Vol 66 No 4 | NIGERIA Rivals tussle for Benin Bronzes 21st February 2025 The opening of the Museum of West African Art (MOWAA) in Edo State’s Benin City won plaudits. But few noticed the absence of the objects it was designed...
Vol 38 No 22 | NIGERIA The General's transition 7th November 1997 As Sani Abacha makes his political plans there is growing disquiet in the military No one who has visited the Presidential complex at Aso Rock in recent weeks doubts that General Sani Abacha, encouraged by his wife Maryam and his 'kitchen cabinet',...
Vol 49 No 9 | NIGERIA Open season on Obasanjo 25th April 2008 Allegations of corruption under the last government are dividing the ruling parties and raising questions about the new order’s durability The humiliation of ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo is forging ahead, less than a year after he left office. In the past few months, parliamentary committees have exposed allegations of...
Vol 64 No 10 | NIGERIA Minister sacks oil clean-up boss as graft fears grow 9th May 2023 The removal of the head of HYPREP is the latest effort to clear resistance to wholesale plunder of the $1 billion Delta anti-pollution programme The head of the government agency charged with cleaning up decades of oil pollution by Shell in Ogoniland, Ferdinand Giadom, was summarily sacked without cause by President Muhammadu... READ FOR FREE