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 2 (AAC) No 4 | NIGERIAINDIASOUTH KOREA What's yours is mine and... 20th February 2009 India's gain may prove to be South Korea's loss as local political shifts hit Nigeria's oil business The Korean National Oil Company may take legal action in response to Nigeria's revoking last month of two lucrative concessions awarded to the company in 2005. KNOC won operating...
Vol 2 (AAC) No 1 | NIGERIACHINA The honeymoon is over 27th November 2008 The once thriving Abuja-Beijing relationship has hit problems The catastrophic failure in November of Nigeria’s US$340 million, Chinese-built satellite NIGCOMSAT-1, launched only a year ago, is the latest, most visible indication of increas...
Vol 47 No 13 | NIGERIA Reformers reshuffle 23rd June 2006 President Olusegun Obasanjo quietly reshuffled his reform team on 21 June. He moved high-profile Finance Minister and former World Bank Vice-President Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala to Foreig...
Vol 62 No 13 | NIGERIA Debt crisis, what debt crisis? 24th June 2021 The government insists it can handle fast-mounting debts but increased security spending is stretching the budget While the World Bank and International Monetary Fund (IMF) say Nigeria's growing debt is sustainable, worries are growing over the cost of debt servicing relative to revenues.