Vol 64 No 17 | NIGERIABRITAIN Courting Diezani 24th August 2023 Under investigation by Britain's National Crime Agency (NCA) for a decade, Nigeria's former oil minister Diezani Alison-Madueke was charged on 22 August with several bribery offences. Alison-Madueke has...
Vol 63 No 4 | NIGERIA New bankers' ramp 17th February 2022 A few days after Africa Confidential reported on the power of financiers in Nigerian politics, a couple of colourful election prospectuses extolling the virtues of African Development Bank...
Vol 63 No 15 | NIGERIA Presidential race tightens after flagbearers pick running mates 12th July 2022 With a boost from the ruling party, Bola Tinubu bets on a Muslim-Muslim ticket as Peter Obi is set to pick up votes from Lagos and the south-west The longest-ever presidential election campaign in Nigerian history is into its next, more intense phase after the three leading candidates – Atiku Abubakar, Peter Obi and Bola Ahmed...
Vol 58 No 6 | NIGERIA Mega-projects await reforms 17th March 2017 With President Buhari back from sick leave, questions multiply about the timing and content of the economic rescue plan Hopes for Africa’s biggest economy are yo-yoing as policy-makers argue over radical reform of the naira exchange rate and the sale of government stakes in oil and gas...
Vol 54 No 23 | NIGERIASOUTH AFRICA Economic giants change places 14th November 2013 New trends in trade and finance will change political as well as economic ties on the continent In the coming weeks, some statisticians in Abuja could shake up Africa’s economic and diplomatic hierarchy. The boffins look set to chart the rise of Nigeria’s economy to... READ FOR FREE