Green reports on the retail investors who have joined the scramble
POLITICS: A badly flawed exercise in democracy
If Yar’Ardua is serious about reform he may have to remote impunity for state governors, writes Dino Mahtani
THE MILITARY: Army decays as morale dwindles in the barracks
Increasingly diverse lines of command make it more difficult to pull off a coupe these days, writes Dino Mahtani
LITERATURE: Young writers leave their mark
A new generation of Nigerian novelists is gaining international recognition, writes Michael Peel
THE NEW OLIGARCHS: Mega-rich deploy wealth closer to home
William Wallis profiles the tycoons who have made the most of the recent economic boom
THE NIGER DELTA: Militants bent on ‘resource control’
Armed by politicians to help enforce rigging in the 2003 election, dissidents turned into warlords, writes Dino Mahtani
OIL PRODUCTION: Crisis of confidence among the old hands
The government is courting state-owned Asian companies, writes Dino Mahtani
