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| 02LAGOS146 |
SOUTHERN SECESSION UNLIKELY DESPITE TENSIONS [...] (C) Summary. While electoral divisions are under growing media scrutiny, most southern political analysts privately acknowledge that fears of imminent secessionism are unfounded at present. Though some disgruntled groups demand the creation of their own state within the federation, most do no [...] |
2002-12-07 11:46:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM PREF KDEM ECON PINR NI |
| 02LAGOS1870 |
FUTURE OF NIGERIA AIRWAYS [...] (SBU) Summary: The wetlease agreement of Nigeria Airways Limited (NAL) with Air Atlanta Icelandic (AAI) was set to expire on September 19, but was extended at the last minute. The Ministry of Aviation had hoped until the last moment to replace NAL with a new national carrier, Air Nigeria, t [...] |
2002-09-19 06:12:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR ECON NI |
| 02LAGOS2044 |
NIGERIA: A TRIP TO IBADAN IN OYO STATE [...] (C) Summary. A trip to Ibadan in Oyo State shows residents of the southwest are already revving up for the elections in 2003. Dr. Omulolu Olunloyo, who was governor of Oyo State more than a decade ago, has decided to come out of semi-retirement to run again for that office "for the good of th [...] |
2002-10-15 13:00:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM PINR NI |
| 02LAGOS2494 |
PEACEFUL DEMONSTRATION AT AMCONGEN LAGOS [...] At approximately 1345, 45-50 military retirees arrived at AmConGen Lagos carrying a placard stating that they had not received benefits in six months. The demonstrators were asked to move across the street from the Consulate General which they did. Two leaders of the group met with RSO and [...] |
2002-12-31 19:11:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC |
| 02LAGOS76 |
SOUTHERN SECESSION UNLIKELY DESPITE TENSIONS [...] (C) Summary. While electoral divisions are under growing media scrutiny, most southern political analysts privately acknowledge that fears of imminent secessionism are unfounded at present. Though some disgruntled groups demand the creation of their own state within the federation, most do no [...] |
2002-12-07 11:46:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON NI PBTS PGOV PHUM PREF PREL |
| 03LAGOS102 |
NIGERIA; A VISIT TO THE SOUTHEAST - PART 1: ABIA [...] (C) Summary. Orji Kalu, dubbed the "Action Governor" by President Obasanjo for his aggressive style and ability to get programs and projects going in Abia state, recently won a year-long administrative and political tussle with his disgruntled Deputy Governor and half the State legislators. [...] |
2003-01-14 09:37:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM NI |
| 03LAGOS103 |
ELECTIONS 2003: THE PROSPECTIVE ECONOMY AND THE [...] Summary. On November 19 some forty corporate executives representing a broad cross-section of the non-oil sector met at the Lagos Business School to discuss the potential economic impact of the 2003 general elections. During the session led by Professor Pat Utomi, many executives expressed co [...] |
2003-01-14 09:37:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EIND EINV ETRD PGOV NI |
| 03LAGOS1034 |
PAS LAGOS CELEBRATES EARTH DAY 2003 [...] SUMMARY: On April 24, PAS Lagos organized a lecture and panel discussion at our auditorium to mark the 2003 Earth Day celebration. Two panelists delivered addresses on the occasion, the PAO and CAO each introduced short films on the environment, and the IRC distributed colorful In [...] |
2003-05-14 14:12:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV EAID KSCA KPAO |
| 03LAGOS104 |
NIGERIA: CONVERSATION WITH FORMER INFORMATION [...] (U) Summary. Prince Tony Momoh, former Minister of Information and Culture, successful public relations consultant and influential political columnist for the "Vanguard" newspaper says that the Shari'a law case of Amina Lawal will be decided in Lawal's favor. He believes there was an inevit [...] |
2003-01-14 10:13:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM KISL NI |
| 03LAGOS1088 |
NIGERIA: OIL WORKERS THREATEN STRIKE IN RESPONSE [...] Peter Akpatason, president of the National Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers of Nigeria (NUPENG), has threatened to call "a national strike wherein the entire oil industry will be shut down" unless Houston-based Transocean Inc. rescinds the dismissal of 116 Nigerian workers who parti [...] |
2003-05-23 10:43:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ELAB KDEM NI PGOV |
| 03LAGOS1196 |
THE BIRTH OF PRIVATE UNIVERSITIES IN NIGERIA: [...] Nigerian universities, once among the best in Africa, deteriorated badly under 30 years of military rule. Nor was their plight alleviated during the last four years of democratic governance. They remain overcrowded, poorly funded and decrepit. Currently, there are 42 universities: 25 feder [...] |
2003-06-12 10:37:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | SCUL CMGT CVIS SOCI PGOV EAID ECON EINV |
| 03LAGOS1211 |
NIGERIA: YORUBA LEADER PA ADESANYA'S VIEWS ON [...] (U) Summary. Leader of Afenifere and member of the Patriot's group, Pa Abraham Adesanya, says that the April elections must be canceled and an interim government installed until "free and fair" elections can be held. He claims Afenifere is not seriously weakened after the defeat of many Allian [...] |
2003-06-16 11:37:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM PINR NI |
| 03LAGOS123 |
NIGERIAN STOCK EXCHANGE SEEKS USAID PARTNERSHIP [...] (U) SUMMARY: The Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) seeks USAID assistance to expand its services. The NSE plans to attract more Nigerians and foreign investors to the equities market through greater accessibility and new investment vehicles in derivative markets. The NSE raised the is [...] |
2003-01-16 06:41:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ECON EINV EAID NI |
| 03LAGOS147 |
The Economy in 2003: Triumph of Politics [...] Summary. The economic outlook for the New Year is cloudy. Academic experts and business leaders fear that Nigeria will experience little if any real per capita growth in 2003. They bemoan Nigeria's OPEC oil production quota of 1.9 million barrels per day, which limits the country's potential [...] |
2003-01-17 16:13:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN ETRD BEXP PGOV NI |
| 03LAGOS1479 |
Attempted Coup in Anambra State: Harbinger of [...] (SBU) Summary. A mid-July attempt by a cadre of business and political leaders to surreptitiously unseat a recently-elected state governor has created an ongoing political imbroglio and leaves Nigerians and Nigeria watchers asking if, instead of the military coups of the past, leaders here no [...] |
2003-07-25 11:01:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PINS KDEM NI |
| 03LAGOS148 |
NIGERIA: NOT ONLY GAS FLARES IN NIGERIA, ITS' [...] (C) Summary: Arson is strongly suspected in the December 24 fire that destroyed the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) headquarters and records. The fire followed by barely a week a newspaper article asserting that there is solid, extensive and documented proof that GON official [...] |
2003-01-17 16:13:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC ECON EPET EINV DS DSS ITA IP AF OSAC |
| 03LAGOS1535 |
NIGERIA: DELTA KIDNAPPING THREATENS OIL [...] Summary: A Nigerian white collar worker for Chevron Nigeria Ltd. (subsidiary of Chevron/Texaco) and member of the Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association (PENGASSAN) was kidnapped outside his home on July 25 by a rogue group of armed Ijaw youths. The kidnapping is the latest in a [...] |
2003-07-31 14:50:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC EPET ENRG ECON CASC PGOV PINR PINS PTER NI XA XY |
| 03LAGOS168 |
A CONVERSATION WITH THE POLICE [...] (C) Summary: A very discouraged Deputy Police Commissioner (DPC) for Lagos State met with CG and Econoff on January 7 to discuss the recent fire at the national petroleum company building and the realities of police work in Lagos State. With an undercurrent of futility and resignation, DPC Har [...] |
2003-01-24 09:55:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS PINR EPET ASEC NI |
| 03LAGOS1833 |
NIGERIAN EDITOR BECOMES UNABASHED BUSH SISTER [...] Summary: Special Project participant Nkechinyere Nwosu returned to Nigeria excited about her program. She informed Post that she had a good experience and that the program helped change the misconceptions she had about the U.S., including the U.S. policies on Iraq and Africa. She said she lear [...] |
2003-09-03 10:12:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO KDEM OEXC SCUL NI |
| 03LAGOS185 |
MEETING WITH ADDITIONAL SECRETARY (WTO) MENON [...] (U) ECON M/C CALLED ON COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY MINISTRY ADDITIONAL SECRETARY S.N. MENON ON JANUARY 21. MENON IS THE SENIOR-MOST OFFICIAL AT THE MINISTRY WITH RESPONSIBILITIES FOR WTO AND THE EU. ECON M/C REVIEWED A NUMBER OF ISSUES WITH MENON INCLUDING: OUR WTO AGRICULTURAL AND EXPORT CREDIT [...] |
2003-01-25 12:33:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD ECON EINV EAGR IN |
| 03LAGOS1851 |
SOWING THE BEANS OF HOPE [...] Summary: The Shagamus of Ogun State have for many years grown only kola nuts, and sold them only to Hausas in northern Nigeria. Dr. Gabriel Ogunmola, the President of the Nigeria Academy of Science, recently told us of a hands-on, grassroots success: showing the Shagumus near his university [...] |
2003-09-04 13:58:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR SOCI TBIO EAID NI |
| 03LAGOS1862 |
SOUTHERN SNAPSHOTS - WEEK OF SEPTEMBER 1, 2003 [...] (U) The Impeachment Panel set up by the Anambra State government to investigate Deputy Governor Okey Udeh's role in the July 10 failed attempt to forcefully remove Governor Chris Ngige from office has ignored an order of the federal High Court in Abuja restraining it from further consideration [...] |
2003-09-05 11:18:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM ELAB PINR NI |
| 03LAGOS1866 |
NIGERIA: WARRI: A PAUSE IN THE VIOLENCE? [...] (SBU) There has been no serious violence reported in Warri for almost two weeks, other than what has been described as an inter-factional "skirmish" over the weekend of August 30 in the settlement of Ugbomro lying between Warri and Effurun. Military patrols sent to restore peace found the body [...] |
2003-09-05 12:54:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | PINS EPET PGOV ASEC PHUM NI |
| 03LAGOS1870 |
NIGERIA: USITC STUDY ON U.S. - SUB-SAHARAN [...] (U) U.S. Mission Nigeria is pleased to provide the following information in response to reftel. -------------------------------------------- DEVELOPMENTS IN NIGERIAN ECONOMIC, TRADE AND INVESTMENT POLICIES -------------------------------------------- 2. (U) In August 2003, the GON un [...] |
2003-09-05 16:28:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD EINV EFIN NI XA |
| 03LAGOS1899 |
NIGERIA: UNIONS MAY EXPAND WORK ACTIONS OVER FEAR [...] Leaders from the National Union of Petroleum and Gas Workers (NUPENG) and the Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN) are meeting in Benin City to discuss cooperative action amid reports that the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), ChevronTexaco, [...] |
2003-09-10 11:57:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | ELAB EPET KDEM NI PGOV PREL |
| 03LAGOS1900 |
NIGERIA: GON AGREES TO INCREASE CIVIL SERVICE [...] On Friday, September 5, Laboff spoke to Chris Uyot, the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) Head of Information and Public Affairs, who confirmed that the GON agreed to implement sliding scale wage increases for all federal civil servants retroactive to July 1, 2003. While both sides are working o [...] |
2003-09-10 13:00:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB PGOV KDEM NI |
| 03LAGOS1930 |
ABIA STATE GOVERNOR ORJI KALU'S VISIT [...] (U) This is Post's response to Department's request for information on Abia State Governor Orji Kalu who is to meet with A/S Walter Kansteiner September,2003. 2. (U) Orji Uzor Kalu is 44 years old. Both he and his wife hold "green cards" and their two daughters are AmCits. Kalu and his [...] |
2003-09-15 12:00:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM OVIP PINR NI |
| 03LAGOS1937 |
SOUTHERN SNAPSHOTS - WEEK OF SEPTEMBER 8, 2003 [...] (U) Almost exactly one year after the prominent husband and wife team of lawyers, Barnabas Chidi and Amaka Blessing Igwe, was hacked to death in the streets of Onitsha, a bail hearing was held in the Onitsha High Court for one of the prime suspects in the case. In an unusual move to get action [...] |
2003-09-16 12:03:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM EPET SENV NI |
| 03LAGOS1940 |
NIGERIA: MILITARY BUILD-UP KEEPS WARRI QUIET [...] (SBU) The town of Warri has remained mostly calm over the last two weeks as the Nigerian military and mobile police (known as MOPOL) continue to build a presence in the area. Over the weekend of September 6th, oil service contractors in Warri and a Shell spokesperson told Econoff that in reacti [...] |
2003-09-16 12:16:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PINS EPET PGOV ASEC PHUM NI |
| 03LAGOS1966 |
NIGERIA: THE TENTH ECONOMIC SUMMIT: NEW PLANS, [...] (U) Summary. The Nigerian Economic Summit Group's tenth annual summit ended on September 12 on a cautiously optimistic note. Delegates from business, academia and the public sector recognized the need for far-reaching economic reforms and seemed optimistic that they might be implemented under [...] |
2003-09-18 10:05:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN NI |
| 03LAGOS1967 |
NIGERIA: SHELL AND POSSIBLY CHEVRON MAY RESUME [...] (C) SUMMARY. Shell Oil has been assessing its crude oil production facilities in the Delta swamps shut down by ethnic violence five months ago, and concludes some may again be operational by September 20, 2003. Shell could pump as much as 40,000 to 50,000 additional barrels per day of crude oi [...] |
2003-09-18 10:39:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ENRG EPET ETRD NI |
| 03LAGOS2023 |
NIGERIA: AGOA ELIGIBILITY REVIEW [...] (U) In response to Ref A, U.S. Mission Nigeria is pleased to provide the following update to the 2002 AGOA eligibility review (Ref B). Nigeria's progress toward fulfilling AGOA eligibility requirements has been slow and fitful, but progress continues. Post recommends that Nigeria remain elig [...] |
2003-09-26 16:05:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD ECON ELAB PREL PGOV NI AGOA |
| 03LAGOS2043 |
NIGERIA: NLC MEETS TO PLAN MASS ACTION IN RESPONSE [...] The battle lines now appeared to be drawn between government and labor over possible fuel price increases. Long queues at gas stations throughout the country reflect speculation that the GON might announce further increases in fuel prices as early as October 1. 2. The Central Working Co [...] |
2003-10-02 10:21:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB EPET PGOV KDEM NI |
| 03LAGOS2045 |
THE SEX TRADE TO THE US AND EUROPE: MEETING WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY: POLOFF met with Gerrit Van Hemert, Deputy Head of Mission for the Netherlands Consulate General in Lagos on 17 September to discuss patterns of trafficking of women for the sex trade to Europe. Van Hemert, who has studied the subject for three years, laid out a pattern of traffick [...] |
2003-10-02 10:37:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM SMIG SOCI SNAR CVIS NI |
| 03LAGOS2058 |
NLC PLANS TO BOYCOTT ALL AFRICA GAMES AS PART OF A [...] (U) On October 1, gas stations throughout the nation increased their prices from 34 naira per liter to 39.5 naira in Lagos and Abuja and as much as 60 naira per liter in several states in the east. While the majority of gas stations have raised prices (a handful of Nigerian National Petroleum [...] |
2003-10-03 15:26:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC CASC ELAB ENRG EPET KDEM NI PGOV PHUM |
| 03LAGOS2060 |
THE IMPENDING STRIKE: THE VIEW FROM LAGOS [...] (SBU) The looming showdown between the unions and the GON over fuel deregulation in Nigeria is about more than the fuel price. Anecdotal comments from people in Lagos tell us they are very angry about the way the price increase was implemented without any direct announcement, as if the gover [...] |
2003-10-03 18:13:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ELAB PGOV SOCI NI |
| 03LAGOS2061 |
BETWEEN THE HAMMER AND THE ANVIL: THE PROPOSED [...] (SBU) The likely wage increases looming over the Nigerial fiscal landscape will affect the already difficult situation of both the federal and state governments. The federal government has (apparently) committed itself to a 12.5 percent increase in workers' salaries, at least at the lowest l [...] |
2003-10-03 18:14:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ELAB NI |
| 03LAGOS2069 |
Strike Begins Thursday, October 9 [...] Following its emergency National Executive Council (NEC) meeting in Ibadan on Saturday, October 4, the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) announced a nationwide strike to begin at midnight on Thursday, October 9. NLC President Adams Oshiomhole said the Thursday start date allows labor leaders and [...] |
2003-10-06 16:24:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC CASC ELAB ENRG EPET KDEM NI PGOV PHUM |
| 03LAGOS2078 |
CHEVRON'S VIEW ON THE DYNAMICS BEHIND THE FUEL [...] (SBU) Summary: According to Chevron management some two weeks ago President Obasanjo ordered the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) to cancel all outstanding orders for refined petroleum products, thus committing the country to an abrupt course of petroleum market reform and libe [...] |
2003-10-08 15:41:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ELAB ECON NI |
| 03LAGOS2080 |
NIGERIA: POLICE NOT PREPARED FOR OCTOBER 9 STRIKE [...] (C) Haruna John (PROTECT), Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) resident in Lagos State gave Pol/Econ Officer an update on police preparedness for the planned nationwide strike on October 9. According to John, the police force is not/not prepared to deal with potential problems that a strike ma [...] |
2003-10-08 17:52:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC ELAB ENRG EPET KDEM PGOV NI |
| 03LAGOS2081 |
LASCO: NEW STRIKE, NEW PLANNING: NOT A REPEAT OF [...] (SBU) Summary: Chima Ubani, Executive Director of the Civil Liberties Organisation (CLO), told us that labor and civil society leaders meeting on October 4 and 6 decided to begin a two-week general strike on Thursday, October 9. Demonstrations will be held on Thursday in Lagos, Abuja and Kano, [...] |
2003-10-09 05:31:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB EPET PHUM SOCI NI |
| 03LAGOS2090 |
STRIKE SUSPENDED: LABOR AND OIL COMPANY VIEWS [...] (U) Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) President Adams Oshiomhole announced October 8 at approximately 2300 that labor had suspended its planned October 9 strike after the NLC, governors, National Assembly legislators, and oil marketers reached an agreement. A hastily organized group, known as the [...] |
2003-10-09 17:43:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | ELAB EPET NI |
| 03LAGOS2100 |
NIGERIA: PRIVATE MARKETERS PLAN FUEL IMPORTS [...] (C) Private marketers are planning to import fuel in the coming weeks for retail sales in Nigeria. Managers at both Texaco and Mobil report that making joint purchases of large cargoes to reduce unit cost is preferable to smaller deliveries. A Texaco official indicated his company would be m [...] |
2003-10-10 17:22:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EPET NI PGOV PREL |
| 03LAGOS2140 |
NIGERIA: RESPONSE TO EX-IM QUERIES ON NIGERIAN [...] (U) Rumors of distress in the Nigerian banking sector have raised doubts about the industry's health and prompted questions about certain banks' stability. Post's response follows. 2. (U) Rumors of a list of distressed banks first surfaced in mid-August. Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) an [...] |
2003-10-17 12:46:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN EINV ECON PINR NI EXIM |
| 03LAGOS2144 |
NIGERIAN BANKS: LARGELY HEALTHY BUT HARDLY [...] (U) Summary: Rumors of distress have whispered through Nigeria's financial sector since mid-August, fueled in part by the suspension of two banks from the industry's clearinghouse and in part by investigations of ten or twelve others said to be facing temporary liquidity problems. Some banks [...] |
2003-10-17 13:23:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN EINV ECON PINR NI |
| 03LAGOS2147 |
NIGERIA: FUEL SUPPLY AND PRICE REMAIN IN TENSE [...] (C) Summary: The status of fuel supply and pricing in Nigeria remains in question as fuel marketers and labor leaders left a stakeholders' meeting on October 16 with little agreement but significant distrust and resentment. Labor promises mass action at retail stations if marketers do not sell [...] |
2003-10-17 16:22:00 | Consulate Lagos | SECRET//NOFORN | ECON ENRG EPET NI PGOV |
| 03LAGOS2149 |
EXPLORING THE AFRO-HISPANIC CONNECTION IN [...] SUMMARY: In a fitting tribute to National Hispanic Heritage Month (September 15 - October 15), the US Consulate, Lagos, hosted its first ever function to mark the occasion on October 14. END SUMMARY. 2. The theme of the program, dubbed "Exploring the Afro- Hispanic Connection: A Celebrat [...] |
2003-10-18 10:43:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OEXC SCUL NI |
| 03LAGOS2153 |
NIGERIA: FROM THE ASHES OF NIGERIA AIRWAYS [...] (U) The liquidation of Nigeria's ailing national carrier, Nigeria Airways Limited, may at last be moving forward. According to Bismarck Rewane, Managing Director of Financial Derivatives Company Limited, a leading Lagos-based economic think tank, the Ministry of Justice has begun making prepa [...] |
2003-10-20 15:49:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR ECON NI |
| 03LAGOS2163 |
NIGERIA: STATUS OF BIOTECHNOLOGY REGULATIONS [...] (U) Nigeria has no specific law governing the approval, production, importation, and labeling of products of agricultural biotechnology. Nigeria's Draft Biosafety Guidelines state proposed procedures to follow to import or test GMO in the country. 2. (U) In February 2002 the Nigerian Fed [...] |
2003-10-21 14:36:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ECON ETRD SENV TBIO TSPL NI |
| 03LAGOS2187 |
SOUTHERN SNAPSHOTS - OCTOBER 14 TO 24, 2003 [...] (U) Although most Nigerian and foreign election observers acknowledged that the Spring 2003 gubernatorial, National Assembly and Presidential elections were rife with fraud, all agreed and all urged disgruntled losing candidates and political parties to pursue their claims and complaints in t [...] |
2003-10-23 12:25:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM PINR NI |
| 03LAGOS2189 |
NIGERIA: ADDITIONAL INFO RE BIOTECHNOLOGY [...] (U) Further to Ref A, Nigeria's National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) reports that the approval, importation and labeling of food products, including products of agricultural biotechnology, is governed by the Drug and Related Products Act (as amended) and relate [...] |
2003-10-23 15:00:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ECON ETRD SENV TBIO TSPL NI |
| 03LAGOS2193 |
NIGERIA: WARRI UPDATE 10/24/03 - ITSEKIRI WANT TO [...] (C) Summary. After more than a month of peace, clashes between ethnic groups in the Niger Delta appear on the rise, although less deadly than generally reported in the media. We have received reports of attacks and counter-attacks at multiple locations since Sunday, October 19. Chevron securit [...] |
2003-10-24 09:59:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET PGOV PINR PINS PHUM ASEC NI |
| 03LAGOS2198 |
NIGERIA: AIRPORT FIRE TEMPORARILY DISRUPTS [...] (U) An electrical fire at Lagos' Murtala Mohammed International Airport temporarily disrupted flight operations on Thursday, October 23. Several flights were diverted or delayed, but skeletal operations resumed within a few hours. Airport authorities report that the terminal is still without [...] |
2003-10-24 15:51:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR ECON ASEC NI ACS |
| 03LAGOS2200 |
NIGERIA: TALK OF "MASS PROTESTS" ON FUEL [...] No summary [...] |
2003-10-24 16:18:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB EPET PGOV PHUM SOCI NI XY |
| 03LAGOS2226 |
NIGERIA: AIRPORT OPERATIONS MOSTLY BACK TO [...] (U) Power at Lagos' Murtala Mohammed International Airport has yet to be fully restored after last Thursday's electrical fire (reftel), but airport operations are mostly back to normal. Regular flights have resumed, and passengers are again checking in at the airport's international terminal. [...] |
2003-10-28 16:21:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR ECON ASEC NI ACS |
| 03LAGOS2232 |
ALL POLITICS IS LOCAL: TEX-MEX MEETS EDO OGA [...] (SBU) Summary: Chief Odidi of Edo State spent 18 years in the U.S., became a U.S. citizen, and made enough money to return to his native town and go into politics. While in the U.S., he absorbed American values and political culture, and now balances those ideas and aspirations against the [...] |
2003-10-29 14:30:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON PGOV SOCI NI |
| 03LAGOS2283 |
EBONYI STATE: FIELD OF DREAMS [...] (SBU) Summary: Making something out of Ebonyi state will be a challenge. It's in the middle of nowhere, and with Nigerian agriculture in the doldrums the state's prospects seem modest. It's a new state, though, and to beat the odds its leadership has seized on careful fiscal policy, low ov [...] |
2003-11-03 17:00:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON PGOV SOCI NI |
| 03LAGOS2287 |
PRESIDENT SHUFFLES THE DECK WITH NEW OIL ADVISOR [...] (U) SUMMARY. On Monday, November 3, the GON announced the removal of Jackson Gaius-Obaseki as the Group Managing Director (GMD) of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC). Funsho Kupolokun, former Special Assistant to the President on Petroleum Matters, was appointed new GMD, effect [...] |
2003-11-04 17:41:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET PGOV PINR PREL EINV NI |
| 03LAGOS2293 |
TOURISM IN NIGERIA: FOR THE BIRDS [...] (SBU) Summary: If a tourist came to Nigeria to look at endangered species (or for any other reason), he or she would be the most endangered species of all. Nigeria has practically no tourist industry, but there is no inherent reason why that should be the case. While we might have doubts ab [...] |
2003-11-05 14:36:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON NI |
| 03LAGOS2322 |
NIGERIAN NATIONAL LABOUR CONGRESS OPPOSES [...] (U) The latest stage in the recurring disputes between the President and the National Labour Congress (NLC) was President Olusegun Obasanjo's submission of a bill to the National Assembly to revise laws governing trade unions. The bill seeks to amend Nigeria's Trade Unions Act by recognizing [...] |
2003-11-09 09:33:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB PGOV KDEM ECON NI |
| 03LAGOS2330 |
OBASANJO, OIL MARKETERS WIN OVER LABOR AND CIVIL [...] No summary [...] |
2003-11-10 18:29:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB EPET PGOV PHUM SOCI NI XY |
| 03LAGOS2349 |
