DISPATCHES Vol 62 No 9 | NIGERIA Rift on security grows between state governors and presidency amid claims that insurgents threaten the capital 3rd May 2021 Niger State governor's claim that Boko Haram insurgents are 'two hours' from Abuja meets eerie silence at Aso Rock It was meant to be an alarm call of the loudest kind. On 27 April, Niger State governor Abubakar Sani Bello announced that insurgent fighters with Boko Haram had hoisted their blac... READ FOR FREE
Vol 62 No 9 | NIGERIA Oil reform gathers pace 29th April 2021 Lobbying frenzy as parliament prepares long-awaited bill to reform and restructure energy industry Leaks of apparent last-minute concessions on fiscal terms and overseas 'retreats' for lawmakers are the most tangible indicators in years that Nigeria may finally be at the point o...
Vol 62 No 8 | NIGERIA States rethink security 15th April 2021 No reaction from Abuja as state governors in the south-east, like their south-west counterparts, launch a regional security organisation After governors of the south-eastern states met in the city of Owerri on 11 April to mull a response to a wave of deadly attacks against farmers and police in the region, they anno...
Vol 62 No 8 | NIGERIAECONOMY Much to be modest about 15th April 2021 The economy is in slightly better shape than feared months ago but faces a toxic combination of unemployment and inflation President Muhammadu Buhari and Nigeria's economy policymakers will certainly welcome the modest improvement in the country's economic outlook. According to the Yemi Kale-led Nation...
DISPATCHES Vol 62 No 6 | NIGERIA Disappearing jobs, roller-coaster oil prices and trade rules batter the economy 22nd March 2021 The recession may worsen security clashes across the country Youth unemployment in Nigeria is now worse than in South Africa, according to the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) in Abuja. That means that in Africa's two biggest economies, y... READ FOR FREE
Vol 62 No 6 | NIGERIA Shell and Eni win in Milan 18th March 2021 Royal Dutch Shell and Italy's Eni and 13 individuals were acquitted by a Milan court in one of the world's biggest corruption cases on 17 March. After three years and 74 hearings o...
DISPATCHES Vol 62 No 5 | NIGERIA Elders call for reform, warning 'things are falling apart' as bandits and insurgents step up attacks 8th March 2021 Parallel stories of economic and security breakdown are playing out without reference to each other Some of Nigeria's most eminent cultural, diplomatic, business and religious figures warned on 6 March that the latest wave of criminality and violence was threatening the stability... READ FOR FREE
DISPATCHES Vol 62 No 5 | NIGERIA Growing threat of bandit-insurgent collusion in spate of attacks in northern states 1st March 2021 President Buhari rejects northern state governors' planned amnesty for gangs after latest armed abductions The grim toll of armed attacks over the past week in northern Nigeria has reopened debate about the response from the over-stretched military and under-staffed national police forc... READ FOR FREE
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 pollution on t...
DISPATCHES Vol 62 No 4 | NIGERIA Apocalyptic warnings and threats in a week of escalating violence 19th February 2021 Former head of state urges state governors to speak responsibly, reminding them of road to 1967-1970 civil war General Abdulsalami Abubakar, who took over as head of state after the death of military leader Gen. Sani Abacha in 1998, stepped out of the shadows for a television interview on 1... READ FOR FREE
