Vol 64 No 10 | NIGERIAEUROPEAN UNION Will you be my strategic partner? 11th May 2023 The European Union's diplomatic service, the European External Action Service, has earmarked four countries, one from each continent, as 'key strategic partners' as it seeks to boost its...
Vol 43 No 5 | NIGERIA Blitzing the banks 8th March 2002 In its attempt to clean up the banks, the Central Bank of Nigeria risks sparking a crisis. It wants to deter banks and multinationals from dealing on the...
Vol 48 No 3 | NIGERIA What future for the reform team? 2nd February 2007 At the heart of policy-making for much of President Olusegun Obasanjo's two terms, the reform team of Nigerian technocrats is breaking up, raising doubts about the continuity of...
Vol 56 No 3 | NIGERIA Lots of gunboats, little diplomacy 6th February 2015 High political tensions and a flood of weaponry into the Niger Delta presage trouble in this month’s elections The risk of violent clashes in the Niger Delta is increasing as the political contest heats up ahead of the presidential and governorship elections, scheduled for 14 and...
Vol 47 No 11 | NIGERIA Pop goes the third term balloon 26th May 2006 With a third term for President Obasanjo blocked, there is a frantic race to find a successor The attempt to change the constitution, allowing President Olusegun Obasanjo to stand for a third term in 2007, has failed, defeated in a Senate vote. The result damages...