Vol 49 No 8 | NIGERIAOIL AND GAS Nigeria takes on Big Oil 11th April 2008 President Umaru Yar'Adua has launched a thorough restructuring of the state-owned energy sector and a review of commercial contracts. His reform team hopes to bring in partners like...
Vol 56 No 25 | NIGERIA Taking down Tompolo 18th December 2015 As politics fizz and oil prices crash, the government targets the capo di tutti i capi of the Niger Delta militants One of the shrewdest and wealthiest militant leaders in the Niger Delta, High Chief Government Ekpemupolo, alias Tompolo, faces a legal battle that could provoke a new political...
Vol 64 No 25 | NIGERIA Opposition left outmanoeuvred 14th December 2023 After fighting formidable presidential campaigns, Peter Obi and Atiku Abubakar have failed to follow up Whether it is the 1,400-strong Nigerian delegation to the UN COP28 climate summit in Dubai, or the supplementary budget that allocated US$35 million to items such as a...
Vol 48 No 8 | NIGERIA Too many parties spoil the polls 13th April 2007 Opposition to the governing People's Democratic Party (PDP) is split between 24 different parties, most of which cannot even dream of winning a governorship, much less the Presidency.
Vol 53 No 7 | NIGERIA The President tightens up 30th March 2012 Jonathan is getting a grip on his party and perhaps preparing to run again, despite his northern rivals On the eve of the national convention of the governing People’s Democratic Party on 24 March, former President Olusegun Obasanjo deplored the lack of discipline in the PDP....
