DISPATCHES Vol 63 No 17 | UNITED NATIONSAFRICAN UNIONCLIMATE CHANGE Fight over Africa’s fossil fuels intensifies 9th August 2022 Climate negotiators push back against AU plan for common position on gas and nuclear energy playing a ‘critical role’ in short to medium term The African Union’s plan to ramp up oil and gas production launched at a preparatory meeting with national negotiating teams has triggered a row with climate experts and green ener... READ FOR FREE
Vol 61 No 19 | NIGERIA Edo's not so merry-go-round 24th September 2020 The opposition PDP claims its success in a fiercely contested governorship poll will relaunch it for the next national elections The contest for Edo State governor on 19 September was set to be bitter and partisan with a heady mix of local and personal rivalries, just as the two main political parties began ...
Vol 54 No 11 | NIGERIA Lagos leniency 24th May 2013 A Lagos court has sentenced Azim Aghajani, the Iranian convicted on 13 May of importing 13 containers of infantry weapons, to only five years, along with his Nigerian accomplice, U...
Vol 54 No 23 | NIGERIA Politics versus the budget 14th November 2013 Promises of a ten per cent cut in state spending at the start of the election campaign defy political gravity No official reason was given for the postponement of President Goodluck Jonathan's budget speech to the National Assembly, to 19 November. But it is safe bet to assume that last-mi...
Vol 51 No 9 | NIGERIA The gung-ho Governor 30th April 2010 The ruling party is set to win next month’s elections amid growing criticism at home and abroad Nine months after he ordered the sacking of six bank chief executives and took their institutions into state management, the Central Bank of Nigeria Governor, Sanusi Lamido Sanusi...