Nigeria

  • Oct 2, 2006
  • 7 min read

INTERNATIONAL: OPEC quits quotas as dissension grows

Venezuela and Nigeria began yesterday to cut oil production, while Iran's representative to OPEC...

International
  • Sep 29, 2006
  • 7 min read

WEST AFRICA: Peace and security dominate ECOWAS agenda

ECOWAS is the most complex and self-contained of Africa's regional integration organisations but...

West Africa
  • Sep 29, 2006
  • 2 min read

NIGERIA: Corruption probes raise political tensions

Vice-President Atiku Abubakar was suspended yesterday from the ruling People's Democratic Party...

Nigeria
  • Sep 27, 2006
  • 2 min read

NIGERIA: Senate probe adds to VP woes in election bid

The Senate voted unanimously yesterday to launch a probe into allegations of the mismanagement of...

Nigeria
  • Sep 26, 2006
  • 2 min read

NIGERIA: Revoked blocks auction a bid to boost output

The Department for Petroleum Resources said today that eight of the 50 oil blocks slated for...

Nigeria
  • Sep 13, 2006
  • 1 min read

NIGERIA: Security fears may prompt further oil strikes

Nigerian oil workers began a three-day warning strike today, to protest against insecurity in the...

Nigeria
  • Sep 7, 2006
  • 2 min read

NIGERIA: Politics will dampen growth, despite Q2 rise

Second quarter GDP growth rose to 7.5% year-on-year, up from 2.7% in the first quarter, the...

Nigeria
  • Aug 31, 2006
  • 2 min read

NIGERIA: Oil union strike reflects Delta insecurity

The two main oil workers' unions announced last night their intention to stage a three-day...

Nigeria