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- Vol 50 No 17
- 28/08/2009
Theatre, peace and votes in the Delta
The surrender of about 1,000 militants in the Niger Delta was superbly choreographed. With hundreds of guns behind him, Ebikabowei Victor Ben - better known as 'General Boyloaf '- took off his camouflage jacket to reveal a T-shirt reading 'peace is go...
- Vol 50 No 16
- 07/08/2009
Islamists raise the stakes as they take on Yar'Adua
A militant leader lies dead after his sect fought the faltering government
- Vol 50 No 16
- 07/08/2009
Inside Boko Haram
The late Ustaz Mohammed Yusuf's Boko Haram group had about 2,000 members, some of whom had first attacked police stations in 2003. The group's rhetoric grew increasingly violent, said Ibrahim Ahmed Abdullahi, leader of the rival Izala sect, which Yusu...
- Vol 50 No 15
- 24/07/2009
Amnesty not honesty
The N50 bn. amnesty deal offers a respite but will not change the corruption and environmental despoliation that fire the conflict in the Niger Delta
- Vol 50 No 14
- 10/07/2009
Half-time for President Yar'Adua's goverment
Yar'Adua's three new recruits may help improve the government's performance, but the problems of power generation and the Delta remain
- Vol 50 No 13
- 26/06/2009
In this week's issue
NIGERIA: Central Bank Governor Sanusi Lamido Sanusi SOUTH AFRICA: Sandile Zungu, Chief Executive, Zungu Investments Company ZIMBABWE: Finance Minister Tendai Biti and Economic Planning Minister Elton Mangoma
- Vol 50 No 13
- 26/06/2009
Hide and seek
National Assembly politicians are investigating reports that tens of billions of dollars in revenue from the state-owned Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation's (NNPC) foreign subsidiaries, which have accrued over the past decade, are missing from th...
- Vol 50 No 12
- 12/06/2009
The hunt for Tompolo
The government troops who raided the militants' hideout say they discovered secret documents listing the fighters and their political contacts
- Vol 50 No 11
- 29/05/2009
The fight gets more serious
President Umaru Yar'Adua's government is letting the military take the initiative in the Delta at the expense of a political solution
- Vol 50 No 11
- 29/05/2009
National, not regional
The military crackdown in the Niger Delta upsets the awkward balance between federal and state politics
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