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| Identifier | Subject | Date | Office | Classification | Tags |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 08ABUJA1068 |
NIGERIA: DEMARCHE ON FAO/WHO CODEX ALIMENTARIUS COMMISSION [...] Embassy has delivered reftel points regarding U.S. candidate for Chairperson of the Codex Alimentarius Commission to the Ministries of Foreign Affairs, Agriculture, Health, and Commerce and Industry. GON has not yet made a decision on U.S. or other candidates. Post will report any additional i [...] |
2008-06-10 09:29:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ECON ETRD TBIO KPAO NI |
| 08ABUJA107 |
NIGERIA: 2008 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT [...] The following information is Nigeria's 2008 Investment Climate Statement. Overview -------- With an estimated population of 140 million, Nigeria is Africa's most populous nation. It offers investors a low-cost labor pool, abundant natural resources, and potentially the largest domestic [...] |
2008-01-17 06:39:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV ETRD EFIN OPIC KTDB USTR NI |
| 08ABUJA1079 |
NIGERIA: NEW EFCC CHAIR AFFIRMS COMMITMENT TO [...] (C) SUMMARY. Ambassador Sanders paid a courtesy call on newly confirmed (June 5) Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) Chairwoman Farida Waziri on June 10, where she underscored the importance the U.S. places on the EFCC maintaining its vigor and fight against corruption, noting tha [...] |
2008-06-11 13:43:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV EFIN KCOR NI |
| 08ABUJA1081 |
NIGERIA: TRIAL UPDATE - BAUCHI CROSS-DRESSERS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On May 22, Poloffs attended a meeting of gay, lesbian, and transgender rights organizations regarding the case of 18 young men from Bauchi State arrested in August 2007 for allegedly displaying homosexual behavior. Defense attorney Ralph Monye elaborated on the case to date, as [...] |
2008-06-11 15:16:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PGOV KDEM NI |
| 08ABUJA1082 |
NIGERIA: USTDA VISIT ELICITS GON ASSISTANCE REQUESTS [...] (U) Summary: During May 5-12 meetings with U.S Trade and Development Agency (USTDA), Nigerian government (GON) officials expressed interest in USTDA providing technical assistance centered on sustainable capacity building, technical training, international standards development, guidance on ess [...] |
2008-06-11 15:16:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON EINV ENRG EAGR EAID ELTN NI |
| 08ABUJA1083 |
NIGERIA: GAMBARI TO LEAD NEW NIGER DELTA COMMITTEE? [...] (C) Poloff met May 19 with Dr. Sam Amadi, a Special Assistant to Foreign Minister Ojo Maduekwe. Amadi said that Vice President Goodluck Jonathan's office is planning a "Consultative Steering Committee" (CSC) on the Niger Delta, which would be led by Professor Ibrahim Gambari, a Nigerian diplo [...] |
2008-06-11 15:59:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV NI |
| 08ABUJA1095 |
NIGERIA: BI-WEEKLY POL/ECON UPDATES FOR MAY 16-31, [...] (U) Following is a joint Embassy Abuja ConGen Lagos compilation of May 16-31, 2008 political/economic highlights, which did not feature in our other reporting, covering: --Elections --National Assembly --Military Matters --Environment --Energy --Aviation --Debt --Fiscal Responsibility -- [...] |
2008-06-12 11:46:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM ECON EPET ETRD KCOR MOPS NI |
| 08ABUJA1107 |
NIGERIA DISAPPOINTED ABOUT USG WITHDRAWAL FROM UN [...] (C) On June 11, PolCouns delivered reftel demarche to Ambassador M.K. Ibrahim, Director of the Second United Nations Division in the International Organizations Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Ambassador Ibrahim has been one of Nigeria's representatives to the United Nations Hu [...] |
2008-06-13 12:22:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM NI |
| 08ABUJA111 |
NIGERIA: IOM CANDIDATE DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] PolOff delivered reftel demarche to Mr. Charles Onianwa, Director of the Northern and Central American Division at Nigeria's Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Mr. Onianwa was unaware of any confusion over the two candidates for Director General (DG) of the International Organization for Migration [...] |
2008-01-17 13:06:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF PREL SMIG NI |
| 08ABUJA112 |
NIGERIAN & ECOWAS EFFORTS TO COMBAT WEST AFRICAN [...] (SBU) In response to reftel, Post provides the following information concerning Nigerian and ECOWAS efforts to combat drug trafficking. This cable has been cleared by DEA/Lagos and Legatt/Lagos. ------- NIGERIA ------- 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Nigeria remains a hub of narcotics trafficking a [...] |
2008-01-17 13:28:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KCRM SNAR EAID SOCI NI |
| 08ABUJA1121 |
NIGERIA-INCREASING ASSISTANCE ON NUCLEAR SECURITY [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: A Department of Energy (DOE) team from the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA), Office of Global Threat Reduction (GTR) visited Nigeria April 19-25 to assess the security and storage of radiological and nuclear materials in Nigeria. The Nigerian Nuclear Regulatory [...] |
2008-06-13 12:30:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | AORC ENRG IAEA SENV TBIO TRGY NI |
| 08ABUJA1147 |
NIGERIA: AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH SECURITY AND EXCHANGE [...] (SBU) Summary: The Ambassador met with the Nigerian Security and Exchange Commission (SEC) Chairman Mallam Musa Al-Faki on June 4 to discuss efforts the SEC is doing on transparency in capital markets with stock brokerage houses, banks, and in the area of money laundering. Chairman Al-Faki sta [...] |
2008-06-16 12:41:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON ETRD PGOV KCRIM EAID NI |
| 08ABUJA1150 |
IRAN DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] PolOff delivered reftel demarche and nonpaper on the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) report on Iran and the U.S. response to Maria Laose, Deputy Director of the First United Nations Division at the Nigerian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) on June 2. Ms. Laose oversees IAEA and nuc [...] |
2008-06-16 14:59:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP MNUC PARM IR IAEA PREL NI |
| 08ABUJA1151 |
NIGERIA: MOVES TO CREATE NEW OPPOSITION PARTY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Poloff met May 17, 28 and 29 with politicos who claim that members of various opposition parties and disaffected members of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) are planning to join forces and attempt to create a new opposition party to confront the PDP. Though the allegedly [...] |
2008-06-16 15:18:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM NI |