OUT IN AFRICA: A VISIT TO EKITI STATE [...] (U) Summary. PolOffs made a one day familiarization visit to the tiny land-locked State of Ekiti. In April 2003, Ekiti, like its neighboring states in the southwest except Lagos, got rid of its Alliance for Democracy governor and elected a representative of the ruling Peoples Democratic Part [...] |
2003-11-13 12:22:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM KWMN SOCI NI |
| 03LAGOS2354 |
FMR BIAFRAN PRESIDENT GENERAL OJUKWU MEETS WITH CG [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Consul General and POLOFF (notetaker) met with former Biafran President General Chief Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu and his assistant Prince Bob J. Onyema on 10 November. Ojukwu has plans to travel to the US at the end of November. Ojukwu discussed court cases contesting the res [...] |
2003-11-14 10:44:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | PINR PREL PGOV PNAT SOCI EPET NI XY |
| 03LAGOS2357 |
AMCITS NOT/NOT TAKEN HOSTAGE IN DELTA - CHEVRON [...] (C) Chevron's special security manager, Hamish Macdonald (sic), told Econoff on November 14 that no Americans were taken hostage in an incident earlier this week. Press reports indicate that four barges and 21 Chevron contractors were seized by Ijaw youths in the riverine area near Warri on [...] |
2003-11-14 15:47:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC EPET PINR NI CACS |
| 03LAGOS2363 |
OBASANJO SHOULD RESIGN CLAIMS CIVIL SOCIETY GROUP, [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Civil society organizations continue to agitate on the national scene in an attempt to realize public policy and institutional reform, but have yet to produce real movement in that direction. Calls for protest against the upcoming Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) [...] |
2003-11-17 15:49:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB EPET PGOV PHUM KDEM SOCI NI XY |
| 03LAGOS2371 |
BAKASSI: THE VIEW FROM CROSS RIVER STATE [...] No summary [...] |
2003-11-18 15:54:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PINS PGOV PREL NI |
| 03LAGOS2379 |
Engaging Islam in Southern Nigeria. [...] Summary: Working closely with PAS, post engaged the southern Muslim community on the "Shared Meaning of Ramadan and Thanksgiving" and hosted an Iftaar dinner for Muslim community leaders. 2. The Media Message: During Ramadan, ConGen Lagos reached out to southern Nigeria's Muslim com [...] |
2003-11-20 07:54:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KPAO NI KISL |
| 03LAGOS2387 |
FOUR WORN AND UNDER-UTILIZED REFINERIES FOR SALE [...] (C) SUMMARY. Nigeria's Bureau of Public Enterprises (BPE) has set November 14 as the deadline for investors to submit expressions of interest to be core investors (51 percent) in the country's four refineries. Major U.S. oil companies tell us they are not interested. Labor is taking a cautiona [...] |
2003-11-20 14:54:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET EINV ELAB PHUM PGOV PINR SOCI NI |
| 03LAGOS239 |
NIGERIA: AD PARTY - CONSENSUS OF YORUBA NATION? [...] (C) SUMMARY. Despite recent factionalization, the Alliance for Democracy (AD) in Lagos State presented the public with a face of party consensus in their January 8 gubernatorial congress. Following his challengers' disqualification, incumbent Governor Bola Tinubu took the nomination unopposed. [...] |
2003-01-30 15:41:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM SOCI KWMN NI |
| 03LAGOS2399 |
NATIONS WITHIN A NATION: A VISIT TO EDO AND ONDO [...] (U) Summary. The impact of the ethnic diversity of Nigeria's close to 400 distinct ethnic groups on the country's politics and developing democracy was made clearer in a recent visit to Edo and Ondo States. Ondo State, is older by decades than its neighbor Edo and has regional governing expe [...] |
2003-11-21 16:31:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM NI |
| 03LAGOS2422 |
NIGERIA'S TRANSITION TO A DEREGULATED DOWNSTREAM [...] (C) SUMMARY. At the monthly Businessman's Lunch held at the American Guest Quarters pub in Lagos on November 6, executives of two major fuel marketing companies confirmed that the sector is essentially deregulated, and that there is no significant threat of mass action by organized labor (ref [...] |
2003-11-26 10:22:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG PINR EINV NI |
| 03LAGOS2434 |
EXPAT OIL WORKERS KIDNAPPED IN NIGER DELTA -- MORE [...] (SBU) On Thursday, November 27, seven expatriates were kidnapped in Nigeria's Niger Delta region. One has escaped or has been released. No American citizens appear to be involved. 2. (CO) The seven expatriate employees of the Canadian pipe-coating company Bredero Shaw were kidnapped off [...] |
2003-11-28 15:55:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC EPET PGOV PINR PHUM EINV NI |
| 03LAGOS2455 |
NIGERIAN SHRIMPERS: HOPEFUL (BUT UNLIKELY) [...] (U) Summary: Nigeria's principal fisheries products, shrimp and prawns, are destined almost exclusively for export, but only a small percentage of Nigeria's total catch makes its way to U.S. markets. Exports are hindered primarily by high shipping costs and consumer preferences. Industry rep [...] |
2003-12-04 06:18:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIS ETRD ECON NI |
| 03LAGOS2462 |
SECOND FIDDLE NO LONGER [...] (U) Summary: Two major players, MTN Nigeria Communications Limited and Econet Wireless Nigeria Limited, dominate Nigeria's mobile communications industry. The latter has long played second fiddle to its much larger competitor, but Econet executives insist that with Vodacom Group's purchase of [...] |
2003-12-05 17:41:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | ECPS ECON EINV NI |
| 03LAGOS2464 |
CIVIL SOCIETY HOLDS RALLY AGAINST CHOGM AND [...] (U) SUMMARY: The United Action for Democracy (UAD) held a rally in the Yaba district of Lagos on December 3 to protest President Obasanjo's policies and governance, as well as the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) taking place December 5-8 in Abuja. Mobile Police (MOPOL) ar [...] |
2003-12-05 18:29:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM KDEM SOCI XY NI |
| 03LAGOS2465 |
VISIT OF AF A/S WALTER KANSTEINER: US/UK DISCUSSION [...] Classified confidential by Ambassador Howard F. Jeter; Reasons 1.5 (b) and (d). 2. Summary: Visiting AF Assistant Secretary Walter Kansteiner and Ambassador Jeter met July 25 with British High Commissioner Phillip Thomas to discuss Nigeria's pre-election political climate and tensions [...] |
2003-12-05 19:35:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS PREL |
| 03LAGOS2467 |
FUTURE OF NIGERIAN OIL & GAS [...] Cable is sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. 2.(SBU) Summary: On July 11 and 12, Econoffs met with a variety of oil producing and servicing companies to gain insight into the current state of the Nigerian oil and gas industry and assess the country's potential contri [...] |
2003-12-05 19:35:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | NI ECON EINV EPET ENRG |
| 03LAGOS2480 |
THE LAGOS PORT COMPLEX: FAR FROM SECURE [...] (U) Summary: Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) and Customs officials report marked gaps in security at the Lagos port complex. Access to the port is only nominally controlled, and electronic surveillance and tracking systems are non-existent. Goods are statutorily subject to Nigeria's 100 perce [...] |
2003-12-08 17:02:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD ECON EWWT ASEC NI |
| 03LAGOS2493 |
ETHNIC CLASHES ON THE BENIN RIVER [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On Friday, December 5, Itsekiri militants attacked Ijaws in boats and in villages on the Benin River, north of Warri. There are reports of houses burned and 19 persons killed. Nigerian military forces reacted quickly, and although some related skirmishes were reported on Satur [...] |
2003-12-09 16:48:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC EPET PGOV PHUM PINR EINV NI |
| 03LAGOS25 |
FULBRIGHT ALUMNI ASSOCIATION OF NIGERIA [...] SUMMARY: The 3rd annual conference of the Fulbright Alumni Association of Nigeria (FAAN) was held from November 25-28 at Nsukka, home of the first indigenous Nigerian university. The three-day program with the theme "Globalization and Development In Nigeria" included addresses by the CPAO an [...] |
2003-01-06 11:12:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OEXC SCUL NI |
| 03LAGOS2535 |
A PEACE FORUM FOR WARRING PEOPLE OF WARRI [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: ConGen Lagos officers observed the initial meeting of the Warri Forum on Peace, Security, and Human Rights organized by USG grantee Academic Associates PeaceWorks (AAPW) November 18-20 in the Delta State capital of Asaba (reftel). Partially funded through USAID and DRL, the me [...] |
2003-12-16 10:45:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PINS EPET PINR MCAP SOCI NI |
| 03LAGOS2565 |
A POTENTIAL POWERHOUSE AMONG NIGERIAN PRIVATE [...] (U) Summary. Odua Telecommunicaions, a subsidiary of Nigeria's Odua Investment Group, is one of a handful of private telephone operators. The firm won several 3.5 GHz licenses in June 2002 and hopes to break new ground in Nigeria's southwest by introducing improved fixed wireless services. I [...] |
2003-12-17 15:03:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | ECPS ECON SCUL NI |
| 03LAGOS2574 |
PRICE CAPS AND STRIKES CAUSE NIGERIA'S DOWNSTREAM [...] (C) SUMMARY: Barely 60 days after President Obasanjo declared Nigeria's downstream petroleum sector officially and completely deregulated, and 30 days after he replaced the head of the powerful national petroleum corporation, a GON regulatory agency shut down fuel stations of a US-based compan [...] |
2003-12-18 05:39:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET EINV ELAB PGOV NI |
| 03LAGOS2579 |
BIO ON WARRI NAVAL COMMANDER CAPTAIN O.B. OGUNJIMI [...] (S N/F) On November 19, Poloff and Econoff met Captain Olufemi B. Ogunjimi, Commanding Officer (CO) of Nigerian Naval Station Delta (NNS Delta), headquartered in Warri, Delta State, at a forum discussing peace and security in the Niger Delta. 2. (S N/F) Septel provides further context and b [...] |
2003-12-18 15:36:00 | Consulate Lagos | SECRET//NOFORN | PINR PINS MOPS PGOV EPET NI |
| 03LAGOS2606 |
NIGERIA: WHEN DOVES FIGHT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: POLOFF and Economic Counselor met on December 1 with Femi Falana, former president of the Committee for the Defence of Human Rights (CDHR) and well-known international human rights lawyer, to discuss the internal battle for power within the CDHR. CDHR executives have accused Fa [...] |
2003-12-19 11:13:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM KDEM PINR NI |
| 03LAGOS2607 |
NIGERIA: 2004 NATIONAL TRADE ESTIMATE REPORT [...] (U) In response to reftel, Post is pleased to provide the following update to the 2003 National Trade Estimate Report. The figures in paragraph 2 will be updated by USTR. ------------- TRADE SUMMARY ------------- 2. (U) The U.S. trade deficit with Nigeria was $4.9 billion in 2002, a d [...] |
2003-12-22 05:54:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD EFIN EINV ECON NI |
| 03LAGOS2640 |
NIGERIA: TALE OF TWO CONVENTIONS [...] (U) The Alliance for Democracy (AD) party parted in two when opposing groups held separate national conventions in Lagos and Abuja last week. Plagued by infighting and the controversial self-appointment as party chairman of Ahmed Adamu Abdulkadir, President Obasanjo's Special Advisor on Manu [...] |
2003-12-24 10:36:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KDEM NI |
| 03LAGOS265 |
EXPLOSION IN LAGOS [...] Sensitive But Unclassified. 2. At approximately 1110 on Sunday, February 2, 2003, there was an explosion in Idumagbo Street, located between the Carter Bridge and Third Mainland Bridge on Lagos Island. The area is a lage market and residential area comprised of two and three story busi [...] |
2003-02-03 16:45:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC KCRM CASC PINS EIND EPET PGOV EINV NI |
| 03LAGOS307 |
LAGOS EXPLOSION AND NNPC FIRE FOLLOW-UP [...] (C) Summary: RSO met with police officials on Thursday and Friday 02/06 and 02/07 regarding last Sunday's explosion in Lagos. Police provided some insight into the explosion. RSO staff has also been in contact with the bomb squad in an effort to see explosives taken from the scene. One poli [...] |
2003-02-07 16:13:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC NI PINS |
| 03LAGOS309 |
NIGERIA: A VISIT TO FOUR SOUTHERN STATES: PART 2 - [...] (U) Summary. Once almost guaranteed re-election to the governorship of oil producing Bayelsa State, the incumbent, DSP Alamieyesiegha, is facing serious charges of corruption that have the possibility of disqualifying him. In the four years of his administration, the governor has had some v [...] |
2003-02-10 09:40:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM PINR NI |
| 03LAGOS322 |
NIGERIA: AN ASSESSMENT OF POLITICIZED ISLAM IN THE [...] (C) Summary. Islam as a factor in politics in southwestern Nigeria and the threat of the imposition of Shari'a (Koranic law) in the south are not current or near-term possibilities. However, all observers agree that overwhelming poverty, and uncertainty and possible instability in governm [...] |
2003-02-13 10:55:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KISL PINR PTER NI |
| 03LAGOS332 |
NIGERIA: PETROLEUM INDUSTRY REGULATORY BODY [...] No summary [...] |
2003-02-14 13:07:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | ELAB ENRG EPET EFIN PGOV NI |
| 03LAGOS344 |
NIGERIA: DEPARTMENT OF PETROLEUM RESOURCES [...] On Saturday, February 15, employees from the Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) went on strike to contest unpaid salaries and benefits and protest the GON's refusal to grant DPR autonomy. DPR is the agency that supervises tanker loadings and authorizes movement of crude oil at Nigeria's [...] |
2003-02-18 16:14:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB ENRG EPET EFIN PGOV NI |
| 03LAGOS351 |
LOST RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL [...] (S) Summary: CG, LEGATT, and RSO met with Johan Bakker, Vice President of Haliburton Nigeria on 02/18/03. Mr. Bakker advised the CG that a radioactive source used in logging operations was missing. Mr. Bakker advised that the material was approximately 18.5 curries in strength and had been [...] |
2003-02-19 20:34:00 | Consulate Lagos | SECRET | ASEC PTER PINS PARM NI |
| 03LAGOS363 |
NIGERIA: NUPENG JOINS DEPARTMENT OF PETROLEUM [...] (U) As part of a solidarity agreement between the two major oil workers' unions, members of the Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) branch of the National Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG) joined a strike organized by DPR members of the Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior S [...] |
2003-02-21 06:31:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB ENRG EFIN EPET PGOV NI |
| 03LAGOS369 |
LAGOS STATE GOVERNOR'S VIEWS ON IRAQ, NATIONAL [...] (C) Begin summary. Lagos State Governor Tinubu told ConGen and DAS Bridgewater February 16 that he has asked the Lagos State Assembly to issue a resolution declaring that no new construction be permitted along "Embassy Row" on Victoria Island. Tinubu assured ConGen that he will do all he can [...] |
2003-02-21 15:09:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS PINR ETRD NI |
| 03LAGOS384 |
NIGERIA: ENERGY UPDATE, FEB 20 [...] (U) This periodic update covering energy issues includes: --Oil Strike Suspended, No Effect on Exports --Wellhead Blows in Ogoniland --Local Content Rule Gives U.S. Firms Opportunity and Risk --Gas Developments, and --Almost Never Ever Power Anywhere -------------------------------------- [...] |
2003-02-25 06:32:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | EPET ENRG EFIN ECON EINV PINS NI |
| 03LAGOS470 |
NIGERIA: OUTREACH TO NCEMA AND NISER [...] Introduction and summary. Staff of ConGen's Economic Office reached out to two institutions of learning in the city of Ibadan in Oyo State on February 25. This former capital of Nigeria's old Western State is notable for several research institutions including the University of Ibadan, the p [...] |
2003-03-05 09:45:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EINV EAID PINS NI |
| 03LAGOS499 |
NIGERIA: ENERGY UPDATE, FEB 28 [...] This periodic update covering energy issues includes: --Long Lines - Short on Answers; Fuel Crisis Continues --Obasanjo Offers Onshore/Offshore Compromise --Exxon-Mobil Produces Early from Yoho Fields, and --Marginal Oil Fields Awarded --------------------------------------------- ------- [...] |
2003-03-07 12:08:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | EPET ENRG EFIN ECON EINV PINS NI |
| 03LAGOS504 |
NIGERIA: WHO WAS MARSHALL HARRY? [...] (U) SUMMARY. Marshall Harry's death on March 5 is the latest in a series of murders regarded by southern Nigerians as political assassinations. Harry engendered bitter rivalries as a notorious power-player and strategist who aimed to shift power to South-south minorities, including Rivers S [...] |
2003-03-07 17:14:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR ASEC KDEM NI |
| 03LAGOS505 |
NIGERIA: HARRY'S MURDER FLAMES PORT HARCOURT [...] (U) SUMMARY. Marshall Harry's death on March 5 is the latest in a series of murders regarded by southern Nigerians as political assassinations. His death has raised tensions in the Rivers State capital of Port Harcourt, where the leading opposition presidential candidate plns to hold a rall [...] |
2003-03-07 17:15:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR ASEC KDEM NI |
| 03LAGOS519 |
NIGERIA: UNHCR SEEKS USG HELP WITH NIGERIA ON [...] (C) SUMMARY. Eusebe Hounsokou, UNHCR representative in Nigeria, updated Poloff on his efforts to relocate 5,000 Liberian refugees from Cote d'Ivoire to Nigeria (Ref B). Per UNHCR Geneva's information, Hounsokou advised the GON that, since the USG may take up to 10,000 Liberian refugees for [...] |
2003-03-12 06:37:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PREL PGOV IV LI NI |
| 03LAGOS524 |
DON'T SHOW ME THE MONEY; NIGERIA GOING [...] SUMMARY: As in many developing economies with high inflation and a devalued currency, consumers in Nigeria often must bring literally bags of money to the store to make even routine purchases. Checks are used almost exclusively for business-to-business transactions, and credit cards are acce [...] |
2003-03-12 15:15:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EINV EFIN NI |
| 03LAGOS543 |
NIGERIA: DEATH OF LAGOS TRADITIONAL RULER [...] SUMMARY. The death last week of Oba Adeyinka Oyekan highlights the role traditional rulers still play in Nigerian society. Appointing an Oba's successor (a traditional Yoruba king) is often contentious, and the royal palace of Lagos was already filled by intrigue as the 92 year old Oba's he [...] |
2003-03-13 14:37:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV ECON SCUL NI |
| 03LAGOS563 |
NIGERIA: SOUTH TENSE AS POLITICAL VIOLENCE RISES [...] (C) SUMMARY. Southern civic and media groups have diverse views of the coming elections, ranging from optimistic anticipation of leadership change to fear of ruthless power tactics. Some analysts predict "bloody" elections in Kwara and the South-South states, but relative calm in Lagos and [...] |
2003-03-17 11:42:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR PHUM KDEM NI |
| 03LAGOS568 |
NIGERIAN LOCAL VIOLENCE CAUSES MINIMAL IMPACT [...] Summary. A violent clash between local activists and police left seven dead in Delta state late last week. While Shell Oil moved non-essential staff from pockets of disturbance, there appears to be no disruption in oil production at this time. End Summary. 2. A simmering dispute betwee [...] |
2003-03-17 23:58:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | EPET ENRG EFIN ECON EINV PINS NI |
| 03LAGOS575 |
OIL EXEC SAYS NIGERIAN OIL PRODUCTION AT FULL [...] (C) Summary. A senior industry source reports that Nigerian crude oil production is currently at full capacity. He states that Nigeria is likely producing just over 2.2 million barrels of crude per day. Ongoing communal violence in the Delta region is beginning to affect Shell Oil's product [...] |
2003-03-18 18:09:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG ECON ASEC PINS NI |
| 03LAGOS624 |
NIGERIA: ESCRAVOS UPDATE - CRISIS WORSENS [...] (SBU) Proprietary information please hold closely. 2. (SBU) Summary. The situation at ChevronTexaco's Escravos compound has deteriorated markedly since the March 20 arrival of government troops to quell the confrontation between Ijaw and Itsikiri villagers over local political pow [...] |
2003-03-24 06:56:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | CASC EPET ENRG ECON PINS PGOV PHUM NI |
| 03LAGOS630 |
NIGERIA: ETHNIC POLITICS AND NIGER DELTA CRISIS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The violent Ijaw confrontations of the Itsekiri in the oil-rich Escravos area result from their fierce political competition to control the South-west Warri Local Government. The chairmanship of this local government is seen as a lynchpin to the Ijaw's economic survival. If [...] |
2003-03-24 16:27:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | CASC EPET ENRG PINS PGOV PHUM KDEM NI |
| 03LAGOS631 |
NIGERIA: TOTALFINAELF SUSPENDS OPERATIONS AT FOUR [...] (C) Summary. TotalFinaElf (TFE) has become the latest victim of the strife between the Ijaws and Itsekiris in the Niger Delta. TFE has withdrawn its employees from four fields and ceased production there. The Ijaws, in an effort to ensure that their complaints are heard, now threaten to destr [...] |
2003-03-24 18:37:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET CASC PINS ASEC PREF PGOV PHUM NI |
| 03LAGOS637 |
NIGERIA: A CONVERSATION WITH ONE IJAW [...] No summary [...] |
2003-03-25 18:36:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET PINS ASEC PGOV PARM PHUM NI |
| 03LAGOS673 |
NIGERIA: AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH NLC TO DISCUSS [...] (C) Ambassador Jeter met with the Acting President of the National Labour Congress (NLC), Joseph Akinlaja, on Thursday, March 27, 2003, to discuss, inter alia, NLC plans to begin a nationwide civil service strike on April 1. Akinlaja, who is also General Secretary of the National Union of Petr [...] |
2003-03-31 14:39:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ELAB KDEM NI PGOV |
| 03LAGOS677 |
TFIZ01: NIGERIA ENERGY UPDATE, March 31 [...] (U) This update includes: -- When Will the Oil Flow? Delta Crisis Update -- Running on Empty: Refineries, Power Company and Consumers Face Same Plight -- Deep Water Deals: Joint Development Zone Advances ------------------------------------------- When Will the Oil Flow? Delta [...] |
2003-04-01 09:00:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | EPET ENRG EFIN ECON EINV PINS NI |
| 03LAGOS683 |
NIGERIA: APRIL FOOLS - NLC SUSPENDS STRIKE OF [...] SUMMARY: Joseph Akinlaja, General Secretary of the National Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers, informed Laboff that the GON reached an agreement with the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) at approximately 0100 hours on April 1, 2003, hours before a nationwide civil service strike was sc [...] |
2003-04-01 14:24:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB PGOV KDEM ECON NI |
| 03LAGOS685 |
PLANES, TRAINS, AND AUTOMOBILES: AFRICAN MINISTERS [...] Summary: The first annual African Ministerial Forum on Integrated Transportation (AMFIT) met in Abuja March 9 - 13. Ministers called for better policy coordination and private sector participation to help integrate African countries with the rest of the world. Ambassador Jeter, Deputy Assista [...] |
2003-04-02 06:49:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL EAIR NI EINV ELNT |
| 03LAGOS707 |
TFIZ01: WAITING FOR A SIGN: NIGERIA OIL EXECS [...] (SBU) Summary: In the informal setting of a monthly luncheon, oil company executives today talked about the crisis in the Niger River delta (refs A and B), and indicated the industry is in no hurry to return evacuated employees to the swamps. They consider the loss of revenue from the closed [...] |
2003-04-04 06:48:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EPET ENRG EFIN ECON EINV PINS NI |
| 03LAGOS713 |
NIGERIA'S NIGER DELTA DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION: MIXED [...] Summary: The Niger Delta Development Corporation (NDDC) was established in 2001 to ensure sustainable development of Nigeria's troubled oil-producing region. Events of the last month in the Delta region suggest that the NDDC has failed to meet the test. Since 2001, the NDDC has received about [...] |
2003-04-04 11:59:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EAID EPET EINV EFIN PGOV NI |
| 03LAGOS731 |
TFIZ01: BACK IN BUSINESS - CHEVRON NIGERIA [...] (SBU) Summary: Contrary to recent news reports and statements by oil executives that companies are not ready to resume operations in the delta region anytime soon, Chevron confirmed today that it had been returning workers to its transfer station and tank farm at Escravos this week. As of Apr [...] |
2003-04-04 17:53:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | EPET ENRG EFIN ECON EINV PINS NI |
| 03LAGOS736 |
NIGERIA: WARRI CRISIS - AN ITSEKIRI LEADER'S [...] Summary: On April 5 EconOff met Chief Rita Lori-Ogbebor, an Itsekiri leader and a princess of the Warri Kingdom. Chief Ogebebor is one of 6 Itsekiri leaders preparing for an April 7 meeting with President Obasanjo and their Ijaw and Urhobo counterparts. They will try to resolve the continuin [...] |
2003-04-07 13:24:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC EPET ECON PINS PGOV PHUM PREF NI |
| 03LAGOS739 |
NIGERIA: AN IJAW'S VIEW OF THE IJAW-ITSEKIRI [...] Summary: On April 6, EconOff heard the Ijaws' side of the story regarding their longstanding conflict with the Itsekiris, the subject of reftel. The Ijaws argue that they have a legitimate claim to the land in and about Warri. Our Ijaw interlocutor, who acted as if he spoke for the Ijaws co [...] |
2003-04-07 16:03:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC EPET ECON PINS PGOV PARM PHUM PREF SMIG NI |
| 03LAGOS813 |
NIGERIA: SOUTHWEST POLITICS UPENDED AS [...] (U) SUMMARY. The April 19 gubernatorial and presidential election will be a remarkable test of incumbent power-players and ethnic politics in the Southwest. After stunning defeats in the National Assembly elections on April 12, the Alliance for Democracy (AD) is fighting for its political l [...] |
2003-04-18 08:45:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM PINR PREL SOCI KDEM ASEC CASC ECON NI |
| 03LAGOS827 |
NIGERIA ENERGY UPDATE, April 22 [...] (U) This update includes: -- Slowly but Surely: Delta Oil Operations Ramp Up -- Between the Lines: Fuel Shortages Continue During Elections -- Fits and Starts: NEPA Privatization Continues while Power Capacity Expands Amidst Crises and Outages --------------------------------- [...] |
2003-04-23 06:29:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | EPET ENRG EFIN ECON EINV PINS NI |
| 03LAGOS85 |
