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 67 No 2 | NIGERIA Spinning the oil queen 23rd January 2026 Diezani Alison-Madueke, Nigeria’s former Petroleum Minister (2010-15), appeared at Southwark Crown Court on 19 January ahead of her trial on 26 January. She faces six bribery charges, including...
Vol 48 No 9 | NIGERIA The men from the south 27th April 2007 Bayelsa State's head of security, Bola Igali, barked orders into his mobile phone. 'We have a security situation developing,' he told Africa Confidential, breaking off the interview. Shooting...
Vol 46 No 18 | NIGERIA Players on parade 9th September 2005 If the battle between President Olusegun Obasanjo and his deputy, Atiku Abubakar, is fired by the presidential race in 2007, what will happen if neither of them runs?...
Vol 45 No 19 | NIGERIAUNITED STATES Swelling the great gas balloon 24th September 2004 In camera testimony to a French judge drags more names through the Nigeriagate scandal Halliburton, the United States' oil services company, was the prime mover behind a US$180 million slush fund linked to Nigeria's $10 billion gas export plant, according to several...