| 08ABUJA1163 |
INL BODY SCANNERS HANDED OVER TO THE NIGERIA NATIONAL DRUG [...] No summary [...] |
2008-06-17 15:00:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR KCRM ASEC EAID NI |
| 08ABUJA1180 |
NIGERIA: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON JUNE 19 ROUNDTABLE [...] (C) On June 18, 2008, Post delivered reftel demarche to Charles A. Ononye, Director of the First United Nations Division of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Ononye assured Poloffs that he would contact Nigeria's United Nations representative and ask him to attend the Roundtable. Ononye also [...] |
2008-06-18 14:50:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV AU SADC MO ZI NI |
| 08ABUJA1184 |
NIGERIA: AMCIT ABDUCTED FROM TIDEWATER SHIP, BONGA [...] (C) Summary: Over night June 18 ) June 19, two attacks happened in the southern area of Nigeria, at the Bonga Oil platform off the shore of Lagos and in the Niger Delta area near Escravos, where one Amcit is confirmed to have been taken hostage. Both Embassy Abuja and Consulate Lagos are eng [...] |
2008-06-19 14:23:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | CASC EPET ASEC PREL NI |
| 08ABUJA1185 |
ILEA GABORONE Law Enforcement Executive Development Course, [...] The following 14 Nigerian personnel from the Nigeria Customs Service, National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, Nigeria Police Force and the State Security Services are nominated for attendance at the above referenced ILEA Training. Name OTAESIRI, Robinson Akporhuarho DOB April 3, [...] |
2008-06-20 06:42:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR KCRM ASEC EAID NI |
| 08ABUJA119 |
NIGERIA: ANOTHER MEETING ON ELECTION REFORM [...] (C) Summary: Nigerian President Umaru Musa Yar'Adua held a "consultative meeting on the electoral process" at the Presidential Villa in Abuja January 16. Participants included state governors, legislators, political parties, representatives of the Independent National Electoral Commission ( [...] |
2008-01-18 09:28:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM NI |
| 08ABUJA1191 |
NIGERIA: REPORTED DISBURSEMENT OF USD 10 BILLION FROM [...] (U) Summary. The National Economic Council (NEC), comprising both federal and state authorities, reportedly approved taking approximately $10 billion from the Excess Crude Account for disbursement to power projects and state and local governments. The operation of the Excess Crude Account (EC [...] |
2008-06-20 13:47:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ENRG EFIN PGOV NI |
| 08ABUJA1201 |
NIGERIA: BAKASSI WITHDRAWAL AND REFUGEE ISSUES [...] (C) Summary: On June 18, 2008, Polcouns and Poloff met with Tony Eze, Director of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) East and Central Africa Division, to discuss the MFA's views of the August 14 completion of Nigeria's withdrawal from the Bakassi peninsula. Eze affirmed the GON's overall c [...] |
2008-06-23 15:16:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PBTS PREF SMIG KDEM CM NI |
| 08ABUJA1226 |
NIGER DELTA SUMMIT: A VIEW FROM THE [...] (S) Summary: On June 18, 2008, Poloff met with Rajakumari Jandhyala (strictly protect throughout), a United Nations employee on loan to Vice-President Goodluck Jonathan's office to aid in the development of a strategy to end unrest in the Niger Delta. While describing the GON's Niger Delta in [...] |
2008-06-24 14:36:00 | Embassy Abuja | SECRET | PGOV NI |
| 08ABUJA1227 |
NIGERIA: SCENESETTER FOR CODEL BERMAN (JUNE 2008) [...] (SBU) U.S. Mission Nigeria warmly welcomes Congressman Howard Berman and his Congressional delegation to Abuja. Your visit comes just after President Umaru Musa Yar'Adua has completed his first year in office. Though the President came to power through deeply flawed elections in April 2007, h [...] |
2008-06-24 15:06:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON EAID EPET NI |
| 08ABUJA1236 |
NIGERIA: DELEGATION INFORMATION FOR 11TH AU SUMMIT [...] No summary [...] |
2008-06-25 11:49:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | KSUM OVIP PGOV XA NI |
| 08ABUJA1245 |
NIGERIA: BI-WEEKLY POL/ECON UPDATES FOR JUNE 1-15, [...] (U) Following is a joint Embassy Abuja ConGen Lagos compilation of June 1-15, 2008 political/economic highlights, which did not feature in our other reporting, covering: -- National Assembly -- The Presidency -- Niger Delta -- Oil and Gas -- General Economic News -- Other Important Issues [...] |
2008-06-26 09:20:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM ECON EPET ETRD KCOR MOPS NI |
| 08ABUJA1248 |
NIGERIA: UN ENVOY GAMBARI'S CONCERNS ON NIGER [...] (C) Summary: In a June 24 late evening meeting with United Nations Special Envoy, Professor Ibrahim Gambari (strictly protect), he told Ambassador that things are "really falling apart" on the Niger Delta Summit, and that it would be impossible to hold meetings in July 2008, or even by year's [...] |
2008-06-27 06:25:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL NI |
| 08ABUJA1250 |
NIGERIA: GON CALLS FOR DELAY OF ZIMBABWE POLL [...] After resolutions by both the Senate and the House of Representatives urging the Nigerian government to intervene in the Zimbabwe crisis, the GON publicly called for the postponement of Zimbabwe's presidential run-off. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs issued a statement late on June 26 which s [...] |
2008-06-27 12:03:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL NI ZI |
| 08ABUJA1261 |
NIGERIA: SUSTAINABLE PALM OIL PRODUCTION [...] In response to reftel questions, the palm oil plant is indigenous to Nigeria, and palm oil is widely used domestically for cooking. Local demand for palm oil is high, and local production supplies can't meet demand. A report by the Agro-Raw Material Survey indicates that Nigeria produces 785 [...] |
2008-06-30 10:26:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ENRG ECON SENV NI |
| 08ABUJA1264 |
ECOWAS: 34TH SESSION OF THE HEADS OF STATE AND [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On June 23, 2008, ECOWAS held its Thirty-Fourth Ordinary Session of Authority of Heads of State and Government in Abuja, Nigeria. Nine heads of state and six minister-level delegates attended the session, which was opened with speeches by Nigerian President Umaru Musa Yar'Adua, [...] |
2008-06-30 13:40:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL AORC SNAR ECON NI |
| 08ABUJA127 |
FINANCE MINISTER, BANK GOVERNOR: NIGERIA MOVING [...] (SBU) Participants at an Economist Magazine roundtable in Abuja kept up a drumbeat of concern that the Yar'Adua Government is not moving quickly enough to deepen reforms and respond to economic needs, including infrastructure. Finance Minister Usman made a strong case that the GON is preparing [...] |
2008-01-22 12:54:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON ETRD EINV PGOV NI |