NIGERIA: BARKING DOWN A DRY WELL - FEW [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Nigeria should endure no economic losses due to the decision of the ICJ awarding the Bakassi Peninsula to Cameroon. Despite speculation of vast crude reserves offshore, several existing oil wells in the waters impacted by the decision appear to be non-producing and there is li [...] |
2003-01-12 09:24:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PBTS ENRG EFIS PGOV NI CM |
| 03LAGOS87 |
AGOA AND NIGERIA: CAN ITS TEXTILE FIRMS STILL [...] Summary. Textile provisions of the Africa Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) encourage millions of dollars in foreign investment, create thousands of new jobs and boost exports across Africa, except in Nigeria. Sub-Saharan Africa's second largest economy has not taken advantage of AGOA's dut [...] |
2003-01-13 07:56:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD EINV ECON KTEX NI |
| 03LAGOS886 |
NIGERIA: SOUTH-SOUTH ELECTION LOSERS PLAY WAITING [...] (C) SUMMARY. In Nigeria's South-south, all six of the incumbent governors of the ruling People's Democratic Party (PDP) had their reelection confirmed by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) after the April 19 election. The degree of election tampering varied starkly across [...] |
2003-04-28 12:18:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM PINR KDEM ASEC SOCI NI |
| 03LAGOS888 |
NIGERIA: YORUBA CONTROL OF SOUTHWEST POLITICS A [...] (U) Summary. Ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) sweeps in recent legislative and gubernatorial elections show that rule of "old line" leaders of the mainly-Yoruba Alliance for Democracy Party and the Yoruba socio-cultural organization, Afenifere, has ended. Five of the six States in the [...] |
2003-04-28 14:40:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM NI |
| 03LAGOS99 |
Nigeria: Biweekly Energy Report No. 1 [...] Summary. In late December, the Government of Nigeria (GON) released 24 billion Naira to its international oil joint venture partners in payment of arrears outstanding since the last era of military rule (l994-99). The deferral of payments had slowed investment by Nigeria's joint partners in [...] |
2003-01-14 08:59:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | EPET ENRG EFIN ECON PINS NI |
| 04LAGOS105 |
World Airways and Rite Time Both Plan to Assist [...] Summary: On Thursday, January 15, 2004, Conoff participated in a telephone call initiated by representatives of World Airways. World Airways executives asked if Post could provide an approximate number of World Airways passengers still stranded in Lagos, adding that the carrier plans to opera [...] |
2004-01-16 17:00:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR ECON CASC SOCI NI |
| 04LAGOS1068 |
NIGERIA: NOBEL LAUREATE WOLE SOYINKA ARRESTED, [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Nigerian Police Force (NPF) arrested and later released Nobel Laureate Wole Soyinka and six other human rights activists on May 15 during a rally held in Lagos opposing President Olusegun Obasanjo's administration and its policies. Soyinka later met with the CG and POLOFF o [...] |
2004-05-20 16:40:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM KDEM SOCI PGOV PINR NI |
| 04LAGOS1093 |
NIGERIA ECONOMIC UPDATE, MAY 21 [...] (U) This update includes: -- Econet and Vodacom Sign Five-Year Management Deal -- SAA Accepts Memorandum of Understanding -- New Money Laundering Law Signed --------------------------------------------- ---- Econet and Vodacom Sign Five-Year Management Deal ------------------------------- [...] |
2004-05-21 16:16:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | ECPS EAIR EINV EFIN ECON NI |
| 04LAGOS11 |
CAPTAIN CRUSADER VS THE BUNKERING BANDITS: NAVAL [...] (S N/F) SUMMARY: Captain O.B. Ogunjimi, commander of the Naval base in the heart of Nigeria's oil-rich but troubled Delta region, recently described to ConGen Officers his experiences fighting oil thieves in the Delta. According to Ogunjimi, corruption within his command is not as rampant as [...] |
2004-01-05 08:16:00 | Consulate Lagos | SECRET//NOFORN | EPET PINR PINS MOPS PGOV EINV ASEC NI |
| 04LAGOS110 |
NIGERIA: UNHCR COUNTRY REP GIVES OVERVIEW [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: POLOFF met with Eusebe Hounsokou, UNHCR Country Representative to Nigeria, on January 7 and discussed concerns about potential violent uprising of Nigerians living on the Bakassi Peninsula, the possible repatriation of Nigerian refugees from Cameroon to their homes in Taraba St [...] |
2004-01-18 11:46:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PREL PGOV PHUM PBTS PINS SMIG KOCI NI CM |
| 04LAGOS1106 |
NIGERIAN DOMESTIC SHIPPING LAW TAKES EFFECT [...] SUMMARY. Nigeria's sweeping Cabotage Act took effect on May 1, requiring all vessels used for domestic trade to be Nigerian built, owned and manned. Nigeria has little capacity to meet any of the three requirements, and one-year waivers are allowed under the law. The GON has done little to i [...] |
2004-05-25 13:12:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | EWWT EPET EINV ECON PGOV NI |
| 04LAGOS111 |
NIGERIA: DEREGULATION AND THE FUEL TAX: HIGHER [...] On January 7, 2004, the Nigeria Labour (NLC) warned the GON that labor and civil society groups will call a nationwide strike beginning January 21 if the GON fails to rescind its proposed 1.50 naira per liter fuel tax before that date. Although the National Assembly has not approved the tax p [...] |
2004-01-18 12:08:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB EPET KDEM PGOV NI |
| 04LAGOS1131 |
GANG WARFARE IN PORT HARCOURT [...] (C) SUMMARY. Gang-style fighting near the city Port Harcourt in Rivers State over the last several days has resulted in numerous deaths. Two rival gangs associated with politically-connected "godfathers" are fighting over control of villages approximately 10-20 kilometers west of Port Harcourt [...] |
2004-05-28 05:40:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ASEC EPET EWWT PINR PINS EINV ETRD NI CACS |
| 04LAGOS115 |
HIGHER AND HIGHER: NIGERIA'S MEANS OF [...] (U) Summary: Officers' in-country travel, anecdotal evidence, and media commentary point to inordinately high and steadily rising prices in Nigeria. People regularly complain that frequent increases in the cost of living and slow economic growth are hardly the dividends of democracy they expe [...] |
2004-01-20 14:01:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EINV ETRD NI |
| 04LAGOS1153 |
NIGERIA ECONOMIC UPDATE, JUNE 1 [...] (U) This update includes: -- New International Routes for Local Airlines -- NITEL Introduces New Tariffs Effective June 1 -- Recharge Cards Import Ban Effective January 2005 --------------------------------------------- ------- New International Routes Approved for Local Airlines -------- [...] |
2004-06-01 13:42:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR ECPS ETRD ECON NI |
| 04LAGOS1163 |
NIGERIA - GANGS OF PORT HARCOURT [...] (C) SUMMARY. Recent gang fighting in the Port Harcourt area of the Niger Delta highlights yet another brand of violence in Nigeria (ref A). Reports from oil services and construction company security managers in the field estimate that up to 100 people may have died over three to four days of [...] |
2004-06-03 09:14:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS PINR EPET EINV PHUM NI |
| 04LAGOS1188 |
BAD WITH THE GOOD - FUEL PRICES RISE AS OIL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. As Nigerians wonder if a nationwide strike will be called yet again over fuel prices, private fuel marketers have decided to scale back their import level of the last 60 days as they launch a public awareness campaign of their own to explain the rise in gasoline prices. Offi [...] |
2004-06-08 10:31:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | EPET EINV PGOV ECON NI |
| 04LAGOS1194 |
GON SEEKS ALTERNATIVES TO SAA FOR NIGERIA EAGLE [...] (U) Summary: The GON is considering new expressions of interest from European carriers (Virgin Atlantic, Air France/KLM and Lufthansa) to become the technical partner to the proposed Nigerian Eagle Airlines (NEA). The GON's introduction of new conditions for a reciprocal agreement mandating th [...] |
2004-06-08 15:06:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR ECON NI |
| 04LAGOS1201 |
MEASURABLE SUCCESS IN NIGERIAN HIV/AIDS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Ambassadors Tobias and Campbell and USAID Country Director Liberi met with Nigerian Minister of Health Lambo on June 4 to discuss coordination between the GON national HIV/AIDS strategy and USG objectives under the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR). Reflecting [...] |
2004-06-09 15:59:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO SOCI ECON ELAB NI |
| 04LAGOS1203 |
AH, THE "O'S!" - A VISIT TO OGUN, OYO, OSUN, AND [...] Summary. This is the first of a four-part report on ConOffs visit to four of the five former Alliance for Democracy Party (AD) States, that were taken by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2003 and 2004 federal, state and local elections. After one year under new administrations, all f [...] |
2004-06-10 07:29:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV ECON KDEM PINR NI |
| 04LAGOS1204 |
NIGER DELTA: GUNS AND THUGS RULE THE LAND [...] (C) SUMMARY: This is the first in a series of four cables addressing the security, political, and humanitarian situation in the Niger Delta based on a field visit by POLOFF and ECONOFF to Warri June 7 and 8. This cable addresses the overall security situation, Joint Task Force (JTF) Operation [...] |
2004-06-10 11:50:00 | Consulate Lagos | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PINS EPET KDEM PHUM EINV ASEC CASC PTER XY NI |
| 04LAGOS1205 |
AH, THE "O'S" - A VISIT TO OGUN, OYO, OSUN, AND [...] Summary. This is the second of a four-part report on PolOffs' visit to four of the five former Alliance for Democracy Party (AD) States, that were taken by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2003 and 2004 federal, state and local elections. (Part 1 at reftel) After one year under new a [...] |
2004-06-10 14:20:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV KDEM PINR NI |
| 04LAGOS1206 |
AH, THE "O'S!" - A VISIT TO OGUN, OYO, OSUN, AND [...] Summary. This is the third of a four-part report on ConOffs visit to four of the five former Alliance for Democracy Party (AD) States, that were taken by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2003 and 2004 federal, state and local elections. (Parts 1 and 2 at reftels B and A) After one ye [...] |
2004-06-10 14:36:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV KDEM PINR NI |
| 04LAGOS1207 |
AH, THE "O'S!" - A VISIT TO OGUN, OYO, OSUN AND [...] Summary. This is the last in a four-part report of ConOffs visit to four of the five formerly Alliance for Democracy Party (AD) States, that were taken by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2003 and 2004 federal, state and local elections. (Parts 1, 2, and 3 at reftels C, B, and A) Af [...] |
2004-06-10 15:07:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV KDEM NI |
| 04LAGOS1210 |
NIGER DELTA: CEASE-FIRE AGREEMENT IN WARRI [...] (C) Introduction and summary. This is the second in a series of four cables addressing the security, political, and humanitarian situations in the Niger Delta, based on a field visit by Poloff and Econoff to Warri June 7 and 8. This cable addresses the recent cease-fire agreement and the Ijaw [...] |
2004-06-13 07:34:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PINS PINR EPET KDEM PHUM EINV ASEC CASC NI |
| 04LAGOS124 |
NIGERIAN STYLE DEMOCRACY AND THE RULE OF LAW IN [...] (U) Anarchy reigns in the government of Anambra State. Since the challenged gubernatorial election in April 2003, the state has countenanced the July abduction of Governor Chris Ngige (reftel B), a state coup attempt, and the Governor's questioned resignation. Everyone has accused everyone e [...] |
2004-01-21 10:32:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM PINR NI |
| 04LAGOS1247 |
INITIATION OF EMBASSY EST&H REPORTING: [...] Introduction. This report is the first of what will become regular reports by the officer responsible for environment, science, technology, and health (EST&H) at Embassy Abuja. Pending the assignment in Abuja of such an officer, the Mission's economic officers, assisted by USAID colleagues, [...] |
2004-06-18 08:27:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO SOCI ECON PGOV NI |
| 04LAGOS125 |
SAA NAMED NIGERIAN EAGLE'S TECHNICAL PARTNER [...] (U) Summary: On Wednesday, January 14, GON officials announced the selection of South African Airways (SAA) as Nigerian Eagle Airlines' technical partner. Executives close to the deal expect the new airline to replace Nigeria's ailing national carrier, Nigeria Airways Limited, later this year. [...] |
2004-01-21 11:12:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR ECON NI |
| 04LAGOS126 |
World Airways [...] On Monday, January 19, 2004 at 8:07 a.m. EST, 318 passengers arrived at JFK aboard World Airways flight 817. In an advertisement being handed out by World Airways staff to passengers, World Airways claims the flight was being operated at their own expense and that they have not received paym [...] |
2004-01-21 12:10:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR ECON CASC SOCI NI |
| 04LAGOS1268 |
FINDINGS OF THE 2003 DEMOGRAPHIC AND HEALTH [...] Summary. The findings below on women's health and their social status are from the executive summary of the 2003 Nigeria Demographic and Health Survey. The nutritional status of Nigerian women falls within the internationally accepted normal range. The total fertility rate is 5.7 children, hig [...] |
2004-06-22 05:29:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO SOCI ECON PGOV NI |
| 04LAGOS127 |
STRIKE BEGINS IN NIGERIA JANUARY 21 [...] (SBU) Nigerians awoke to a state of confusion Wednesday, January 21, as competing reports circulated as to whether the Nigerian Labor Congress (NLC) was continuing its call for a nationwide strike (ref A). Although commerce continues across sectors, the NLC maintains that the strike is on, and [...] |
2004-01-21 14:15:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ELAB PGOV EINV NI |
| 04LAGOS1279 |
REVIVING THE NIGERIAN RAILWAY SYSTEM [...] (U) Summary: Odu'a Investment and Lemna Incorporated, a U.S. firm, recently signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to build a $361 million light rail system. Opponents have charged that the MOU violates the Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC) Act 1955. Its proponents seek to amend the law [...] |
2004-06-23 10:04:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | ELTN ECON NI |
| 04LAGOS128 |
NIGERIA: A THRIVING MARKET IN IVORY [...] (C) EST&H officer met on December 16 with a reluctant Deputy Director of Environment and Conservation, M. M. Omar (Protect) to discuss illegal trade in ivory in Nigeria as reported in a December 15, 2003 BBC article entitled, "West Africa's Ivory Trade Thrives". According to Deputy Director [...] |
2004-01-21 15:07:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | SENV PBTS ECON NI CITES |
| 04LAGOS1291 |
CHANGE OF MANAGEMENT AT NATIONAL HOSPITAL, [...] Summary. In early May 2004, President Obasanjo canceled the contract of the expatriate management team of the National Hospital of Abuja, a year before it was to be up for review. The British managers had been facing discontented staff, equipment breaking down, and the envy of Nigerian profes [...] |
2004-06-24 10:55:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO SOCI ECON PGOV NI |
| 04LAGOS1303 |
GON INTENT TO ABOLISH NATIONAL LABOR CONGRESS [...] Summary. President Obasanjo's government seems to be pursuing efforts to persuade the national assembly to disband the Nigeria Labor Congress (NLC). The Government of Nigeria (GON) asserts that it wants to liberalize Nigeria's labor movement. The NLC believes the GON's move is vindictive an [...] |
2004-06-25 14:25:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB KDEM PGOV ECON NI |
| 04LAGOS1341 |
FINDINGS OF THE 2003 DEMOGRAPHIC AND HEALTH [...] Summary. The findings below were drawn from the executive summary of the 2003 Nigeria Demographic and Health Survey. Malaria remains a major public health problem in Nigeria. Infant mortality is worse than what may have been commonly believed. Most children are under-weight or stunted, espe [...] |
2004-07-01 09:19:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO SOCI ECON PGOV NI |
| 04LAGOS1364 |
Privatization of the Central Mint? [...] (U) Summary: The GON plans to divest itself of Nigeria's Mint. But, with the Central Bank of Nigeria vying to buy the majority stake, the privatization of the nation's official printer is in question. End summary. 2. (U) The media have reported that Nigeria's government wants to get out [...] |
2004-07-06 11:26:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EINV EFIN NI |
| 04LAGOS1369 |
HIV/AIDS FINDINGS OF NIGERIA'S 2003 [...] Summary: The findings below are from the 2003 Nigeria Demographic and Health Survey (NDHS) and expand on the findings presented in reftel. Knowledge of AIDS in Nigeria is fairly widespread, but knowledge of prevention is less so. Knowledge, attitudes, and practices related to prevention and co [...] |
2004-07-07 10:32:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO SOCI ECON PGOV NI |
| 04LAGOS1383 |
Nigerian Crude Not Yet Flowing from Total - [...] Contrary to media reports that an agreement between the French oil company Total and Nigeria's white-collar oil workers union PENGASSAN has been reached allowing for immediate resumption of the company's crude oil production, O.B. Haffner, Corporate Affairs Manager for Total Nigeria, told ECON [...] |
2004-07-08 11:50:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | EPET EINV ELAB PGOV ECON NI |
| 04LAGOS1394 |
Total Pumping Again in Nigeria [...] O.B. Haffner, Corporate Affairs Manager for Total Nigeria, told ECONOFF on Friday, July 9, that the company has resumed crude oil production from its Elf Petroleum Nigeria Ltd. unit. Total's Nigeria production was closed for one week as a result of a union dispute (reftel). Haffner said Tota [...] |
2004-07-09 15:17:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | EPET EINV ELAB PGOV ECON NI |
| 04LAGOS1410 |
JULY 2004 INTERIM UPDATE OF 2003 NIGERIA INVESTMENT [...] No summary [...] |
2004-07-13 10:10:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV EFIN ETRD ECON ELAB KTDB NI OPIC |
| 04LAGOS1417 |
INVITATION TO REGIONAL LABOR RIGHTS TRAINING [...] Post nominates Political/Labor Specialist Gbenga Amusan for Labor Rights Training on September 23-24, 2004, in Johannesburg, South Africa. Mr. Amusan has worked as the Political/Labor Specialist for the Consulate (formerly the Embassy) in Lagos for eleven years. Prior to working with the Em [...] |
2004-07-14 09:02:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB |
| 04LAGOS146 |
LASCO CALLS OFF STRIKE [...] On January 21, shortly after the Labor and Civil Society Coalition (LASCO) began a nationwide strike to protest GON policies pertaining to petroleum pricing, NLC President Adams Oshiomhole made an official announcement to suspend the strike. The announcement came before labor and civil socie [...] |
2004-01-22 12:11:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB EPET KDEM NI PGOV |
| 04LAGOS1462 |
NIGERIA'S SPECIAL BRAND OF ISLAM [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The Ambassador met with the Secretary General of the Nigeria Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs Lateef Adegbite in early July to discuss the nature of Islam in Nigeria, includingthe dividends of democracy, procedural safeguards inherent in Sharia law, the urgent need to restar [...] |
2004-07-19 09:21:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PINS PINR PREL SOCI KISL NI |
| 04LAGOS1467 |
HARRIS CORPORATION DUKING IT OUT FOR A [...] (SBU) Summary: Harris Communications, a U.S. firm, faces Japanese NEC for a multi-million dollar contract with Globacom for microwave telecommunications equipment. Whether the playing field is level is an open question. End summary. 2. (SBU) Harris Communications Systems Nigeria Ltd. (Ha [...] |
2004-07-19 13:05:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | ECPS ECON NI |
| 04LAGOS1469 |
POLITICAL UNDERTONE OF SLOK AIR'S GROUNDING [...] (U) Summary: Since the suspension and subsequent revocation of its license in March, Slok Air remains grounded. Though accused of having violated aviation regulations, the airline's travails have been associated with a political face-off between Orji Kalu, Abia State Governor and owner of Slok [...] |
2004-07-19 14:24:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR ECON EINV PGOV NI |
| 04LAGOS147 |
DYNAMIC MLK DAY EVENT DRAWS 250 IN LAGOS [...] (U) SUMMARY: The Martin Luther King, Jr. Day (MLK) celebration in Lagos, Nigeria, drew over 250 people as well as local press to share an evening of speeches, artwork and music in commemoration of the late civil rights leader. END SUMMARY. 2. (U) The program, which featured U.S. speaker Dr [...] |
2004-01-22 12:14:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OEXC SCUL NI |
| 04LAGOS1475 |
NO REPORTS OF AMCITS IN BAYELSA KIDNAPPING [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Reports indicate several expatriate hostages have been taken near Brass in Bayelsa State in the Niger Delta region of Nigeria. We have NO/NO reports of American citizens being taken hostage, but an American-French drilling venture may be involved. END SUMMARY. 2. (SBU) Prel [...] |
2004-07-20 14:12:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC EPET PINS PGOV NI CACS |
| 04LAGOS1477 |
NIGERIA'S SPECIAL BRAND OF ISLAM [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The Ambassador met with the Secretary General of the Nigeria Supreme Council SIPDIS for Islamic Affairs Lateef Adegbite in early July to discuss the nature of Islam in Nigeria, including procedural safeguards inherent in Sharia law, the urgent need to restart of the polio va [...] |
2004-07-20 14:21:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PINS PINR PREL SOCI KISL NI |
| 04LAGOS1493 |
NIGERIA UPDATE - BAYELSA HOSTAGES RELEASED [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. On July 20, as reported in reftel, several expatriate oil services employees were taken hostage in Bayelsa State. We have since learned that all have been released, including one American citizen. The incident did not involve a host community dispute as originally reported, but [...] |
2004-07-21 12:43:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC EPET PINS PGOV NI CACS |
| 04LAGOS1494 |
C-CN4-00499 AND C-CN4-00503: NIGER DELTA [...] (S/NF) The Mission thanks its colleagues in INR for their kind encouragement of continued reporting efforts on the Niger Delta. Per your request, we have an update on reftels. 2. (S/NF) Captain Ogunjumi, former Commanding Officer (CO) of the Nigerian Naval Station (NNS) in Warri, left his po [...] |
2004-07-21 14:24:00 | Consulate Lagos | SECRET//NOFORN | PINR NI |
| 04LAGOS1504 |
REMEMBERING DR. RALPH J. BUNCHE [...] (U) SUMMARY: In a fitting tribute to the late Dr. Ralph Johnson Bunche, Nobel Peace Prize winner and distinguished African-American diplomat, the Public Affairs Section of the U.S. Consulate General, Lagos, recently concluded our yearlong program commemorating the 100th anniversary of his bir [...] |
2004-07-22 08:14:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OEXC SCUL NI |
| 04LAGOS1527 |
POTENTIAL HELICOPTER MISHAP INVOLVING AMCIT [...] (SBU) Summary: According to preliminary but credible reports, a Pan African Airlines helicopter with an American citizen and three other people on board lost radio contact at 2:30 a.m. local time after leaving a deepwater oil rig. Air and surface searches are being conducted but thus far there [...] |
2004-07-26 17:38:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CASC ASEC EPET PGOV NI |
| 04LAGOS1535 |
UPDATE ON HELICOPTER MISHAP INVOLVING AMCIT [...] (SBU) Pan African Airways has notified us that last night one body was retrieved from the helicopter that apparently went down yesterday. The contact believes the person was a Nigerian employee of Transocean, Inc. While retrieving the body, the search team thought they spotted two other bodies [...] |
2004-07-28 05:35:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CASC ASEC EPET PGOV NI |
| 04LAGOS155 |
NIGERIA'S FUEL CRUNCH WORSENS AMIDST STRIKE [...] (C) SUMMARY: While Nigerians try to determine if a national strike is on or off and whether or not there is a tax on gasoline (refs A, B), the country's fuel supply problems are not only clear, they are, in fact, worsening. Private marketers have scaled-back fuel imports in the face of busines [...] |
2004-01-23 08:10:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET EINV PGOV PINR ENRG NI |
| 04LAGOS1562 |
SCRATCH CARD FEVER [...] (SBU) Summary: For the past month, between 5 and 10 million MTN mobile phone scratch cards have been held up in Lagos ports over a payment dispute between MTN and the Nigerian Customs Service. In the country's cash economy and largely wireless telephony environment, scratch cards are an impor [...] |
2004-07-30 09:31:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | ECPS ECON EINV NI |
| 04LAGOS1564 |
A SUCCESSFUL MODEL FOR MANAGING OIL IN [...] No summary [...] |
2004-07-30 09:44:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ELAB ECON PGOV NI |
| 04LAGOS1611 |
MORE SCRATCH CARD FEVER: THE PLANNED JANUARY [...] (SBU) Summary: As the GON's January 1, 2005 import ban on recharge cards draws near, the Nigerian Communications Commission is beginning to license companies to produce the cards locally. Wary of the reliability of most local card producers, major Nigerian telecom companies are exploring alter [...] |
2004-08-05 13:37:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | ECPS ECON EINV NI |
| 04LAGOS1632 |
NIGERIA: MORE OPTIONS FOR NIGERIAN TELECOMS [...] (U) Summary: Two Nigerian telecoms companies (MTS First Wireless and Oduatel) will begin services this month. MTS expects to attract many customers due to its unique area code numbering system and its innovative 24- hour, zero dial-up internet service. Oduatel expects to carve a unique niche b [...] |
2004-08-10 15:05:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | ECPS ECON NI |
| 04LAGOS1639 |
NIGERIA ECONOMIC TIDBITS, AUGUST 11 [...] (U) This update includes: -- Maritime Stakeholders Support Cabotage Law -- WAGP Environmental Impact Assessment and Resettlement Plan Released -- Nigerian Economic Summit Group Leaders Support Economic Reform -- Local Professor/Journalist Confirms Obasanjo's Economic Dream Team Lacks Poten [...] |
2004-08-11 13:09:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EWWT SENV EINV EFIN ECON NI |
| 04LAGOS170 |
A NEW PLAYER: VODACOM ENTERS NIGERIAN [...] (U) Summary: South Africa's Vodacom Group recently announced plans to purchase a 51 percent stake in Nigeria's second largest mobile service provider, Econet Wireless Nigeria Limited. The US$250 million deal represents Econet's best chance of overtaking its one major competitor, MTN Nigeria C [...] |
2004-01-23 15:47:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | ECPS ECON EINV NI |
| 04LAGOS1744 |
NIGERIA: ONE YEAR AWAY FROM CATEGORY 1? [...] No summary [...] |
