Vol 62 No 19 | NIGERIA Why the Vatican vote counts 23rd September 2021 In Anambra state, the Catholic Church’s blessing could prove crucial for a business executive running for governor A proxy war between the Catholic Church and the Church of England has become one of the main subplots in the governorship election in a commercial hub on...
Vol 45 No 19 | NIGERIAUNITED STATES The Tesler tapes 24th September 2004 Operating out of a modest solicitor's office in the north London suburb of Tottenham, Jeffrey Tesler cuts an improbable figure as the multi-millionaire agent arbitrating among heads of...
Vol 60 No 8 | NIGERIA Atiku takes his beef to DC 19th April 2019 Atiku Abubakar is sticking by his claims of fraud in the Nigerian presidential election. He is spending $30,000 on Washington DC lobbyists Fein and DelValle to try to...
Vol 52 No 16 | NIGERIA Governors on top and on trial 5th August 2011 Presiding over billion-dollar budgets and assured of immunity in office, everything changes for state governors when they retire The former Governor of Lagos State, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, does not bother with false modesty. Neither does he demur at the description of himself as patron of...
Vol 64 No 5 | NIGERIA Tinubu's last trick: from godfather to Kabiyesi 2nd March 2023 Opposition contenders question the ruling party candidate's victory in elections marred by technical failures, sporadic violence and a historically low turnout The next act of Nigeria's presidential election drama has started with fire and fury. At one end of the stage stands the official winner, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, whose...