| 08ABUJA1270 |
NIGERIA: AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH SHELL AND EXXON [...] (S//NF) SUMMARY: Ambassador met with Shell Executive Vice President Anne Pickard June 25. Pickard described in detail the June 19 militant attack on the Bonga platform (see reftel), and claimed there was likely internal collusion in the attack; that members of the National Assembly accused Sh [...] |
2008-07-01 08:38:00 | Embassy Abuja | SECRET//NOFORN | EPET PGOV ENRG MOPS ASEC NI |
| 08ABUJA1275 |
NIGERIA: IMPASSE ON TEMPORARY IMPORT LICENSES [...] (C) Summary: Following the removal of the previous Comptroller General of the Nigerian Customs Service (NCS) and sustained advocacy with NCS by the Mission, it appears that U.S. companies operating in Nigeria providing oil services to the major oil production companies have received approvals [...] |
2008-07-03 07:59:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ENRG EPET PREL EAID ETRD NI |
| 08ABUJA1287 |
NIGERIA: CODEL BERMAN VISITS HOUSE OF [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On June 28, a CODEL, led by House Foreign Affairs Committee (HFAC) Chairman Howard Berman and the Ambassador visited the Nigerian National Assembly to meet with members of the Nigerian House of Representatives. Discussions included the progress and challenges of electoral reform [...] |
2008-07-03 10:38:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KCOR KDEM OREP NI |
| 08ABUJA1289 |
NIGERIA: NIGERIA SEEKS A SECOND PSI WITH IMF [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On June 11, the IMF briefed Development Partners on a mid-May visit to Nigeria regarding discussions for a second Policy Support Instrument (PSI) between Nigeria and the IMF. The IMF mission commented that Nigeria's economic performance remained strong; output had grown, inflat [...] |
2008-07-03 14:13:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON EINV PGOV NI |
| 08ABUJA1292 |
ISRAELI MILITARY ASSISTANCE TO NIGERIA [...] (C) SUMMARY: On July 1, 2008, Poloff and Air Attache visited Israeli Ambassador to Nigeria Moshe Ram to discuss Israeli military assistance to Nigeria. Ram said there was no bilateral agreement between the two nations, but private Israeli security companies were indeed involved in Nigeria, an [...] |
2008-07-03 14:58:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS MCAP MARR MASS PGOV PINR PINS IS NI |
| 08ABUJA1294 |
NIGERIA: CODEL BERMAN MEETING WITH VICE PRESIDENT [...] (SBU) Summary: Codel Berman discussed bilateral relations, Zimbabwe, regional peacekeeping, the situation in the Niger Delta, and prospects for economic growth with Vice President Goodluck Jonathan. The Vice President lauded bilateral relations and called for increased investment in Nigeria [...] |
2008-07-03 15:53:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EPET EINV ENRG EAGR OREP NI |
| 08ABUJA1306 |
NIGERIA: TRADE POLICY REFORM PROMISES BUT LITTLE ACTION [...] (SBU) Summary. The Government of Nigeria's (GON) trade policy has seen few reforms lately, with banned products, high tariffs and incomplete implementation of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Common External Tariff (CET). The use of a combination of tariff and non-tariff [...] |
2008-07-09 06:57:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECIN ECON PGOV PREL NI |
| 08ABUJA1311 |
NIGERIA: NEW POWER SECTOR STRATEGIC PLAN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Upon taking office, President Yar'Adua made the power sector the first priority in his seven-point agenda. One year after the President's inauguration, Nigeria experiences regular power outages and load shedding due to a host of reasons. The major problems are inadequate mainte [...] |
2008-07-09 10:34:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG ECON EPET PGOV EAID NI |
| 08ABUJA1312 |
NIGERIA: IS GAMBARI ON HIS WAY OUT? [...] (SBU) Press reports from July 7 editions of several major Nigerian newspapers claim that UN envoy Ibrahim Gambari will be asked to step down from his position as chairman of the Niger Delta Summit Steering Committee (reftels). With headlines saying that "Yar'Adua Drops Gambari" (Daily Trust) [...] |
2008-07-09 13:43:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV NI |
| 08ABUJA1313 |
NIGERIAN AND ECOWAS DELEGATIONS TO AGOA FORUM [...] The Nigerian Ministry of Commerce and Industry has notified Embassy that its delegation to the AGOA Forum in Washington will be led by Minister of State for Commerce and Industry (MCI) - Ahmed Garba Bichi. The total delegation is composed of 28 members from government, the private sector and c [...] |
2008-07-09 15:37:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECIN ECON EAID EINV WTRO PREL NI |
| 08ABUJA1314 |
AMBASSADOR AND COMMERCE MINISTER DISCUSS TRADE AND [...] (SBU) Summary: Ambassador and Commerce Minister Ugwuh discussed Nigeria's tariff barriers and bilateral trade and investment issues, the upcoming AGOA Forum, GON efforts to expand value-added manufacturing and increase non-oil exports, The bilateral investment treaty (BIT), prospects for an i [...] |
2008-07-09 15:41:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD PREL EINV ECON PGOV KIPR EPET NI |
| 08ABUJA1315 |
NIGERIAN ELECTORAL REFORM COMMITTEE COMPLETES [...] (C) SUMMARY: Nigeria's Electoral Reform Committee (ERC) completed its public hearings on June 27, 2008. The ERC visited 14 major cities in all six of Nigeria's geo-political zones to receive recommendations from the general public, governments, political parties, electoral commissions, securi [...] |
2008-07-10 07:52:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM NI |
| 08ABUJA1330 |
ZIMBABWE: DEMARCHE TO NIGERIA REGARDING UNSC [...] (C) Following receipt of ref e-mail, Polcouns spoke with Ambassador Daniel Hart, Senior Special Advisor to Foreign Minister Maduekwe, and briefed him on the issue and our desire to enlist Nigerian co-sponsorship of the draft UNSC resolution on Zimbabwe. He told Hart that Ambassador Sanders wa [...] |
2008-07-11 12:54:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC NI ZI |
| 08ABUJA1331 |
NIGERIA: EFCC CHAIR WAZIRI'S FIRST MONTH, SOME [...] (C) SUMMARY. One month after Farida Waziri's June 5 Senate confirmation as new Chairwoman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) the jury is still very much out on Waziri's true intentions and any fallout her leadership choices will have on the EFCC as an institution; we belie [...] |
2008-07-11 13:17:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KCOR KCRM NI |
| 08ABUJA1332 |
ZIMBABWE: AMBASSADOR AND NIGERIAN FORNMIN ON UNSC [...] (C) Ambassador met with Nigerian Foreign Minister Ojo Maduekwe on July 11 to discuss and demarche on co-sponsoring a draft UN Security Council Chapter VII sanctions resolution on Zimbabwe introduced in the Council on July 3 (Poloff notetaker). Ambassador expressed appreciation for Nigeria's s [...] |