2004-08-25 05:58:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR EINV NI |
| 04LAGOS1775 |
UPDATE ON BANKS' REACTION TO NEW [...] (SBU) In response to the Central Bank of Nigeria's (CBN) new N25 billion capital base requirement (about USD 200 million), banks are forming strategic alliances through consolidations, mergers and acquisitions. Big banks are expected to comply fully, many smaller banks face the unwelcome choic [...] |
2004-08-30 07:25:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ECON EINV PGOV PREL NI |
| 04LAGOS192 |
NEW YEAR OFFERS NO REPRIEVE FROM DELTA VIOLENCE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The New Year has so far offered Nigeria's Delta region little reprieve from the violence that marked 2003. Recent incidents reflect heightened tensions in the Warri area, and ethnic clashes remain a constant possibility. While it was hoped that attempts at dialogue between the [...] |
2004-01-26 13:54:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | PINR EPET MOPS PGOV PINS NI |
| 04LAGOS1982 |
DELTA VIOLENCE UPDATE FOR SEPTEMBER 28 [...] (C) GON military efforts (Operation Flush Out 3) to combat Delta militants continue. Oil companies are monitoring the situation closely, and are not dismissive of the threats by Niger Delta People's Volunteer Force (NPDVF) leader Asari. Beyond Shell's decision to evacuate workers from two s [...] |
2004-09-28 19:46:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS CASC EPET AA PGOV NI |
| 04LAGOS1998 |
DELTA VIOLENCE UPDATE FOR SEPTEMBER 29 [...] (C) Given the significant international press coverage and the threats of Ijaw secession made by Niger Delta People's Volunteer Force (NPDVF) leader Alhaji Dokubo Asari, the National Council of State authorized President Obasanjo to take strong actions against Delta militants and any other [...] |
2004-09-29 20:06:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS CASC EPET PGOV NI DELTAVIOLENCE |
| 04LAGOS2011 |
DELTA VIOLENCE UPDATE FOR SEPTEMBER 30 [...] (S) Local press headlined today with news of government meetings with Niger Delta People's Volunteer Force (NDPVF) leader Asari in Abuja and purported cease-fire agreement. NGO and energy company contacts stated that the situation in Port Harcourt was less tense. Production remains unchang [...] |
2004-09-30 14:55:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS CASC EPET PGOV NI |
| 04LAGOS2013 |
DELTA UPDATE FOR SEPTEMBER 30 [...] (S) Local press headlined today with news of government meetings with Niger Delta People's Volunteer Force (NDPVF) leader Asari in Abuja (ref A) and purported cease-fire. Local press is now openly discussing Joint Task Force Operation Flush Out 3. NGO and energy company contacts stated tha [...] |
2004-09-30 16:12:00 | Consulate Lagos | SECRET | EPET CASC MOPS PGOV NI |
| 04LAGOS2014 |
ENACTMENT OF NEW PENSION ACT [...] (U) Summary. Nigeria's National Assembly has enacted a new Pension Reform Act that establishes a uniform contributory pension scheme for public and private sector employees. The new law confers pension management responsibilities on professional pension fund administrators, who will maintain [...] |
2004-09-30 18:28:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ELAB AMGT PGOV NI |
| 04LAGOS2015 |
OFFICIAL INFORMAL - DELTA UPDATE FOR OCTOBER 1 [...] (SBU) The Port Harcourt area has been quiet and tensions have diminished from earlier this week as Nigeria celebrates October 1, its 44th Independence Day. Local press continues to report that the GON flew Niger Delta Vigilante Group (NDVG) leader Ateke Tom (the primary rival of Dokubo Asari [...] |
2004-10-01 12:21:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | EPET CASC PGOV MOPS NI |
| 04LAGOS2016 |
DELTA UPDATE FOR OCTOBER 1 [...] (SBU) The Port Harcourt area has been quiet and tensions have diminished from earlier this week as Nigeria celebrates October 1, its 44th Independence Day. Local press continues to report that the GON flew Niger Delta Vigilante Group (NDVG) leader Ateke Tom (the primary rival of Dokubo Asari [...] |
2004-10-01 14:36:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | EPET CASC PGOV MOPS NI |
| 04LAGOS2025 |
NIGERIA SIGNS VIRGIN AIRLINES DEAL; AVIATION [...] Summary. The Government of Nigeria signed September 28 a partnership deal between Nigeria Airways (NA) and Virgin Atlantic Airways (reftel), creating Virgin Nigeria. The new carrier anticipates beginning operations early 2005. The Federal High Court ordered liquidation of NA assets July 9. [...] |
2004-10-04 08:52:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR ELAB EINV NI PGOV |
| 04LAGOS2028 |
DELTA UPDATE FOR OCTOBER 4 [...] (C) There have been no reports of fighting between the GON military and any of the informal militias in the Port Harcourt area. Press reported celebrations continued Saturday and Sunday in the streets of Port Harcourt due to the announcement of a tentative agreement between the federal govern [...] |
2004-10-05 06:50:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET CASC PGOV MOPS NI |
| 04LAGOS2064 |
A LAGOS STATE PERSPECTIVE ON HIV/AIDS [...] Summary. To gather input to develop the Five Year Strategy for Nigeria for the Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief, USG team members met officials of the Lagos State Ministry of Health and the Lagos State Action Committee on AIDS (LSACA) on September 20. The HIV/AIDS prevalence rate in the state (4 [...] |
2004-10-08 05:46:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | SOCI KHIV PGOV NI |
| 04LAGOS2068 |
NIGERIA: PRELUDE TO POSSIBLE NATIONAL STRIKE [...] (S/NF) Summary: Barring a last-minute breakthrough in tense, on again, off again talks between the GON and the National Labor Congress (NLC), the stage is set for a nationwide "stay-at-home" on Monday, October 11. All major unions have announced their intention to honor the strike protesting [...] |
2004-10-08 15:30:00 | Consulate Lagos | SECRET//NOFORN | ELAB PGOV NI PHUM EPET |
| 04LAGOS2069 |
NIGERIAN OPPOSITION PARTY TRIES TO REGAIN [...] (C) SUMMARY: The crisis-ridden, Yoruba dominated Alliance for Democracy (AD) party selected former Osun State governor Bisi Akande as its new national chairman in a September 29 Lagos convention. Party faithful hoped the convention would reconcile rival factions, putting an end to an embarrass [...] |
2004-10-08 16:20:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM NI PGOV PINR |
| 04LAGOS2071 |
NIGERIA NATIONWIDE STRIKE SITREP #1 - OCTOBER 11 [...] SUMMARY. Two days before a planned nation-wide stay-at-home strike, the State Security Service (SSS) detained and then released National Labor Congress (NLC) President Adams Oshiomhole in Abuja. According to the press, Oshiomole alleged he was "manhandled" during his brief detention. The str [...] |
2004-10-12 06:28:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB PGOV NI PHUM EPET |
| 04LAGOS2072 |
NIGERIA NATIONWIDE STRIKE SITREP #1 - OCTOBER 11 [...] SUMMARY. Two days before a planned nation-wide stay-at-home strike, the State Security Service (SSS) detained and then released National Labor Congress (NLC) President Adams Oshiomhole in Abuja. According to the press, Oshiomole alleged he was "manhandled" during his brief detention. The str [...] |
2004-10-12 06:28:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB PGOV NI PHUM EPET |
| 04LAGOS2073 |
SCENESETTER FOR DHS. SEC. NAPOLITANO'S JULY 1 [...] (C//NF) Madam Secretary, Embassy Madrid warmly welcomes your visit, which comes on the heels of your June 24 meeting with Spanish Interior Minister Alfredo Perez Rubalcaba in Washington (Ref A). While one of the highlights of his trip was signing the bilateral accord on Preventing and Combatin [...] |
2004-10-12 06:29:00 | Consulate Lagos | SECRET//NOFORN | ASEC CASC NI PTER |
| 04LAGOS2077 |
NIGERIA ECONOMIC UPDATE, OCTOBER 12 [...] (U) This update includes: -- Airfare Increase of 40% Expected for Domestic Flights -- Runway to Shut Down for 8 Months at Lagos International Airport for Safety Upgrades -- Textile Leaders in the Lagos Area Want to Take Advantage of AGOA -- Cadbury Nigeria Thrives Despite High Production [...] |
2004-10-12 08:32:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR EINV ECON NI |
| 04LAGOS2096 |
NIGERIA NATIONWIDE STRIKE SITREP #3: OCTOBER 13 [...] (U) Summary: The nationwide strike in Nigeria continues to be well-observed throughout most of Nigeria. Of major cities, Abuja apparently has been least affected by the strike. Despite on-going negotiations and intervening court cases, the strike will likely continue tomorrow on what should b [...] |
2004-10-13 16:19:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB PGOV EPET KDEM ECON NI |
| 04LAGOS2104 |
Nigeria: TELECOM COMPANIES FACE NIGERIA MARKET [...] No summary [...] |
2004-10-14 14:20:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | ECPS ECON NI |
| 04LAGOS2107 |
NIGERIA NATIONWIDE STRIKE SITREP #4: OCTOBER 14 [...] (U) Summary. The nationwide strike continued for its fourth day. The joint labor-civil society coalition will meet in Abuja this afternoon and is expected to suspend the strike for two weeks as planned. Oil production remains unaffected. Around the country, many banks, offices, and schools rema [...] |
2004-10-14 16:14:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB PGOV EPET KDEM ECON NI |
| 04LAGOS2109 |
NIGERIA PIPELINE EXPLOSION: NO INJURIES, SMALL [...] (SBU) On 10 October, a leaking Shell crude oil export pipeline which had been vandalized caught fire in the River State. There were no injuries reported. Shell confirms illegal bunkering as the cause of the leak. Shell will cut production by 20,000 barrels a day for a few days while the p [...] |
2004-10-15 08:13:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET EINV PGOV ASEC NI |
| 04LAGOS2110 |
NIGERIA PIPELINE EXPLOSION: NO INJURIES, SMALL [...] (SBU) On 10 October, a leaking Shell crude oil export pipeline which had been vandalized caught fire in the River State. There were no injuries reported. Shell confirms illegal bunkering as the cause of the leak. Shell will cut production by 20,000 barrels a day for a few days while the p [...] |
2004-10-15 08:14:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET EINV PGOV ASEC NI |
| 04LAGOS2120 |
SAFE SKIES FOR AFRICA REVIEW: DEPARTMENT OF [...] (U) This Message Responds To Reftel Request For Post's Assessment. 2. (U) Nigeria is not technically part of the Safe Skies for Africa Program (SSFA), but has received very similar assistance under a parallel program combined with port security called the Nigeria Transportation Project. [...] |
2004-10-18 09:50:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR EAID ECON ETRD PTER NI |
| 04LAGOS2134 |
WHAT IS HAPPENING IN THE DELTA - A LAGOS [...] (C) Summary: Supplementing the views expressed reftel, this message provides Lagos' perspective of the Delta crisis. This latest gush of violence is a moment of acceleration in a negative spiral that began years ago. The eruption is a byproduct of not only the 2003 elections but also of econ [...] |
2004-10-20 16:28:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EPET PINR NI |
| 04LAGOS2137 |
MTN NIGERIA COMMUNICATIONS LIMITED [...] PER REQUEST IN REFTEL PLC D328568 FOR ULTIMATE CONSIGNEE MTN NIGERIA COMMUNICATIONS LIMITED, VICTORIA ISLAND, LAGOS, NIGERIA WAS CONDUCTED BY COMMERCIAL OFFICER MCINERNEY. 2. APPLICATION NUMBER D328568 3. INTERVIEW CONDUCTED WITH OLADAMOYE OYESIKU, MTN GENERAL [...] |
2004-10-21 12:14:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | BEXP ETRD ETTC NI |
| 04LAGOS2138 |
NIGERIA: SOLE IJAW GOVERNOR DOWNPLAYS GON TALKS [...] (C) Summary: In an October 14 meeting with the Consul General and Pol/Econ chief, Bayelsa State Governor Alamieyeseigha, Nigeria's only Ijaw governor, downplayed the import of talks between the GON and Ijaw Delta militant leaders Dokubo Asari and Ateke Tom. Clearly seeing Asari as an usurp [...] |
2004-10-21 15:24:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL NI PGOV EPET KDEM |
| 04LAGOS218 |
WHY IS NIGERIA SO EXPENSIVE? [...] (U) Summary: From ICASS to inspectors, anyone monitoring the cost of living in Nigeria should be warned that Nigeria is getting more expensive every day. Diplomatic and international management officers are particularly frustrated by prices that play havoc with any organization's plans. Why [...] |
2004-01-28 14:49:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | AMGT ECON EFIN EINV ETRD NI |
| 04LAGOS2195 |
NIGERIA ECONOMIC UPDATE OCTOBER 2004 [...] (U) Summary: Nigerian manufacturers estimate they lost roughly USD 150 million due to the October 11-14 nationwide fuel price strike. The strike may resume as early as November 1. Several local airlines have increased fares on domestic routes, primarily in response to the increase in aviatio [...] |
2004-10-29 06:19:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EAIR EPET ELAB EFIN NI |
| 04LAGOS2227 |
NIGERIA: OBASANJO KEEPS FIRM GRIP ON PDP IN THE [...] (C) Summary: The ruling PDP controls the governments in all the southern states except Lagos. As so often happens when a party obtains such dominance, most political friction in the south is no longer the child of inter-party competition. It is a product of the leviathan party's own internal [...] |
2004-11-02 15:48:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM NI PGOV PREL PINR |
| 04LAGOS2264 |
AVIATION FUEL SHORTAGES GROUND MANY DOMESTIC [...] (U) An end appears in sight for the Nigerian jet fuel shortage, as a tanker is in the process of delivering 14,800 metric tons to Lagos. Conoil Producing Limited, the downstream firm selected to supply aviation fuel to the country for this quarter, failed to make its October delivery. As a r [...] |
2004-11-09 15:06:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | ECPS ECON EINV NI |
| 04LAGOS2270 |
STRIKE UPDATE - FOR CLEARANCE [...] (C) The Nigeria Labor Congress (NLC) and allied civic organizations continue to lay the groundwork for a November 16 nationwide strike. NLC President Adams Oshiomhole has threatened that the strike will be indefinite and targeted to affect oil production and export. Over the years, many oil [...] |
2004-11-10 16:43:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | ELAB EPET ASEC NI |
| 04LAGOS2273 |
LOOKING TOWARD THE NOVEMBER 16 STRIKE [...] (SBU) The Nigeria Labor Congress (NLC) and allied civic organizations continue to lay the groundwork for a November 16 nationwide strike. NLC President Adams Oshiomhole has threatened that the strike will be indefinite and targeted to affect oil production and export. Over the years, many o [...] |
2004-11-10 17:18:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | EPET EINV PGOV ASEC NI |
| 04LAGOS2274 |
MISSION FEEDBACK ON WAGP PROJECT [...] (U) Mission was contacted by OPIC this week to provide comments regarding environmental, worker health, and safety implications for the proposed West African Gas Pipeline (WAGP) project in Nigeria. Mission is pleased to have the opportunity to provide these comments. However, Mission does [...] |
2004-11-10 17:18:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EPET EINV PGOV NI |
| 04LAGOS2277 |
NIGERIA: ARMED BANDS BURN GOVERNMENT BUILDINGS IN [...] (C) Summary: In what appears to be a full throttle attempt to provoke a state of emergency in Anambra State, armed bands have been on a rampage in the state over the past two days. They have burned government buildings, including the Governor's residence and State Election Commission buildi [...] |
2004-11-12 12:09:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM NI |
| 04LAGOS2288 |
ANAMBRA STATE REMAINS QUIET; NGIGE AND UBA MEET IN [...] Anambra State remained quiet over the weekend following the violence of last Wednesday and Thursday. On Friday, November 12, President Obasanjo convened an emergency meeting. As a result of the meeting, according to press reports, additional police were sent to Anambra and Governor Chris Ngige [...] |
2004-11-15 14:32:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM NI |
| 04LAGOS2290 |
NIGERIA: POLITICAL UPDATE FROM THE SOUTH [...] (C) Summary: Abia State Governor Kalu has announced that he will run for President in 2007. Kalu is being partially financed by VP Atiku, who likely is using the abrasive Southeastern governor as a stalking horse. Meanwhile, Senator Nzeribe is bankrolling the very long-shot presidential camp [...] |
2004-11-15 15:59:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KDEM NI PGOV PHUM |
| 04LAGOS2301 |
TIP: NIGERIA INTERIM ASSESSMENT [...] When Post made its submission last March for the 2004 TIP Report, the GON had just created the National Agency for the Prohibition of Traffic in Persons and Other Related Matters (NAPTIP). With a staff of over 150 now in place, the fledgling agency has demonstrated its commitment to combatin [...] |
2004-11-16 14:29:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL KCRM KWMN NI |
| 04LAGOS2306 |
GON PROMISES FUEL PRICE REDUCTION AND LABOR [...] (U) On November 15, the GON announced it would reduce the price of fuel to N49 per liter. Responding to the promised price reduction, the Labor and Civil Society Coalition (LASCO) suspended the strike planned to begin November 16. Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) President Adams Oshiomhole told [...] |
2004-11-16 16:02:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR ELAB EPET KDEM NI PGOV |
| 04LAGOS2329 |
NIGERIA: SECOND ATTEMPT AT NITEL TELECOM [...] (U) Summary: Nearly three years after a failed attempt to privatize state-owned Nigerian Telecommunications Limited (NITEL), the Bureau of Public Enterprises (BPE) is again seeking investors for the company. Currently under a three-year management contract with Dutch company, Pentascope BV, NI [...] |
2004-11-18 12:14:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | ECPS ECON EINV NI |
| 04LAGOS2353 |
NIGERIA: ANAMBRA CONTINUES TO ROIL [...] (C) Summary: As a cavalcade of Nigerian dignitaries gathered in Anambra for the funeral of Chief Asika -- the former administrator following the Biafran war -- the crisis in the state continued to roil. Anambra Governor Ngige made cameo appearances in the state during the past several days [...] |
2004-11-22 16:37:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM PREL NI |
| 04LAGOS2363 |
ASARI WITHDRAWAL FROM PEACE PROCESS UNCLEAR; SHELL [...] (SBU) Press accounts state Niger Delta People's Volunteer Force (NDPVF) leader Asari has pulled out the peace talks with the Government of Nigeria. However, Shell's External Relations Director told us that his sources in the area indicate Asari has not withdrawn from the peace accord. Shel [...] |
2004-11-23 17:39:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EPET CASC PGOV MOPS NI |
| 04LAGOS2374 |
AMBASSADOR VISITS NIGERIAN STOCK EXCHANGE [...] (U) Ambassador John Campbell visited the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) in late October. The program included remarks by NSE management, the Ambassador's ringing of the closing bell, brief question and answers with the press, lunch with NSE management and traders, and interaction with principa [...] |
2004-11-26 10:30:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ECON EINV NI |
| 04LAGOS2383 |
LOCAL COUNCIL ELECTIONS TO GO AHEAD DESPITE [...] SUMMARY: The government of Delta State plans to hold local council elections in Warri November 27 in three areas where elections were suspended March 2004. The majority ethnic group in the area, the Ijaws, have threatened to boycott the elections because they believe the configuration of the [...] |
2004-11-27 15:31:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PINR KDEM SOCI CASC NI |
| 04LAGOS2384 |
HALLIBURTON BAN LIKELY TO BE REVERSED; FIRM [...] (C) Halliburton has indicated the GON is likely to quietly lift the ban against the firm's activities in Nigeria. The move was facilitated by the October 5 return to Nigeria of radioactive sources stolen in 2002 but later recovered by Halliburton. Halliburton also expressed concerns regardi [...] |
2004-11-27 15:34:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET EINV NI |
| 04LAGOS239 |
NIGERIA'S POWER SECTOR PRIVATIZATION [...] (U) Summary: The head of Nigeria's National Electric Power Authority (NEPA) told Embassy staff January 22 that the GON has begun unbundling the state- owned electric power monopoly to privatize the company, even before a power sector reform bill is passed into law. A dearth of managers experi [...] |
2004-01-29 11:33:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG EINV PGOV TRGY NI |
| 04LAGOS2394 |
TIP: COURT DELIVERS FIRST CONVICTION UNDER [...] Summary. The High Court in Benin City delivered the first conviction under the 2003 Human Trafficking Prohibition Law last week. Sarah Okoya was found guilty of attempting to procure persons for prostitution, attempting to organize foreign travel for prostitution, and deceitfully inducing pe [...] |
2004-11-29 10:26:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL KCRM KWMN NI |
| 04LAGOS2395 |
NIGERIAN TEXTILE MANUFACTURER UNDULY [...] (U) Summary. The US Trade and Investment Framework Agreement (TIFA) delegation and Mission econoffs visited a textile manufacturer in Zaria 13 November. A.K. Mansoori, Managing Director of Anamruh Limited, assured the visitors that Nigerian textile manufacturers will soon take advantage of AG [...] |
2004-11-29 10:27:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD ECON EIND NI |
| 04LAGOS2396 |
WARRI ELECTIONS POSTPONED AGAIN, RESCHEDULED FOR [...] Late November 26, the Delta State government again postponed the Warri local council elections. Delta State Independent Electoral Commission (DSIEC) representatives reportedly announced the elections were being postponed for "logistical reasons." The elections are rescheduled for December 2. [...] |
2004-11-30 06:16:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PINR KDEM SOCI CASC NI |
| 04LAGOS2399 |
NIGERIA ECONOMIC UPDATE, NOVEMBER 2004 [...] (U) Summary: The National Electric Power Authority (NEPA) generated significantly less power in November than normal due to poor planning, maintenance and repair issues. The World Bank recently estimated Nigeria loses $496 million per year from power failures. The Nigeria-Sao Tome and Princip [...] |
2004-11-30 13:19:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON NI |
| 04LAGOS2418 |
NIGERIA: ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT AGAINST GOVERNOR [...] (C) Summary: The Anambra State crisis continues to replay itself like a B-rated soap opera. Nigerian press reported that on November 29 gunmen attempted to assassinate embattled Anambra Governor Chris Ngige, presumably at the behest of his nemesis -- the presidentially connected, Chris Uba [...] |
2004-12-01 17:29:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | NI PREL PGOV KDEM |
| 04LAGOS2424 |
DOES INSPIRATION MATTER? THE SAFE SKIES FOR AFRICA [...] (U) Summary. The GON sent a three-member delegation to the Safe Skies for Africa Conference in Johannesburg, South Africa October 25-29; Lagos US Consulate Econoff also attended the event. The Nigerian delegation said, upon returning home, it would push for passage of a pending aviation bill [...] |
2004-12-02 12:57:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID EAIR ECON ETRD PTER NI |
| 04LAGOS2445 |
LAGOS EAC MEETING ON U.S. CONSULATE JEDDAH ATTACK [...] (S/NF) Lagos core EAC convened to review Post's security posture in light of the attack on U.S. Consulate Jeddah. In attendance were the CG, RSO, RMAS, CON, CLO and FBI. 2. (C) Post has not received any specific or credible threat information regarding U.S. facilities or interests in La [...] |
2004-12-06 15:15:00 | Consulate Lagos | SECRET//NOFORN | ASEC CASC NI PTER |
| 04LAGOS2446 |
CHEVRON AND SHELL STATIONS OCCUPIED; ONE AMCIT HELD [...] (C) Chevron Texaco (CT) Nigeria confirmed that local community members occupied the Robert-kiri flow station near Port Harcourt, Rivers State on 5 December. Thirty CT employees, including one Amcit, are being held at the facility. A CT delegation, accompanied by State Assembly members, is [...] |
2004-12-06 17:33:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET CASC PGOV MOPS NI |
| 04LAGOS2447 |
CONVERSATION WITH EXXON MOBIL MANAGING DIRECTOR [...] (C) Exxon Mobil Managing Director for Nigeria John Chaplain said the challenges facing Nigeria's energy sector are: 1) under-investment in JV funding; 2) civil unrest; 3) specific pending legislation governing local content and gas fiscal terms; and 4) a corrupt and overly bureaucratic Niger [...] |
2004-12-07 07:21:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET EINV NI |
| 04LAGOS2451 |
30 CHEVRON EMPLOYEES, INCL. AMCIT, STILL HELD IN [...] (C) As of 0900 (local) December 7, thirty Chevron Texaco (CT) employees, including one Amcit, continued to be held at the Robert-kiri flow station near Port Harcourt, Rivers State. There are no reports of injuries, threats, or maltreatment of the detained, and CT has been in communication w [...] |
2004-12-07 11:34:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET CASC PGOV MOPS NI |
| 04LAGOS2454 |
RESPONSE TO FOLLOW-UP QUESTIONS ON TIP INTERIM [...] (U) The information below responds to interim assessment follow-up questions from the November 19, 2004, email from Rachel Yousey. 2. (U) Has NAPTIP investigated any of the informant reports of corruption among law enforcement, immigration, and airport officials? Answer: NAPTIP has begun [...] |
2004-12-08 04:07:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL KCRM KWMN NI |
| 04LAGOS2455 |
OCCUPATION OF CHEVRON ROBERT-KIRI FACILITY ENDS [...] (U) Chevron Texaco (CT) officials informed the Consulate that the townspeople occupying the Robert-kiri facility in Rivers State departed peacefully this morning at 11:35 a.m (local). CT officials will meet with community leaders and Rivers State government officials tomorrow in Port Harcou [...] |
2004-12-08 04:07:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET CASC PGOV ASEC MOPS NI |
| 04LAGOS2456 |
OCCUPATION OF CHEVRON ROBERT-KIRI FACILITY ENDS [...] (U) Chevron Texaco (CT) officials informed the Consulate that the townspeople occupying the Robert-kiri facility in Rivers State departed peacefully this morning at 11:35 a.m (local). CT officials will meet with community leaders and Rivers State government officials tomorrow in Port Harcour [...] |
2004-12-08 04:07:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC CASC EPET MOPS PGOV NI |
| 04LAGOS2470 |
Brass LNG Project Overview [...] (SBU) This cable provides an overview of a major new liquefied natural gas (LNG) project in Nigeria. ..Brass LNG is planned as a world class, greenfield facility to be located in Brass, Bayelsa State. Brass LNG will be a two- train facility for liquefaction and shipping, with an initial pr [...] |
2004-12-09 15:20:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EPET EINV NI ENERG |
| 04LAGOS2492 |
MISSION COMMENTS ON OPIC INSURANCE FOR WAGP [...] (C) This cable responds to OPIC requests for Mission comments on OPIC insurance for the West Africa Gas Pipeline project. Mission is not aware of any GON opposition to the WAGP project, and believes the project advances GON and USG goals. There could be some negative publicity generated by [...] |
2004-12-13 16:28:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET EINV EAID PGOV NI |
| 04LAGOS2513 |
