Vol 43 No 24 | NIGERIA Ugly contest 6th December 2002 After the loss of more than 200 lives in riots blamed on the attempt to hold the Miss World contest in Abuja, a row is erupting over how...
Vol 63 No 4 | NIGERIA New bankers' ramp 17th February 2022 A few days after Africa Confidential reported on the power of financiers in Nigerian politics, a couple of colourful election prospectuses extolling the virtues of African Development Bank...
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 48 No 25 | NIGERIA The oil governor under arrest 14th December 2007 Ibori incarcerated after investigation Former Governor of Delta State James Ibori was arrested in the early hours of 12 December by officials from the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) who have...
Vol 58 No 10 | NIGERIA An avenger unmasked 12th May 2017 All the masked vigilantes in comic books have secret identities but few expected a member of the Niger Delta Avengers, one of the region's most effective militant groups,...