Vol 49 No 11 | NIGERIABRITAIN London's laundries 23rd May 2008 British banks could face awkward questions after police in London charged Theresa Nkoyo Ibori, wife of former Delta State Governor James Ibori, with money laundering on 20 May....
Vol 61 No 19 | NIGERIA Buhari goes to the market 24th September 2020 The pandemic has forced the government to end subsidies and move towards cost-reflective electricity pricing – and risk the fallout Shrinking oil revenues and the wider economic fallout of the coronavirus pandemic are putting pressure on policymakers to limit the damage. In the short term that will mean...
Vol 38 No 17 | NIGERIA The oil hostage 29th August 1997 The oil business is being held hostage, not by foreign sanctions but by the government Nigeria's oil industry is beginning to seize up. The state-owned Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation has received no budget allocations for seven months. Except for a small contribution this...
Vol 53 No 4 | SIERRA LEONE Early exit for UN envoy 17th February 2012 President Koroma falls out with a top diplomat over allegations of political interference United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon closed the door on a bitter dispute with the government of President Ernest Bai Koroma by recalling his Executive Representative for the...
Vol 6 (AAC) No 8 | SIERRA LEONECHINA Doors opening 31st May 2013 China’s Kingho Energy has big ideas for Sierra Leone, but such plans could go the way of many other ambitious investments. The US$6 billion agreement the company signed...