2008-07-11 14:11:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC NI ZI |
| 08ABUJA1337 |
NIGERIA: UNHCR AND ICRC ON BAKASSI WITHDRAWAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: Per reftel A, Post contacted United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) representatives in Abuja to discuss the plight of internally displaced persons (IDPs) from the Bakassi Peninsula and to ask about contingency plans [...] |
2008-07-15 08:01:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PBTS PREF SMIG KDEM ICRC UNHCR CM NI |
| 08ABUJA1338 |
NIGERIA: ARMY CLAIMS SOMALIA-BOUND BATTALION [...] (C) SUMMARY: The GON has publicly stated that their long-promised AMISOM peacekeeping battalion is ready for deployment. In a June 25, 2008 report by Reuters, Nigerian Army spokesman Brigadier General Emeka Onwuamaegbu not only said that an 800-strong battalion was ready to deploy, but that N [...] |
2008-07-15 08:03:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | KPKO PGOV MOPS MASS MARR SO NI |
| 08ABUJA1339 |
ILEA GABORONE Law Enforcement Executive Development Course, [...] No summary [...] |
2008-07-15 08:08:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR KCRM ASEC EAID NI |
| 08ABUJA1346 |
NIGERIAN SENATE PRESIDENT WINS APPEAL, NAMED [...] (U) July 15th, the Appeals Court in Jos announced that Nigerian Senate President David Mark had won his bid to overturn the decision of the Makurdi election tribunal, which had nullified his election and ordered a rerun in two districts. The Appeals Court determined that the lower tribunal had [...] |
2008-07-15 16:22:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV NI |
| 08ABUJA1347 |
NIGERIA: AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH YAR'ADUA ON [...] No summary [...] |
2008-07-16 07:53:00 | Embassy Abuja | SECRET | PGOV PREL ECON EFIN EINV MASS MARR NI |
| 08ABUJA1348 |
NIGERIA: BUHARI AIDE ON TRIBUNAL, ELECTORAL [...] (C) Summary. Abubakar Buba Galadima (strictly protect), Organizing Secretary for All Nigeria Peoples Party (ANPP) Presidential candidate Buhari, told PolCouns, PolOff, and PolFSN on July 9 that he believed the Nigerian Supreme Court will uphold the 2007 election of President Yar'Adua when it [...] |
2008-07-16 11:18:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV NI |
| 08ABUJA1349 |
NIGERIA: FOUR-DAY FUEL TANKER DRIVER STRIKE ENDS [...] (SBU) The Nigerian Petroleum Tanker Drivers (PTD), in association with the National Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG), ended a four-day strike on July 14. NUPENG President Peter Akpatason confirmed to Poloff press reports that the tanker drivers were striking over diesel and [...] |
2008-07-16 12:38:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ELAB EPET ECON EFIN ELTN ENRG NI |
| 08ABUJA1353 |
ILEA GABORONE Precursor Chemical PRECURSOR CHEMICAL [...] No summary [...] |
2008-07-16 13:34:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR KCRM ASEC EAID NI |
| 08ABUJA1356 |
NIGERIA: FONMIN ON NIGER DELTA, EFCC [...] (C) SUMMARY. Ambassador met with Nigerian Foreign Minister Ojo Maduekwe on July 11 to demarche on Zimbabwe (Refs A and B). She also took the occasion to execute requested demarche on the Niger Delta, and address U.S. concerns over recent redeployments at the Economic and Financial Crimes Com [...] |
2008-07-16 14:23:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PM KCOR NI |
| 08ABUJA1364 |
NIGERIA: GON IPR OFFICIALS ENTHUSIASTIC FOLLOWING USG [...] (U) Summary. The United States Patents and Trademarks Office (USPTO) and the U.S Department of Commerce Commercial Law Development Program (CLDP) with sponsorship from the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) held two concurrent workshops from June 24 to 26 for GON intell [...] |
2008-07-17 08:12:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KIPR ETRD ECON NI |
| 08ABUJA1394 |
NIGERIA: DEMARCHE DELIVERED: US SUPPORT FOR [...] (SBU) PolOff delivered reftel demarche and non-paper on July 23 to Maria Laose, Director of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs' First United Nations Division, which handles IAEA matters. Laose indicted that Nigeria will likely support the IAEA-India Safeguards Agreement. She told Poloff she was [...] |
2008-07-23 16:13:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL ETTC PGOV NI |
| 08ABUJA1398 |
NIGERIA: KEY POINTS FROM GENERAL WARD'S VISIT - [...] (C) The Ambassador and visiting Africa Commander General Ward had a private meeting on July 23 with Nigerian Foreign Minister Ojo Maduekwe (FonMin) at his home on the margins of the 2008 AFRICA Endeavor exercise. The FonMin had returned late on the evening of July 22 from a recently convened [...] |
2008-07-24 12:33:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON EFIN EINV MASS MARR NI |
| 08ABUJA141 |
NIGERIAN ATTENDENCE AT AU SUMMITT [...] No summary [...] |
2008-01-23 15:15:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KSUM NI |
| 08ABUJA142 |
PRESIDENT YAR,ADUA ON: RIBADU MISSTEP, PFIZER, [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador had a January 3, 2008 audience with Nigerian President Umaru Musa Yar'Adua to discuss a range of issues, mostly notably the current political environment and outcry surrounding the December 27, 2007, announcement by the GON to transfer to a study tour Nigeria's Econ [...] |
2008-01-23 15:40:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON EFIN EINV NI |
| 08ABUJA1433 |
DELIVERY OF IRANIAN ENTITIES LIST DESIGNATED UNDER [...] (SBU) PolOff delivered reftel demarche and nonpaper on the designation of additional Iranian entities and individuals under E.O. 13382 to Charles Ononye, Director of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs' First United Nations Division. Mr. Ononye said that he would pass the information on to the In [...] |
2008-07-25 13:19:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | KNNP EFIN PARM IR NI |
| 08ABUJA1434 |
DEMARCHE TO NIGERIA RE ZIMBABWE TALKS [...] No summary [...] |
2008-07-25 13:49:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SADC ZI NI |
| 08ABUJA1435 |
NIGERIA: REINFORCING THE MESSAGE ON IRAN TO SELECT [...] (C) On July 25, the Ambassador took advantage of a previously scheduled meeting between Under Secretary for Economic Affairs Jeffery and Nigerian Foreign Minister Ojo Maduekwe to present reftel demarche concerning the Iran issue at the forthcoming NAM Foreign Ministers' meeting. The Ambassado [...] |
2008-07-25 14:12:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM TRGY IR NI |
| 08ABUJA1456 |
AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES COOPERATION, TRADE WITH AG MINISTER [...] (SBU) Summary: Ambassador and Agriculture Minister agreed to create an Agriculture Working Group under the U.S.-Nigeria Framework for Partnership as a way to better engage with the Agricultural Ministry in a meeting in Abuja June 24. The Ministry is moving to implement robust plans for agricu [...] |
