Vol 52 No 17 | NIGERIAOIL AND GAS Who cleans up in the Delta? 26th August 2011 A huge payout by Shell for spilling oil will not necessarily help those who suffered from the environmental damage On 3 August, the oil giant Shell agreed in the London High Court to settle a compensation claim for oil spills in Bodo, in the Niger Delta. This...
Vol 52 No 17 | NIGERIAOIL AND GAS It's urgent? Set up a committee 26th August 2011 As the Bodo case was being settled, a damning United Nations report estimated the cost of an environmental clean-up in Ogoni at US$1 billion over up to 30...
Vol 52 No 16 | NIGERIA Governors on top and on trial 5th August 2011 Presiding over billion-dollar budgets and assured of immunity in office, everything changes for state governors when they retire The former Governor of Lagos State, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, does not bother with false modesty. Neither does he demur at the description of himself as patron of...
Vol 52 No 16 | NIGERIA The strange case of the ex-Governors 5th August 2011 Asiawaju Bola Tinubu, James Ibori and Diepreye Alamieyeseigha stand at extremes on the spectrum of life after Government House (see Feature). There are several points in between. Plateau’s...
Vol 52 No 15 | NIGERIA Maiduguri's terror crisis 22nd July 2011 Styling themselves defenders of President Jonathan, Niger Delta militants are threatening to take on Boko Haram Thousands are fleeing Maiduguri, Borno State, where attacks by the Islamist militia Boko Haram and clashes with the army’s Joint Task Force have left scores of people dead...
Vol 52 No 14 | NIGERIA The usual suspects 8th July 2011 Jonathan’s new cabinet repays old favours and special interests with no concessions to a restive north President Goodluck Jonathan shows little desire to impose himself on the country as the 36 state governors and the National Assembly jockey to push their nominees into the...
Vol 52 No 14 | NIGERIA Ministers old and new 8th July 2011 President Goodluck Jonathan’s cabinet was not complete when we went to press. Here are some key appointments and some of those tipped for appointment soon.
Vol 52 No 13 | NIGERIA Boko Haram declares war 24th June 2011 Building on growing northern resentments, the Islamist sect wants to create a political and security crisis by bombing the police Few seem convinced by President Goodluck Jonathan’s assurances that the security situation is under control following the bombing on 16 June of Louis Edet House, the national police...
Vol 52 No 13 | NIGERIA Power to the people, profits to the chiefs 24th June 2011 Community control of oil can worsen local strife, to judge by the experience of the Neconde Group, which won the bid for Shell’s 45% of Operations Management Licence...
Vol 52 No 11 | NIGERIAAFRICA The fastest growing family 27th May 2011 The United Nations’ latest projection of world demographic trends* predicts that Africa’s population will reach 2.2 billion by 2050, 24% of the global population. Nigeria’s population, according to...