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Nigeria’s Workers Threaten Strike Over Petrol Price Increase

Nigeria’s Workers Threaten Strike Over Petrol Price Increase

The leadership crisis rocking the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) yesterday manifested itself as the Joe Ajaero faction of the NLC insisted that it would not join the Comrade Ayuba Wabba-led NLC to embark on the strike planned for tomorrow. Also, the federal government has insisted that there is no option to the increment of the […]

How War, Oil and Politics Fuel Controversy in South Sudan’s Unity State

How War, Oil and Politics Fuel Controversy in South Sudan’s Unity State

The recent move by the Unity State government to expel a UN diplomat for authoring a report that accused the SPLA of human rights abuses in the state follows a long line of controversial happenings that have dogged Unity since the 1980s. The expulsion of foreign individuals deemed undesirable by the authorities is usually the […]

Oil Firms in Somalia Probed Over Graft Claims

Oil Firms in Somalia Probed Over Graft Claims

Britain’s Serious Fraud Office (SFO) has launched investigations into oil firms operating in Somalia over corruption allegations. The SFO is investigating Soma Oil & Gas Holdings Ltd, Soma Oil & Gas Exploration Ltd, and Soma Management Ltd over payment of about $600,000 to the Somalia Ministry of Petroleum and Mineral Resources under the capacity building […]

Nigerian Govt Fires Eight Oil Board Executive Directors

Nigerian Govt Fires Eight Oil Board Executive Directors

The ongoing effort by President Muhammadu Buhari to reform and reposition the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has further claimed all the Corporation’s eight group executive directors (GEDs). The development comes barely 24 hours after the president sacked the Corporation’s group managing director, Engr Joseph Dawha, and appointed Dr. Ibe Kachikwu to the position with […]

Oiling the Wheels of Nigeria’s Anti-Corruption Drive

Oiling the Wheels of Nigeria’s Anti-Corruption Drive

The new head of Nigeria’s state oil firm has fired eight senior managers. His success or failure in turning around the wasteful oil sector could be a test of the resilience of President Buhari’s anti-corruption drive. It seems that Emmanuel Ibe Kachikwu, a former executive of Exxon Mobil and now head of the Nigerian National […]

Muhammadu Buhari Sacks Oil Board Boss, Appoints Replacement

Muhammadu Buhari Sacks Oil Board Boss, Appoints Replacement

The ongoing effort by President Muhammadu Buhari to flush out corruption in the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has claimed a major casualty in the person of the corporation’s group managing director (GMD), Dr. Joseph Thlama Dawha. The president yesterday sacked Dahwa and appointed Dr. Emmanuel Ibe Kachikwu as the new GMD of the NNPC. […]

Grim Prognosis for War-Torn Libya

Grim Prognosis for War-Torn Libya

Oil-rich Libya faces an array of daunting challenges in dealing with the legacies of Muammar Qaddafi’s 42 years in power, not least the dysfunctional labour sector he left behind. Add to this the damage done to the country’s economic infrastructure during the revolution that ousted Mr Qaddafi in 2011, and the impact of the civil […]

Exxon knew of climate change in 1981, email says – but it funded deniers for 27 more years

Exxon knew of climate change in 1981, email says – but it funded deniers for 27 more years

ExxonMobil, the world’s biggest oil company, knew as early as 1981 of climate change – seven years before it became a public issue, according to a newly discovered email from one of the firm’s own scientists. Despite this the firm spent millions over the next 27 years to promote climate denial. The email from Exxon’s […]

RB Acquittal – Zambia’s Corruption Fight Founded On Hate

RB Acquittal – Zambia’s Corruption Fight Founded On Hate

As Magistrate Joshua Banda pronounced the acquittal of former President Rupiah Banda on Tuesday my mind rushed back to events of March, 15 2013 when his immunity was removed. No Zambian who is a student of history will forget how then Justice Minister Wynter Kabimba bulldozed his way until even a hitherto level headed Speaker […]

Rupiah Banda Cleared in Oil Scam

Rupiah Banda Cleared in Oil Scam

A court in Zambia acquitted on Monday ex-president Rupiah Banda, who had been accused of personally benefiting from an oil deal with Nigeria. A Lusaka magistrate court ruled that “the evidence laid before court is not sufficient,” noting that the prosecution had failed to prove that Banda or his family had benefited from the $2.5 […]

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