Vol 58 No 16 | NIGERIAUNITED KINGDOM Trading places and faces 4th August 2017 A web of commodity, oil and property companies face growing scrutiny as Nigerian and British investigators collaborate As Britain's long-running investigations into Nigerian former Oil Minister Diezani Allison-Madueke move towards a finale in October, they have now snagged a clutch of ambitious Nigerian businessmen and...
Vol 38 No 24 | NIGERIA Rebranding Abacha 5th December 1997 The personality cult around General Sani Abacha is growing rapidly, ahead of his expected candidacy in next August's presidential elections. A new biography entitled – Sani Abacha –...
Vol 51 No 18 | NIGERIA A tight election timetable 10th September 2010 Key events in the coming months Opposition parties, trades unions and civic activists are protesting against the breakneck schedule announced by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) for presidential elections on 22 January 2010....
Vol 49 No 22 | NIGERIAECONOMY Economy: Trouble in the markets 31st October 2008 Watching oil prices fall from US$147 a barrel to $57 over the past month and listening to endless media speculation about his health must have been disconcerting for...
Vol 59 No 15 | NIGERIAITALY Uncivil action 27th July 2018 Royal Dutch Shell and ENI claimed a minor victory on 20 July when the judge in the OPL 245 trial in Milan ruled that the natural resource lobbying...