Vol 54 No 15 | NIGERIA The Delta catches fire again 11th July 2013 Rampant oil theft, spills and a pipeline shutdown focus attention on Shell’s operations as a political crisis looms The Niger Delta faces a new round of turmoil as politicians and their business allies jostle for power at the centre of the country's oil industry. On 10...
Vol 49 No 22 | NIGERIA Nigeria's banks: double or quits 31st October 2008 Nigerian visitors to London’s Heathrow Airport are pleasantly surprised to see billboards publicising one or another of their country’s biggest banks. Many of the taxis operating out of...
Vol 59 No 17 | NIGERIA Blame game scuppers reform 31st August 2018 After ten years of drafting, the National Assembly has produced an unworkable bill to restructure the petroleum industry Plans to modernise the national oil industry have been derailed again by partisan politics and vested interests in a debacle that could cost Nigeria tens of billions of...
Vol 41 No 12 | NIGERIA Mixed reviews 9th June 2000 Civilian government wins praise for its democracy but blame for its lack of vision President Olusegun Obasanjo ended his first year in office on 29 May much as he arrived, struggling on several fronts against outbreaks of ethnic, regional and religious violence...
Vol 39 No 17 | NIGERIA To be and not to be 28th August 1998 One appointment and one non-appointment stand out in the 31-strong new Federal Executive Council announced by General Abdulsalaami Abubakar on 22 August just before his threeday trip to...