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Nigeria

Population: 227.71m
GDP: $252.74bn
Debt: 46.6% of GDP (2024)

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Gasmen

General Ibrahim Babangida, Head of State, August 1985-August 1993. Presided over the formation of the Nigerian Liquefied Natural Gas joint venture but insisted the state-owned Nige...


Gas timetable

17 May 1989: Incorporation of Nigeria Liquefied Natural Gas (NLNG) Limited. NLNG Board with representatives from the state-owned Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, Shell Gas ...


At a crossroads

An awkward defendant helps to uncover a secret commissions system

The investigations into Nigeria's Liquefied Natural Gas project span three continents and are a major test of international resolve to combat corruption. In France, it is the bigge...


Shell-shocked

Shell is both a victim and a prime cause of the social calamity in the Niger Delta

Last year, the Shell Petroleum Development Company, Nigeria, employed consultants to clarify a 'peace and security strategy' for their troubled operations in the Niger Delta oilfie...


No turning back

The state of emergency in Plateau escalates the President's confrontation with state governors

President Olusegun Obasanjo's suspension of Plateau State Governor Joshua Ariye and the State House of Assembly points to a growing constitutional crisis. As investigations continu...


Anenih's irresistible rise

A mysterious murder affects the ruling PDP and probably the next poll

It is hotly disputed whether Aminasoari Kalu Dikibo, a chieftain of the governing People's Democratic Party in the oil-rich Niger Delta, died in a political assassination or an att...


Blowback

Investigations in France, Nigeria and the United States into claims that the US company Halliburton was party to a US$180 million slush fund to bribe Nigerian officials are growing...


More petro-nairas

The unions lose another battle to Obasanjo's campaign to open up the oil business

Another round in the battle to liberalise the oil business goes to President Olusegun Obasanjo after the once mighty Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) backed down from its campaign to ...


Reforms, risks and rumblings

New opponents are lurking in the shadows as President Obasanjo tries to change course

'Everything is in place,' the tall man in babariga assured his audience in a Kaduna street. 'In place for what?' came the reply. 'Regime change of course!' the tall man smirked. Su...


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