Vol 55 No 1 | NIGERIA Goodluck Jonathan loses the numbers game 20th December 2013 The defections in the House of Representatives have stripped the President's party of its majority and boost the opposition coalition This year started with a row between President Goodluck Jonathan and former President Olusegun Obasanjo; and it is ending with a second and bigger row between the two....
Vol 48 No 12 | NIGERIA Champagne in the Delta 8th June 2007 At Government House in Port Harcourt last week, waiters scurried around pouring bottles of Cristal champagne as a white jacketed crooner sang Frank Sinatra's 'My way' in honour...
Vol 48 No 16 | NIGERIA Making haste slowly 3rd August 2007 President Yar'Adua shows he is prepared to make sweeping changes – even if the pace of decision-making remains slow Essentially, the new presidency started last week. President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua appointed his cabinet on 26 July and followed this four days later with a sweeping shake-up of...
Vol 38 No 14 | NIGERIA Going for broke 4th July 1997 Finance Minister Ani says the economy is booming but no one believes it any more First, look at the figures which General Sani Abacha prefers. Inflation was at 70 per cent in late 1995 and is now at 20 per cent. Foreign exchange...
Vol 46 No 23 | NIGERIA Abacha's verdict 18th November 2005 Ken Saro-Wiwa was a dangerous separatist 'who presented himself as an environmentalist and human rights activist before the international community', who was guilty of heinous crimes that demanded...