Vol 39 No 7 | NIGERIA Not Alaafin matter 3rd April 1998 The detention at London's Gatwick airport on 24 March of the Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Lamidi Adeyemi, and his family after it was claimed that drugs valued at...
Vol 64 No 23 | NIGERIA Tinubu tightens grip, opposition regroups 16th November 2023 Violence, low turnouts and blatant vote rigging raise doubts about the APC's latest state election victories Such was the nature of the victories for the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in the off-cycle state governorship elections on 11 November in Kogi and Imo states,...
Vol 54 No 22 | NIGERIA On a wing and a prayer 31st October 2013 Goodluck Jonathan is the first Nigerian President to make an official state visit to Israel The declared aim of President Goodluck Jonathan’s 23-29 October trip to Israel was for him to join another 30,000 Nigerians on a Christian pilgrimage and to preside over...
Vol 64 No 17 | NIGERIA Pushback tests Tinubu's tilt to the market 24th August 2023 Anger on the streets is mounting in the wake of spiralling food and fuel Hailed by bankers and foreign investors, President Bola Tinubu's decisions to end fuel subsidies and float the naira have collided with reality. The measures are fuelling the highest...
Vol 37 No 9 | NIGERIA Sacking the Sultan 26th April 1996 Dethroning Dasuki and cocking a snook at the Commonwealth will not solve the crisis These are busy days for General Sani Abacha. Critics of his slow work rate and his indecisiveness are revising their opinions. In one week, he has sacked the...