This appears to be an attempt to pressure the magazine through its home government and diplomatic channels. Or, so a source in the presidency thinks.
Buhari launches diplomatic war, directs High Commissioner to write The Economist
The Economist is correct: Nigeria faces many threats. But…, Presidency responds to article
In its first official response to the viral Economist’s article, “A crime scene in the heart of Africa: Insurgency, secessionism and banditry threaten Nigeria,” the Nigerian Presidency has admitted that the international magazine was correct in a number of ways, but claimed that they got a lot of points wrong.
Army rattled by The Economist’s “Insurgency, Secessionism and Banditry Threaten Nigeria” report
The Nigerian Army has been rattled by a recent article published by The Economist, a London based magazine, titled “The Crime Scene at the Heart of Africa: Insurgency, Secessionism and Banditry Threaten Nigeria.”
Opinion | Economics, Economist, Financial Times And Nigeria
By Garba Shehu One would imagine that business papers like economic success stories; apparently not. Instead, they feast and thrive on negatives. Financial Times, for instance, is worried about a government policy […]