PRESIDENT OBASANJO ADMITS KNOWING ANAMBRA GOVERNOR [...] (SBU) Summary: Major Nigerian newspapers published an extraordinary exchange of letters between President Obasanjo and Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) national chairman Audu Ogbeh. In his letter, Ogbeh claimed Nigeria was in a parlous state, specifically citing Obasanjo's inaction in resolvin [...] |
2004-12-15 14:16:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM NI PGOV |
| 04LAGOS2516 |
NIGERIA TO ABIDE BY OPEC QUOTA, ENACT PRODUCTION [...] (SBU) Alhaji Jafaru Paki, Special Assistant to the President on Petroleum, confirmed to Energy Off on 14 December that the GON intends to abide by OPEC's request to "maintain discipline" with respect to OPEC quotas. Paki demurred from characterizing this as a "production cut." However, com [...] |
2004-12-16 05:40:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | EPET ECON NI |
| 04LAGOS2526 |
INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY [...] Summary Nigeria remains a major transit route for illicit trafficking of narcotic drugs. There is evidence that narcotics transiting Nigerian ports and borders reach the United States in amounts sufficient to have a significant effect on United States. However, Nigeria does not produce any [...] |
2004-12-17 09:53:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR |
| 04LAGOS2528 |
2004-2005 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL [...] No summary [...] |
2004-12-17 11:49:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR NI KCRM KTFN |
| 04LAGOS2530 |
NIGERIAN ECONOMY A MIXED STORY; TIFA DELEGATION [...] (SBU) Summary. Private sector and Nigerian economists and American businessmen with interests in Nigeria told the visiting U.S. delegation to the U.S.-Nigeria Trade and Investment Framework Agreement (TIFA) talks that the Nigerian economy remains a mixed story. President Obasanjo's vaunted ec [...] |
2004-12-17 12:28:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ETRD EINV NI |
| 04LAGOS2560 |
SHELL DECLARES FORCE MAJEURE AT BONNY TERMINAL [...] (U) Shell Head of Media and Communications Bisi Ojediran confirmed to us that Shell has declared force majeure at Bonny Terminal, due to community disruptions in the eastern Niger Delta in Ekulama and Egbema. Ojediran also confirmed press reports that about 114,000 barrels per day (bpd) of [...] |
2004-12-23 14:27:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | EPET EINV NI ENERG |
| 04LAGOS2561 |
NNPC PIPELINE FIRE [...] (U) Press reports indicate a Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) pipeline was vandalized, with the resulting spill set ablaze in the Lagos exburb of Ilado on December 20. The pipeline fire was reportedly extinguished late December 22, although NNPC was not willing to confirm this [...] |
2004-12-23 14:54:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | EPET EINV NI ENERG |
| 04LAGOS2562 |
DPR STRIKE ENDS PEACEFULLY; NO PRODUCTION IMPACT [...] Senior employees of Nigeria's Department of Petroleum Resources ended a 2-day strike on 22 December. DPR Public Affairs Manager Belema Osibodu confirmed to the Consulate on 23 December the strike has been suspended following a meeting between management and DPR workers. The workers, members [...] |
2004-12-23 14:55:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | EPET EINV NI ENERG |
| 04LAGOS2563 |
NIGERIA-SAO TOME JOINT DEVELOPMENT ZONE LICENSING [...] (U) The Nigeria-Sao Tome and Principe Joint Development Zone (JDZ) call for bids for five deep offshore oil blocs closed December 15, with 26 firms bidding. The GON expects to announce final results on December 31. High interest is centered on Bloc 4, with Houston-based Environmental Remedi [...] |
2004-12-23 15:02:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | EPET EINV NI ENERG |
| 04LAGOS2572 |
SEABULK EMPLOYEE TAKEN HOSTAGE [...] (C) Seabulk reported to Energy Off on 26 December that an employee was taken hostage near Amatu, Bayelsa State, on 25 December while carrying out operations for Shell. The employee is a Croatian national. The Iduwini National Movement for Peace and Development is demanding ransom and other [...] |
2004-12-28 06:10:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET CASC PGOV ASEC MOPS NI |
| 04LAGOS2574 |
Person-on-the-street in Lagos: How's the [...] (U) Summary: Official statements and statistics emanating from the GON give a picture of an economy on the rebound. However, the official position is at variance with what one hears in the market stalls and living rooms of Lagos. Consulate staff interviewed a cross-section of Lagosians, sol [...] |
2004-12-28 12:15:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON SOCI PGOV NI |
| 04LAGOS2576 |
SEABULK HOSTAGE RELEASED IN GOOD CONDITION [...] (SBU) Seabulk Managing Director Robert Clemmons reported to Energy Off that Bayelsa State officials have secured the release of Seabulk employee Ivan Roso. Roso was kidnapped by an armed vessel on 25 December while carrying out subcontracting duties for Shell. Clemmons confirmed that Roso [...] |
2004-12-28 16:01:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EPET CASC PGOV ASEC MOPS NI |
| 04LAGOS2588 |
CONSUL GENERAL VISITS PORT HARCOURT AND YENAGOA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Consul General visited Rivers and Bayelsa States December 8-10. He met the Deputy Governors of both states (the Governors were out of Nigeria),Rivers State Assembly leadership, environmental and human rights activists, opposition leaders and researchers at Port Harcourt's l [...] |
2004-12-30 11:21:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET EINV PGOV ASEC NI |
| 04LAGOS2591 |
SOUTHERN POLITICAL FIGURES TALK OF REMOVING A [...] (S) Based on the Consul General's conversations with several political contacts over the past few days, talk of "what to do with President Obasanjo" is widespread. Many Southern political figures believe Obasanjo is not only unpopular and increasingly detached from sound political moorings, [...] |
2004-12-30 12:39:00 | Consulate Lagos | SECRET | PREL PGOV PINS KDEM NI |
| 04LAGOS2592 |
SOUTHERN NIGERIA: POLITICAL TIDBITS [...] (S/NF) Summary: During an early December visit, Abia State Governor Orji Kalu told Consul General his presidential bid is tactical. Kalu admitted he was serving as Vice President Atiku's stalking horse to distract President Obasanjo, with the understanding that Kalu will emerge as Atiku's [...] |
2004-12-30 14:54:00 | Consulate Lagos | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PGOV KDEM NI |
| 04LAGOS2595 |
NEAR CRASH OF CHANCHANGI AIRLINER RESURFACES [...] (U) Forward landing gear failed to deploy on a Chanchangi Airlines (Nigeria) flight from Port Harcourt to Lagos yesterday. According to report, the pilot of the Boeing 272 detected problems as as it prepared for landing at Murtala Mohammed International Airport (MMIA). Federal Airports Autho [...] |
2004-12-30 16:02:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR PTER NI |
| 04LAGOS260 |
ANAMBRA UPDATE - JANUARY 30, 2004 [...] (U) The crisis of the Governor vs. the "godfather" continues to grind on in Anambra State. There have been accusations that the GON, namely President Olusegun Obasanjo, is doing nothing to bring peace and order to Anambra, and, in fact, may be the main force stirring up trouble for Governor [...] |
2004-01-30 15:41:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV KDEM NI |
| 04LAGOS261 |
LOCAL GOVERNMENT GAME - SOUTHERN STATES [...] No summary [...] |
2004-01-30 16:00:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV KDEM NI |
| 04LAGOS296 |
EKITI UPDATE: HIS AND HER EXCELLENCIES [...] (U) Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Governor Peter Ayodele Fayose and his wife Feyisetan of tiny, impoverished Ekiti State have had their Public Relations Director working overtime recently to "spin" them a high-profile, positive public image. The couple has been appearing almost weekly in news [...] |
2004-02-06 15:44:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV KDEM PINR NI |
| 04LAGOS30 |
NIGERIA'S LINGERING FUEL SCARCITY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Nigeria continues to face periodic fuel shortages as the GON, fuel marketers and the public adjust to a quasi-deregulated environment. Inadequate port facilities in Lagos create bottlenecks for delivery of imported fuel, and changing government policies create business uncertainty [...] |
2004-01-07 14:54:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET EINV PGOV ENRG NI |
| 04LAGOS300 |
NIGERIA: CHILD TRAFFICKING IN OGUN STATE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On February 3 POLOFF visited quarry sites in Ogun State where trafficked Beninese children had been rescued in September and October 2003 (reftel). POLOFF was accompanied by Bose Akinola of the NGO Voice of Women in Africa and members of the Women's Consortium of Nigeria (WOCO [...] |
2004-02-06 16:04:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL PINR SOCI SMIG KOCI NI BN |
| 04LAGOS309 |
NIGERIA: NEW BANS ON IMPORTS [...] (U) Summary: GON officials recently announced a new series of import bans, this time on items ranging from toothpaste and wheelbarrows to plastics, textiles, detergents, and meat products. The bans' impact on overall U.S. exports to Nigeria will likely be minimal, but some U.S. firms, particu [...] |
2004-02-10 05:39:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD EAGR EINV ECON BEXP NI |
| 04LAGOS31 |
WORLD AIRWAYS' PASSENGERS STRANDED IN LAGOS [...] On January 5, 2004, Embassy Econoff spoke with Senior World Airways officials who confirmed the suspension of all World Airways flights between the United States and Nigeria effective January 1, 2004. World Airways told Econoff that the airline chose not to renew its contract with Ritetime, [...] |
2004-01-08 05:57:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | CASC SOCI NI |
| 04LAGOS321 |
NIGERIA: PDP OFFICIAL MURDERED [...] (U) On February 6, unknown assailants killed Chief Amino-Sari Dikibo, National Vice Chairman of the South-South Zone of the People's Democratic Party (PDP), as he was traveling to attend a Conference of South-South Governors in Asaba, Delta State. Dikibo, who had a police escort and driver, [...] |
2004-02-11 12:27:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM PHUM PINS PINR NI |
| 04LAGOS337 |
THEY STARTED IT: WORLD AIRWAYS AND RITETIME [...] (U) Summary: World Airways and Ritetime Aviation and Travel Service executives called on Mission personnel February 9 and 10, respectively. Both groups related the series of events leading to World's December 2003 decision to suspend its scheduled charter flights between the United States and [...] |
2004-02-13 15:26:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR ECON CASC SOCI ASEC AMGT NI |
| 04LAGOS424 |
NIGERIA: SMALL ENTREPRENEURS THINK BIG [...] (U) Summary: Small entrepreneurs face many constraints, but they think big. Increasing interest in microfinance may expand access to credit and alleviate a particularly pressing problem. If it does, Nigerian entrepreneurs may think even bigger. End summary. 2. (SBU) The Nigerian busines [...] |
2004-02-26 05:32:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN EINV ECON NI |
| 04LAGOS456 |
Nigeria 2004 Special 301 Review on IPR [...] SUMMARY. Progress on IPR protection in Nigeria continues to be hampered by inadequate funding and poor public and government awareness. Nonetheless, we do not believe Nigeria should be added to the Watch List because improvements, however small, are detectable, and any momentum would likely b [...] |
2004-03-02 06:25:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | KIPR ETRD ECON EINV NI |
| 04LAGOS457 |
NIGERIA: AGOA III: INFORMATION ON TEXTILE AND [...] (U) Summary: Nigeria's textile and apparel industry is uncompetitive and in decline, and manufacturers are skeptical about the possibilities of reversing the industry's long downward trend. Nigerian producers are not yet eligible for AGOA textile and apparel benefits, and most believe that AG [...] |
2004-03-02 08:21:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | KTEX ETRD EINV ECON PREL NI AGOA |
| 04LAGOS462 |
Nigeria: NLC Plans Protests Against Casualization [...] (U) On February 26, Nigeria Labor Congress (NLC) President Adams Oshiomhole announced that the NLC, the Congress of Free Trade Unions (CFTU), and several civil society groups have planned demonstrations in Lagos beginning March 4, 2004 to protest casualization (use of contract labor) in the ba [...] |
2004-03-02 16:00:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB EPET KDEM NI PGOV |
| 04LAGOS469 |
CROSS RIVER AND AKWA IBOM: WAITING PEACEFULLY FOR [...] (U) Summary. On a recent familiarization visit to the southeastern States of Cross River and Akwa Ibom, PolOffs found officials with many plans for economic development in the region. All are targeting agriculture and tourism as a way to diversify and lessen dependence on income from oil. Pr [...] |
2004-03-03 13:19:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV KDEM KWMN EINV ECON PINR NI |
| 04LAGOS523 |
NIGER DELTA: FIGHTING IN THE STREETS OF WARRI [...] (C) SUMMARY: Fighting has broken out in the streets of Warri involving members of the Joint Task Force (JTF) "Operation Restore Hope" and civilians, likely militant Ijaw youths. We have conflicting unconfirmed reports regarding the cause of the clashes, but it seems the fighting began with a [...] |
2004-03-10 14:19:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PINS PINR ASEC EPET MCAP NI |
| 04LAGOS524 |
NITEL: NEW MANAGEMENT, LITTLE CHANGE [...] (U) Summary: One year into its three-year management of Nigeria's national carrier, Nigerian Telecommunications Limited (NITEL), the Netherlands' Pentascope International has generated surprisingly little change. Executives remain optimistic, but given Pentascope's slow progress in implementi [...] |
2004-03-10 16:30:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | ECPS ECON EINV NI |
| 04LAGOS54 |
UPDATE ON STRANDED WORLD AIRWAYS PASSENGERS [...] On Thursday, January 8, 2004, approximately fifty stranded World Airways passengers appeared at the Consulate demanding assistance in returning to the U.S. Some of the passengers claim they have been stranded since December 31 and have been staying overnight at the airport while awaiting wor [...] |
2004-01-11 10:41:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | CASC SOCI NI |
| 04LAGOS540 |
DELTA VIOLENCE ON RISE, ELECTIONS SUSPENDED [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The rate and level of violence in the Niger Delta has been increasing in recent weeks (ref A). Plans for March 27 elections in several key Local Government Areas (LGA) have been suspended, fueling tension between ethnic groups in the region. Meanwhile, thousands of internally [...] |
2004-03-12 06:27:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM PHUM PGOV PINS PINR ASEC EPET NI |
| 04LAGOS545 |
CRIMINAL INCIDENTS IN LAGOS [...] (C) Summary: During February, there was a marked increase in reported incidents in the Lagos Consular district. RSO statistics for February indicate an increase in overall crime in Lagos from January. The significance of the incidents involving AMCITS is that there have not been any for a [...] |
2004-03-12 15:09:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC NI |
| 04LAGOS547 |
NIGERIA: WAR ON NAFDAC: THE BATTLE AGAINST [...] (U) Summary: Just three months after an attempted assassination of Director General Dr. Dorothy Akunyili, Nigeria's National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) seems to be under attack. Fires gutted the agency's Lagos office on March 7, and less than 72 hours later, [...] |
2004-03-12 15:09:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD SOCI TBIO PINR NI |
| 04LAGOS568 |
NIGERIA: POLITICAL MURDERS OR MURDERED POLITICIANS? [...] (U) The spate of high profile attacks and killings of prominent Nigerian politicians and public figures has again caused many to question the strength, and even the future, of democratic governance in Nigeria. In the last three weeks, at least ten prominent Nigerians have been brutally attac [...] |
2004-03-16 05:38:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV KDEM ASEC PTER NI |
| 04LAGOS598 |
NIGERIA: PRISONS CONDITIONS AT KIRI KIRI [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On February 19, POLOFF and LEGATT met with prison officials of the Lagos State Command and interviewed detainees awaiting trial at Kiri Kiri Medium Security Prison. Officials and prisoners alike highlighted problems with overcrowding, healthcare, and poor record keeping. They [...] |
2004-03-18 16:47:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV SOCI KOCI CASC NI |
| 04LAGOS605 |
NIGERIA ECONOMIC UPDATE, MARCH 19 [...] (U) This update includes: -- Overland Links Inland Airports -- NEPA Improves Collection Efficiency -- GON to Revive Liquefied Petroleum Gas Sector ------------------------------ Overland Links Inland Airports ------------------------------ 2. (U) Overland Airways now connects Abuja an [...] |
2004-03-19 16:22:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | EPET ENRG EAIR ECON NI |
| 04LAGOS617 |
NIGERIA: TELECOMMUNICATIONS ROUNDUP [...] (U) Summary: Recent conversations suggest the Nigerian telecommunications industry is evolving rapidly. Officials at Nigeria's Bureau of Public Enterprises (BPE) say they hope to take NITEL public in June; M-Tel executives say they expect to complete the installation of a 1.2 million line mob [...] |
2004-03-22 13:09:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | ECPS ECON NI |
| 04LAGOS627 |
NIGERIA: Labor Update [...] On March 2, approximately 30 of the 56 Nigerian banks accused by the Nigerian Labor Congress (NLC) of engaging in anti-labor practices announced their decision to reduce contract labor and allow their employees to unionize (ref A). However, many banks have reluctantly implemented the new pol [...] |
2004-03-23 14:54:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB EPET KDEM NI PGOV |
| 04LAGOS629 |
NIGERIA: HANDLING OF COUNTERFEIT U.S. CURRENCY [...] (U) Summary: An informal survey of Lagos commercial banks and currency exchangers suggests that procedures for handling counterfeit U.S. currency vary widely. Official guidelines do not exist, and counterfeit notes are rarely reported to Central Bank or law enforcement officials. End summary. [...] |
2004-03-23 15:18:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ECON NI |
| 04LAGOS634 |
OIL INDUSTRY CAUTIOUSLY EMBRACES NIGERIAN [...] (U) SUMMARY. The GON requires oil companies to use indigenous contractors in joint venture projects, with a current target goal for "local content" set at 40 percent of a company's aggregate spending on a project. Defining what constitutes local content and enforcing the target fairly and [...] |
2004-03-24 05:23:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EPET EINV PGOV NI |
| 04LAGOS637 |
NIGERIA: SOUTHERN SNAPSHOTS - MARCH 2004 [...] (U) Continuing its losing ways, the Alliance for Democracy Party (AD) lost another challenge to the April 2003 elections that gave the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) five of the six southwestern gubernatorial offices AD had held since 1999. 2. (U) Immediately after the elections, the AD had [...] |
2004-03-24 14:56:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV KDEM PINR NI |
| 04LAGOS657 |
SYNOPSIS OF FRAUDULENT ACTIVITIES IN LAGOS, [...] (SBU) Summary: Within the past 6 months, six LES members and four guards have been fired from ConGen Lagos for visa-related fraud and malfeasance. Ongoing investigations by the DS Anti-Fraud agent and the RSOs office indicate that there is still more internal fraud to [...] |
2004-03-25 11:58:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC KFRD CVIS NI |
| 04LAGOS676 |
NIGERIA: GLOBACOM: SIX MONTHS ON [...] (U) Summary: Late February marked the six-month anniversary of Globacom's introduction of global system for mobile communications (GSM) services. The firm won mobile, fixed, and international gateway licenses in August 2002 (as Nigeria's second national operator) but experienced lengthy delay [...] |
2004-03-26 14:39:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | ECPS ECON EINV NI |
| 04LAGOS685 |
NIGERIA: CONTRIBUTIONS FOR TRADE AGREEMENT [...] (U) In response to questions raised in the above- referenced email, Post is pleased to provide the following information: 2. (U) Designated Abuja and Lagos EconOffs have primary responsibility for trade agreement monitoring and compliance. The Mission's commercial counselor and agricultur [...] |
2004-03-29 12:31:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD EINV ECON PREL NI AGOA |
| 04LAGOS698 |
OIL COMPANIES READY TO CUT NIGERIA'S APRIL [...] (C) ExxonMobil, ChevronTexaco and Shell have received instructions from the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) to anticipate reductions in their April production quotas in response to an anticipated OPEC decision to reduce production worldwide. Edmund Daukoru, Nigeria's presidentia [...] |
2004-03-30 15:26:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET EINV PGOV PREL NI |
| 04LAGOS704 |
NIGERIA - SAO TOME JDZ: EXXONMOBIL BIDS BLOCK 1 [...] (C) SUMMARY: ExxonMobil has exercised only one of its preferential bids for crude oil exploration and development in the Nigeria - Sao Tome and Principe Joint Development Zone (JDZ). ExxonMobil matched ChevronTexaco's bid on Block 1, leaving the Joint Development Authority to determine the fi [...] |
2004-03-31 13:04:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET EINV PGOV PREL ECON NI |
| 04LAGOS74 |
WORLD AIRWAYS SUSPENDS SERVICE, LEAVES PASSENGERS [...] (U) Summary: World Airways recently announced the indefinite suspension of its charter flights between the United States and Nigeria. Company executives say World's booking agent, Ritetime Aviation and Travel Service, owes the airline nearly US $2 million and argue that World cannot continue [...] |
2004-01-14 16:24:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR ECON CASC SOCI ASEC AMGT NI |
| 04LAGOS75 |
EXXON AND CHROME FIRST TO BID ON JDZ BLOCKS [...] (U) SUMMARY. The development of natural resources in the Nigeria-Sao Tome and Principe Joint Development Zone (JDZ) took another step forward after a joint regulatory body gave ExxonMobil the go-ahead to exercise preferential rights in the Zone. An American-Nigerian company will have a simi [...] |
2004-01-14 16:27:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | EPET EINV PGOV PINR PREL NI |
| 04LAGOS752 |
INDUSTRIALIST CORROBORATES COUP PLOT RUMORS [...] (S N/F) SUMMARY. The head of Nigeria's leading indigenous petroleum marketing firm and son of a former Lagos State governor told ECONOFF that in a private conversation with President Obasanjo and NNPC chief Funsho Kupolokun last weekend, Obasanjo confirmed rumors that the GON uncovered a coup [...] |
2004-04-06 17:16:00 | Consulate Lagos | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PINR MOPS PREL NI |
| 04LAGOS767 |
SCANDAL BREWING OVER NIGERIAN FUEL IMPORTS [...] (C) SUMMARY. A scandal is brewing in Nigeria over prices paid by the government for imported fuel. International fuel traders have been falsifying the dates of bills of lading to reflect particularly high market prices, overcharging the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) by $300 mi [...] |
2004-04-08 08:33:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | EPET EINV EFIN PGOV NI |
| 04LAGOS82 |
EXXON AND CHROME FIRST TO BID ON JDZ BLOCKS [...] (U) SUMMARY. The development of natural resources in the Nigeria-Sao Tome and Principe Joint Development Zone (JDZ) took another step forward after a joint regulatory body gave ExxonMobil the go-ahead to exercise preferential rights in the Zone. An American- Nigerian company will have a sim [...] |
2004-01-15 09:24:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | EPET EINV PGOV PINR PREL NI |
| 04LAGOS83 |
WORLD AIRWAYS SUSPENDS SERVICE, LEAVES [...] (U) Summary: World Airways recently announced the indefinite suspension of its charter flights between the United States and Nigeria. Company executives say World's booking agent, Ritetime Aviation and Travel Service, owes the airline nearly US $2 million and argue that World cannot continue [...] |
2004-01-15 09:41:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR ECON CASC SOCI ASEC AMGT NI |
| 04LAGOS941 |
NIGER DELTA WAITS FOR MILITARY ACTION [...] (C) SUMMARY: We have no reports of military action over the weekend in the Niger Delta swamps as residents and oil companies anticipate a GON response to an attack on Friday, April 23 that left seven dead, including two AmCits and three Nigerian Navy security personnel (reftels). Press reports [...] |
2004-05-03 17:57:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET PINS ASEC MOPS PINR PGOV CASC PHUM NI |
| 05LAGOS1044 |
ATTENTION TO HIV/AIDS INCREASES AMONG LAGOS [...] Summary: Little statistical information exists on the effect of HIV/AIDS on the private sector in Lagos. The number of businesses with AIDS policies and programs has risen, but such efforts remain largely the domain of large multi-national companies. Anecdotal information indicates the HIV/ [...] |
2005-07-06 14:11:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | SOCI KHIV PGOV NI |
| 05LAGOS1047 |
UPDATE ON LAGOS STATE AIDS CONTROL AGENCY [...] Summary: Lagos State AIDS Control Agency (LSACA) continues to work with 11 state ministries, 20 local governments, and over 400 organizations to reduce the incidence and mitigate the impact of HIV/AIDS in Lagos State. Achievements in 2004 included the expansion of voluntary counseling and t [...] |
2005-07-06 14:30:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | SOCI KHIV PGOV NI |
| 05LAGOS1050 |
NIGERIA SOUTHERN GOVERNORS MUSE ABOUT NATIONAL [...] (C) Summary: In separate meetings, Lagos Governor Bola Tinubu and Anambra Governor Chris Ngige downplayed the lasting import of the on-going National Political Reform Conference (NPRC), sponsored by President Obasanjo. Neither being allies of the President Obasanjo they both took thorough d [...] |
2005-07-06 15:38:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | NI PGOV PREL |
| 05LAGOS1063 |
THE ONGOING NITEL - PENTASCOPE SCANDAL [...] (U) Summary: Privatization of the Nigerian Telecommunications Ltd. (NITEL) has faltered for the second time. Amid great controversy, the GON fired the Dutch management company, Pentascope, appointed to shepherd the process. Though the GON terminated the Pentascope contract in March 2005, the [...] |
2005-07-07 16:59:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | ECPS ECON EINV NI |
| 05LAGOS1064 |
WORLD BANK STRATEGY FOR DEBT RELIEF IN NIGERIA MAY [...] (U) On July 5, 2005, the Lagos Business School held its usual monthly breakfast for Nigerian business leaders. Different from the usual, however, this month's meeting focused on Nigeria's recent triumph in securing debt relief from Paris Club donors. Hafez Ghanem, the World Bank (WB) Country D [...] |
2005-07-07 17:02:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ECON PGOV PREL NI |
| 05LAGOS1073 |
