Vol 66 No 7 | NIGERIA Tinubu bets the farm on Rivers State 4th April 2025 Determined to control the state’s politics and oil before the 2027 elections, the President has suspended an opposition governor In the latest twist in the power struggle to control Rivers State, the two leading protagonists – Governor Siminilayi Fubara and his predecessor Nyesom Wike – both appear...
Vol 66 No 17 | NIGERIA Escalating violence could reshape Tinubu’s plan for 2027 vote 29th August 2025 Northern states have been hit hardest by jihadist insurgents together with banditry and kidnapping alongside murderous herder-farmer clashes When Nigeria’s National Security Advisor, Nuhu Ribadu, announced the arrest of two senior fighters affiliated with Al Qaida on 17 August, officials cited it as another success for...
Vol 59 No 5 | NIGERIAITALY Abuja comes to Milan 9th March 2018 Grandly billed by anti-graft lobbyists as the biggest corporate bribery trial in history, Italy's attempt to prosecute its national oil company ENI and Royal Dutch Shell for paying...
Vol 43 No 20 | NIGERIA Nigeria's rag trade 11th October 2002 On 2 October Nigeria banned imports of all textiles in a bid to revive its own ailing industry. It now depends on imports from Asia, some of them...
Vol 60 No 6 | NIGERIA Election credibility on trial 22nd March 2019 With his party winning new ground in state elections, the opposition presidential candidate alleges systematic voter fraud Promising to call evidence from forensic scientists, statisticians and psephologists, the People's Democratic Party presidential candidate Atiku Abubakar filed his petition challenging the official results of the 23...
