Vol 63 No 1 | SIERRA LEONEAFRICA IN 2022 Bashing the book-keeper 7th January 2022 Julius Maada Bio is risking his reputation for probity by suspending the respected Auditor-General, Lara Taylor-Pearce The charges of impunity, favouritism, corruption and subverting the constitution that President Julius Maada Bio now faces uncomfortably resemble those he flung at his predecessor, President Ernest Bai...
Vol 67 No 1 | NIGERIAUNITED STATES Pentagon strikes on Sokoto will speed sale of $345 million of US rockets and missiles to Abuja 3rd January 2026 Both governments are turning jihadist operations to their political advantage Few confirmed details have emerged about the Pentagon’s attacks – launching 16 GPS-guided missiles from MQ-9 Reaper drones – on claimed jihadist camps near Jabo in Sokoto State...
Vol 41 No 22 | NIGERIA Hard loans 10th November 2000 Nigeria is questioning the legitimacy of much of the US$27 million debt claimed by the Paris Club of Western government creditors. Almost unprecedentedly, the meeting on 26-27 October...
Vol 43 No 4 | NIGERIA Crossed lines 22nd February 2002 Africa's biggest privatisation so far, the US$1.3 billion deal for control of Nitel, Nigeria's state telecoms company, is unravelling. A consortium of Nigerian businesses, banks, state governments and...
Vol 56 No 7 | NIGERIA Votes, damned lies and opinion polls 27th March 2015 Maximising the turnout and countering rigging could be the key to making a success of tomorrow’s elections Anyone following the opinion polls for a guide to the outcome of tomorrow's presidential and parliamentary elections will be disappointed. Yet they have played an important role in...