NATIONAL POLITICAL REFORM [...] (C) Summary: The National Political Reform Conference (NPRC) remains deadlocked over the issues of resource control and the rotation and length of presidential power (reftel). July 11 has been set for the resumption of talks, but positions have hardened, increasingly along ethnic fault-line [...] |
2005-07-08 09:59:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL NI |
| 05LAGOS1100 |
NIGERIA: STATE OF THE ECONOMY FOR JUNE/JULY [...] Summary: Nigerian economists indicate that the country can expect continued inflationary pressure, increased interest rates, and modest naira depreciation. This economic environment will cause Nigerian investors to continue to look outward for investment opportunities, as evidenced by a 30% [...] |
2005-07-12 10:02:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EPET ETRD ECPS NI |
| 05LAGOS1107 |
NIGERIA: YOUTHS SHUT SHELL FLOW STATION [...] (U) The Billie, River State, flow station of oil giant Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC) was shut down by angry youths on July 6. Press reports associated the youths' action with the National Political Reform Conference's refusal to grant greater control of oil and gas resources to s [...] |
2005-07-12 15:55:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | EPET ELAB KDEM PGOV NI |
| 05LAGOS1128 |
NIGERIA: ADDITIONAL PROJECT FOR EMBASSY SMALL [...] This is an action request. See para 5. 2. After supplying project descriptions to the Senior Policy Operating Group (SPOG) per reftel, Mission's Small Project Funds Committee received a proposal from an NGO in Edo State. Because Edo State is widely considered the country's highest volume t [...] |
2005-07-14 11:41:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ELAB KCRM KWMN PGOV PHUM PREL SMIG NI |
| 05LAGOS1153 |
AKWA IBOM DEPUTY GOVERNOR IMPEACHED, REINSTATED, [...] (C) SUMMARY: The recent impeachment and subsequent save-face "resignation" of Akwa Ibom State Deputy Governor, Chris Ekpenyong, highlighted ever-present rivalries and rifts within the ruling People,s Democratic Party (PDP). The Akwa Ibom State House of Assembly impeached the Deputy Governor f [...] |
2005-07-19 14:09:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL KDEM NI |
| 05LAGOS116 |
SOUTHERN POLITICIANS CONTINUE GRUMBLING ABOUT [...] (S) Summary: Based on the Consul General's conversations with several political contacts over the past few days, dissatisfaction with President Obasanjo is again escalating following a brief respite over the holidays. The whispering about whether Obasanjo should be removed from office is be [...] |
2005-01-28 13:31:00 | Consulate Lagos | SECRET | PREL PGOV PINS KDEM NI |
| 05LAGOS1163 |
CHEVRON'S SECURITY STRATEGY IN DELTA STATE [...] (U) Summary. Months after successfully containing an invasion of its facilities in Escravos, Delta State, Chevron Texaco (CT) characterized the relative quiet in the Niger Delta region as "the calm before the storm." CT has registered some small successes in the region, including involvi [...] |
2005-07-20 16:54:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET EINV CASC PGOV ASEC MOPS NI |
| 05LAGOS1204 |
NIGERIAN COURT DELIVERS SECOND CONVICTIONS UNDER [...] Summary. The GON has convicted two individuals involved in a trafficking in persons ring in Kano state, northern Nigeria. Nigeria's National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) expects at least one more conviction by year's end. Officials involved in the fight again [...] |
2005-07-29 07:16:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL KCRM KWMN NI |
| 05LAGOS1250 |
NIGERIA: CA GAYE MEETING WITH NDLEA CHAIRMAN TO [...] (C) ON JULY 23, 2005, DEA ATTACHE (CA) SAM GAYE MET DR. BELLO LAFIAJI, NDLEA CHAIRMAN TO DISCUSS OPERATIONAL MATTERS AS WELL AS QUESTIONS AFRISING FROM THE PREVIOUS WEEK,S INTERAGENCY NARCOTICS CERTIFICATION MEETING IN WASHINGTON. 2. (C) CA GAYE INFORMED DR. BELLO ABOUT THE OUTSTANDING QU [...] |
2005-08-09 12:13:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | SNAR PREL PINR NI |
| 05LAGOS1251 |
KADUNA GOVERNOR SAYS A NORTHERN GOVERNOR WILL [...] (C) Summary: During a July 27th meeting with the Consul General Kaduna State Governor Ahmed Makarfi predicted that one of the PDP Northern governors would get the ruling party's PDP presidential nomination for the 2007 elections. Makarfi also revealed the PDP would retain its current pro-Obas [...] |
2005-08-09 12:14:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV NI |
| 05LAGOS1264 |
DRUG AGENCY TOUTS SUCCESS, BURNS NARCOTICS [...] (U) The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Lagos State Command, and Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA) Special Area Command hosted a destruction of illegal drugs on August 4. Almost 11.3 tons (11,469 kilograms) were set ablaze, including 139 Kg of cocaine, 78 Kg of hero [...] |
2005-08-11 12:36:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | SNAR PREL NI |
| 05LAGOS1277 |
NIGERIA: REPORTED AL QA'IDA ACTIVITY [...] (S) Summary. Professor Ukandi Damachi, a long-time Mission contact and close advisor to former head-of-state Ibrahim Babangida, recently told us about a chance encounter he had with pro-Obasanjo members of the People's Democratic Party (PDP) executive. These partisans alleged an association [...] |
2005-08-15 15:43:00 | Consulate Lagos | SECRET | PTER PINR PGOV PREL NI |
| 05LAGOS1289 |
VIRGIN NIGERIA PLANS TO SEEK APPROVAL FOR DIRECT [...] (C) Summary. Virgin Nigeria (VN) soon plans to formally apply for a direct flight between Nigeria and the U.S. The airline sees New York, Chicago, and Houston, in that order, as the three most profitable routes. If approval is granted, VN hopes to begin operations by Christmas 2005. End Summar [...] |
2005-08-17 06:13:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | EAIR EINV PREL NI |
| 05LAGOS1293 |
NIGERIA: POLITICAL SNAPSHOTS FROM THE SOUTH [...] (C) SUMMARY: A political insider asserts that President Obasanjo (OBJ) will not only play a decisive role in determining Nigeria's next president and vice president, but that he has not relinquished the notion of an extended term. Political candidates beware -- even when OBJ dons his kingmak [...] |
2005-08-17 13:26:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM NI |
| 05LAGOS1332 |
SHELL AGBADA FLOW STATION SHUT DOWNS [...] (U) Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC) has been forced to shut down two flow stations in Rivers State in the last six days. On August 16, SPDC shut its 14,200 barrels per/day Agbada 1 flow station, following protests by host communities in Mbodo-Aluu, Rivers State, over alleged nonpaym [...] |
2005-08-24 10:34:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | EPET EINV NI ENERG |
| 05LAGOS1340 |
NIGERIA TO CONCLUDE 2005 BID ROUND FOR 88 BLOCKS; [...] (C) On August 26, Nigeria will hold a bid round for 88 oil blocks. Bidders will be judged on both commercial and technical bids in a Brazilian style competitive process. Changes to the Deep Offshore fiscal regime include the introduction of a royalty as well as an 80 percent cost recovery [...] |
2005-08-26 12:20:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET PGOV NI |
| 05LAGOS1341 |
NNPC ATTEMPTS TO FORCE MAJORS TO SELL, REFINE [...] (C) U.S. major oil firms are concerned about new Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) proposals to mandate in-country refining. In a series of meetings with ExxonMobil, Chevron, and ConocoPhillips, as well as with Shell, top executives raised alarm over a recently proposed regulat [...] |
2005-08-26 13:10:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EPET NI |
| 05LAGOS1348 |
MANY SOUTHERNERS ARE UNHAPPY ABOUT THE NATIONAL [...] (SBU) Summary: With barely three months until the scheduled national census, several southern Nigerian groups have threatened to boycott the exercise to protest the exclusion of information on religious affiliation and ethnicity from the census process. Many Southerners (mostly Christian) want [...] |
2005-08-29 14:12:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL NI |
| 05LAGOS1350 |
PETROLEUM INDUSTRY STRIKE THREAT LOOMS ON 2 FRONTS [...] (U) The petroleum industry, the dominant force in the Nigerian economy, has recently been hit with threats of labor disruption. While labor allegations about government implementation of refinery privatization produced threats of a stoppage by oil workers, retail price hikes have been respond [...] |
2005-08-29 17:16:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB EPET KDEM PGOV NI |
| 05LAGOS1356 |
2005 WORKER RIGHTS TRAINING SEMINARS: [...] Per action request in ref B, para 5, Post submits the following nominee for participation in the 2005 Worker Rights Training Seminar in Cairo from September 21-22. 2. Suggested Participant's Name and Title: Eshel William Murad, Political/Economic Officer Name of Supervisor: Shannon Ro [...] |
2005-08-30 14:55:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | AMGT ELAB OTRA PHUM NI |
| 05LAGOS1359 |
ANALYSIS OF APPLICATION FOR OPIC FINANCE: JACKDAN [...] Per action request in reftel, Post submits observations on the planned OPIC loan of USD 2.4 million to support the development of Jackdan Breweries Nigeria Limited, a microbrewery and water treatment and bottling project in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State. 2. There is a significant consumer base for b [...] |
2005-08-30 15:07:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV EFIN NI |
| 05LAGOS1361 |
NIGERIA: UPDATE OF CHILD LABOR INFORMATION FOR [...] As per ref B, para 5, Post met with Ministry of Labor, ILO, UNICEF, law enforcement and immigration, as well as NGO representatives to update the mandatory child labor report. The following paragraphs are updates keyed to the topics listed in ref B, para 7. Post has provided a separate respons [...] |
2005-08-31 11:56:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EIND ELAB ETRD PHUM SOCI NI |
| 05LAGOS1363 |
A PRESIDENTIAL FRIEND TALKS ABOUT HIS TALK WITH [...] Summary: During an August meeting with the Consul General, respected constitutional lawyer and former personal attorney of President Obasanjo Dr. Tunji Abayomi recounted a 90-minute July conversation with President Obasanjo. Abayomi described the President as fit and not acting like someone re [...] |
2005-08-31 13:08:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV NI |
| 05LAGOS1369 |
NNPC HEAD TELLS OIL MAJORS - CONSTRUCT REFINERIES, [...] (C) ConocoPhillips Managing Director (MD) Todd Creeger briefed us on an August 25 meeting between the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation Group Managing Director (GMD) Kupolokun and the MDs of Nigeria's major energy companies. Kupolokun told the MDs he was under intense pressure, apparen [...] |
2005-08-31 18:09:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET EINV ECON NI |
| 05LAGOS1376 |
NIGERIA: FUEL PRICE HIKE AND NATIONAL STRIKE UPDATE [...] (SBU) On August 26, the Petroleum Products Regulatory Agency (PPPRA), citing increased international oil prices, raised gas prices from 50 Naira/liter to 65 Naira/liter. The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) requested the increase, claiming it could no longer shoulder the financ [...] |
2005-09-01 16:22:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EPET ELAB KDEM PGOV NI |
| 05LAGOS1377 |
UNIONS SET TENTATIVE DATE FOR STRIKE TO PROTEST [...] (SBU) Labor sector stakeholders are preparing a nation- wide strike in protest of recent fuel price hikes. The date for the strike, set tentatively for September 7, will be affirmed at meetings scheduled for September 5. Nigerian Labor Congress (NLC) officials expect the strike to last one [...] |
2005-09-01 17:29:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EPET ELAB KDEM PGOV NI |
| 05LAGOS1378 |
CHEVRON MD DISCUSSES 2007 ELECTION AND GON [...] (S/NF) In a wide-ranging discussion with Ambassador Campbell, Chevron Nigeria Managing Director (MD) Jay Pryor expressed deep concern regarding "an underground PR campaign" by the GON against the petroleum industry. He specifically mentioned public attacks by Minister of Solid Minerals Ezek [...] |
2005-09-01 18:06:00 | Consulate Lagos | SECRET//NOFORN | EPET PGOV EINV ECON NI |
| 05LAGOS1390 |
NIGERIA: SOUTH-EAST STATES TARGET CLINICS INVOLVED [...] (SBU) Summary. In response to information passed by Post's fraud prevention unit (FPU), police authorities in four of the five South-East zone states have raided clinics involved in trafficking infants. Clinic staff were paying less than 200 dollars to young, indigent pregnant women in exc [...] |
2005-09-06 15:38:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CVIS PHUM PREL KCRM KWMN SMIG NI |
| 05LAGOS1391 |
NIGERIAN GOVERNOR UNSEATED BY ELECTORAL TRIBUNAL [...] (C) Summary. Following the Anambra State electoral tribunal's overturning of the 2003 gubernatorial election on August 12, the state's political climate continues to seethe. Electoral tribunal loser, current Governor Ngige had signalled his willingness to step down to aides of Governor-desig [...] |
2005-09-06 16:47:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL NI |
| 05LAGOS1397 |
NIGERIA: STRIKE PLANS FIZZLE [...] (U) The Nigerian Labor Congress (NLC) cancelled plans to initiate a nation-wide strike on September 7 in response to the recent fuel price increase (see ref A). Apparently, the NLC encountered resistance or foot-dragging within organized labor. Instead, the NLC now will organize a series of [...] |
2005-09-08 06:54:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB EPET KDEM PGOV NI |
| 05LAGOS1398 |
NIGERIAN LABOR CONGRESS CONTINUES TO RESTRATEGIZE [...] (U) With its sights diverted from a national strike for the time being, the Nigerian Labor Congress (NLC) is organizing a series of rallies designed, at the very least, to get GON agreement to rebuild four non-operational refineries and to commit to full deregulation of the petroleum industry [...] |
2005-09-08 07:39:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB EPET KDEM PGOV NI |
| 05LAGOS1401 |
SOUTHERN NIGERIA HUMAN RIGHTS UPDATE MAY TO AUG [...] (U) This is a roundup of various recent incidents representative of the human rights situation in southern Nigeria. This summary is organized according to the sections of the annual Human Rights Report. These incidents have not been reported in other cables, or they are updates of previousl [...] |
2005-09-08 11:58:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | ELAB KIRF NI PGOV PHUM PREL |
| 05LAGOS1402 |
NIGERIA: ECONOMIC BRIEFS, JULY/AUGUST 2005 [...] (U) Summary: While targeting a 1.6 trillion Naira budget for 2006, GON officials claim Budget 2005 cannot be fully implemented due to oil production shortage resulting from oil well closures in the Niger Delta. With oil production at only 2.4million barrels per day (bpd) instead of the budgete [...] |
2005-09-08 13:44:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINV ETRD KIPR PGOV NI |
| 05LAGOS1405 |
BANKS SCRAMBLING TO MEET DECEMBER RECAPITALIZATION [...] (SBU) Banking experts predict 25 to 30 banks or newly merged bank groups will make the December 2005 Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) deadline to attain a 25 billion naira capital base. A large number of banks will be unable to meet the CBN's naira 25 billion (USD 192 million)recapitalization re [...] |
2005-09-08 15:07:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON EINV NI |
| 05LAGOS1413 |
MICROSOFT LOSING MILLIONS, CHINESE PIRATED [...] (C) Chinese copycat firms appear to be using Nigeria as base for producing and selling pirated computer software. Microsoft Nigeria executives complain the number of Chinese factories and Nigerian outlets selling pirated software products has increased the past year. Piracy likely will increa [...] |
2005-09-12 11:14:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EIND ETRD KIPR EINV CH NI |
| 05LAGOS1416 |
NIGERIAN LABOR CONGRESS ABBREVIATES RALLY PLANS [...] The NLC held a press conference September 12 to discuss the protest rally planned for Lagos September 14. They are now calling for a more modest demonstration than reported in ref A. The schedule of demonstrations has also been abbreviated, with the next venue being Benin City on September [...] |
2005-09-13 07:31:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB EPET KDEM PGOV NI |
| 05LAGOS1420 |
BASIC FOOD PRICES RISE CONSIDERABLY IN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: PRICES OF BASIC FOOD ITEMS HAVE RISEN CONSIDERABLY IN THE PAST EIGHT MONTHS. CORN, SORGHUM, MILLET AND COWPEA PRICES HAVE MORE THAN DOUBLED DURING THE PAST YEAR. LOCAL SOURCES ATTRIBUTE THE SPIRAL TO A COMBINATION OF FACTORS, NAMELY: (A) LOW PRODUCTIVITY AND UNATTRACTIVE PRIC [...] |
2005-09-14 07:00:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR PGOV NI AME |
| 05LAGOS1422 |
LAGOS STATE GOVERNOR DISCUSSES HIS OPTIONS FOR 2007 [...] (S) Summary: In an August 27 conversation with the Consul General, Lagos State Governor Bola Tinubu stressed he was hedging his bets and political ambition on the 2007 election by no longer placing sole reliance on riding the coattails of Vice President Atiku. Tinubu sensed Atiku's stock was [...] |
2005-09-14 07:59:00 | Consulate Lagos | SECRET | PREL PGOV NI |
| 05LAGOS1425 |
NIGERIAN VP'S POLITICAL FUTURE DIMS [...] (S) Summary. A long-standing consulate contact said pro-Obasanjo hardliners in the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) were eagerly waiting information from the FBI they hoped would incriminate Vice-President Atiku. In his political distress, Atiku is reaching out to former head-of-state Ibrahim [...] |
2005-09-14 15:27:00 | Consulate Lagos | SECRET | PGOV PREL NI |
| 05LAGOS1428 |
LAGOS FUEL PRICE PROTEST WENDS PEACEFULLY THROUGH [...] The September 14 protest rally and march (against fuel price increases) in Lagos concluded peacefully. Police estimate 30,000 to 50,000 protestors gathered at the Lagos State Government Complex in the city's Alausa district. A protest letter was presented around 1:30 p.m. Protestors remaine [...] |
2005-09-15 12:52:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB EPET KDEM PGOV NI |
| 05LAGOS1429 |
LAGOS LABOR UPDATE [...] Nigerian Labor Congress (NLC) and other civil society leaders are headed to Benin City today to speak with police authorities regarding security measures for the September 16 rally against fuel price increases. Organizers are mindful of the violent student disturbances in Benin in early Sept [...] |
2005-09-15 13:06:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB EPET KDEM PGOV NI |
| 05LAGOS1433 |
NIGERIA: LAGOS TRIAL CENSUS AND DISTRIBUTION OF [...] (U) A trial census conducted in select local governments between August 29 and September 2 revealed imperfections in the GON's national population census process. In Lagos, the exercise was held during the work week in six local governments. While the State government did a good job of getting [...] |
2005-09-15 17:10:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KDEM NI |
| 05LAGOS1438 |
NIGERIAN ELECTORAL COMMISSION ENTERS ANAMBRA [...] (C) Summary. In a reversal that seems awkward even by Anambra State's meager standards of political behavior, the Independent Electoral Commission (INEC) appealed the Anambra state electoral tribunals' decision to overturn the 2003 gubernatorial election. During the tribunal hearing, INEC d [...] |
2005-09-16 09:55:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL NI |
| 05LAGOS1443 |
FINANCE MINISTER ANNOUNCES INSURANCE INDUSTRY [...] (SBU) Summary. Finance Minister Okonjo-Iweala recently unveiled Government of Nigeria's (GON) insurance industry reforms aimed at raising the capital base requirements for insurance companies by February 28, 2007. The goal is to consolidate and strengthen the insurance industry along the lin [...] |
2005-09-16 13:00:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON EINV NI |
| 05LAGOS1448 |
LAGOS: SECOND LABOR UPDATE [...] The Benin City rally to protest increased fuel prices was big and fortunately took place without major incident. When protestors reached the Governor's office complex, they found the gate locked. Rally organizers were not able to enter to present the letter of protest. Marchers started to b [...] |
2005-09-16 15:01:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB EPET KDEM PGOV NI |
| 05LAGOS1450 |
VIRGIN NIGERIA APPLIES FOR U.S. ROUTE [...] (U) This is an action cable. See paragraph 8. 2. (C) Summary. Virgin Nigeria (VN) CEO, Simon Harford, and Head of Corporate Development, Yemi Osindero, recently told ConGen officers their application for a direct U.S. route was nearly completed, and requested Embassy officials submit the [...] |
2005-09-19 09:48:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | EAIR EINV PREL NI |
| 05LAGOS1451 |
NEW VIOLENCE FROM OLD DISPUTE IN OGONILAND [...] (SBU) Communal violence erupted in the Ogoniland region of Rivers State and claimed additional lives. Daily newspapers estimated the toll at 22 dead. Ledum Mitee, President of the Movement for the Survival of the Ogoni People (MOSOP), said in a September 8 meeting with Consular staff the ac [...] |
2005-09-19 10:25:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV NI |
| 05LAGOS1463 |
LONDON POLICE ARREST BAYELSA GOVERNOR, IJAW YOUTH [...] (C) The Nigerian Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) confirmed its cooperation with UK authorities on Bayelsa State Governor Alamieyesiegha's September 15 London arrest in connection with allegations of money laundering. The London Metropolitan police have reportedly released t [...] |
2005-09-20 17:46:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET PGOV ASEC NI |
| 05LAGOS1464 |
2005 NIGERIAN STOCK MARKET NEGATIVELY AFFECTED BY [...] (SBU) Summary. The bank recapitalization process continues to weaken the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) as many investors prefer to channel their money toward bank Initial Public Offerings (IPOs) rather than daily stock market activities. The average returns on investment (ROI) for the 30 lar [...] |
2005-09-21 15:11:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON EINV PGOV NI |
| 05LAGOS1470 |
LAGOS: THIRD LABOR UPDATE [...] The Nigerian Labor Congress's (NLC) September 20 rally against increased fuel prices in Kano attracted at least 50,000 people and proceeded relatively peacefully to the Governor's office. Kano State Governor Ibrahim Shekaruau addressed the protesters, supporting their cause and calling the f [...] |
2005-09-23 06:30:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB EPET KDEM PGOV NI |
| 05LAGOS1474 |
GFUP-05-9259/NIGERIA - SEIZURE OF 22 KILOGRAMS [...] ON SEPTEMBER 19, 2005, THE BENINOISE POLICE, ACTING ON A TIP FROM A CONFIDENTIAL SOURCE, EXECUTED A SEARCH WARRANT AND SEIZED 22 KILOGRAMS OF COCAINE AT THE RESIDENCE OF BENINOISE NATIONAL STEEVE JOEL CAMPBELL. NO ARRESTS WERE MADE AND CAMPBELL REMAINS AT LARGE. ALSO SEIZED WERE (1) 2002 B [...] |
2005-09-23 11:45:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR |
| 05LAGOS1477 |
SEPTEMBER 23 DELTA UPDATE [...] (C) Port Harcourt remains calm but nervously so. An Amcit missionary and oil company contacts reported the city and most surrounding areas as being quiet. Some contacts said many local citizens remained home and many businesses were closed throughout the day. The police and military presen [...] |
2005-09-23 16:43:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ASEC CASC NI |
| 05LAGOS1480 |
SOLID MINERALS MINISTER EZEKWESILI SHARES HER [...] (C) Summary: In an August conversation with the Consul General, Minister of Solid Minerals Oby Ezekwesili stressed the President will step down in 2007. Despite urging from several quarters to prolong his tenure, Obasanjo wants to make room for a reformer from the next generation of Nigerian [...] |
2005-09-24 13:48:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV NI |
| 05LAGOS1498 |
NIGERIAN OIL PRODUCTION SUFFERS MINIMAL LOSSES [...] (SBU) Recent disturbances in Rivers States, arising from the London arrest of Bayelsa State Governor and the arrest of Ijaw militant leader Dokubu Asari, have had a minimal impact on Nigerian oil production thus far. Chevron is the only major oil producer whose production has been affected. [...] |
2005-09-26 16:37:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET EINV PGOV ASEC NI |
| 05LAGOS1512 |
VIRGIN NIGERIA RILES DOMESTIC COMPETITORS [...] (SBU) Summary. Many Nigerian airline executives continue to view Virgin Nigeria (VN) as a foreign carrier, which in its bid to look Nigerian, receives far too much government support. The other airlines contend that this alleged preferential treatment has made it difficult for them to compet [...] |
2005-09-29 08:47:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | EAIR EINV PREL NI |
| 05LAGOS1518 |
CHINESE AND SOUTH KOREAN FIRMS BIDDING FOR RAIL [...] (C) Summary. Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC) Managing Director Abubakar told us competing Chinese and South Korean firms were interested in constructing new rail lines and upgrading existing lines. Sometime in October, the NRC would chose the group with which it will partner. By the end o [...] |
2005-09-29 12:59:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | ELTN ECON PGOV PREL NI CH KS XB |
| 05LAGOS1530 |
NIGERIA DEA ATTACHE PRESSES FOR COORDINATION AT [...] (U) Participants gave high marks to the fifth annual West African Joint Operations (WAJO) conference held in Cotonou, Benin on September 7 and 8 (reftel). 2. (C) DEA received positive responses from Benin, Ghana, The Gambia and Togo about forming joint task forces between DEA and their re [...] |
2005-09-30 14:11:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV NI SNAR |
| 05LAGOS1531 |
TELECOM SECTOR GROWS, CHINESE FIRMS EXPAND [...] (C) Summary. Telecom operators believe the Nigerian Communications Commission's (NCC) unified licensing policy allowing existing fixed wireless and mobile licensees to provide both services for voice, data and multimedia will reinforce the current dominance enjoyed by the key players already [...] |
2005-09-30 14:17:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | ECPS ECON EINV EIND PGOV NI CH |
| 05LAGOS1543 |
LAGOS ANTICORRUPTION UNIT REQUESTS USG TECHNICAL [...] Summary. (C) The Lagos branch of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) met with the G8 Anticorruption/Transparency pilot team on September 23 to discuss its efforts to pursue financial crimes, institutional capacity to pursue such crimes, and areas in which it would like USG fund [...] |
2005-10-05 07:44:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN KCOR KCRM ECON EINV PGOV PREL NI |
| 05LAGOS1549 |
DEADLY SHOOTOUT BETWEEN POLICE AND ARMY ROCKS LAGOS [...] At least three bystanders were killed and ten wounded, when an altercation between police and soldiers turned violent in the Ojuelegba district of Lagos on October 6. More than 50 street thugs, known as area boys, joined in the fray and caused the destruction of at least 40 vehicles and sever [...] |
2005-10-05 13:32:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV NI |
| 05LAGOS1570 |
NIGERIA'S VERSION OF MCDONALD'S SAYS PROFITS ARE [...] (SBU) Summary. The increase in food and transportation prices had cut into the profit margins of Nigeria's equivalent to McDonald's -- Mr. Biggs. The company's executives told us food prices are rising because of weak infrastructure, inconsistent agricultural policies, and lack of local capa [...] |
