Vol 62 No 24 | NIGERIA Shooting the messengers 2nd December 2021 The row over the shootings at Lekki toll gate in Lagos a year ago is set to spill into the campaign for national elections in 2023. After an...
Vol 57 No 11 | NIGERIA Anniversary ambushed 27th May 2016 Victories against Boko Haram and crooked politicians are overshadowed by a faltering economy and new militants in the Delta It would be hard to concoct a worse conjunction of calamities than that facing President Muhammadu Buhari as he prepares to mark his first year as President on... READ FOR FREE
Vol 56 No 22 | NIGERIA The cauldron boils again 6th November 2015 High-tension state elections, low oil prices and the end of the amnesty add to brewing troubles in the Niger Delta Although the threatened rebellion in the Niger Delta against Muhammadu Buhari's victory in March's presidential election didn't materialise, political and economic discontent in the region is mounting. There...
Vol 46 No 7 | NIGERIA Credibility on corruption 1st April 2005 The sudden sacking on 22 March of Education Minister Fabian Osuji was well timed to show Nigeria's creditors that President Olusegun Obasanjo's anti-corruption policy is working. Osuji is...
Vol 60 No 19 | NIGERIASOUTH AFRICA Summit bid to heal crisis 27th September 2019 After xenophobic attacks and corporate rivalries, the leaders of Africa’s two biggest economies are to meet next month For pan-African economic alliances and security cooperation much is riding on the summit between Presidents Cyril Ramaphosa and Muhammadu Buhari, due to hold on 3 October in South...
