Vol 54 No 20 | NIGERIABRITAIN Ibori's loot at stake 3rd October 2013 Southwark Crown Court witnessed a bizarre sight in late September when the former Governor of Delta State, James Onanefe Ibori, argued that property he had already admitted owning...
Vol 60 No 23 | NIGERIA Oil majors tax threat 21st November 2019 The Nigerian government plans to raise an extra US$1 billion next year in royalties from the oil majors as it struggles to fund a record budget and curb...
Vol 51 No 18 | NIGERIA Good man, impossible job 10th September 2010 Despite the time constraints, hopes for straight elections are vested in the Electoral Commission’s impressive Chairman Attahiru Jega Everyone, in and out of government, acclaimed the appointment in June of academic and trades unionist Attahiru Jega as Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission. Now with...
Vol 57 No 8 | NIGERIA Economy thwarts Buhari 15th April 2016 Dilemmas over the exchange rate top a lengthening list of woes. The government turns to China for help A year after the national boost from Muhammadu Buhari’s victory in the presidential election, the economic crisis is deepening, worsened by a combination of falling commodity prices, tighter...
Vol 48 No 10 | NIGERIA Giant steps 11th May 2007 Mallam Nasir el-Rufai's student friends called him 'Giant'; he stands some five foot seven inches tall. These days he is more commonly known as 'Bulldozer', because of his...
