Vol 6 (AAC) No 10 | NIGERIACHINA Diminishing returns in Beijing 5th August 2013 The President returned from his July trip with US$1.1 bn. in loans and promises of new projects – but it’s far less than the $3 bn. his goverment had targeted President Goodluck Jonathan’s state visit to China delivered much-needed finance for infrastructure projects but the final amount was rather less than his officials had originally envisaged. Ahead of... READ FOR FREE
Vol 6 (AAC) No 10 | NIGERIACHINA How the big projects fell short 5th August 2013 The promised deregulation of the refined petroleum market is just one reason for the investment delay Political and financial concerns have stalled or forced the reformulation of many of the major projects trumpeted since 2008. Back in May 2010, the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation...
Vol 6 (AAC) No 6 | NIGERIA Sanusi Lamido Sanusi 4th April 2013 Governor, Central Bank, Nigeria Sanusi Lamido Sanusi wrote an op-ed in London’s Financial Times in March that compared Chinese involvement in Africa to that of the Europeans in the colonial era....
Vol 6 (AAC) No 4 | NIGERIACHINA Sanusi's message from Davos 11th February 2013 Central Bank of Nigeria Governor Lamido Sanusi took to the stage at the World Economic Forum (23-27 January) in Davos, Switzerland, to argue that Africa’s relationship with China...
Vol 6 (AAC) No 2 | NIGERIACHINABRIEFING More dam delays 4th December 2012 Two new large dams will be built before President Goodluck Jonathan’s first presidential term expires in 2015, according to the government. The companies constructing the dams, however, admit...
Vol 6 (AAC) No 2 | NIGERIA Zainab Ibrahim Kuchi 4th December 2012 Minister of State for Power, Nigeria Only weeks into her new role as Minister of State for Power, Zainab Ibrahim Kuchi announced a major project to address Nigeria’s chronic power shortfall. In early November,...
Vol 53 No 24 | NIGERIA Boko Haram looks to Mali 30th November 2012 As the army steps up its crackdown, the Islamist militia’s leaders are strengthening their ties with northern Mali The bombing of a church in Kaduna State on 25 November and attacks on a police station in Abuja on the following day seemed designed, at least in...
Vol 53 No 24 | NIGERIA How politicians help insurgents 30th November 2012 The federal government has played politics with the Boko Haram insurgency, using it to silence opposition from northern politicians who claim that President Goodluck Jonathan has broken the...
Vol 53 No 22 | NIGERIA The $100 billion bash 2nd November 2012 Government efforts to ignore a comprehensive new report on oil and gas industry corruption arouse deep suspicions Findings by a government-commissioned task force that over US$100 billion has been siphoned off from Nigeria’s oil and gas industry since 2002 is causing a political storm. It...
Vol 53 No 22 | NIGERIA Shell and the Delta litigations 2nd November 2012 The next hearing of the case of the 11,000 people of Bodo versus the Anglo-Dutch oil company Shell in the High Court is scheduled for 5 November, when...