Vol 46 No 7 | NIGERIA Credibility on corruption 1st April 2005 The sudden sacking on 22 March of Education Minister Fabian Osuji was well timed to show Nigeria's creditors that President Olusegun Obasanjo's anti-corruption policy is working. Osuji is...
Vol 46 No 18 | NIGERIA Power show 9th September 2005 The epic battle between President Obasanjo and his deputy Abubakar is jolting the fragile political system Locked in a deadly embrace, President Olusegun Obasanjo and his deputy Atiku Abubakar look like two men struggling on a cliff edge as they try to hurl each...
Vol 43 No 5 | NIGERIA Blitzing the banks 8th March 2002 In its attempt to clean up the banks, the Central Bank of Nigeria risks sparking a crisis. It wants to deter banks and multinationals from dealing on the...
Vol 52 No 13 | NIGERIA Boko Haram declares war 24th June 2011 Building on growing northern resentments, the Islamist sect wants to create a political and security crisis by bombing the police Few seem convinced by President Goodluck Jonathan’s assurances that the security situation is under control following the bombing on 16 June of Louis Edet House, the national police...
Vol 48 No 18 | NIGERIA Gas project haunts politicians 7th September 2007 New developments in the investigations into Nigeria's $US10 billion liquefied natural gas (LNG) export project on Bonny Island could have serious political ramifications in Washington and Abuja. Britain's...
