Vol 65 No 8 | NIGERIA Oil broker James Ibori returns to Abuja stage 10th April 2024 President Tinubu's ties with convicted fraudster and ex-Delta State governor will boost the ruling party and may cut oil theft In Abuja, the story is of the rise and fall and rise again of James Ibori, former Governor of oil-rich Delta State, sentenced to 13 years in Britain...
Vol 57 No 5 | NIGERIA Back to Ogoniland 4th March 2016 Federal troops are back in the heartland of the former Delta rebellion as politicians use militants and gangsters to expand their reach The return of the army to Ogoniland after an 18-year absence has deep political resonance. All the more so because there is now a fierce contest for political...
Vol 57 No 10 | NIGERIA Avengers assemble 13th May 2016 As sabotage attacks and pipeline breakdowns in the Delta take as much as 400,000 barrels per day (bpd), the shadowy Niger Delta Avengers group claims it has launched...
Vol 65 No 3 | NIGERIA Shell leads oil majors' exit from the Niger Delta 26th January 2024 Companies accused of under-investment – arrangements on financing and liability for pollution may be contested When the British oil major Shell announced on 16 January that it would be selling its interests in 18 oil licences in shallow water and onshore Niger Delta...
Vol 44 No 9 | NIGERIA The naira republic wins again 2nd May 2003 Money-politics and vote-rigging will undermine President Obasanjo's second term without a full investigation of the poll 'Don't give me any more of those Florida results!' bellowed a Nigerian journalist at a computer screen in the Election Commission's media centre. The machine was spewing out...
