The unions lose another battle to Obasanjo's campaign to open up the oil business
President Olusegun Obasanjo's rival in last year's contest, retired general and former military ruler Muhammadu Buhari (1983-85) was in London last week for medical treatment and to drum up international support for his continued rejection of last year's ...
New opponents are lurking in the shadows as President Obasanjo
tries to change course
Who stole Nigeria Airways? A cabal of managers, ministers and senior officials, said a judicial inquiry report last month. It details how the airline was destroyed by asset stripping and fraud. From a fleet of 30 aircraft in 1983, with many profitable rou...
The sacking of Jackson Gaius Obaseki, Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, on 3 November, is linked to the growing problems with well connected firm Sahara Energy Resources in Ghana and at home in Nigeria. President Olusegun O...
There is growing frustration that a boycott of an immunisation campaign in northern Nigeria may be leading to a resurgence of poliomyelitis in the region. This would thwart international hopes of making polio the second disease after smallpox to be eradic...
Raising domestic oil prices is essential but seems impossible
Allegations by Federal Capital Territory Minister Nassir el-Rufai that two senators had solicited a 54 million naira (US$420,000) bribe for approving his appointment are set to cause more trouble for President Olusegun Obasanjo's government.
Rilwanu Lukman's sudden resignation on 7 October as Special Advisor on Oil to Nigeria's President Olusegun Obasanjo is likely to trigger other high-level departures as the crisis in the oil sector mounts. The exit of Lukman, who was also Chairman of the N...
President Olusegun Obasanjo's commitment to fighting oil sector corruption (AC Vol 44 No 18) is being severely tested on the one hand by a Federal Government probe of deals by the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation and, on the other, by the recent su...
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