Vol 52 No 3 | NIGERIA Bayelsa's fighting chance 4th February 2011 Rivalry between two former loyalists of President Goodluck Jonathan and his People's Democratic Party in his home state of Bayelsa presages fierce confrontations before April's elections. The split in the Bayelsa...
Vol 60 No 24 | NIGERIA Hard economics meets political pageantry 5th December 2019 Closing borders, President Buhari wants to boost local producers and stop the smugglers while most politicians look to the next election Listening to the political class in Abuja, Lagos or Port Harcourt, you might be unaware that the country is locked in an epic battle over the direction of... READ FOR FREE
Vol 66 No 11 | NIGERIA Tinubu wants to borrow $24 billion ahead of 2027 elections 30th May 2025 After two years of harsh reforms, the government aims to win back support with the country’s biggest ever public spending programme As President Bola Ahmed Tinubu was preparing to mark two years in power on 29 May, his allies in the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) declared the 73-year-old...
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 64 No 12 | NIGERIA Tinubu tries shock therapy on sluggish economy 8th June 2023 Ending subsidies, selling oil assets and devaluing the naira are on the agenda as the new government goes for growth Proclaiming the end of fuel subsidies at his inauguration on 29 May and his intention to merge the multiple exchange rates for the beleaguered naira, President Bola Tinubu... READ FOR FREE
