Vol 45 No 2 | NIGERIA More petro-nairas 23rd January 2004 The unions lose another battle to Obasanjo's campaign to open up the oil business Another round in the battle to liberalise the oil business goes to President Olusegun Obasanjo after the once mighty Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) backed down from its campaign...
Vol 65 No 10 | NIGERIA HYPREP's no-shows 9th May 2024 Ogoni activists say most of the companies contracted by the Hydrocarbon Pollution Remediation Project (HYPREP) to carry out remediation work on disastrously polluted Ogoniland have not turned up...
Vol 67 No 1 | NIGERIAUNITED STATES Pentagon strikes on Sokoto will speed sale of $345 million of US rockets and missiles to Abuja 3rd January 2026 Both governments are turning jihadist operations to their political advantage Few confirmed details have emerged about the Pentagon’s attacks – launching 16 GPS-guided missiles from MQ-9 Reaper drones – on claimed jihadist camps near Jabo in Sokoto State...
Vol 40 No 17 | NIGERIA Clearly confusing 27th August 1999 Three months on, the economic policy of General Olusegun Obasanjo's government remains opaque. While the price of oil, which at US$20 a barrel is nearly twice that...
Vol 39 No 2 | NIGERIA Plots, lies and videotapes 23rd January 1998 Amid general discontent and military nervousness, the Abacha regime's latest claim of a coup plot is unlikely to be its last General Sani Abacha is pulling out all the stops to gain maximum political advantage from the latest alleged coup plot. Videotaped scenes from interrogations of the accused, including...
