Vol 48 No 10 | NIGERIA Giant steps 11th May 2007 Mallam Nasir el-Rufai's student friends called him 'Giant'; he stands some five foot seven inches tall. These days he is more commonly known as 'Bulldozer', because of his...
Vol 57 No 9 | NIGERIA Railroading senators 29th April 2016 After a late-night meeting at Aso Rock, the dispute between President Muhammadu Buhari and National Assembly leaders over 2016 budget amendments ended in smiles and a deal on...
Vol 37 No 14 | NIGERIA Commonwealth collapse 5th July 1996 Foreign minister Ikimi and his team bamboozle Marlborough House Nigeria's delegation of 17 emerged victorious from its closed-door confrontation with the Commonwealth Ministerial Action Group in London on 24-25 June. Led by Foreign Minister Tom Ikimi, it...
Vol 60 No 16 | NIGERIA Bunkering mentality 9th August 2019 In the piracy-riven Gulf of Guinea, there is doubt as to whether one particular vessel, the Indian-registered MT Apecus, was a victim of pirates or a pirate ship....
Vol 62 No 8 | NIGERIA States rethink security 15th April 2021 No reaction from Abuja as state governors in the south-east, like their south-west counterparts, launch a regional security organisation After governors of the south-eastern states met in the city of Owerri on 11 April to mull a response to a wave of deadly attacks against farmers and...