Vol 57 No 24 | NIGERIA Army's 'Biafra' overreaction 2nd December 2016 Five years ago, the movement for a separate Igbo nation, Biafra, seemed dead in the water of the Niger Delta. Fighting between leaders of the secessionist Movement for...
Vol 65 No 13 | NIGERIA Battle for presidency splits the Kano emirate 14th June 2024 Political alliances for the 2027 elections are fuelling the contest for the traditional leadership of Kano Two emirs are laying claim to the throne of the Kano Emirate – a 220-year-old stool. On the surface it is just a battle of two cousins but...
Vol 62 No 18 | NIGERIA Fighting for the fiscus 9th September 2021 A high court ruling in favour of local tax collectors could threaten the federal government's authority more than insurgents and kidnappers A federal court ruling on 7 September backing the right of Rivers State to collect Value Added Tax (VAT) on commodities sold within its borders is a critical...
Vol 46 No 23 | NIGERIA Ten years after 18th November 2005 The Niger Delta still simmers a decade after the execution of its leading campaigner The legacy of writer-campaigner Ken Saro-Wiwa a decade after his execution is secure. Saro-Wiwa put the worsening political and environmental crisis of the Niger Delta, the country's key...
Vol 50 No 10 | NIGERIA Welome back, Chief Tony 15th May 2009 The return of Anthony Anenih as Chairman of the Nigeria Ports Authority says more about the President's ethical standards than Anenih's technical skills Chief Anthony Anenih is Nigeria's ultimate political survivor. In March, 30 years after entering national politics, he was appointed Chairman of the Nigeria Port Authority, the government's second-biggest...
