Vol 39 No 22 | NIGERIA Obasanjo encore 6th November 1998 Former military leader General Olusegun Obasanjo’s bid for the Presidency in February’s elections has attracted a strange coalition of supporters: genuine patriots fearful of the breakup of the country,...
Vol 60 No 8 | NIGERIA Atiku takes his beef to DC 19th April 2019 Atiku Abubakar is sticking by his claims of fraud in the Nigerian presidential election. He is spending $30,000 on Washington DC lobbyists Fein and DelValle to try to...
Vol 53 No 2 | NIGERIA Sanusi hits out at subsidy racket 20th January 2012 Almost alone among his colleagues in government, Central Bank of Nigeria Governor Sanusi Lamido Aminu Sanusi has made a credible case for the removal of fuel subsidies*. He...
Vol 51 No 25 | NIGERIA The war against the amnesty 17th December 2010 The presidential election, the oil trade and community peace deals are at risk in the latest Niger Delta conflicts Leaders of the Ayakoroma community in Delta State saw the violence coming. They warned the military Joint Task Force in mid-November that their town was in the crossfire between...
Vol 64 No 13 | NIGERIA Tinubu's team looks for shock absorbers 23rd June 2023 Having chosen to push through radical reforms in the government's first weeks, officials are scrambling to address the political consequences After the policy advisors around President Bola Ahmed Tinubu backed a shock therapy approach to ending fuel subsidies and floating the naira, their next priority is to cushion...