Vol 65 No 8 | NIGERIA Oil broker James Ibori returns to Abuja stage 10th April 2024 President Tinubu's ties with convicted fraudster and ex-Delta State governor will boost the ruling party and may cut oil theft In Abuja, the story is of the rise and fall and rise again of James Ibori, former Governor of oil-rich Delta State, sentenced to 13 years in Britain...
Vol 49 No 24 | NIGERIA A message from our sponsors 28th November 2008 President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua wants to use the budget as a key to his political revival – but business and voters are sceptical Calculated and recalculated according to the wild swings of the global oil market, the 2009 budget is almost up there with the election tribunal and the cabinet reshuffle...
Vol 52 No 3 | NIGERIA Bayelsa's fighting chance 4th February 2011 Rivalry between two former loyalists of President Goodluck Jonathan and his People's Democratic Party in his home state of Bayelsa presages fierce confrontations before April's elections. The split in the Bayelsa...
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 59 No 7 | NIGERIA Return of the Jagaban 6th April 2018 Bola Tinubu – the Lagos kingmaker – holds the key to plans for President Muhammadu Buhari’s re-election next year It was smiles all round as the happy band of politicians encircled a giant green and white birthday cake. Centre-stage at this grand party in Lagos on 27... READ FOR FREE