Vol 59 No 24 | NIGERIA Clean-up gets murky 7th December 2018 Hold-ups in promised action against pollution in Ogoni region in the Niger Delta are multiplying and tension is rising A long-delayed environmental restoration programme in Ogoni is finally in the works after decades of oil spills and fires left it one of the most polluted places in...
Vol 64 No 10 | NIGERIAEUROPEAN UNION Will you be my strategic partner? 11th May 2023 The European Union's diplomatic service, the European External Action Service, has earmarked four countries, one from each continent, as 'key strategic partners' as it seeks to boost its...
Vol 37 No 21 | NIGERIA Privatising politics 18th October 1996 The ruling soldiers believes that selling state assets will win them friends and influence The government is pushing ahead with its sale of state assets in the hope of reaping political and economic dividends. First to come to market will be the...
Vol 60 No 20 | NIGERIA The taxman cometh 11th October 2019 Unphased by mounting security threats, weakening international oil prices and an unresolved US$9 billion judgement debt demand, President Muhammadu Buhari's unveiled an ambitious new budget on 8 October,...
Vol 61 No 15 | NIGERIA The shake-up that didn’t happen 23rd July 2020 Plummeting prices prompted a radical plan to restructure the state oil company – then the vested interests fought back Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo and several of the country’s most senior ministers recommended hard-hitting reforms to rein in the sprawling and notoriously unaccountable state oil company earlier this year...
