Vol 52 No 18 | NIGERIAUNITED STATES Play the game 9th September 2011 The United States was engaged in the ‘rendition’ of prisoners from Nigeria to the USA even before the attacks of 11 September 2001, according to US State Department...
Vol 67 No 9 | NIGERIA A tax maestro takes the reins 1st May 2026 The new finance minister wants to double federal revenues but first has to address galloping poverty levels in the face of radical reforms When Nigeria’s President Bola Ahmed Tinubu quietly dropped his longtime ally Wale Edun as Finance Minister on 21 April, describing the sacking as ‘a resignation on health grounds’,...
Vol 57 No 16 | NIGERIA Juicier carrots, heavier sticks 5th August 2016 The deepening crisis in the Niger Delta is now the most serious threat to the government's plans for economic revival This month's announcement that the government is to resume payments to former militants in the Niger Delta is by any measure a victory for the myriad gangs and... READ FOR FREE
Vol 67 No 10 | NIGERIA Obi’s exit leaves the opposition back where it started 6th May 2026 Obi and Kwankwaso’s split with Atiku has exposed their inability to convert anti-Tinubu sentiment into a disciplined electoral machine For a moment, Nigeria’s battered opposition looked as though it had agreed a unity formula that might unpick President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s political pre-eminence.
Vol 51 No 23 | NIGERIA Jonathan’s Delta blues 19th November 2010 Despite the President’s political base in the oil-rich Niger Delta, militant groups are on the march again and abandoning the amnesty deal A new coalition of fighters in the Niger Delta has emerged to oppose President Goodluck Jonathan’s amnesty and has launched a new round of violence. A younger generation...
