Vol 49 No 19 | NIGERIA The storm before the storm 19th September 2008 President Yar'Adua has returned home with plans for a cabinet reshuffle as violence explodes again in the Niger Delta Nobody has told Nigerians what was wrong with their President, who was in hospital in Saudi Arabia from 20 August to 6 September. Things are clearly not well...
Vol 67 No 17 | NIGERIA Dangote refinery presses ahead with $5 billion listing despite regulatory feud 21st August 2026 Africa's largest IPO nears approval as the oil group challenges the oversight of Nigeria's midstream regulator After raising US$2.5 billion in a private placement that was nearly four times oversubscribed ahead of its Initial Public Offering (IPO) due in October, Aliko Dangote’s refinery is...
Vol 65 No 2 | NIGERIA Abductions prompt security alert 18th January 2024 The reported deaths of Nabeeha Al-Kadriyar, who was kidnapped along with 22 others in the Bwari Area of Abuja, and 13-year-old Folasade Ariyo, who was abducted alongside eleven...
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...
Vol 39 No 9 | NIGERIA Oil slick 1st May 1998 The appointment of Federal Capital Territory Minister Lieutenant General Jerry Useni as head of a taskforce to tackle the chronic gasolene and diesel shortage is having little effect....
