Vol 55 No 10 | NIGERIABRITAIN The ripples of OPL 245 16th May 2014 Police and regulators are still investigating the consequences of Chief Dan Etete awarding himself an oil licence The Metropolitan Police's Proceeds of Corruption Unit (POCU) in London has confirmed to Africa Confidential that it is investigating allegations of money laundering through Britain linked to Nigeria's...
Vol 60 No 25 | NIGERIA Not yet, Generalissimo 19th December 2019 The lack of trust between government and activists over civil rights reflects the country’s deepening security crisis It was Muhammadu Buhari's military credentials that persuaded many Nigerians to trust him on security issues in 2015, at a time when insurgents had taken over more than...
Vol 39 No 18 | NIGERIA Parties at work 11th September 1998 After the political jamborees in Abuja, former military leader General Obasanjo emerges as a frontrunner Presidential candidate Party politics are back in Nigeria with all their ebullience and razamatazz. Alongside marching bands more than 10,000 supporters waving party flags packed out Abuja’s central parade ground...
Vol 49 No 16 | CAMEROONNIGERIA Bogged down 1st August 2008 Cameroonian security forces in the disputed oil-rich Bakassi peninsula are on maximum alert after fatal attacks by the Niger Delta Defence and Security Council. The NDDSC, a little-known,...
Vol 49 No 22 | NIGERIA Nigeria's banks: double or quits 31st October 2008 Nigerian visitors to London’s Heathrow Airport are pleasantly surprised to see billboards publicising one or another of their country’s biggest banks. Many of the taxis operating out of...