Vol 45 No 2 | NIGERIA More petro-nairas 23rd January 2004 The unions lose another battle to Obasanjo's campaign to open up the oil business Another round in the battle to liberalise the oil business goes to President Olusegun Obasanjo after the once mighty Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) backed down from its campaign...
Vol 58 No 6 | NIGERIA Mega-projects await reforms 17th March 2017 With President Buhari back from sick leave, questions multiply about the timing and content of the economic rescue plan Hopes for Africa’s biggest economy are yo-yoing as policy-makers argue over radical reform of the naira exchange rate and the sale of government stakes in oil and gas...
Vol 65 No 3 | NIGERIA Shock therapy keeps the people waiting 1st February 2024 Dollar-rich investors have reacted to President Tinubu's radical reforms by rushing to the door President Bola Tinubu's great gamble that shock therapy – ending subsidies and devaluing the naira – would bring back foreign capital and stabilise state finances isn't working. Instead,...
Vol 39 No 12 | NIGERIA A cardiac coup 12th June 1998 Military dissidents may prove the most serious threat to General Abubakar's pledge to hand over to civilians in October As enigmatic in death as in life, General Sani Abacha died suddenly in the early hours of 7 June. He left many Nigerians puzzling over whether it was...
Vol 47 No 7 | NIGERIABRITAIN The big guns salute 31st March 2006 Sharia enthusiast Governor Sani gets help from British arms firm Why would leading arms exporter BAE Systems want to introduce Zamfara State Governor Ahmed Sani, who is under investigation by Nigeria's Economic and Financial Crimes Commission for corrupt...