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 39 No 20 | NIGERIA Usman Optimism 9th October 1998 After four years as a virtual pariah, Nigeria was feted at the International Monetary Fund and World Bank annual meeting as a rare bright spot on a sea...
Vol 59 No 19 | NIGERIA Big business gets stuck into the elections 28th September 2018 A string of corporate fraud cases is stirring up partisan rivalries ahead of next year’s presidential vote Prosecutors in Milan began to set out their case against oil giants Royal Dutch Shell and Italy's ENI in court on 26 September. Both companies are charged with... READ FOR FREE
Vol 3 (AAC) No 12 | NIGERIACHINA Spooks, not railways 21st October 2010 Abuja wants to use Chinese export finance to build a spy network with the controversial ZTE company – instead of a railway Security experts reckon that cyber warfare and espionage will be this century’s new battlegrounds. With that in view, Beijing is now considering whether to allow the Nigerian government...
Vol 54 No 1 | NIGERIA Early start for Jonathan 10th January 2013 Despite corruption worries and a row with Obasanjo over the crisis in the north, President Jonathan prepares to stand in the 2015 elections Election billboards in the business district of Abuja calling for President Goodluck Jonathan to stand for election again in 2015 opened the political season of the New...
