Global Geopolitics Net Sites / IPS Sam Olukoya LAGOS, Apr 23 (IPS) – ”This bill seeks to address the compelling need for us as a nation to have indigenous participation in the industry.” With these words, Nigeria’s acting President, Goodluck Jonathan, signed the Nigerian Oil and Gas Industry Content Development Bill into law. The new [...]
US-NIGERIA: Acting President Gets Attention
April 14, 2010 By
Global Geopolitics Net Sites / IPS Jim Lobe* WASHINGTON, Apr 13 (IPS) – Among the almost four dozen heads of state who have gathered here for this week’s Nuclear Security Summit, Nigeria’s acting president, Goodluck Jonathan, has been receiving a disproportionate share of high-level attention. With a one-on-one with President Barack Obama Sunday and a [...]
NIGERIA: Acting President Consolidates Power Amid Unrest
March 20, 2010 By
Global Geopolitics Net Sites / IPS Charles Fromm WASHINGTON, Mar 19 (IPS) – This week, acting Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan dissolved his cabinet, further securing his tenuous hold on the country’s top post amidst rising unrest in the Niger Delta and flaring religious tensions in the central region of the country. On Wednesday, Goodluck dismissed [...]
POLITICS-NIGERIA: In the Shadows of Men: Women’s Political Marginalisation
March 12, 2010 By
Global Geopolitics Net Sites / IPS Mustapha Muhammad KANO, Mar 12 (IPS) – Ten years after Nigeria returned to civil rule women still play second fiddle in the male-dominated politics of Africa’s most populous nation, women politicians and activists say. Since this West African country of 140 million people broke from military rule and embraced [...]
NIGERIA-AGRICULTURE: Bagging Beans Against Beetles
October 8, 2009 By
Global Geopolitics Net Sites / IPS Salma Ahmad Kano KANO, Oct 8 (IPS) – Cowpeas are of vital importance to the diets and livelihood of millions of people in West and Central Africa. But the crop is notoriously difficult to store – beetles and other pests can destroy an entire granary full of cowpeas within [...]
NIGERIA: Fish Could Play Greater Role In Food Security
October 7, 2009 By
Global Geopolitics Net Sites / IPS Toluwa Olusegun AKARAKUMO, Nigeria, Oct 7 (IPS) – The smell of roasting fish fills the air as one approaches the bungalow a few metres from the shore of the lagoon. Like most families in the village schoolteacher John Sewanu and his family of seven depend on the sea for [...]
NIGERIA: Govt Gears Up for Another Offensive in the Delta
September 13, 2009 By
Global Geopolitics Net Sites / IPS Analysis by Daniel Volman* WASHINGTON, Sep 13 (IPS) – There is mounting evidence that the government of Nigerian President Umaru Musa Yar’adua is set to launch a full-scale offensive in the Niger Delta when a ceasefire declared by rebels ends on Sep. 15. And this time, Nigerian military forces [...]
HEALTH-NIGERIA: Reducing Maternal and Infant Mortality, a Rural Community’s
September 2, 2009 By
Global Geopolitics Net Sites / IPS Toluwa Olusegun FARASINME, Nigeria, Sep 2 (IPS) – Women, their children strapped to their backs, defy the mid-morning sun and converge on the Primary Healthcare Centre, located on the outskirts of Farasinme village, the Badagry West Council Development Area of Lagos State. Most of the women, and a few [...]
RELIGION-NIGERIA: Poverty, Frustration Fuel Sectarian Violence
August 2, 2009 By
Global Geopolitics Net Sites / IPS Toye Olori LAGOS, Aug 2 (IPS) – The sectarian violence which broke out in several parts of northern Nigeria at the end of July has more to do with popular anger and frustration with prevailing economic conditions than religion, say religious experts and Muslim groups. Concerns have also been [...]
