Vol 60 No 16 | NIGERIA Bunkering mentality 9th August 2019 In the piracy-riven Gulf of Guinea, there is doubt as to whether one particular vessel, the Indian-registered MT Apecus, was a victim of pirates or a pirate ship....
Vol 54 No 25 | NIGERIA Presidential letter bombs 12th December 2013 Private letters to President Jonathan from General Obasanjo and Bank Governor Sanusi warn of deepening financial and political threats The leaking this week of two damning letters to President Goodluck Jonathan was surely no coincidence and fires a powerful broadside against his government and his plans to...
Vol 64 No 10 | NIGERIA Minister sacks oil clean-up boss as graft fears grow 9th May 2023 The removal of the head of HYPREP is the latest effort to clear resistance to wholesale plunder of the $1 billion Delta anti-pollution programme The head of the government agency charged with cleaning up decades of oil pollution by Shell in Ogoniland, Ferdinand Giadom, was summarily sacked without cause by President Muhammadu... READ FOR FREE
Vol 46 No 17 | NIGERIA Opening the gates 26th August 2005 Will a public auction of oil blocks break the cycle of patronage and corruption? Nigeria's biggest ever oil licensing round this weekend will test President Olusegun Obasanjo's bold promises to fight corruption, which helped to secure a massive write-off on the country's...
Vol 37 No 20 | NIGERIA For sale 4th October 1996 Delighting the IMF and World Bank, General Abacha plans to sell off the oil sector. Many wonder who will benefit Finance Minister Anthony Ani's announcement that the government will sell its holdings in the oil, telecommunications and power sectors – valued at over US$50,000 million – marks a...