All the rival factions in the governing People’s Democratic Party hope to benefit from the postponement of its critical national convention, which has been rescheduled to January. Who wins out at the convention will determine the shape of the government f...
President Yar’Adua’s call for the rule of law could have unexpected
consequences
President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua talks about the rule of law while his own party remains populated by politicians and godfathers widely suspected of corruption, electoral fraud and violence. Along with the embattled James Ibori of Delta State, the restive De...
Renaissance Capital has a new Chairperson for its advisory committees
on Nigeria and Africa. The World Bank has a new Managing Director.
And both institutions have secured the services of the same woman:
Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Nigeria's former Finance Mi...
Nigeria's President Umaru Musa Yar'Adua's maiden
voyage to New York to speak at the United Nations General Assembly
was choreographed by an improbable band of bankers, publishers,
itinerant politicians and veteran diplomats. United States'
diplomats h...
Amid growing mayhem in the Niger Delta President Yar'Adua has
started to restructure the country's oil business
New developments in the investigations into Nigeria's $US10
billion liquefied natural gas (LNG) export project on Bonny Island
could have serious political ramifications in Washington and Abuja.
Britain's Serious Fraud Office (SFO) is soon to launch
a...
President Yar'Adua shows he is prepared to make sweeping changes – even if the pace of decision-making remains slow
Vested interests in the police and political class are already
trying to block President Umaru Yar'Adua's reform efforts
At Government House in Port Harcourt last week, waiters scurried
around pouring bottles of Cristal champagne as a white jacketed
crooner sang Frank Sinatra's 'My way' in honour of outgoing
Rivers State Governor Peter Odili. That was not the send-off
p...
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