Vol 65 No 2 | NIGERIA Abductions prompt security alert 18th January 2024 The reported deaths of Nabeeha Al-Kadriyar, who was kidnapped along with 22 others in the Bwari Area of Abuja, and 13-year-old Folasade Ariyo, who was abducted alongside eleven...
Vol 59 No 23 | NIGERIA Promises, promises 23rd November 2018 Both main presidential contenders pledge millions of jobs and billions on infrastructure but there are real differences in their policies and strategies With ninety days to go before national elections in February, formal campaigning started on 18 November with a flurry of extravagant pledges and policies, almost all of them...
Vol 43 No 13 | NIGERIA Some winners and losers 28th June 2002 Union Bank, First Bank and United Bank for Africa control over a third of the sector. Mid-level banks range from stars to the technically insolvent. Small banks often...
Vol 41 No 7 | NIGERIA Offshore, offside 31st March 2000 In a private investigation, a soccer star says he's uncovered a multi-billion dollar debt trading fraud and calls on the government to act The determination of President Olusegun Obasanjo's government to probe the financial management of its military predecessors is to be tested by soccer star John Fashanu. He has launched...
Vol 37 No 21 | NIGERIA Troubled Times 18th October 1996 The appointment last month of veteran journalist Peter Enahoro as sole administrator of the Daily Times is the Abacha government's latest bid to rescue the ailing newspaper group.