Vol 56 No 11 | NIGERIASWITZERLAND Cash for loot 29th May 2015 The Swiss lawyers who brokered Nigeria's much-criticised immunity-for-cash deal with Mohammed and Abba Abacha last July are major beneficiaries, it has emerged. The two sons of the late...
Vol 51 No 16 | NIGERIA Goodluck with the numbers 6th August 2010 President Jonathan is slowly winning over the governors and party barons - but time is short The arithmetic is not right yet but Goodluck Jonathan is making steady progress in his bid for the candidacy of his party in next year's presidential elections. Last...
Vol 48 No 2 | NIGERIA Tafidan's ghost 19th January 2007 The three main candidates in April's presidential elections all have close ties to Katsina's late kingmaker Shehu Musa Yar'Adua General Shehu Musa Yar'Adua's shadow looms large over Nigeria's April presidential elections. Soldier-turned-politician Yar'Adua died in gaol nine years ago on trumped up charges of coup-plotting against the...
Vol 56 No 14 | NIGERIA The clock ticks faster 10th July 2015 This month, packed with critical meetings, appointments and policy changes, marks the real launch of President Muhammadu Buhari's government. He is due to name the main ministers who...
Vol 53 No 3 | NIGERIA The shape of the deadly sect 3rd February 2012 Boko Haram has a supreme leader and a consultative body, the Shura. The leader, Abubakar Shekau, was second-in-command until Mohammed Yusuf was killed in police custody in July...
