Vol 41 No 21 | NIGERIA High street havens 27th October 2000 The search for Abacha's stolen money has led to several major Western banks and is at last forcing their governments to act Investigators pursuing some US$3 billion of funds stolen by the late General Sani Abacha's regime between 1993-98 have established that the cash was deposited in more than 30...
Vol 66 No 22 | NIGERIA Tinubu’s policy paradox 7th November 2025 Food prices, shrinking purchasing power and insecurity underscore the disconnect between praise for reforms and everyday hardship Abuja’s Debt Management Office ploughed on with a US$2.25 billion Eurobond launch on 5 November, despite market ructions triggered by United States President Donald Trump’s threats of military...
Vol 55 No 10 | NIGERIA Everyone loses 16th May 2014 The unfolding tragedy of the abducted schoolgirls exposes the government’s lack of strategy and will prolong the insurgency In the short term, the crisis triggered by Boko Haram's kidnapping of more than 230 schoolgirls from Chibok in Borno State damages all those involved in addition to...
Vol 56 No 7 | NIGERIA A moment of truth for the General 3rd April 2015 Returning to power after 30 years, Muhammadu Buhari has been elected President heading a coalition bent on reform One of the first acts of President-elect Muhammadu Buhari's new government will be to establish a clear regime of accountability and transparency in managing the country's oil and... READ FOR FREE
Vol 56 No 11 | NIGERIASWITZERLAND Cash for loot 29th May 2015 The Swiss lawyers who brokered Nigeria's much-criticised immunity-for-cash deal with Mohammed and Abba Abacha last July are major beneficiaries, it has emerged. The two sons of the late...