Vol 3 (AAC) No 9 | NIGERIACHINA Telecom troubles 20th July 2010 Plans to sell the state-owned Nigeria Telecommunications (Nitel) have floundered after China Unicom announced it would not be contributing to the front-running New Generation Consortium comprised of China Unicom Europe, the...
Vol 43 No 14 | NIGERIA Harvesting souls 12th July 2002 Nigeria's popular charismatic movement took root with Joseph Ayo Babalola's Christ Apostolic Church in the 1930s. In the 1970s, the late Benson Idahosa of the Church of God...
Vol 38 No 17 | NIGERIAAFRICA Fela and his heirs 29th August 1997 As millions mourn the passing of the Afrobeat King and his pioneering work, Africa's music industry is stronger than ever 'When I am President', intoned Fela Anikulapo Kuti at the height of his political campaigning, 'all Africa will dance to my music'. His political ambitions were unfulfilled but...
Vol 60 No 7 | NIGERIA Clean-up or cover-up? 5th April 2019 Links between Big Oil and politicians are blocking a multimillion-dollar environmental rescue plan for the Delta The UN-mandated clean-up of oil-polluted Ogoniland is becoming mired in allegations of pay-outs to politicians to rig elections in Rivers State. Violence and vote-rigging over two successive weekends...
Vol 49 No 13 | NIGERIA The Ibori test 20th June 2008 Former Delta State Governor James Ibori faces charges of fraud and corruption in the Kaduna High Court and his wife Theresa faces money laundering charges in Britain, where...