2008-07-28 13:38:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR ENRG ECON SENV NI |
| 08ABUJA1461 |
NIGERIA: NEW NATIONAL FOOD SECURITY PROGRAM [...] (U) Summary: The Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Water Resources (MOA) has developed a new National Food Security Program to address the inefficiencies in Nigeria's agricultural production system and to ensure greater food security. In June 2008, the National Council on Agriculture reviewe [...] |
2008-07-29 15:40:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR ETRD ECON EAID PREL NI |
| 08ABUJA1465 |
NIGERIA: WAZIRI REQUESTS ASSISTANCE, CHANCE TO [...] (C) SUMMARY. Ambassador met with EFCC Chairwoman Farida Waziri on July 21, noting USG concerns about Waziri personally, her ability to strengthen the EFCC, and recent personnel redeployments. The Ambassador stressed Waziri's need to prove her bonafides to the U.S. through concrete results. [...] |
2008-07-29 17:59:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EFIN KCOR NI |
| 08ABUJA1467 |
NIGERIA: YAR'ADUA COMMITTED TO BAKASSI WITHDRAWAL [...] (U) With the August 14 transfer of the Bakassi peninsula to Cameroon under the Greentree Agreement fast approaching, the GON has stepped up public statements expressing its commitment to go ahead with the handover. On July 25, President Yar'Adua stated at the credentialling of the new Cameroo [...] |
2008-07-30 14:44:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PBTS PHUM EAID MOPS PREF MASS SOCI |
| 08ABUJA1481 |
NIGERIA: U/S JEFFERY'S MEETING WITH FOREIGN [...] (C) Summary: In a July 25 meeting, U/S Jeffery and FonMin Maduekwe discussed US technical support for efforts to improve the Nigerian power sector, changing attitudes in Nigeria toward corruption, and the GoN's desire to improve the business climate and encourage investment in Nigeria. The Am [...] |
2008-07-31 06:50:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON EAID ENRG EPET EINV NI |
| 08ABUJA1482 |
NIGERIA: BI-WEEKLY POL/ECON UPDATES FOR JULY 1-16, 2008 [...] (U) The Following is a joint Embassy Abuja, ConGen Lagos compilation of July 1-16 political/economic highlights, which did not feature in our other reporting, covering: --Elections --National Assembly --Corruption --State and Local Governments --Economic and Business --Oil and Gas --Nige [...] |
2008-07-31 06:52:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM ECON EPET EFIN MOPS PHUM NI |
| 08ABUJA1487 |
NIGERIA: NEW AI OUTBREAK CONFIRMED [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: New outbreaks of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) were confirmed in Northern Nigeria on July 24. Lab results on a potential human AI case were negative and the patient is recovering from seasonal flu-like symptoms. The GON has under taken preliminary surveillance, depo [...] |
2008-07-31 12:45:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO KFLU EAGR EAID ECON NI |
| 08ABUJA1490 |
NIGERIAN ATTENDANCE AT 63RD UNGA: INTERIM REPORT [...] Post received confirmation of attendance for the following individuals at the 63rd United Nations General Assembly (UNGA). More information will be provided septel as it becomes available. A. Attendance of Head of State. -- President Umaru Musa Yar'Adua will attend. -- Arrival and dep [...] |
2008-07-31 15:55:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL OTRA OVIP KSEP UNGA NI |
| 08ABUJA1494 |
BAKASSI: NIGERIAN FEDERAL COURT ISSUES INJUNCTION [...] (C) SUMMARY: On July 31, a Federal Court in Abuja issued an injunction to postpone the August 14 scheduled handover to Cameroon of the disputed Bakassi Peninsula, pending resolution of a suit to stop the transfer or compensate residents. Senator Jubril Aminu (strictly protect), Chair of the Se [...] |
2008-08-01 14:57:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PBTS PHSA PGOV NI CM |
| 08ABUJA1501 |
NIGERIA: PSI WORKSHOP NONPAPER DELIVERED [...] No summary [...] |
2008-08-04 10:59:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | KNNP MNUC PARM PREL NI |
| 08ABUJA1506 |
ECOWAS SEEKS $31 MILLION DONOR SUPPORT FOR CAPACITY [...] Summary: On July 7, development partners of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) met in Abuja to consider the draft 2008/2009 ECOWAS Commission Capacity Building plan (CBP) and discuss strategies for its implementations with donor support. ECOWAS CBP in 2009 will focus on re [...] |
2008-08-04 15:28:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ECIN ETRD EINV EAID PREL NI ECOWAS |
| 08ABUJA152 |
PRESIDENT YAR'ADUA ON: PFIZER AND AFRICOM [...] In a short phone call to Ambassador late January 21 just prior to his departure for the Davos Summit in Switzerland, Nigerian President Yar'Adua made the following points on next steps on Pfizer and his position on AFRICOM and a possible visit to Nigeria by the AFRICOM Combatant Commander (COCO [...] |
2008-01-24 14:05:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON EFIN EINV NI |
| 08ABUJA1542 |
NIGERIA: 14 KILOMETERS OF LOST PRODUCTIVITY [...] (SBU) On a recent trip to Ilorin, Poloff passed a 14 kilometer (8.7 mile) line of tractor trailer trucks waiting to pick up cement from the Obajana Cement Factory in Obajana, Kogi State (135 miles southwest of Abuja). The cement factory, owned by Aliko Dangote of Dangote Industries Limited, w [...] |
2008-08-05 16:05:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ELAB PGOV NI |
| 08ABUJA1543 |
NIGERIA: GON BALANCING BAKASSI HANDOVER, COURT [...] (C) On July 31, a Federal High Court in Abuja issued an injunction to postpone the August 14 scheduled handover to Cameroon of the disputed Bakassi Peninsula, pending resolution of a suit to stop the transfer or compensate residents. Poloff spoke on August 4 to Special Advisor to the Presiden [...] |
2008-08-05 16:34:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PBTS PHSA NI CM |
| 08ABUJA1549 |
NIGERIAN MFA SAYS BAKASSI HANDOVER PROCEEDING AS [...] (C) On August 6, A/DCM spoke with Amb. Chike Anigbo, MFA African Affairs Department Director (A/S equivalent) to discuss whether the handover of the Bakassi peninsula to Cameroon might be delayed by the court case against the handover recently filed by Bakassi residents (see ref A). Anigbo ins [...] |
2008-08-06 16:21:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PBTS PHSA ASEC CM NI |
| 08ABUJA1550 |
NIGERIA: IBORI ASSOCIATE APPOINTED TO PRESIDENT'S [...] (C) Summary. Internet news site Sahara Reporters broke the news on July 31 that former Delta State Governor James Ibori's former Commissioner of Finance David Edevbie was appointed Principal Secretary to President Umaru Yar'Adua. Ibori (as reported reftels) is under investigation in Nigeria a [...] |
2008-08-06 17:05:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KCOR KCRIM NI |
| 08ABUJA1551 |
