Vol 65 No 16 | NIGERIA Days of rage protests test Tinubu’s economic plans 1st August 2024 With handouts, political co-option and force of arms, the government aims to face down mounting public anger A month after Kenyan activists forced President William Ruto to drop plans for sweeping tax hikes, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s government has organised a comprehensive pre-emption campaign against... READ FOR FREE
Vol 43 No 18 | NIGERIA Strategic supplies 13th September 2002 West Africa in general - and Nigeria in particular - is suddenly gaining from a re-evaluation of global strategy in the United States following the 11 September 2001...
Vol 44 No 19 | NIGERIA Saharan desserts 26th September 2003 President Olusegun Obasanjo's commitment to fighting oil sector corruption (AC Vol 44 No 18) is being severely tested on the one hand by a Federal Government probe of...
Vol 64 No 11 | NIGERIA Bayelsa commission reports 25th May 2023 The Bayelsa State Oil and Environmental Commission (BSOEC) launched its much-anticipated report on 60 years' worth of oil pollution in the state, where local companies now produce about...
Vol 66 No 7 | NIGERIA Tinubu bets the farm on Rivers State 4th April 2025 Determined to control the state’s politics and oil before the 2027 elections, the President has suspended an opposition governor In the latest twist in the power struggle to control Rivers State, the two leading protagonists – Governor Siminilayi Fubara and his predecessor Nyesom Wike – both appear...