Jump to navigation

Vol 50 No 24

Published 4th December 2009


Nigeria

The Abacha family's plunder machine

The Abacha family's plunder machine



Related Articles

After the bombing, Jonathan declares

Despite security and economic crises, Jonathan wins his party’s support for a second term while the opposition faces a leadership contest

The candidate's declaration speech is, by tradition, a key moment in the theatre of Nigerian politics. President Goodluck Jonathan's rally in Abuja on 11 November to announce that...

READ FOR FREE

Aliyu and the drones

The row over a US$200 million contract won by Israel's Aeronautics Ventures to supply aerial drones for use in the Niger Delta coincides with last week's sacking of...


'Feigned lawsuit' bid to foil US

US authorities say bogus litigation is being used to try to prevent the seizure of Nigerian oil traders' assets

A string of unusual lawsuits is frustrating law-enforcement agencies' attempts to seize assets belonging to oil traders accused of becoming extraordinarily wealthy because they were cronies of Diezani...


The oil economy breaks up

The architects of industry reform bid a long goodbye to oil and welcome the brave new world of gas for all

Energy companies, trades unions and politicians are beginning to get to grips with the prospect of wide-ranging reform of the oil and gas industry, the foundation of the...


Zainab Ibrahim Kuchi

Minister of State for Power, Nigeria

Only weeks into her new role as Minister of State for Power, Zainab Ibrahim Kuchi announced a major project to address Nigeria’s chronic power shortfall. In early November,...