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 50 No 5 | NIGERIAUNITED STATESBRITAIN Tesler trapped 6th March 2009 Officers from Britain’s Serious Fraud Office arrested lawyer Jeffrey Tesler, 60, at his offices in Tottenham in London on 5 March in a move that will widen the international invest...
Vol 47 No 22 | NIGERIA Fear of flying 3rd November 2006 Africa, with less than four per cent of the world's air traffic, suffers about a third of its air disasters. The latest, on 29 October, killed the Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Muhammad...
Vol 63 No 11 | NIGERIA President Buhari's edict shakes up presidential race 14th May 2022 All ministers vying for office in next year's elections have been ordered to quit. Bank governor Emefiele is yet to confirm his presidential run In one executive order the country's presidential contest has been up-ended and a sweeping cabinet reshuffle has been triggered. On 12 May, President Muhammadu Buhari called on pol...
Vol 64 No 5 | NIGERIA Court tells HYPREP to come clean 2nd March 2023 A Federal High Court in Nigeria has ordered the government's flagship environmental remediation agency to stop work and publish its accounts.