Vol 57 No 21 | NIGERIA Buhari's kitchen cabinet 21st October 2016 President Muhammadu Buhari stirred a predictable hornets' nest when he dismissed, in a most patriarchal manner, criticisms his wife had made of his presidency. On 14 October Aisha...
Vol 62 No 14 | NIGERIA A last bid for oil investors 8th July 2021 After 20 years of politicking, the National Assembly has passed a landmark law to reform the country’s oil and gas industry Reaction to the passage of the Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB) 2020 through the Senate and House of Representatives on 30 June veered from relief in government, quiet excitement...
Vol 3 (AAC) No 9 | NIGERIACHINA Telecom troubles 20th July 2010 Plans to sell the state-owned Nigeria Telecommunications (Nitel) have floundered after China Unicom announced it would not be contributing to the front-running New Generation Consortium comprised of China Unicom Europe, the...
Vol 64 No 17 | NIGERIA Pushback tests Tinubu's tilt to the market 24th August 2023 Anger on the streets is mounting in the wake of spiralling food and fuel Hailed by bankers and foreign investors, President Bola Tinubu's decisions to end fuel subsidies and float the naira have collided with reality. The measures are fuelling the highest...
Vol 60 No 25 | NIGERIA Not yet, Generalissimo 19th December 2019 The lack of trust between government and activists over civil rights reflects the country’s deepening security crisis It was Muhammadu Buhari's military credentials that persuaded many Nigerians to trust him on security issues in 2015, at a time when insurgents had taken over more than...
