Vol 50 No 23 | NIGERIACHINA China's new bid for Nigerian oil 20th November 2009 China has expressed interest in buying 49% stakes in 23 soon-to-expire oil block licences. The London Financial Times reported in September that the China National Offshore Oil Corporation...
Vol 51 No 24 | NIGERIA All the President's militias 3rd December 2010 Jonathan must win the Delta vote and is mustering the violent gangs to ensure his victory The fierce race for the presidency and National Assembly in next year's elections is worsening the violence in the Niger Delta and undermining last year's amnesty deal. Within the governing People's...
Vol 52 No 16 | NIGERIA The strange case of the ex-Governors 5th August 2011 Asiawaju Bola Tinubu, James Ibori and Diepreye Alamieyeseigha stand at extremes on the spectrum of life after Government House (see Feature). There are several points in between. Plateau’s...
Vol 59 No 16 | NIGERIA Politics of patronage 10th August 2018 Long-delayed legislation promises to free the oil industry from state control – but will the government want to surrender this trump card? Nigeria's governments come and go but its oil and gas governance legislation keeps rolling on. The Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB) was conceived during Olusegun Obasanjo's first elected term...
Vol 44 No 25 | NIGERIA Reforms, risks and rumblings 19th December 2003 New opponents are lurking in the shadows as President Obasanjo tries to change course 'Everything is in place,' the tall man in babariga assured his audience in a Kaduna street. 'In place for what?' came the reply. 'Regime change of course!' the...
