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 activists who have b... READ FOR FREE
Vol 57 No 14 | NIGERIA Chip off the oil block 8th July 2016 Just as the authorities dig into a series of suspicious transactions made by the late President Sani Abacha's Oil Minister, Chief Dauzia Loya 'Dan' Etete, his son Edward Keniwenimo...
Vol 57 No 13 | NIGERIA The Delta-naira yoyo 24th June 2016 Facing its deepest economic crisis for two decades, Nigeria has been bolstered by two modest pieces of good news this week. Firstly, officials in Abuja say they have secured a mont...
Vol 57 No 11 | NIGERIA Anniversary ambushed 27th May 2016 Victories against Boko Haram and crooked politicians are overshadowed by a faltering economy and new militants in the Delta It would be hard to concoct a worse conjunction of calamities than that facing President Muhammadu Buhari as he prepares to mark his first year as President on 29 May. Undaunted, h... READ FOR FREE
Vol 57 No 11 | NIGERIA Economic sands start to shift 27th May 2016 The government wants to fire up growth with an expansionary budget but has made U-turns on the currency and fuel prices Less than a after month President Muhammadu Buhari signed on 6 May a growth-boosting but much delayed budget for 2016, the government has made two important policy reversals on the...
Vol 57 No 10 | NIGERIA Avengers assemble 13th May 2016 As sabotage attacks and pipeline breakdowns in the Delta take as much as 400,000 barrels per day (bpd), the shadowy Niger Delta Avengers group claims it has launched a new militant...
Vol 57 No 9 | NIGERIA Railroading senators 29th April 2016 After a late-night meeting at Aso Rock, the dispute between President Muhammadu Buhari and National Assembly leaders over 2016 budget amendments ended in smiles and a deal on 26 Ap...
Vol 57 No 8 | NIGERIA Economy thwarts Buhari 15th April 2016 Dilemmas over the exchange rate top a lengthening list of woes. The government turns to China for help A year after the national boost from Muhammadu Buhari’s victory in the presidential election, the economic crisis is deepening, worsened by a combination of falling commodity...
Vol 57 No 6 | NIGERIA Cleared by cash 18th March 2016 A cash-for-immunity deal brokered in 2014 by Swiss lawyers between the then President Goodluck Jonathan's government and two sons of the late General Sani Abacha, Mohammed and Abba...
Vol 57 No 5 | NIGERIA Back to Ogoniland 4th March 2016 Federal troops are back in the heartland of the former Delta rebellion as politicians use militants and gangsters to expand their reach The return of the army to Ogoniland after an 18-year absence has deep political resonance. All the more so because there is now a fierce contest for political control of the Niger ...