Vol 4 (AAC) No 5 | CAMEROONNIGERIACHINA Good neighbours 31st March 2011 Addax, a British-listed oil and gas company controlled by China’s Sinopec, may benefit from this month’s decision by the Nigerian and Cameroonian governments to collaborate in the Bakassi...
Vol 54 No 19 | NIGERIA Punching out the PDP 20th September 2013 The President’s failure to bring together the rival factions in his party has chronically weakened his government’s standing, nationally and regionally The open brawl between rival factions of the governing People’s Democratic Party in the National Assembly on 18 September pointed dramatically to the failure of party leaders to...
Vol 62 No 4 | NIGERIACLIMATE CHANGE Shell retreats from the Delta 18th February 2021 The Anglo-Dutch giant is losing its battle to fight off international lawsuits over pollution Shell is retreating from onshore oilfields in the Niger Delta under a cloud, facing lawsuits, recriminations and so far failing to deal with some of the most serious...
Vol 62 No 23 | NIGERIA Lagos probe accuses military 18th November 2021 Activists doubt that evidence of systematic killings by police and soldiers will prompt a serious response by government The report by the Lagos State Judicial Panel of Inquiry was damning and contradicted all official accounts, especially those by the army and police, of what happened at...
Vol 41 No 22 | NIGERIA Hard loans 10th November 2000 Nigeria is questioning the legitimacy of much of the US$27 million debt claimed by the Paris Club of Western government creditors. Almost unprecedentedly, the meeting on 26-27 October...