Vol 51 No 16 | NIGERIA Abuja takes Halliburton to court 6th August 2010 President Goodluck Jonathan's government is taking on the United States' oil services giant Halliburton and its Nigerian associates for organising bribes to secure contracts for the $6 billion...
Vol 62 No 19 | NIGERIA State taxes boost devolution 23rd September 2021 A push for regional states to collect and spend their own VAT is gathering steam, as Lagos passes its own new tax law Nigeria's Supreme Court is set to rule on the right of states to individually collect and spend value-added taxes in their domain in a landmark case that could...
Vol 37 No 9 | NIGERIA Sacking the Sultan 26th April 1996 Dethroning Dasuki and cocking a snook at the Commonwealth will not solve the crisis These are busy days for General Sani Abacha. Critics of his slow work rate and his indecisiveness are revising their opinions. In one week, he has sacked the...
Vol 2 (AAC) No 4 | NIGERIACHINA Contract shuffles 20th February 2009 Global financial chaos and falling demand for oil and minerals are prompting recalculations on all sides. The IMF and World Bank have revised down their gross domestic product forecasts...
Vol 54 No 11 | NIGERIA An insurgency without the oil 24th May 2013 With Map: Recent Boko Haram activity: bombings, shootings, kidnappings, jailbreaks At face value, the declaration by President Goodluck Jonathan’s government, dominated by appointees from the oil-rich Niger Delta, of a state of emergency in north-east Nigeria and plans...