Presidential contenders, ministerial hopefuls and errant state governors are all caught up in the capital's political paralysis
After months of speculation, President Umaru Musa Yar'Adua
has sacked half his cabinet but retained several of his old associates
and surprisingly kept on a few of the worst-performing ministers,
presumably for political reasons. Among the survivors ar...
Watching oil prices fall from US$147 a barrel to $57 over the past month and listening to endless media speculation about his health must have been disconcerting for President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua. Yet on 30 October, he showed little sign of unease. He ann...
Nigerian visitors to London’s Heathrow Airport are pleasantly surprised to see billboards publicising one or another of their country’s biggest banks. Many of the taxis operating out of Heathrow now carry adverts for one of the six Nigerian banks that hav...
President Yar'Adua has returned home with plans for a cabinet reshuffle as violence explodes again in the Niger Delta
Britain’s Virgin Atlantic has lost the first round in its battle with
Nigeria’s government and is expected to sell all but 7% of
its 49% stake in the lossmaking Virgin Nigeria Airways (VNA), which
operates on domestic routes and regional We...
Telecoms impresario Mike Adenuga has
bounced back, despite the longrunning investigation into his company by
Nigeria’s Economic and Financial Crimes Commission.
The rumours of President Umaru Musa
Yar’Adua’s demise reverberating around
Nigeria’s mobile phone networks over the past week were
assuredly exaggerated, a combination of misinformation and idle
political banter.
A long history of failure does not discourage Western leaders
who believe their intervention can improve conditions in the oil-rich
Niger Delta. Yet judging from recent history, the capacity of
outside intervention to make things even worse in the Delt...
Nigerian suspicion of foreign military support creates opportunities
for the security professionals, some of whom are looking for business
openings since an agreement between the United States and
Iraqi governments in July removed private security cont...
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