Vol 47 No 19 | NIGERIA Pots, kettles and corruption 22nd September 2006 Allegations about President Obasanjo and his deputy mean a livelier if not cleaner election While President Olusegun Obasanjo and Vice-President Atiku Abubakar sling mud at each other, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), an official anti-corruption body led by Nuhu Ribadu,...
Vol 66 No 4 | NIGERIA Rivals tussle for Benin Bronzes 21st February 2025 The opening of the Museum of West African Art (MOWAA) in Edo State’s Benin City won plaudits. But few noticed the absence of the objects it was designed...
Vol 64 No 21 | NIGERIA Chasing the greenback 19th October 2023 Both government and citizens seek US dollars but the greenbacks are getting scarcer and the naira keeps depreciating. The government wants portfolio investors to return to Nigeria and...
Vol 58 No 10 | NIGERIA Bitter pills for the politicians 12th May 2017 The lack of reliable information about Buhari's health has prompted ambitious politicians to seek to replace him in 2019, or before If the management of news about President Muhammadu Buhari's illness had been deliberately designed to sow fear and despondency in the nation, its authors could hardly have done... READ FOR FREE
Vol 57 No 6 | NIGERIA Cleared by cash 18th March 2016 A cash-for-immunity deal brokered in 2014 by Swiss lawyers between the then President Goodluck Jonathan's government and two sons of the late General Sani Abacha, Mohammed and Abba,...