NIGERIA: FORMER EFCC OFFICIALS DEMOTED, [...] (C) SUMMARY. There have been three separate actions taken this week against former officials of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). Press reported on August 6 that members of the State Security Service (SSS) visited the National Institute of Policy and Strategic Studies (NIP [...] |
2008-08-06 17:28:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EFIN KCOR KCRM NI |
| 08ABUJA1563 |
NIGERIA: U/S JEFFERY MEETING WITH MINISTRY OF ENERGY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. In a July 24 meeting with Under Secretary for Economic Affairs Reuben Jeffery, Energy Ministry officials requested urgent technical assistance and sought help from the USG to 1) find financing to close a $3.8 billion funding gap for new energy projects, 2) improve Nigeria's image [...] |
2008-08-08 06:34:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG EPET ECON PGOV EAID PREL NI |
| 08ABUJA1564 |
NIGERIA: U/S JEFFERY'S MEETING WITH MINISTRY OF FINANCE [...] (SBU) Summary: In a July 24 meeting with visiting Under Secretary for Economic Affairs Reuben Jeffery, senior Finance Ministry officials said their priorities were the Niger Delta, increasing power generation and transmission, and improving Nigeria's infrastructure to strengthen transportation [...] |
2008-08-08 09:25:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ETRD PREL ECON EINV PGOV NI |
| 08ABUJA1567 |
MISSION NIGERIA WELCOMES STAFFDEL SMITH [...] U.S. Mission Nigeria warmly welcomes the visit of Senate Foreign Relations Committee staff Ms. Shannon Smith and Ms. Sarah Margon to Abuja, Nigeria from August 12-14, and Lagos from August 14-16, 2008. Embassy Abuja and Consulate General Lagos will work to schedule requested meetings. The [...] |
2008-08-08 10:46:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN NI |
| 08ABUJA1573 |
NIGERIA: EFCC DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO ATTORNEY [...] (C) Summary: In separate meetings August 7, CDA presented reftel demarche expressing our concerns about developments at the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to Attorney General (AG) Michael Aondoakaa and Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF) Baba Gana Kingibe. She [...] |
2008-08-08 17:12:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EFIN KCOR SNAR NI |
| 08ABUJA1574 |
NIGERIA: EFCC DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO WAZIRI [...] (C) Summary: Charge delivered reftel demarche to Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) Chairwoman Farida Waziri on August 8. Waziri called the USG position "unfortunate" and maintained that much of the issue with USG concerns is perception. She expressed concern for how cases were [...] |
2008-08-08 17:22:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EFIN KCOR KCRM NI |
| 08ABUJA1584 |
NIGERIA: BI-WEEKLY POL/ECON UPDATES FOR JULY 17-31, 2008 [...] (U) The Following is a joint Embassy Abuja, ConGen Lagos compilation of July 17-31 political/economic highlights, which did not feature in our other reporting, covering: --National Assembly --Pol/Mil --PDP Politics --Economic and Business --Oil and Gas NATIONAL ASSEMBLY --------------- [...] |
2008-08-11 09:19:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM ECON EPET EFIN MOPS PHUM NI |
| 08ABUJA1587 |
NIGERIA: MAURITANIA DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] (U) Charge d'Affaires briefly delivered reftel demarche to Minister of Foreign Affairs Ojo Maduekwe at the conclusion of a previously scheduled meeting on August 8. Charge noted approvingly President Yar'Adua's public denouncement on August 6, which stated "Nigeria would not recognize any cha [...] |
2008-08-11 11:19:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL NI |
| 08ABUJA1589 |
MISSION NIGERIA OIG COMPLIANCE REPORT [...] Below follows Mission Nigeria compliance report for Ref A Report of Inspection. 2. Recommendation 1: Embassy Abuja should follow National Security Decision Directive-38 guidelines to perform and document a comprehensive analysis of both programmatic and administrative requirements, includin [...] |
2008-08-11 11:24:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AMGT NI |
| 08ABUJA159 |
DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON UNAMID DEPLOYMENT [...] Per reftel demarche, both Chief of Defense Staff Owoye Andrew Azazi and Defense Headquarters' Department of Peacekeeping Operations confirm that the Nigerian contribution of a Level II hospital is expected to deploy on or about March 22. SANDERS [...] |
2008-01-24 15:08:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL MOPS UNSC NI |
| 08ABUJA1591 |
NIGERIA: ENCOURAGING POLITICAL SUPPORT FOR POLIO [...] (SBU) Summary: Per reftel A request, the Mission re-conveyed to the Government of Nigeria (GON) the importance of polio eradication in Nigeria. The GON replied that it has set up a Technical Committee on Immunization and Polio Eradication because of the World Health Assembly (WHA) resolution r [...] |
2008-08-11 12:40:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO PGOV ECON EAID SOCI KISL KOCI NI |
| 08ABUJA1593 |
NIGERIA: SCENESETTER FOR CODEL JOHNSON (AUGUST [...] (SBU) U.S. Mission Nigeria warmly welcomes Congressman Henry "Hank" Johnson, Jr. and his delegation to Abuja. Your visit comes three months into President Umaru Musa Yar'Adua's second year in office. Though the President came to power through deeply flawed elections, he was initially praised [...] |
2008-08-11 14:38:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON EAID EPET NI |
| 08ABUJA1594 |
NIGERIA: EMBASSY WELCOMES CODEL JOHNSON, AUGUST [...] U.S. Mission Nigeria warmly welcomes the visit of Congressmen Hank Johnson, Phil Gingrey and Jean Schmidt, as well as other accompanying members of their delegation, to Abuja, Nigeria from August 18-20, 2008. Embassy Abuja will work to schedule requested meetings. The Mission looks forward [...] |
2008-08-11 14:46:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN PREL NI |
| 08ABUJA1595 |
NIGERIA: EFCC DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO MFA [...] (C) SUMMARY: Charge d'Affaires delivered reftel demarche on the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to Minister of Foreign Affairs Ojo Maduekwe on August 8. The FonMin had already received the information from the demarche through a dispatch from the Nigerian Embassy in Washington [...] |
2008-08-11 17:00:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KCOR EFIN SNAR NI |
| 08ABUJA1599 |
NIGERIA-CENTRAL BANK REFORMS AND CONTINUING [...] (SBU) Summary. Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Deputy Governors briefed Under Secretary for Economic Affairs Reuben Jeffery on Bank priorities and the Nigerian economy during his visit to Abuja on July 25. Officials said the CBN continues to work towards achieving its core mandate of maintaini [...] |
