Vol 49 No 19 | NIGERIA The storm before the storm 19th September 2008 President Yar'Adua has returned home with plans for a cabinet reshuffle as violence explodes again in the Niger Delta Nobody has told Nigerians what was wrong with their President, who was in hospital in Saudi Arabia from 20 August to 6 September. Things are clearly not well...
Vol 49 No 18 | NIGERIAECONOMYBRITAIN Two virgins 5th September 2008 Britain’s Virgin Atlantic has lost the first round in its battle with Nigeria’s government and is expected to sell all but 7% of its 49% stake in the...
Vol 49 No 18 | NIGERIA Adenuga's back 5th September 2008 Telecoms impresario Mike Adenuga has bounced back, despite the longrunning investigation into his company by Nigeria’s Economic and Financial Crimes Commission.
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 49 No 17 | NIGERIA Wasteful wars, foreign friends 22nd August 2008 A long history of failure does not discourage Western leaders who believe their intervention can improve conditions in the oil-rich Niger Delta. Yet judging from recent history, the capacity of outside intervention to make things even worse in the Delta looks assured. After the United States' stalled efforts at training Nigeria's military and Royal Dutch Shell's attempts at corporate responsibility, Britain and France have offered military assistance to tackle continuing violence in the Delta. Offering military assistance to a country that did not request it is extremely bad manners, responded a seasoned Nigerian analyst after French President Nicolas Sarkozy and British...
Vol 49 No 17 | NIGERIA Delta forces 22nd August 2008 Nigerian suspicion of foreign military support creates opportunities for the security professionals, some of whom are looking for business openings since an agreement between the United States and...
Vol 49 No 17 | NIGERIA Service shuffle 22nd August 2008 President Umaru Musa Yar'Adua's appointment of new service chiefs and a new Chief of Defence Staff on 20 August will further reduce the political power of former President...
Vol 49 No 16 | NIGERIA Yar'Adua's judges on trial 1st August 2008 Justice and politics are uneasy bedfellows under the hesitant President's new regime Since President Umaru Musa Yar'Adua came to power after a widely-criticised election and started extolling the rule of law much has changed. Yar Adua's own electoral case will...
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 13 | CAMEROONNIGERIA Slaughter on the border 20th June 2008 More gruesome killings raise doubts about the August handover of the oil-rich Bakassi Peninsula Troops from Nigeria and Cameroon were put on high alert in the Bakassi Peninsula, following the unexplained slaughter of five Cameroonian soldiers and a local government official on...