Dulue Mbachu
The New Humanitarian (formerly IRIN)
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Past articles by Dulue:
Why support for secession is growing in southeast Nigeria
The push for secession is increasingly turning violent, adding to what some see as a crisis of governance in Nigeria. → Read More
Death of Boko Haram leader doesn’t end northeast Nigeria’s humanitarian crisis
As the region enters a thirteenth year of conflict, millions are in need and their number is growing. → Read More
Nigeria’s unhappy union: How growing insecurity threatens the country’s future
Nigeria’s weak state is both a consequence and enabler of a growing chaos – adding to the toll of 11 million people in need of aid and hundreds of thousands more displaced. → Read More
Why So Much Is at Stake in Nigeria’s Elections: QuickTake
Almost every Nigerian vote since independence in 1960 has been dogged by varying degrees of conflict and allegations of rigging. That’s one reason why the 2015 election that saw Muhammadu Buhari, now 76, become the first candidate in the nation’s history to topple a sitting president through the ballot box was such a watershed moment. But the former military ruler has presided over four years of… → Read More
Buhari's Not-So-Secret Weapon to Win Nigeria's Vote: Incumbency
Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari’s party may be wracked by defections and his battles against corruption and an Islamist rebellion under fire, but he has one crucial advantage in securing re-election: incumbency. → Read More
Military Habits Die Hard as Nigeria's Buhari Defies Court Orders
When a Nigerian high court ruled this month that a former national security adviser should be freed on bail, it was the sixth such judgment since his detention in 2015. Authorities haven’t obeyed a single one. For critics of President Muhammadu Buhari, he’s picking and choosing which judgments to comply with, a stance that stirs uncomfortable echoes of his days as a military ruler in the 1980s.… → Read More
Buhari Faces Challenge of United Opposition in Nigerian Vote
Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari rode to power three years ago on the back of a broad coalition determined to oust the ruling party. Now the West African nation’s opposition parties are planning to use the same maneuver to defeat him in February’s general elections. → Read More
Spreading Violence in Central Nigeria Risks Buhari's Re-Election
An age-old conflict over grazing land in Nigeria that’s exploded into widespread violence may be threatening President Muhammadu Buhari’s chances for re-election in February. → Read More
Nigeria Police Say 86 People Killed in Central Region Attack
At least 86 people were killed in an attack in Plateau state in central Nigeria by suspected herders on several farming villages, police said. → Read More
Buhari's Feuding Party Threatens Bid for Second Term in Nigeria
Widening splits in Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari’s ruling All Progressives Congress are jeopardizing his bid for re-election next year. → Read More
Qaddafi Regime's Legacy Fuels Bloody Conflicts in West Africa
Centuries-old communal tensions across West Africa are taking an increasingly bloody turn, fueled by competition for land and water and an influx of weapons and fighters from Libya. → Read More
Spreading Nigerian Violence Draws Military to Policing Role
It’s a common scene along Nigeria’s main roads -- barriers stopping cars, machine-gunners poised behind sandbags and stern-looking soldiers checking vehicle trunks and scrutinizing the faces of passengers. → Read More
Nigerian President Appoints New Head for Oil Region Amnesty
Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari appointed a new coordinator for the implementation of the amnesty granted to militants who disarmed in the southern Niger River delta, home to the country’s oil and gas industry. → Read More
Buhari Grapples With Widening Crises as Nigerian Vote Looms
Islamist militant attacks, gasoline shortages, worsening violence over grazing land, simmering unrest in the southeast -- the crises keep mounting for Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari less than a year before general elections. → Read More
In Nigerian ‘Cash-and-Carry’ Politics, Ambition Is Only Constant
At recent rallies of Nigeria’s ruling All Progressives Congress for next year’s general elections, the list of speakers is often dominated by former members of the opposition People’s Democratic Party who switched sides. → Read More
Nigeria Moves Closer to Energy Overhaul With Passage of New Bill
Nigeria’s House of Representatives passed a bill governing the country’s energy sector after the Senate did so in May, taking Africa’s top oil producer one step closer to a much-awaited overhaul of the key industry. → Read More
Amnesty Wants Shell Probed for Nigerian Abuses in the 1990s
Royal Dutch Shell Plc should face investigations in three countries for alleged complicity in Nigerian government abuses, including murder and rape, more than two decades ago in the oil-rich Niger River delta, Amnesty International, said. → Read More
Nigerian Separatist Leader Kanu Absent as Trial Resumes
The leader of a separatist movement in eastern Nigeria, Nnamdi Kanu, was absent at the resumption of his trial on charges of treason related to his campaign for an independent state of Biafra. → Read More
Nigeria's Buhari Says He Won't Allow Country to Break Apart
Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari said the government won’t allow Africa’s most populous country to break apart amid growing calls for secession by “irresponsible” groups. → Read More
Why Nigeria Is Facing Secessionist Fervor, Again: Q&A
Almost half a century after a secessionist war in southeastern Nigeria ended, a renewed push for an independent state known as Biafra is stoking fresh conflict. Thousands of troops have been deployed in the region, which is mainly populated by ethnic Igbos. The forces have rounded up scores of members of the Indigenous People of Biafra, or Ipob, the main group behind the breakaway campaign,… → Read More