2005-10-12 09:30:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV EIND PGOV PREL NI |
| 05LAGOS1573 |
NIGERIA: POLITICAL SNAPSHOTS FROM THE SOUTH [...] (C) Summary. The Southern Nigerian political scene remains volatile. Three demonstrations in Nigeria in recent weeks have resulted in between four and ten deaths. Another deputy governor has been impeached; the governor of Abia State is embroiled in a bitter political battle with the Presi [...] |
2005-10-12 12:11:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM NI |
| 05LAGOS1581 |
GFUP-06-9259/NIGERIA; INTERNATIONAL CONTROLLED [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. On October 11, DEA Attache (CA) Sam Gaye and British Drug Liaison Officer (DLO) Jon King in conjunction with Togolese authorities, conducted a successful international controlled delivery (ICD) of 7 kilograms of heroin in Lome, Togo. Nigerian national Fedelis Ezechukwu was arres [...] |
2005-10-13 12:19:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | NI PGOV PINR SNAR |
| 05LAGOS1585 |
BELLVIEW IS EXPLORING A POSSIBLE U.S. ROUTE WITH [...] (C) Summary. Bellview Airlines CEO Odukoya said World Airways executives called him October 4 to discuss establishing direct air service between Lagos and the U.S. Bellview expressed interest in partnering with World Airways to begin scheduled charter services between Lagos and New York and L [...] |
2005-10-13 12:51:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | EAIR EINV PREL NI |
| 05LAGOS1591 |
GFUP-06-9259/NIGERIA; INTERNATIONAL CONTROLLED [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. On October 11, DEA Attache (CA) Sam Gaye and British Drug Liaison Officer (DLO) Jon King in conjunction with Togolese authorities, conducted a successful international controlled delivery (ICD) of 7 kilograms of heroin in Lome, Togo. Nigerian national Fedelis Ezechukwu was arres [...] |
2005-10-13 13:11:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | NI PGOV PINR SNAR |
| 05LAGOS1636 |
LAGOS EAC MEETING ON INCREASED CRIME IN LAGOS AND [...] (U) Lagos EAC convened October 17 to review Post's security posture in response to what appears to be a marked increase in violent crime in Lagos, and to discuss appropriate precautions against such crime. NOTE: In the past few months armed bank robberies, prison riots, attacks on expatriate [...] |
2005-10-21 16:35:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC PTER CASC NI |
| 05LAGOS1637 |
BAYELSA GOVERNOR'S ARREST STRIKES FEAR IN THE [...] (C) Summary: The arrest of Bayelsa State Governor Diepreye Alamieyeseigha in London has unnerved some of his fellow pro-Atiku southern governors. His interception abroad, where he does not enjoy constitutional immunity, has not only sullied the attraction of frequent travel (one of the gove [...] |
2005-10-21 16:35:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV NI |
| 05LAGOS1638 |
BAYELSA GOVERNOR'S ARREST STRIKES FEAR IN THE [...] (C) Summary: The arrest of Bayelsa State Governor Diepreye Alamieyeseigha in London has unnerved some of his fellow pro-Atiku southern governors. His interception abroad, where he does not enjoy constitutional immunity, has not only sullied the attraction of frequent travel (one of the gove [...] |
2005-10-21 16:35:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV NI |
| 05LAGOS1639 |
BAYELSA GOVERNOR'S ARREST STRIKES FEAR IN THE [...] (C) Summary: The arrest of Bayelsa State Governor Diepreye Alamieyeseigha in London has unnerved some of his fellow pro-Atiku southern governors. His interception abroad, where he does not enjoy constitutional immunity, has not only sullied the attraction of frequent travel (one of the gove [...] |
2005-10-21 16:35:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV NI |
| 05LAGOS1640 |
BAYELSA GOVERNOR'S ARREST STRIKES FEAR IN THE [...] (C) Summary: The arrest of Bayelsa State Governor Diepreye Alamieyeseigha in London has unnerved some of his fellow pro-Atiku southern governors. His interception abroad, where he does not enjoy constitutional immunity, has not only sullied the attraction of frequent travel (one of the gove [...] |
2005-10-21 16:35:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV NI |
| 05LAGOS1641 |
BAYELSA GOVERNOR'S ARREST STRIKES FEAR IN THE [...] (C) Summary: The arrest of Bayelsa State Governor Diepreye Alamieyeseigha in London has unnerved some of his fellow pro-Atiku southern governors. His interception abroad, where he does not enjoy constitutional immunity, has not only sullied the attraction of frequent travel (one of the gove [...] |
2005-10-21 16:36:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV NI |
| 05LAGOS1642 |
LAGOS EAC MEETING ON INCREASED CRIME IN LAGOS AND [...] (U) Lagos EAC convened October 17 to review Post's security posture in response to what appears to be a marked increase in violent crime in Lagos, and to discuss appropriate precautions against such crime. NOTE: In the past few months armed bank robberies, prison riots, attacks on expatriate [...] |
2005-10-21 16:36:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC PTER CASC NI |
| 05LAGOS1643 |
SITREP #1: LAGOS BELLVIEW FLIGHT 3210 CRASH; TIME: [...] (SBU) U.S. Consulate Lagos officials were informed at 12:20 that domestic airline Bellview 3210 en route from Lagos to Abuja, Nigeria had disappeared from radar contact. US Consulate Lagos convened an Emergency Action Meeting at 1:45 and simultaneously sent Consulate officers to the Lagos (Mu [...] |
2005-10-23 03:11:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | CASC EAIR NI ASEC PREL |
| 05LAGOS1644 |
SITREP #2: LAGOS BELLVIEW FLIGHT 3210 CRASH; TIME: [...] (SBU) Bellview airline officials have still not/not yet made available the flight manifest list, claiming they will make it available once they finish checking it against passenger ticket coupons the airline retains when passengers board the aircraft. 2. (C) In the interim, the Managing Dir [...] |
2005-10-23 05:12:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | CASC EAIR NI ASEC PREL |
| 05LAGOS1645 |
SITREP #3: LAGOS BELLEVIEW FLIGHT 3210 CRASH; TIME [...] Lagos EAC reconvened at 0900 October 23 concerning crash of Bellview flight number 3210. The Nigerian National Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) has publicly released the flight manifest (faxed to OpCenter). Mission has confirmed that the name of the USDH on board (ref A) was on the manifest. [...] |
2005-10-23 12:14:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC CASC EAIR NI PREL |
| 05LAGOS1646 |
SITREP #4: CRASH OF BELLVIEW FLIGHT B3-210; TIME: [...] (U) Mission,s consular response team (CRT) arrived at the crash site around 1545. The site of the crash is north of Ota in Ogun State, near a hamlet named Lissa. Coordinates of the crash site provided to us by the CRT are N06.48.52, and E003.18.17. 2. (U) Members of the CRT report a s [...] |
2005-10-23 16:26:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | CASC EAIR NI ASEC PREL |
| 05LAGOS1648 |
SITREP #5: CRASH OF BELLVIEW FLIGHT B3210; OCTOBER [...] (SBU/NF) Mission's consular response team (CRT) returned to Lagos at approximately 19:30 yesterday, October 23. Per reftel, they reported no likely survivors and an unstable security environment around the crash scene. The crash site is not a very large area. The CRT did not see large sectio [...] |
2005-10-24 10:42:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | CASC EAIR NI ASEC PREL |
| 05LAGOS165 |
DECEPTION AND DEFECTION IN NIGERIA'S SOUTHERN [...] (U) SUMMARY: Recent developments in the southern political landscape highlight internal power struggles and the weakening of political parties. Succession battles scar the dominant People's Democratic Party (PDP) and factions within the PDP in both Edo state and Anambra state are unwilling t [...] |
2005-02-06 05:50:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM NI PGOV |
| 05LAGOS1656 |
SITREP #6: CRASH OF BELLVIEW FLIGHT B3210; OCTOBER [...] (SBU) The Consular Response Team (CRT) remained present at crash site throughout the morning and most of the afternoon, gathering information necessary to cross-check passenger identities with AMCIT registration records. No/no additional amcits were discovered. The CRT will deploy to the cras [...] |
2005-10-24 16:26:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | CASC EAIR NI ASEC PREL |
| 05LAGOS166 |
DECEPTION AND DEFECTION IN NIGERIA'S SOUTHERN [...] (U) SUMMARY: Recent developments in the southern political landscape highlight internal power struggles and the weakening of political parties. Succession battles scar the dominant People's Democratic Party (PDP) and factions within the PDP in both Edo state and Anambra state are unwilling t [...] |
2005-02-06 05:56:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM NI PGOV |
| 05LAGOS1660 |
SITREP #7: CRASH OF BELLVIEW FLIGHT B3210; OCTOBER [...] (SBU) The consular response team (CRT) yesterday liaised with Nigerian authorities to review identification documents found at the crash site. They found no/no information indicating additional AMCITs were on board, other than the one known AMCIT and two LPRs whose names match the manifest. T [...] |
2005-10-25 11:33:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | CASC EAIR NI ASEC PREL |
| 05LAGOS1662 |
SITREP #8: CRASH OF BELLVIEW FLIGHT B3210; OCTOBER [...] (SBU) Mission's consular response team (CRT) returned to Lagos at 1530 (local time) and will deploy again tomorrow. CRT confirmed that while the overall security climate at the site has improved, there is still fairly open public access, which may compromise evidence. Separately, the Red Cross [...] |
2005-10-25 18:51:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | CASC EAIR NI ASEC PREL |
| 05LAGOS167 |
NIGERIA ECONOMIC UPDATE, FEBRUARY 2005 [...] (U) This economic update includes: -- MTS First Wireless Management Crisis Sends US Citizen Packing -- Nigerian Stock Exchange Woos Real Estate Investors -- Virgin Atlantic Positions Itself for Vmobile Stake -- Banking Update - Mergers Continue Amidst Sector Uncertainty ------------------- [...] |
2005-02-06 06:00:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON NI |
| 05LAGOS1674 |
BELLVIEW CRASH: AN UNLIKELY CLAIM OF RESPONSIBILITY [...] (U) The October 26 Punch Newspaper and Champion Newspaper reported a previously unknown group, Coalition for Militant Action in the Niger Delta (COMA), has claimed responsbility for the October 22 Bellview flight 3210 air crash. COMA claims its membership consists of the following groups: Isei [...] |
2005-10-26 16:26:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | CASC EAIR NI ASEC PREL |
| 05LAGOS1675 |
SITREP #9: CRASH OF BELLVIEW FLIGHT B3210; OCTOBER [...] (SBU) Mission's consular response team (CRT) arrived at the crash site at around 1000 (local time). Per reftel, they reported that no excavation had begun, and that local police said excavation would not begin until the NTSB team's arrival. Security at the site had improved with the Nigerian [...] |
2005-10-26 17:06:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | CASC EAIR NI ASEC PREL |
| 05LAGOS1677 |
NIGERIA: LATRINE PROJECT AT ORU REFUGEE CAMP STALLS [...] Summary. Construction of latrines at the Oru Refugee Camp has been delayed by about two months. Recent inspection of the camp revealed the delays were caused by disagreements on the use of refugee labor, disputes over location of latrines, and a restructuring of the Nigerian Red Cross (NRC) [...] |
2005-10-27 12:13:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF PREL PGOV CVIS SMIG NI |
| 05LAGOS1691 |
DRUG CHIEF SEETHES OVER PRESIDENTIAL MEETING [...] (S) In an October 21 meeting with the Consul General, Dr. Bello Lafiaji, head of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), appeared tired, shaken and agitated with regard to the recent meeting between President Obasanjo, Ambassador Campbell, and the British High Commissioner about Nig [...] |
2005-10-31 10:17:00 | Consulate Lagos | SECRET | PREL PGOV SNAR NI |
| 05LAGOS1692 |
MEETING WITH NDLEA INTERNATIONAL COORDINATOR [...] No summary [...] |
2005-10-31 11:07:00 | Consulate Lagos | SECRET | PGOV PINR SNAR NI |
| 05LAGOS1705 |
BELLVIEW PLANE CRASH INVESTIGATION: AVIATION [...] (C) Summary. Consul General Browne and National Transportation and Safety Board (NTSB) Representative Dennis Jones met Aviation Minister Borishade October 30 to discuss the Bellview crash investigation. Minister Borishade conveyed the President's assurances the NTSB team would receive full GO [...] |
2005-11-01 13:44:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | CASC EAIR NI ASEC PREL |
| 05LAGOS1708 |
BELLVIEW CRASH: NOVEMBER 1 UPDATE [...] (C) Summary. Excavation of crash site began October 31 with the National Transportation and Security Board (NTSB) team and USG forensics team both at the site. The NTSB team have not yet found the flight data nor cockpit voice recorders. Forensic team members observed that officials from Og [...] |
2005-11-01 17:01:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | CASC EAIR NI ASEC PREL |
| 05LAGOS171 |
COMMUNITY STORMS CHEVRON ESCRAVOS FACILITY [...] (C) Chevron Texaco (CT) confirmed the storming and occupation of its Escravos facility by Itsekiri villagers from the Okurogo community, for several hours on 4 February. GON security forces re-gained control of the facility by late in the day. No AMCITs or third country nationals were injur [...] |
2005-02-07 11:11:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET EINV CASC PGOV ASEC MOPS NI |
| 05LAGOS1722 |
AVIATION MINISTER SUPPORTS U.S.-NIGERIA DIRECT AIR [...] (C) Summary. The Consul General met Aviation Minister Borishade on October 20 for a readout on the aviation industry and the issues the Minister will likely raise during his October 28 meeting with Transportation Secretary Mineta. (This meeting occurred before the October 22 Bellview air cras [...] |
2005-11-04 12:29:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | EAIR EINV PREL NI |
| 05LAGOS1726 |
BELLVIEW CRASH: WHERE ARE THE NIGERIANS! [...] (C) Summary. The USG forensic team arrived at crash site on November 3 at 1000 (local time). Recovery and investigation efforts continue to be hampered by heavy rain on November 1 and November 3, impeding excavation efforts as muddy roads prevented access to the crash site. The crater has f [...] |
2005-11-04 15:16:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | CASC EAIR NI ASEC PREL |
| 05LAGOS1734 |
BELLVIEW CRASH: POTENTIALLY WORRISOME EVIDENCE [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 8. 2. (S) On November 5, Charge Tom Furey, the Lagos Consul General and other Consulate staff accompanied NTSB's Dennis Jones to the Lagos airport hangar where Jones and his team had begun to piece together parts of the shattered Bellview ai [...] |
2005-11-07 15:34:00 | Consulate Lagos | SECRET | CASC EAIR NI ASEC PTER PREL |
| 05LAGOS1738 |
NDLEA SAYS IT IS TEMPORARILY SUSPENDING [...] (S) In late October, the Nigerian National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) created a special unit, consisting of 25 agents. The mandate of the new unit was to arrest drug kingpins, according to unit commander-Gadzama who was also the NDLEA's top officer in the currently dormant NDLEA/DEA J [...] |
2005-11-08 08:14:00 | Consulate Lagos | SECRET | PGOV PINR SNAR NI |
| 05LAGOS1742 |
AIRPORT AND SEAPORT SECURITY ASSESSMENT [...] (SBU) Summary. Members of the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN), and the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) met with the Contingency and Security Solutions International (CSSI) team October 17-18 to discuss efforts to improve maritime port a [...] |
2005-11-09 10:20:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR EINV PREL NI |
| 05LAGOS1743 |
BELLVIEW CRASH: AVIATION MINISTER ACCEPTS [...] (S) Aviation Minister Borishade met Consul General to discuss next steps in the investigation of the crash, given our concerns regarding the plane fragment recently found (reftel). The Minister stated he had briefed President Obasanjo on the new evidence. According to Borishade, the Preside [...] |
2005-11-09 14:45:00 | Consulate Lagos | SECRET | CASC EAIR NI ASEC PTER PREL |
| 05LAGOS1747 |
NIGERIA: FOOD PRICE QUARTERLY [...] (U) Summary: Food prices in Nigeria have risen over the last twelve months. While official reports estimate an increase of below 20% for staple foods, nongovernmental food industry reports estimate staple foods increased between 20 - 60%. This increase has a disproportionate impact on the poo [...] |
2005-11-10 15:34:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EAGR EFIN PGOV SOCI NI |
| 05LAGOS1748 |
PRELIMINARY REVIEW YIELDS NO "SMOKING GUN" IN [...] (S) Explosives forensics experts performed a preliminary examination of the Bellview plane crash debris thus far collected. Visual inspection of the plane fragment in question showed no clear sign of explosive damage, according to the experts. The suspect piece was swabbed, and the samples [...] |
2005-11-10 17:02:00 | Consulate Lagos | SECRET | CASC EAIR NI ASEC PTER PREL |
| 05LAGOS1753 |
BIAFRAN SEPARATISTS AND POLICE CLASH, BURN FIRST [...] Summary. During a demonstration in Onitsha (Anambra State) following the GON's arrest and detention of Ralph Uwazurike, the house of Nigeria's first post-independence President, Nnamdi Azikiwe, was razed. Uwazurike is the leader of the Movement for the Actualization of the Sovereign State o [...] |
2005-11-15 09:32:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV NI |
| 05LAGOS1757 |
CONTINUED INFIGHTING PLAGUES OPPOSITION PARTY [...] (C) Summary: In a late October twist in its ongoing leadership struggle, the Alliance for Democracy (AD) expelled faction leader Senator Mojisoluwa Akinfenwa for anti-party activities. Akinfenwa responded with his own allegations that leadership rival Chief Bisi Akande had authored the expu [...] |
2005-11-16 10:34:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV NI |
| 05LAGOS1761 |
NIGERIA: WATER AND WASTE-WATER MANAGEMENT, [...] Summary. The Lagos State Commissioner for the Environment named solid waste management as the state's most pressing environmental problem. Lagos, a state of an estimated 15 million people, produces approximately 10,000 metric tons of solid waste per day with virtually no capacity for its di [...] |
2005-11-16 15:03:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV SOCI PREL NI |
| 05LAGOS1768 |
MEETING WITH NDLEA CHAIRMAN BELLO LAFIAJI [...] (S) Summary: During an often tense November 15 meeting with DEA Attache and the Consul General, Nigerian National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) Chairman Bello Lafiaji continued to express his bitterness over the Ambassador and the British High Commissioner's meeting with President obasan [...] |
2005-11-18 16:18:00 | Consulate Lagos | SECRET | PGOV PINR SNAR NI |
| 05LAGOS1769 |
BELLVIEW CRASH UPDATE [...] (C) FBI explosives experts completed their on-site support and departed on November 10. Preliminary test results from swab samples from the subject fragment are expected this week from the FBI laboratory, and will be reported to GON crash investigators to assist with their ongoing investigat [...] |
2005-11-21 10:36:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | CASC EAIR NI ASEC PTER PREL |
| 05LAGOS1772 |
CONFIRMATION: BAYELSA GOVERNOR BACK IN NIGERIA [...] (C) Sources in Nigeria confirm breaking news reports that Governor Diepreye Alamieyeseigha of Bayelsa State is back in Nigeria. 2. (C) Publicly the Governor seemed to be gearing for a legal battle and voiced confidence that he would be acquitted at trial. Evidently, Alamieyeseigha had pl [...] |
2005-11-22 09:01:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV NI |
| 05LAGOS1778 |
NIGERIA: STILL FISHING FOR COMPLIANCE ON TURTLE [...] Summary. Fishing industry leaders claim product loss from the use of turtle excluder devices (TEDs) outweighs potential gains derived from renewed trade with the U.S. Without industry support, it will be difficult for the government alone - even if it intensifies efforts beyond their current [...] |
2005-11-23 06:51:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIS ETRD EIND PHSA SENV NI |
| 05LAGOS1781 |
BAYELSA GOVERNOR SERVED WITH IMPEACHMENT NOTICE [...] (C) Barely forty-eight hours after returning to the country, embattled Bayelsa State Governor Alamieyeseigha was served with a notice of impeachment endorsed by most members of the State House of Assembly. Bayelsa's politics just moved from hot to hotter. By this move, the State Assembly in [...] |
2005-11-23 17:01:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV NI |
| 05LAGOS1784 |
AVIATION MINISTER PUSHING FOR U.S. DIRECT ROUTE [...] (SBU) Summary. The Consul General met Aviation Minister Borishade on November 21 for a readout on the aviation industry and to discuss the Minister's tentative plans to visit the Department of Transportation December 5-9. His visit would focus on the same areas he planned to raise prior to t [...] |
2005-11-25 11:34:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | EAIR EINV PREL NI |
| 05LAGOS1785 |
EAC LAGOS CONVENED TO DISCUSS AVIAN BIRD FLU [...] (SBU) Embassy Lagos Emergency Action Committee (EAC) convened on November 18, 2005 to discuss preparations in the event of an Avian influenza virus outbreak. Present at the meeting was the CG, RSO, MGMT, POL, ECON, CLO, RAO, FBI, CONS, GSO, DAO, MSG, and RMO. 2. (U) MED discussed the need f [...] |
2005-11-25 14:07:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | AMED ASEC CASC NI |
| 05LAGOS1786 |
EXTRANCHECK: PLC - INTELS NIGERIA LTD. [...] PER REQUEST IN REFTEL, PLC FOR APPLICATION D344956 WAS PERFORMED BY CS LAGOS COMMERCIAL SPECIALIST IBRAHIM IBRAHIM. 2. ULTIMATE CONSIGNEE: INTELS NIGERIA LIMITD, KM 16 PH/ABA EXPRESSWAY, PORT HARCOURT, NIGERIA. 3. INTERVIEW CONDUCTED WITH MESSRS. N.C. PRAKASH AND CLEMENT ABRAKASA. [...] |
2005-11-25 15:14:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | BEXP ETRD ETTC NG |
| 05LAGOS1790 |
DRUG CHIEF REPLACED [...] (U) Dr. Bello Lafiaji has been removed as Chairman of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) and replaced by Ahmadu Giade, effective immediately. 2. (U) Giade is a retired deputy commissioner of police, and in 1994 while on active duty he served on a panel investigating NDLEA co [...] |
2005-11-25 16:20:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV SNAR NI |
| 05LAGOS1801 |
NIGERIAN GOVERNOR LOSES FAITH IN VP [...] (C) Summary. Once an ardent supporter of Vice President Atiku, Abia State Governor Orji Kalu said Vice President Atiku's chances for capturing the PDP presidential nomination had diminished substantially. He claimed the President was ruthlessly choking pro-Atiku governors economically, and [...] |
2005-11-28 15:04:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV NI |
| 05LAGOS1802 |
NIGERIA: ECONOMIC BRIEFS, OCTOBER/NOVEMBER 2005 [...] (U) Summary: The GON's single digit inflation target now seems a mirage as inflation figures for August rose to 28.2% from 26.1% in July. Experts expect September figures to be about 21%. In the official markets, the naira was stable at about N130/$1 as of late October, while parallel market [...] |
2005-11-28 15:13:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EINV ETRD KIPR PGOV NI |
| 05LAGOS1803 |
PRESIDENTIAL INDECISION THREATENS SYSTEM [...] (C) In a late October conversation with the Consul General, Kwara State Governor Bukola Saraki described three approaches President Obasanjo could follow regarding the 2007 elections: amend the constitution to extend his current term, reconcile with the Vice President and support his candida [...] |
2005-11-28 15:30:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV NI |
| 05LAGOS1811 |
TROOPS, LEGAL ACTIONS INCREASE BAYELSA TENSION [...] (C) Summary: Yenagoa, the Bayelsa State Capital, is the site of a quiet but increasingly tense political standoff. While Governor Alamieyeseigha is going through the motions of normal operations, he is being guarded and supported by scores of armed Ijaw irregulars. Meanwhile, up to 1,000 Fed [...] |
2005-11-30 09:27:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV NI |
| 05LAGOS1814 |
BAYELSA GOVERNOR'S IMPEACHMENT MOVES FORWARD [...] (U) The Bayelsa State House of Assembly suspended four assemblymen for improper activities, and directed Chief Judge Emmanuel Igoniwari to form a panel to investigate the charges listed in Governor Alamieyeseigha's impeachment notice. The House also voided Governor Alamieyeseigha's replacemen [...] |
2005-11-30 16:35:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV NI |
| 05LAGOS1820 |
TROOPS SILENCE BAYELSA RADIO, RAID GOVERNMENT HOUSE [...] (SBU) The political crisis in Bayelsa intensified Wednesday morning when Federal troops occupied the state-owned radio station, Bayelsa Radio, and shut it down. Station workers were turned away when they reported to work early Wednesday. Media sources quoted Bayelsa State officials denouncin [...] |
2005-12-01 15:33:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV NI |
| 05LAGOS1826 |
DOCKWORKERS STAND DOWN ON PLANNED STRIKE [...] (SBU) Summary. The planned strike by dockworkers across Nigeria scheduled for December 1 was put on hold as GON and labor officials negotiated severance packages for over 6,000 dockworkers expected to be laid off as part of the GON's ports concessioning exercise. After a November 30 stakeholde [...] |
2005-12-02 14:47:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV ECON NI |
| 05LAGOS1857 |
YOUTHS KILLED DURING MASSOB DEMONSTRATIONS [...] (SBU) Summary. On Tuesday, December 5, an estimated eleven people, allegedly members of the Movement for the Actualization of the Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB), were apparently killed in a clash with police and soldiers during demonstrations in Anambra and Imo States. While the police [...] |
2005-12-08 15:47:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV NI |
| 05LAGOS1863 |
NIGERIA CANNOT DETECT H5N1 AVIAN FLU [...] Summary. AgAttache met with the acting director of Nigeria's Department of Agriculture and Pest Control Services to discuss the GON's plan for contending with an outbreak of AI. Senior GON policymakers are keenly aware that an AI outbreak would very likely destroy Nigeria's poultry industry [...] |
2005-12-09 14:39:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO SENV EAGR AMED CASC EAID XX NI WHO FAO |
| 05LAGOS1865 |
OONI OF IFE BACKS OBASANJO EXTENSION [...] (C) In a November meeting, Consul General visited the Ooni of Ife, the most prominent Yoruba traditional ruler and one of the most influential traditional rulers in the country. The Ooni is unabashedly pro-Obasanjo and his leanings were quite apparent in his reflections on current political [...] |
2005-12-09 15:33:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV NI |
| 05LAGOS1866 |
REQUEST TO URGE EU TO SUSPEND IMPLEMENTATION [...] No summary [...] |
2005-12-09 16:18:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR NI |
| 05LAGOS1867 |
IMPEACHMENT AFFIRMED, BAYELSA GOVERNOR ARRESTED [...] (U) Apparently at the urging of the Federal Government, impeachment proceedings against the Bayelsa State governor moved at lightning speed with the Speaker of the State Assembly announcing today that Governor Alamieyeseigha has been impeached. The impeachment removed the constitutional shie [...] |
