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 59 No 25 | NIGERIA Sharks in an oily soup 21st December 2018 Court papers in Italy claim that international oil companies, investment banks and top politicians benefited from a multi-billion dollar oil scandal Six months into the court hearings into the purchase of an offshore oil block licence in Nigeria by Royal Dutch Shell and Italy's ENI, Giuseppina Barbara, the presiding judge at th...
Vol 43 No 18 | NIGERIA Impeachment 13th September 2002 Two weeks ago President Olusegun Obasanjo considered threats by the House of Representatives to impeach him if he didn't resign as 'a joke carried too far' by a group of politician...
Vol 46 No 15 | NIGERIA Notes on a scandal 22nd July 2005 Wojciech Chodan, an executive with Halliburton subsidiary Kellogg Brown and Root (KBR), has emerged as the Samuel Pepys of the Nigeria gas scandal. At many key meetings, Chodan too...
Vol 51 No 20 | NIGERIA The politics takes over again 8th October 2010 Bold reform plans are put on hold as the battle for Aso Rock intensifies The brief interest shown by President Goodluck Jonathan's government in economic reform seems to be waning in favour of a concentration on short-term tactics that might help his el...