DISPATCHES Vol 63 No 17 | UNITED NATIONSAFRICAN UNIONCLIMATE CHANGE Fight over Africa’s fossil fuels intensifies 9th August 2022 Climate negotiators push back against AU plan for common position on gas and nuclear energy playing a ‘critical role’ in short to medium term The African Union’s plan to ramp up oil and gas production launched at a preparatory meeting with national negotiating teams has triggered a row with climate experts and green ener... READ FOR FREE
Vol 60 No 16 | NIGERIA Bunkering mentality 9th August 2019 In the piracy-riven Gulf of Guinea, there is doubt as to whether one particular vessel, the Indian-registered MT Apecus, was a victim of pirates or a pirate ship. Confusion has rei...
Vol 50 No 14 | NIGERIA Half-time for Yar'Adua 10th July 2009 Yar'Adua's three new recruits may help improve the government's performance, but the problems of power generation and the Delta remain After two years of drift, President Umaru Musa Yar'Adua and his government seem to be trying to arrest the slide. Recent appointments have bolstered the administration's competence...
Vol 64 No 12 | NIGERIA When – not if – Emefiele leaves the bank 8th June 2023 The central bank governor's days appear to be numbered as President Tinubu changes economic tack – and lines up a handy scapegoat Making clear his position on Central Bank of Nigeria Governor Godwin Emefiele's future, President Bola Tinubu announced the bank needed 'house-cleaning' in his inaugural speech on ...
Vol 63 No 13 | NIGERIA Tinubu summons the ghosts of Abacha's kleptocracy 23rd June 2022 The ruling party's flagbearer brings together democracy campaigners and beneficiaries of the country's most venal dictatorship This year's Democracy Day celebrations on 12 June were muted, overshadowed by the expensive shenanigans of the national election campaign mixed with a pervasive disenchantment with...