2005-12-09 16:51:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV NI |
| 05LAGOS1869 |
SOSOLISO AIRPLANE CRASH:CONSULAR AND NTSB [...] (U) In response to the December 10 Sosoliso flight OSL 1145 air crash, Mission sent a two-member consular response team (CRT) to Port Harcourt on December 11 to observe the crash site, to ascertain the number of Amcits involved, and follow up on Amcit casualties. The Nigerian Red Cross report [...] |
2005-12-11 16:17:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR CASC ASEC AMGT NI PREL |
| 05LAGOS1871 |
COOPERATION ON MARITIME SAFETY AND SECURITY [...] (SBU) Summary. The National Maritime Authority (NMA) met with US Office of Naval Research Global team on December 6 to discuss mutual maritime safety and security cooperation and research. NMA Director General emphasized the need for USG assistance in training cadets, producing accurate coastal [...] |
2005-12-12 07:53:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV ECON EWWT NI |
| 05LAGOS1875 |
NIGERIA LAUNCHES ELECTRICITY REGULATORY COMMISSION [...] (U) Continuing its high profile campaign to reform the power sector, the GON inaugurated the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) on October 31. The 2005 Electric Power Sector Reform Act (EPSRA) mandates NERC promote quality and efficiency in the provision of electricity, and en [...] |
2005-12-12 15:26:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | EPET EINV NI ENERG |
| 05LAGOS1876 |
SOSOLISO AIRPLANE CRASH/ENUGU BUS ACCIDENT [...] (SBU) Consular Response Team (CRT) reported Doctor's Without Borders (DWB) collected Amcit Hawa Kamara's remains and are in contact with Ms. Kamara's parents to arrange for transport of her remains and personal effects to Monrovia, Liberia (Ms. Kamara was a DWB employee). Post has tried to rea [...] |
2005-12-12 18:07:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR CASC ASEC AMGT NI PREL |
| 05LAGOS1877 |
NIGERIA'S OANDO GROUP LISTS ON SA STOCK EXCHANGE [...] (U) Oando Group, an integrated energy firm and Nigeria's leading downstream petroleum marketer, was listed on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE) on November 25, the first Nigerian firm approved to do so. Oando announced 4 percent of its shares would be listed on the JSE; Oando forecasts [...] |
2005-12-13 06:56:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | EPET EINV NI ENERG |
| 05LAGOS1883 |
ENUGU BUS CRASH AMCITS SAFELY MEDEVACED;SOSOLISO [...] This is an action request. Please see para 6. -------------------------------------- Enugu Bus Crash Amcits Safely Medevaced --------------------------------------- 2. (SBU) Last night, Amcit Erin Cothran was medevaced to Accra and AmCit Rebecca Carter was medevaced to Johannesburg. [...] |
2005-12-13 16:20:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR CASC ASEC AMGT NI PREL |
| 05LAGOS1891 |
TIP: TIER 2 ACTION PLAN FOR NIGERIA DELIVERED [...] In response to action request (reftel), Post explained to GON areas of specific concern to Nigeria from the 2005 TIP report, why GON efforts did not meet minimum standards, and how to improve results in the future. On November 18, G/TIP lead for Nigeria, Veronica Zeitlin, and POLOFF Eshel Mur [...] |
2005-12-15 09:46:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | KCRM KWMN PHUM PREL SMIG NI |
| 05LAGOS1892 |
NIGERIA: RECAPITALIZATION OF MORTGAGE FINANCE [...] (U) Summary: Nigeria's ninety-plus primary mortgage institutions (PMIs) may soon be required to recapitalize in line with the ongoing reforms in the financial sector. In anticipation of a directive from the Central Bank (CBN), mortgagors are striving to raise their capital base from the curr [...] |
2005-12-15 10:18:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECIN NI |
| 05LAGOS1893 |
ADDITIONAL 3RD TERM INDICATORS [...] (C) In a November conversation with the Consul General, Ugo Okafor of GoodWorks International LLC (strictly protect) said that indications point to President Obasanjo wanting a third term. GoodWorks is the advisory firm founded by Ambassador Andrew Young, who has a long, convivial relationsh [...] |
2005-12-15 10:43:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV NI |
| 05LAGOS1898 |
BAYELSA DEPUTY SWORN IN AS NEW GOVERNOR [...] (U) Dr. Goodluck Jonathan, Deputy Governor of Bayelsa State under Governor Alamieyeseigha and acting Governor since Alamieyeseigha's impeachment, was sworn in as Bayelsa Governor on December 12. Jonathan will complete the remaining fifteen months of the current term. 2. (U) The new Gover [...] |
2005-12-16 10:21:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV NI |
| 05LAGOS19 |
SHELL, CHEVRON RE-STARTING PRODUCTION IN KULA AREA [...] Shell External Relations Director Don Boham confirmed to us on 5 January that Shell has reached an accord with the community in the Kula area to allow about 114,00 barrels/day of oil production, halted in early December 2004, to re- start. Shell remains in negotiations with the community con [...] |
2005-01-06 15:13:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | EPET EINV CASC MOPS NI |
| 05LAGOS1917 |
NIGERIA ENTERS DEEPWATER ERA AS BONGA GOES ONSTREAM [...] (U) Nigeria entered the era of major league deepwater oil and gas production on November 28, as Shell Nigeria Exploration and Production Company (SNEPCO), announced its Bonga oil field began production. Bonga will initially produce 225,000 barrels per day (bpd) of crude oil, for a total of [...] |
2005-12-20 07:06:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EPET EINV NI ENERG |
| 05LAGOS1919 |
NIGERIAN POLICE GAS PROTESTORS, IGNORE SUPREME [...] (U) On December 16, over two hundred mostly professional women calling themselves the Concerned Mothers of Nigeria gathered at the Sheraton Hotel in Lagos to protest perceived GON negligence in handling the recent Bellview and Sosoliso Airlines airplane crashes. Attempting to force the prot [...] |
2005-12-20 09:59:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PHUM NI |
| 05LAGOS1921 |
OYO IMPEACHMENT SPARKS VIOLENCE IN ASSEMBLY [...] (U) December normally experiences a decline in political activity and caviling in Nigeria. However, this December is an exception and is perhaps a sign of what is to come in 2006. If so, Nigeria may be in for a rough ride at the state as well as the national level. The Oyo State House of [...] |
2005-12-20 13:30:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV NI |
| 05LAGOS1933 |
TWO SHELL FLOWSTATIONS CLOSE AFTER SUSPICIOUS [...] (U) According to several credible sources, an unidentified group of armed men damaged a section of an oil pipeline in the Andoni local government area of Rivers State the evening of December 19. Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC) shut down two flowstations, producing 170,000 barrels [...] |
2005-12-21 14:00:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET EINV CASC PGOV ASEC PTER KHLS EWWT NI |
| 05LAGOS1934 |
DOMESTIC AIRLINES GROUNDED;LOW PUBLIC CONFIDENCE [...] (U) Summary. In a vote of no confidence in the domestic aviation sector, many would-be air travelers seem to be opting for road transportation following recent air mishaps. After the December 19 emergency landing of a Bellview flight in Accra, the GON temporarily suspended Bellview's operating [...] |
2005-12-21 16:06:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | EAIR EINV PREL NI |
| 05LAGOS1941 |
SHELL CLOSES THIRD FLOWSTATION, ANOTHER EXPLOSION [...] (U) After surveying the pipeline fire at their Opobo terminal line in Rivers State, Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC) closed their Bonny terminal supply line in an attempt to quench the fire faster. (Note. Previously, SPDC had shut down two flowstations in hopes that their temporar [...] |
2005-12-22 15:23:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET EINV CASC PGOV ASEC PTER KHLS EWWT ELAB NI |
| 05LAGOS1942 |
SHELL CLOSES THIRD FLOWSTATION, EXPLOSION IN EDO [...] (U) After surveying the pipeline fire at their Opobo terminal line in Rivers State, Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC) closed their Bonny terminal supply line in an attempt to quench the fire faster. (Note. Previously, SPDC had shut down two flowstations in hopes that their temporar [...] |
2005-12-22 15:23:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET EINV CASC PGOV ASEC PTER KHLS EWWT ELAB NI |
| 05LAGOS1943 |
NIGERIA TO ESTABLISH NATIONAL CONTINGENCY [...] (SBU) Summary: National technical committee of experts on the prevention and control of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) concluded deliberations in Abuja December 12-14, 2005 and proposed contingency plans for a pandemic in Nigeria. Federal Ministries of Agriculture and Health techni [...] |
2005-12-22 15:26:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR PGOV NI |
| 05LAGOS1951 |
NIGERIAN PETROLEUM VULNERABILITY ASSESSMENT [...] (S) Given the presence of armed militia and of oil bunkering enterprises, the GON has difficulty maintaining security of the oil producing Nigerian Delta region. Parts of the region are effectively under the control of the militia or bunkering groups than governmental authority. As the Dec [...] |
2005-12-28 12:36:00 | Consulate Lagos | SECRET | EPET PTER KHLS EWWT PINR ETRD NI |
| 05LAGOS1955 |
COORDINATION DIFFICULT FOR NIGERIAN ANTI-TIP [...] (U) Summary. Coordinating efforts to combat trafficking in persons, both among government agencies and NGOs, is one of the stiffest challenges facing the GON. State police commands are hesitant to relinquish primary investigative jurisdiction rights to the National Agency for the Prohibiti [...] |
2005-12-28 14:50:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL KCRM KWMN SMIG NI |
| 05LAGOS1956 |
ANOTHER PIPELINE EXPLOSION, SABOTAGE SUSPECTED BUT [...] (U) As repairs continue on the pipelines ruptured in last week's attack reported ref B, a section of pipeline carrying refined product from the Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) refinery in Warri, Delta State to locations elsewhere in Nigeria suffered multiple explosions on December [...] |
2005-12-29 06:32:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET EINV PGOV ASEC PTER KHLS EWWT PINR NI |
| 05LAGOS1961 |
AQUACULTURE EXPERTS STATE NIGERIAN FISHING [...] (U) Aquaculture experts report Nigeria has consistently underperformed in meeting targeted fish production quotas. They blame the low productivity on lack of available commercial vessels and able seafarers, environmental pollution, poor enforcement of fishing regulations, lack of defined water [...] |
2005-12-30 08:14:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIS ETRD EINV PHSA SENV PGOV PREL CH NI |
| 05LAGOS1965 |
TERRORISM FINANCE: AHMED IDRIS NASREDDIN [...] (SBU) Pol/Econ off and Poloff presented ref D demarche to Ibrahim Lamorde, Director of Operations for Nigeria's Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) Lagos office. Lamorde said the EFCC had been investigating the Nasco group of companies since October, after receiving communication [...] |
2005-12-30 12:09:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KTFN EFIN PTER PREL PM NI |
| 05LAGOS276 |
DOZENS REPORTEDLY KILLED IN BAYELSA STATE, NIGERIA [...] (SBU) Summary: The Nigerian Joint Military Task Force (JTF) along with local militia reportedly "stormed" the village of Odioma in Bayelsa State, February 19, killing dozens. The operation was in response to the February 3 deaths of 12 individuals, including four local councilmen, who were [...] |
2005-02-24 06:00:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL NI |
| 05LAGOS284 |
GERMAN DIPLOMATIC VEHICLE ATTACKED IN LAGOS [...] SUMMARY: On 02/19/2005, armed gunmen in Lagos attacked a German Consulate armored vehicle. The German vehicle sustained damage however the German Consulate driver was able to evade the attackers and return to Victoria Island. No injuries were reported. 2. DETAILS: On 02/23/2005, RSO w [...] |
2005-02-24 12:29:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC |
| 05LAGOS3 |
GREEK NATIONAL KILLED IN PORT HARCOURT [...] (SBU) Francis Lauze, Security Manager for Nigerian firm Globestar Engineering and Construction Company (an affiliate of French firm Stolt Offshore Services), confirmed the killing of a Greek national, Anastassiou Stilianos, in Port Harcourt on January 1, 2005. Daniel Oliseh, President and C [...] |
2005-01-04 16:41:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | EPET CASC ASEC NI |
| 05LAGOS30 |
NIGERIA ECONOMIC TIDBITS, JANUARY 2005 [...] (U) This economic update includes: -- Banking Reform Effort Drives Industry Change -- Power Sector Reform Bill Signed -- Recharge Card Import Ban Target Date Extended -- A Nigerian Success Story: Expanding Cassava Operations --------------------------------------------- Banking Reform Effo [...] |
2005-01-10 12:19:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON NI |
| 05LAGOS346 |
NOMINATION FOR JULY 25-29 OIL AND GAS INDUSTRY [...] (U) Post nominates Economic Specialist - Obilade, Mayowa Olalonpe, as its candidate for the oil and gas industry course scheduled for July 25-29, 2005 in Houston. Ms. Obilade holds a Masters degree in Economics and has been the Consulate General's Economic Specialist for the past 12 months. [...] |
2005-03-06 04:12:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | NFATC ECON |
| 05LAGOS362 |
ALIKO DANGOTE AND WHY YOU SHOULD KNOW ABOUT HIM [...] (C) Summary. Alhaji Aliko Dangote (Dangote) is Nigeria's most well known businessperson and may be its wealthiest citizen. He has taken on the aura of an economic folk hero for some, villain for others. To supporters, he symbolizes that Nigeria can do more than barter and trade. It can suc [...] |
2005-03-07 14:50:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD EINV ECON NI PINR BEXP PGOV |
| 05LAGOS364 |
ALIKO DANGOTE AND WHY YOU SHOULD KNOW ABOUT HIM [...] (C) Summary. Alhaji Aliko Dangote (Dangote) is Nigeria's most well known businessperson and may be its wealthiest citizen. He has taken on the aura of an economic folk hero for some, villain for others. To supporters, he symbolizes that Nigeria can do more than barter and trade. It can suc [...] |
2005-03-07 14:50:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD EINV ECON NI PINR BEXP PGOV |
| 05LAGOS365 |
NIGERIAN GOVERNOR: EXAMPLE OF GOOD GOVERNANCE BUT [...] (C) Summary: Ogun State and its governor Gbenga Daniel have fared relatively well since the 2003 elections, which were manipulated in order to allow President Obasanjo to carry his home state by a wide margin. Daniel, an Obasanjo protege, possibly could have won the elections without any ta [...] |
2005-03-08 06:21:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR NI |
| 05LAGOS366 |
ANAMBRA ELECTIONS: REVERSALS OF FORTUNE [...] (C) Summary. Over the last month, five Anambra State election results from 2003 have been overturned, and the original PDP candidates installed. This tussle is not so much one to recognize the real electoral victor but one to see which PDP faction controls the state. For most of these elect [...] |
2005-03-08 06:21:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM KJUS PGOV PINS PREL |
| 05LAGOS4 |
GREEK NATIONAL KILLED IN PORT HARCOURT [...] (SBU) Francis Lauze, Security Manager for Nigerian firm Globestar Engineering and Construction Company, (an affiliate of French firm Stolt Offshore Services), confirmed the killing of a Greek national, Anastassiou Stilianos, in Port Harcourt on January 1, 2005. Daniel Oliseh, President and [...] |
2005-01-05 06:11:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EPET CASC ASEC NI |
| 05LAGOS413 |
ANOTHER NEAR CRASH OF CHANCHANGI AIRLINER [...] (U) On March 12, Chanchangi Airlines (Nigeria) experienced its second crash landing in the last three months (reftel). Chanchangi officials blamed high winds and a rain-flooded runway for veering the B727- 200 some thirty meters off the Abuja airport runway. The Saturday flight from Katsina t [...] |
2005-03-15 13:43:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ATRN NI |
| 05LAGOS416 |
MTS FIRST WIRELESS ROLLOUT SET BACK TWO MONTHS BY [...] (SBU) As MTS First Wireless (MTS) tries to recoup from a very open and public feud between rival factions in the Board of Directors (reftel), its Senior Vice President, AMCIT Charles Kimbrough, estimated the company's rollout has been delayed at least two months. Kimbrough recently returned to [...] |
2005-03-16 09:27:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON NI |
| 05LAGOS419 |
RECENT TIP CASES SHOW NIGERIA'S PROGRESS AND [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In late February, state government officials in Lagos closed an "orphanage" run by a supposed church minister that was fronting for child trafficking and other illicit practices. On March 5, police in Lagos intercepted a truck carrying more than 60 children from Niger State. T [...] |
2005-03-16 12:32:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL KCRM KWMN NI |
| 05LAGOS422 |
GOVERNMENT REQUESTS ASSISTANCE WITH 2005 PETROLEUM [...] (U) This is an action request for the Department of Energy and the U.S. Trade and Development Agency: Please see paragraphs five and six. 2. (SBU) In a series of meetings on March 9 and 10 with a visiting Department of Energy official, Presidential Advisor for Petroleum and Energy Reso [...] |
2005-03-16 17:01:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EPET EINV NI ENERG |
| 05LAGOS433 |
CHEVRON LOOKS TO ETHNIC COUNCIL MODEL FOR DELTA [...] (C) Chevron Texaco is moving away from the 'host community' paradigm for implementing its community relations and development programs in the Delta region, and instead is embracing state-level 'ethnic councils.' These councils would disburse Chevron community development funds, and be respo [...] |
2005-03-18 06:16:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET EINV CASC PGOV ASEC MOPS NI |
| 05LAGOS434 |
LNG UPDATE ON NIGERIA: CHEVRON, EXXON, ANNOUNCE [...] (SBU) This cable provides an overview of two new proposals for liquefied natural gas (LNG) projects in Nigeria, as well as a status report on the expansion of an existing plant. In January Chevron Texaco (Chevron) announced a feasibility study on a potential 10 million metric ton liquefied [...] |
2005-03-18 06:17:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET EINV CASC PGOV ASEC MOPS NI |
| 05LAGOS435 |
OBASANJO'S NEMESIS: LAGOS STATE GOVERNOR TINUBU [...] (SBU) Summary. On February 23, the Ambassador met Lagos State Governor Bola Tinubu who said that the federal government's withholding of approximately USD 135 million of accrued local government allocations for Lagos still has disproportionately affected children, health care delivery, transp [...] |
2005-03-18 07:36:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM KJUS NI PGOV PINS PREL |
| 05LAGOS46 |
NIGERIA ECONOMIC UPDATE, JANUARY 2005 [...] (U) This economic update includes: -- Banking Reform Effort Drives Industry Change -- Power Sector Reform Bill -- Recharge Card Import Ban Target Date Extended -- A Nigerian Success Story: Expanding Cassava Operations --------------------------------------------- Banking Reform Effort Driv [...] |
2005-01-12 07:34:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON NI |
| 05LAGOS472 |
EXPELLED GOVERNOR BOASTS: I AM THE BEAUTIFUL [...] (C) Summary. Anambra State Governor Chris Ngige met with us days after being expelled from the ruling People's Democratic Party (PDP). Ngige predicted that a growing army of supporters as well as some disgruntled politicians would move with him to the party of his choice, thus wresting Anambr [...] |
2005-03-29 06:09:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM KJUS NI PGOV PINS PREL |
| 05LAGOS474 |
MEGA CORPORATION COULD HELP AND HURT NIGERIA AT [...] (C) Summary. On March 1, a cadre of Nigeria ,s business elite presented plans to the Government of Nigeria (GON) to establish the Transnational Corporation of Nigeria (TCN). Deemed a mega- corporation, TCN's initial capital would consist of naira 4.2 billion (USD 31.5 million) including naira [...] |
2005-03-29 08:58:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EINV EFIN PGOV NI |
| 05LAGOS476 |
SHANTY TOWN DEMOLISHED IN PORT HARCOURT; THOUSANDS [...] (C) Summary: In early March, the Rivers State government demolished the bulk of the "Agip waterside" shanty-town in Port Harcourt. Hundreds of dwellings have been leveled and thousands of people displaced. Former residents say the government neither paid compensation nor offered alternative [...] |
2005-03-29 10:05:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | NI PGOV PHUM PREL |
| 05LAGOS477 |
NIGERIAN MILITARY OPERATION RESULTS IN CIVILIAN [...] (C) Summary: Bayelsa state representatives acknowledged that innocent civilians were probably killed by Nigerian soldiers on February 19 when the military raided the community of Odioma in search of the killers of twelve civilians two weeks before. Bayelsa state representatives characterized [...] |
2005-03-29 10:59:00 | Consulate Lagos | SECRET | EPET KJUS NI PGOV PHUM PREL |
| 05LAGOS478 |
LAGOS PILOTS NEW WASTE MGT SCHEME WITH SOME [...] Summary: The Lagos State Ministry of Environment has begun a new waste management program in 24 of 57 local government areas. Under the program, 17 waste management companies provide trash collection services. A separate company handles customer billing, and the ministry provides oversight a [...] |
2005-03-29 11:05:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV ECON NI AID |
| 05LAGOS494 |
NIGERIA:AMCITS HELD ON VESSELS AS STRIKE MOVES [...] (C) Tidex, an American maritime firm, is involved in a labor dispute with two oil unions. Union members have taken control of twenty-two vessels in Rivers, Delta, and Bayelsa states. Seventeen American citizens and approximately 45-50 expatriates in total are affected by the labor action. [...] |
2005-03-31 17:45:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET EINV CASC PGOV ASEC MOPS NI |
| 05LAGOS502 |
TIDEX STRIKE CONTINUES; MISSION RAMPS UP EFFORTS [...] (C) Striking Tidex employees continue to prevent Tidex vessels and non-Nigerian crew members (approximately 45-50 expatriates), including thirteen AMCITs, from leaving the ports of Onne, Escravos and Brass. Tidex now states thirteen, not seventeen AMCITs, are aboard the detained vessels. T [...] |
2005-04-01 21:28:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET EINV CASC PGOV ASEC MOPS NI |
| 05LAGOS503 |
TIDEX STRIKE CONTINUES; TENSIONS INCREASE, BUT [...] (C) Striking Tidex employees continue to prevent Tidex vessels and non-Nigerian crew members, including thirteen AMCITs, from leaving the ports of Onne, Escravos and Brass. The attempt by a Cameroonian-crewed ship to depart Onne on 1 April appears to have increased tensions. Strikers made t [...] |
2005-04-02 16:47:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET EINV CASC PGOV ASEC MOPS NI |
| 05LAGOS507 |
NIGERIA: PICK ME FOR PRESIDENT, OK HOW ABOUT VICE [...] (C) Summary: Governors Odili and Alamieyeseigha representing Rivers and Bayelsa states respectively, harbor unrealistic presidential aspirations, but are contenders for the Vice Presidential slot. Though President Obasanjo has cooled somewhat towards Odili following the governor's failure to [...] |
2005-04-04 11:09:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL NI |
| 05LAGOS509 |
TIDEX STRIKE CONTINUES - THREE AMCITS RETURN TO [...] (C) Striking employees continue to prevent Tidex vessels and non-Nigerian crew members from leaving the ports of Onne, Escravos and Brass. However, the crews of two of the four vessels in Escravos returned to work. Three AMCITs were included in the two crews; ten AMCITs are still detained. [...] |
2005-04-04 18:55:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET EINV CASC PGOV ASEC MOPS NI |
| 05LAGOS521 |
TIDEX MANAGEMENT IN ABUJA TO WORK ON RESOLVING [...] (C) Striking employees continue to hold Tidex vessels and non-Nigerian crew members at Onne, Escravos and Brass ports. Ten Americans are detained in Onne. Management from Tidex and U.S. parent company Tidewater are meeting in Abuja with GON officials. Tidex management reports no substantiv [...] |
2005-04-06 16:48:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET EINV CASC PGOV ASEC MOPS NI |
| 05LAGOS531 |
AMCITS RELEASED IN TIDEX STRIKE; STRIKE CONTINUES, [...] (C) Tidex reported all expatriates, including ten AMCITs, have safely left the vessels in Onne and Escravos ports. GON intervention with national union leadership seems have played a role convincing the strikers to allow the expatriates off the vessels. The strikers still control approximat [...] |
2005-04-07 18:16:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET EINV CASC PGOV ASEC MOPS NI |
| 05LAGOS536 |
NIGERIAN BANKS IN DISTRESS? [...] (C) Summary. With nine months remaining to meet the December 2005 naira 25 billion (USD 192 million) recapitalization deadline, banking sector noise has amplified. While the banks publicly talk positive about the future, we have heard rumors of liquidity problems at some banks. We believe t [...] |
2005-04-08 13:03:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON ETTC KTFN PTER NI |
| 05LAGOS537 |
NIGERIA ECONOMIC UPDATE, MARCH 2005 [...] (SBU) Summary: The GON's privatization program may accelerate as a result of the power sector reform bill signed into law March 11, and the new Maersk operating concession of the Apapa (Lagos) port container terminal. The GON has also contracted the Italian firm, Grimaldi Group, to build a USD [...] |
2005-04-08 13:19:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG ECON ECPS EWWT EINV PINR NI |
| 05LAGOS542 |
IMF HEARS OUT NIGERIAN PRIVATE SECTOR [...] (U) Summary. During the IMF Mission Team's Article IV consultations in Nigeria (ref A), U.S. private sector firm representatives told the IMF team the operating environment in Nigeria remains challenging. Port delays and improprieties, arbitrary political decisions, and currency payment issues [...] |
2005-04-11 09:58:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB PGOV |
| 05LAGOS545 |
LAGOS EAC MEETING ON ON CURRENT THREAT ASSESSMENT [...] (S/NF) Lagos core EAC members convened today to review Post's security posture in light of the current threat information outlined in REFTELs. In attendance were the CG, RSO, RMAS, MGT, CON, DEA, POL/ECON, PAO, DAO, FCS and FBI. 2. (S/NF) RMAS summarized recent reporting outlined in RE [...] |
2005-04-12 10:15:00 | Consulate Lagos | SECRET//NOFORN | ASEC CASC NI PTER |
| 05LAGOS551 |
OIL UNION STRIKE SUSPENDED; TIDEX NEGOTIATIONS [...] On April 9, leaders of the National Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG) and the Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN) suspended a three-day warning strike which had been scheduled to begin April 11. The unions called off the strike, saying [...] |
2005-04-12 14:05:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB EPET KDEM NI PGOV |
| 05LAGOS563 |
SHELL SAYS NIGERIA NEEDS OVERHAUL [...] (C) Summary: Shell Petroleum Development Corporation (SPDC) Managing Director (MD) Basil Oyimi told Ambassador he is concerned with President Obasanjo's "over-personalization" of reform. The lack of institutional underpinnings means Nigeria will be "back to square one" in 2007. Oyimi argued [...] |
2005-04-14 08:57:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL |