Vol 61 No 18 | NIGERIA Building back bigger 10th September 2020 Planning to spend over 20 billion dollars on grand projects, the Buhari government is raising tariffs and tolls as well as taking on more debt Many Nigerians are disappointed that, as President Muhammadu Buhari is a year into his second term, he has not done more to halt the scourge of corrupt trading...
Vol 65 No 10 | NIGERIAEUROPEAN UNIONAFRICAMIGRATION Mystery surrounds Brussels migration deal with Abuja 1st May 2024 Abuja is silent after a top official at the EU says it has agreed to a migrant return scheme – without cash incentives Top officials at the European Commission say they have concluded talks on a migrant readmission and return agreement with Nigeria that could mark a breakthrough in Brussels-Abuja relations....
Vol 53 No 22 | NIGERIA Shell and the Delta litigations 2nd November 2012 The next hearing of the case of the 11,000 people of Bodo versus the Anglo-Dutch oil company Shell in the High Court is scheduled for 5 November, when...
Vol 51 No 16 | NIGERIA Political spills 6th August 2010 A new burst of militancy is haunting the Niger Delta less than a year after the amnesty deal delivered an uneasy peace Delays over cash payments, the coming national elections and rising concern over oil pollution are behind the latest wave of protests and attacks in the Delta. Scores are...
Vol 39 No 14 | NIGERIA The President who never was 10th July 1998 Hopes for a credible and popular transition to civil rule have been shaken by the death of the gaoled winner of the 1993 election Although the sudden death of Chief Moshood Abiola (60) happened in the presence of a visiting United States’ delegation on 7 July, it has nevertheless raised suspicions of...
