Vol 39 No 17 | NIGERIA To be and not to be 28th August 1998 One appointment and one non-appointment stand out in the 31-strong new Federal Executive Council announced by General Abdulsalaami Abubakar on 22 August just before his threeday trip to...
Vol 48 No 9 | NIGERIA The dealmaking begins 27th April 2007 The victorious People's Democratic Party wants to co-opt enough dissenters to put the rigged election furore behind it Time is pressing President-elect Umaru Yar'Adua ahead of the planned inauguration on 29 May. By then, he will have to put together his government transition team from the...
Vol 60 No 22 | NIGERIA Command economics on trial 7th November 2019 As Africa’s biggest economy slows down with dangerous political consequences, policy-makers are looking for radical solutions With economic growth failing to keep pace with population growth, and the country far too dependent on oil and gas exports, President Muhammadu Buhari is trying to deal...
Vol 56 No 8 | NIGERIA Mending fences 17th April 2015 Militant fighters ponder their options after Jonathan loses power and a showdown over oil theft looks likely It has been a bad month for the Niger Delta in both personal and political terms. The death of activist lawyer Oronto Douglas on 9 April, after a...
Vol 45 No 13 | NIGERIA Gasmen 25th June 2004 General Ibrahim Babangida, Head of State, August 1985-August 1993. Presided over the formation of the Nigerian Liquefied Natural Gas joint venture but insisted the state-owned Nigerian National Petroleum...
