Vol 39 No 20 | NIGERIA Usman Optimism 9th October 1998 After four years as a virtual pariah, Nigeria was feted at the International Monetary Fund and World Bank annual meeting as a rare bright spot on a sea...
Vol 54 No 2 | NIGERIA Abuja’s foreign legion 18th January 2013 The troops now on their way to Mali to fight alongside the French are extending the campaign against Boko Haram The 900 troops sent this week to fight alongside French and local forces in Mali are joining an operation which the Nigerian government sees as an extension of...
Vol 45 No 14 | NIGERIAOIL AND GAS The net widens 9th July 2004 Officials in Abuja are intensifying a probe into commissions of more than US$180 million on a gas export plant following Africa Confidential's report last month that Nigeria's biggest...
Vol 55 No 5 | NIGERIA A sage from Zamfara 7th March 2014 To those who know both men, President Goodluck Jonathan's appointment of veteran spymaster General Aliyu Mohammed Gusau as Defence Minister on 5 March may be a case of...
Vol 38 No 21 | NIGERIAOIL AND GAS Clearing out 24th October 1997 Uncertainties about General Abacha's health have prompted a rush for oil profits Nobody knows whether General Sani Abacha will take off his uniform and try to win an election as his own civilian successor in August 1998. Moreover, he may...
