Vol 60 No 16 | NIGERIA Bunkering mentality 9th August 2019 In the piracy-riven Gulf of Guinea, there is doubt as to whether one particular vessel, the Indian-registered MT Apecus, was a victim of pirates or a pirate ship....
Vol 67 No 19 | KENYANIGERIASIERRA LEONESUDANUGANDAUNITED STATESAFRICAUNITED NATIONS Africa Confidential Pointers 25th September 2026 Kenyan and Sudanese politicians hire US lobbyists; civic groups assess US health spending cuts; Uganda’s Otunnu hits UN campaign trail; US-Nigeria minerals deals; is drug lord Leijdekkers hiding in Gabon? KENYA: Former Supreme Court chief justice David Maraga has become the latest Kenyan aspirant to hire United States lobbyists and plan a Washington DC trip to drum up...
Vol 62 No 23 | NIGERIA A new political launchpad 18th November 2021 After winning the governorship in Anambra, Charles Soludo has positioned himself for a future presidential campaign Former central bank governor Charles Chukwuma Soludo stormed to victory in Anambra state's gubernatorial elections on 6 November in a blow to the two biggest parties and militant...
Vol 64 No 2 | NIGERIABRITAIN Obi rules at Chatham House 19th January 2023 Of Nigeria's presidential candidates so far to set out their stall at London's Chatham House think tank, the Labour Party's Peter Obi easily won on points on 16...
Vol 40 No 8 | NIGERIA The $2.7 billion hole in the bank 16th April 1999 The military regime is leaving its civilian successor a mountain of dubious debts and undermining prospects for economic recovery General Olusegun Obasanjo's newly elected government starts work on 29 May. But the bright hope is dimmed by an unexpectedly grim financial legacy from the outgoing military...