2008-08-12 07:52:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON EINV PGOV NI |
| 08ABUJA1600 |
NIGERIA: DELTA OFFICIALS BRIEF U/S JEFFERY ON [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Officials from Delta and Rivers states briefed Under Secretary Jeffery July 24 during his visit to Abuja on the current situation in the Niger Delta, specific security concerns, oil bunkering, and what each government is doing in response to increased lawlessness in the area. R [...] |
2008-08-12 09:48:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON EFIN NI |
| 08ABUJA1602 |
CORRECTION: MISSION NIGERIA OIG COMPLIANCE REPORT [...] Below follows Mission Nigeria compliance report for Ref A Report of Inspection. 2. Recommendation 1: Embassy Abuja should follow National Security Decision Directive-38 guidelines to perform and document a comprehensive analysis of both programmatic and administrative requirements, includin [...] |
2008-08-12 11:03:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AMGT ASIG NI |
| 08ABUJA1603 |
NIGERIA: NEITI BRIEFS U/S JEFFERY AND REQUESTS ASSISTANCE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a July 25 meeting, Nigerian Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (NEITI) officials briefed visiting Under Secretary Reuben Jeffery and requested additional USG assistance to strengthen the institution's capacity to implement required audits of revenues and expenses in [...] |
2008-08-12 14:17:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | EPET ENRG ECON PGOV EAID NI |
| 08ABUJA1626 |
BAKASSI HANDOVER [...] (SBU) Embassy Abuja has no problem with the proposed statement in para 8 of reftel. 2. (C) We are, however, concerned that attempting to build a public diplomacy campaign around the Bakassi handover might be seen by the GON as less than helpful, and strengthen the view among some Nigerians [...] |
2008-08-13 16:13:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PBTS PHSA KPAO NI CM |
| 08ABUJA1632 |
NIGERIA-CAMEROON: BAKASSI HANDOVER PROCEEDS [...] (C) Summary: The transfer of authority over the Bakassi Peninsula happened as scheduled on August 14. GON Attorney General (AG) Michael Aondoakaa headed the Nigerian delegation, and GRC Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Justice Ahmadu Ali led that of Cameroon. The ceremony took place in [...] |
2008-08-15 06:26:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PBTS PHSA NI CM |
| 08ABUJA1634 |
NIGERIA: 2008 IPR OUTREACH PILOT PROGRAM PLAN [...] Mission Nigeria looks forward to participating in the IPR Outreach Pilot Program for 2008. The following is a summation of the Program Plan per reftel instructions. 2. PAS Abuja and Lagos will work with the Nigerian recording and motion picture industries, and Nigerian government official [...] |
2008-08-15 12:08:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | KIPR EPPD ECON EAID PGOV NI |
| 08ABUJA1636 |
NIGERIA: PRESS COVERAGE FOLLOWING AUG 14 BAKASSI [...] (SBU) In the first day following Nigeria's handover of the disputed Bakassi peninsula to Cameroon, press coverage was considerably less than the days preceding the handover and the rhetoric was noticeably reduced. Articles instead focused predominantly on reporting the details of the handover [...] |
2008-08-15 13:01:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PBTS PHSA NI CM |
| 08ABUJA1665 |
WAZIRI RESPONDS TO DEMARCHE ON GON BACKSLIDING [...] (C) Summary. Embassy received a written response from Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) Chairwoman Farida Waziri to Ref B demarche, which was delivered on August 8 (Ref A). Post found two of Waziri's claims particularly questionable: a professed ignorance of corrupt formern off [...] |
2008-08-21 13:37:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KCOR KCRM NI |
| 08ABUJA1670 |
NIGERIA: SHAKE-UP IN PRESIDENTIAL STAFF [...] (C) SUMMARY: On August 18, Presidential spokesman Olusegun Adeniyi, announced a shake-up in the Presidential staff, including the elimination of the Office of the Chief of Staff. The move was perhaps the first in a series of long-rumored changes to improve effectiveness and accountability th [...] |
2008-08-21 16:52:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV NI |
| 08ABUJA1671 |
SWEEPING CHANGES IN NIGERIA'S MILITARY [...] (C) SUMMARY: On August 21, the GON announced long-awaited changes in Nigeria's top military personnel, including Chief of Defense Staff (CDS), Chief of Naval Staff, Chief of Army Staff, and Chief of Air Staff. Replacing General Azazi as CDS is former Chief of Air Staff Air Marshal Dike, now p [...] |
2008-08-22 06:21:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV MORG MILI MPOL NI |
| 08ABUJA1695 |
NIGERIA: BI-WEEKLY POL/ECON UPDATES FOR AUGUST 1-15, 2008 [...] (U) The following is a joint Embassy Abuja/ConGen Lagos compilation of August 1-15 political/economic highlights, which did not feature in our other reporting, covering: --Elections --National Assembly --Economic and Business --Oil and Gas --Other News ---------------------------------- [...] |
2008-08-25 06:34:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM ECON EPET MOPS NI |
| 08ABUJA1715 |
NIGERIA: ELECTORAL REFORM COMMITTEE RECEIVES [...] (C) Summary: On August 13, The Guardian newspaper reported that President Umaru Musa Yar'Adua announced a four month extension of the Electoral Reform Committee's (ERC) mandate. The deadline extension is not surprising given the committee's delay of several months before beginning its work and [...] |
2008-08-28 16:54:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KDEM NI |
| 08ABUJA1716 |
NIGERIA: DEMARCHES DELIVERED ON REJECTING RUSSIAN [...] No summary [...] |
2008-08-28 17:01:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV RS GG RU NI |
| 08ABUJA1735 |
NIGERIA: CENTRAL BANK CANCELLATION OF UNIFORM [...] (C/NF) Summary. The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) recently canceled the uniform accounting year requirement for banks and discount houses. Banks and discount houses were expected to adopt December 31, 2008 as the common accounting year end. CBN announced that current interest rate trends ar [...] |
2008-08-29 15:02:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | EFIN ECON EINV PGOV NI |
| 08ABUJA1737 |
NIGERIAN MFA DENIES IRANIAN-NIGERIAN NUCLEAR DEAL [...] (C) Rabiu Shehu (protect), Director of the Office of MFA Minister of State Alhaji Tijjani Kaura (who nominally headed the Nigerian delegation in talks with the Iranians), emphatically denied to PolOff on August 29 that Nigeria had entered into any sort of nuclear agreement or signed a memorand [...] |
2008-09-02 06:35:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM KNNP PINR PINS KFPC ENRG ETTC MNUC KSTC |
| 08ABUJA176 |
