Vol 38 No 17 | NIGERIA The oil hostage 29th August 1997 The oil business is being held hostage, not by foreign sanctions but by the government Nigeria's oil industry is beginning to seize up. The state-owned Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation has received no budget allocations for seven months. Except for a small contribution this...
Vol 39 No 22 | NIGERIA Obasanjo encore 6th November 1998 Former military leader General Olusegun Obasanjo’s bid for the Presidency in February’s elections has attracted a strange coalition of supporters: genuine patriots fearful of the breakup of the country,...
Vol 58 No 8 | NIGERIA Ambition and ethics 14th April 2017 Politicking ahead of the 2019 elections and the derailing of the anti-corruption campaign frustrate President Buhari's team In the four weeks since his return from medical leave in London, President Muhammadu Buhari has struggled to regain the initiative. This comes against a background of intensifying...
Vol 45 No 19 | NIGERIAUNITED STATES The Tesler tapes 24th September 2004 Operating out of a modest solicitor's office in the north London suburb of Tottenham, Jeffrey Tesler cuts an improbable figure as the multi-millionaire agent arbitrating among heads of...
Vol 53 No 13 | NIGERIAUNITED STATES Fine gesture 22nd June 2012 The United States Securities and Exchange Commission is giving ‘appropriate consideration’ to a request that it share with the victims the financial penalties (‘disgorgement’) it levies on companies...
