Vol 67 No 7 | NIGERIAWORLD TRADE ORGANIZATIONWHO'S WHO Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala – fighting trade deadlock 3rd April 2026 When Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, the World Trade Organization’s director-general, finally called time on its biannual ministerial conference in Cameroon in the early hours of 30 March, the sticking point...
Vol 44 No 24 | NIGERIA Missing airline 5th December 2003 Who stole Nigeria Airways? A cabal of managers, ministers and senior officials, said a judicial inquiry report last month. It details how the airline was destroyed by asset...
Vol 41 No 8 | NIGERIA King Oil, again 14th April 2000 Ambitious plans for a competitive oil industry still have to beat graft and political infighting Near the top of the list for President Bill Clinton's trip to Nigeria in June are the Abuja government's plans for a huge expansion of the oil industry,...
Vol 46 No 24 | NIGERIA Tummy tuck, bellyache 2nd December 2005 The dramatic farce in Bayelsa State is about money, not local patriotism 'Thank heaven for the return of our father,' sang several thousand supporters of the Bayelsa State Governor, Diepreye Solomon Alamieyeseigha, on 21 November, the morning of his return...
Vol 51 No 9 | NIGERIA The gung-ho Governor 30th April 2010 The ruling party is set to win next month’s elections amid growing criticism at home and abroad Nine months after he ordered the sacking of six bank chief executives and took their institutions into state management, the Central Bank of Nigeria Governor, Sanusi Lamido...
