Vol 47 No 20 | NIGERIA Leaving it late 6th October 2006 Six months ahead of the next presidential election, no one knows which candidates are standing and which are heading for gaol In a system that typically leaves the key decisions until the last moment, Nigeria's politicians are leaving things very late. Nominations for candidates for next April's state and...
Vol 55 No 23 | NIGERIA Policies, what policies? 21st November 2014 The received wisdom on Nigeria's elections is that they are all about money and mobilisation. Despite sheaves of glossy manifestos rolling off the presses, acres of newsprint devoted...
Vol 52 No 18 | NIGERIAUNITED STATES Play the game 9th September 2011 The United States was engaged in the ‘rendition’ of prisoners from Nigeria to the USA even before the attacks of 11 September 2001, according to US State Department...
Vol 41 No 7 | NIGERIA Offshore, offside 31st March 2000 In a private investigation, a soccer star says he's uncovered a multi-billion dollar debt trading fraud and calls on the government to act The determination of President Olusegun Obasanjo's government to probe the financial management of its military predecessors is to be tested by soccer star John Fashanu. He has launched...
Vol 49 No 19 | NIGERIA The storm before the storm 19th September 2008 President Yar'Adua has returned home with plans for a cabinet reshuffle as violence explodes again in the Niger Delta Nobody has told Nigerians what was wrong with their President, who was in hospital in Saudi Arabia from 20 August to 6 September. Things are clearly not well...
