Vol 46 No 7 | NIGERIA Credibility on corruption 1st April 2005 The sudden sacking on 22 March of Education Minister Fabian Osuji was well timed to show Nigeria's creditors that President Olusegun Obasanjo's anti-corruption policy is working. Osuji is...
Vol 65 No 4 | NIGERIA UN breaks with scandal-hit pollution agency 12th February 2024 Theft of oil spill clean-up funds in Ogoniland is set to continue as the UN Environment Programme cuts ties with HYPREP Activists and environmentalists looking for a policy change on the troubled US$1 billion clean-up project in the Niger Delta by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu's government have been disappointed....
Vol 67 No 8 | NIGERIAUNITED STATES Atiku wants election help from Washington 17th April 2026 The former Vice-President has hired US lobbyists to exploit the Trump’s administration’s enmity towards President Tinubu Former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar has become the latest Nigerian politician to throw money at K-Street lobbyists, hiring Von Batten, Montague, York on a US$1.2 million retainer as he...
Vol 56 No 8 | NIGERIA Mending fences 17th April 2015 Militant fighters ponder their options after Jonathan loses power and a showdown over oil theft looks likely It has been a bad month for the Niger Delta in both personal and political terms. The death of activist lawyer Oronto Douglas on 9 April, after a...
Vol 49 No 17 | NIGERIA Delta forces 22nd August 2008 Nigerian suspicion of foreign military support creates opportunities for the security professionals, some of whom are looking for business openings since an agreement between the United States and...