Vol 50 No 2 | NIGERIA New rules for the oil business 23rd January 2009 Oil Minister Rilwanu Lukman is preparing to present a 175-page bill to the National Assembly on the restructuring and management of the oil and gas sector. The contents...
Vol 40 No 12 | NIGERIA Exeunt sojas 11th June 1999 It was a spectacular coda to 16 years of military rule. On 29 May, more than 30 heads of state, ex-heads of state and international dignitaries -...
Vol 66 No 3 | NIGERIA Playing the numbers game 7th February 2025 Political pressure is mounting on Nigeria’s National Bureau of Statistics ahead of the imminent release of its GDP rebasing data. The statistical exercise could more than double the...
Vol 62 No 8 | NIGERIA States rethink security 15th April 2021 No reaction from Abuja as state governors in the south-east, like their south-west counterparts, launch a regional security organisation After governors of the south-eastern states met in the city of Owerri on 11 April to mull a response to a wave of deadly attacks against farmers and...
Vol 44 No 12 | NIGERIA Leaky and unlucky 13th June 2003 Revelations by Royal Dutch/Shell that thefts of crude oil from its operations in the Niger Delta could amount to as much as 100,000 barrels a day have been...