Vol 49 No 18 | NIGERIA Unhealthy talk 5th September 2008 The rumours of President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua’s demise reverberating around Nigeria’s mobile phone networks over the past week were assuredly exaggerated, a combination of misinformation and idle political...
Vol 37 No 21 | NIGERIA Privatising politics 18th October 1996 The ruling soldiers believes that selling state assets will win them friends and influence The government is pushing ahead with its sale of state assets in the hope of reaping political and economic dividends. First to come to market will be the...
Vol 45 No 18 | NIGERIA On the bribe trail 10th September 2004 Questions are mounting about the involvement of United States' oil services company Halliburton in the distribution of US$180 million of allegedly corrupt payments on a $10 billion gas...
Vol 58 No 15 | NIGERIAUNITED STATES Diezani in their sights 21st July 2017 The net tightens around former Oil Minister Allison-Madueke as US prosecutors target her business partners' assets The filing of a US$144 million assets recovery case in Houston on 14 July points to substantive progress in international investigations into tens of billions of dollars of...
Vol 38 No 25 | NIGERIA After Yar'Adua 19th December 1997 The death of a detained politician has focused attention on northern discontents Whatever caused the death of gaoled Northern military politician Shehu Musa Yar'Adua'on 9 December, it has sent a powerful message that Northerners can expect no special favours from...
