Vol 56 No 7 | NIGERIA A moment of truth for the General 3rd April 2015 Returning to power after 30 years, Muhammadu Buhari has been elected President heading a coalition bent on reform One of the first acts of President-elect Muhammadu Buhari's new government will be to establish a clear regime of accountability and transparency in managing the country's oil and... READ FOR FREE
Vol 39 No 11 | SIERRA LEONEBRITAIN Buckingham's gate 29th May 1998 Less well known but critical to Buckingham's African empire are his extensive interests in Namibia, where he's had close connections with influential politicians since the early 1990s and...
Vol 48 No 10 | NIGERIA A troubled transition 11th May 2007 The incoming government faces political road blocks as it tries to tackle the crises in electric power supply and the Niger Delta The gulf between the aspirations of the new political team under President-elect Umaru Musa Yar'Adua and the consequences of last month's disastrous elections is widening dangerously. Many around...
Vol 62 No 17 | NIGERIA Energy law unsettles rentiers 26th August 2021 Reforms speed up shift from oil to gas and trigger a new race for influence over contracts and regulation Even before the ink was dry, officials and their sponsors had already begun to lobby for top jobs in the new oil sector management structures created by the...
Vol 41 No 3 | NIGERIA Russian steal 4th February 2000 At least five major Western banks were involved in the transfer, in 1996 and 1997, of 973 million Deutschemark (US$512 mn.) of Nigerian state funds to accounts linked...