NIGERIA'S SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE TO VISIT THE U.S. [...] (U) This is an action request, please see paragraph 6. 2. (SBU) Summary: Speaker of the House of Representatives, Oladimeji Bankole (of the ruling People's Democratic Party) hosted a working lunch for Ambassador, PolCouns, EconCouns, PolOff and USAID Officer. Bankole expressed interest in [...] |
2008-01-25 13:38:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM ECON EINV NI |
| 08ABUJA1767 |
COMMERCE MINISTER DENIES IRAN-NIGERIA NUCLEAR [...] (C/NF) Econ Counselor met with Minister of Commerce and Industry Charles Ugwuh Friday evening August 29 to inquire about press reports of an agreement on nuclear power between Iran and Nigeria (reftel). After glancing at local and AP reports stating that such an agreement had been reached dur [...] |
2008-09-03 06:34:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ETRD PARM KNNP ENRG KFPC ETTC MNUC KSTC NI IR |
| 08ABUJA177 |
DEMARCHE DELIVERED RE: LIBYAN PARTICIPATION IN [...] (C) On January 3, RAO Chief discussed Libyan participation in the Trans Sahara Counter Terrorism Partnership (TSCTP) with the Director-General of the National Intelligence Agency Ambassador Tony Imohe per reftel. Ambassador Imohe expressed his appreciated for the consultation, and said he had [...] |
2008-01-26 07:03:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV PINR NI |
| 08ABUJA1772 |
NIGERIA: UNFPA COUNTRY PROGRAM ASSESSMENT [...] No summary [...] |
2008-09-03 11:53:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREF SOCI NI |
| 08ABUJA178 |
PDP: WINDS OF CHANGE? [...] (C) Post reported (reftels) that forces within the ruling People's Democratic Party (PDP) were hoping to gradually reduce former President Obasanjo's control over the party and his influence on the government, but that steps to reduce his influence had to be taken slowly and gradually. The PD [...] |
2008-01-26 07:03:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM NI |
| 08ABUJA1792 |
NIGERIA: HOUSE SPEAKER ACCUSES STATE OIL COMPANY OF [...] (SBU) Summary. The Nigerian Speaker of the House accused the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NPPC) of systematically underpaying what it owes the Government of Nigeria for the sale of crude oil. NNPC sells the government's crude oil on the international markets, but in theory NNPC do [...] |
2008-09-04 14:14:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EPET EFIN ECON ENRG PGOV NI |
| 08ABUJA1794 |
NIGERIA: RESPONSE 1 OF 2: USITC STUDY ON SUB-SAHARAN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY post provides the first of two responses to reftel A with information for (1) two contact points for the U.S. mission whom USITC staff may contact for follow-up information as well as (2) contact information local firms, organizations, academic researchers, and individuals who may [...] |
2008-09-04 15:17:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ELTN ECON PGOV EAID PREL NI |
| 08ABUJA180 |
NIGERIA: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON HCOC INREACH [...] (U) Per reftel, Post delivered demarche to Ambassador Charles Ononye, Deputy Director of the International Organizations Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Ambassador Ononye sid he would ensure its delivery to the proper office, and would relay any future substantive response. SAN [...] |
2008-01-28 13:41:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL MNUC KSCA ETTC TSPA NI |
| 08ABUJA182 |
FRAUDSTERS IN THE NIGERIAN NASS? YAR,ADUA SUPPORTS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Senator Nuhu Aliyu, Chair of the Committee on Security & Intelligence and retired Deputy Inspector General of Police, sent shock waves through the National Assembly (NASS) and country during a debate on the direction and tempo of the GON's war on corruption. Senator Aliyu threaten [...] |
2008-01-29 15:43:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KCOR KCRM NI |
| 08ABUJA1822 |
NIGERIAN FONMIN COMMENTS ON YAR'ADUA'S HEALTH [...] (C) During a September 8 meeting with Foreign Minister Maduekwe, DRL A/S Kramer asked if President Yar'Adua was back from Saudi Arabia and was any better. Maduekwe said the President had indeed returned to Nigeria on Saturday morning, though the Minister had not seen him personally. He claime [...] |
2008-09-08 16:13:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL NI |
| 08ABUJA1827 |
NIGERIA: BI-WEEKLY POL/ECON UPDATES FOR AUGUST 16-31, [...] (U) The following is a joint Embassy Abuja/ConGen Lagos compilation of August 16-31 political/economic highlights, which did not feature in our other reporting, covering: --Military, Security, and Bakassi --Economic and Business --Southern Political --Oil and Gas --Other News ---------- [...] |
2008-09-09 13:44:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV EAGR ETRD KDEM ECON EPET MOPS KTIP NI |
| 08ABUJA1829 |
NIGERIA: KINGIBE OUT, DEFMIN AHMED IN AS SECRETARY [...] (C) SUMMARY: On September 8, a press release from the Presidential Villa announced that Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF) Babagana Kingibe had been fired, and was to be immediately replaced by Minister of Defense Mahmud Yayale Ahmed. Ahmed's successor at the Ministry of Defen [...] |
2008-09-09 16:07:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV NI |
| 08ABUJA183 |
NIGERIA: PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION TRIBUNAL MAY CLOSE [...] (C) Summary: Closing arguments in the consolidated Atiku/Buhari challenge to Nigeria's April 2007 presidential election will be heard February 4, at which time the justices of the Presidential Election Tribunal will set a date to deliver their verdict. Lawyers for both the petitioners and re [...] |
2008-01-29 16:51:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM NI |
| 08ABUJA1836 |
NIGERIA: DRL A/S KRAMER, DAS KRILLA MEET ELECTORAL [...] (C) Summary: On September 8, Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights and Labor David Kramer and DAS Jeffrey Krilla met with eight members of the Electoral Reform Committee (ERC) including the committee chairman, former Chief Justice Muhammadu Uwais. They discussed the ERC's p [...] |
2008-09-10 14:29:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KDEM NI |
| 08ABUJA1838 |
NIGERIA: DRL A/S KRAMER, DAS KRILLA MEET INEC [...] (C) Summary: On September 9 Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights and Labor David Kramer and DAS Jeffrey Krilla met with Chairman Maurice Iwu and four additional members of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). Though the purpose of the meeting was to expres [...] |
2008-09-10 15:25:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KDEM NI |
| 08ABUJA1839 |
NIGERIA: UNGA THIRD COMMITTEE DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] (U) SUMMARY: During the course of a September 8 meeting with Foreign Minister Ojo Maduekwe, Assistant Secretary David Kramer delivered reftel demarche. The FonMin seemed amenable to coordination with the USG on both country specific and thematic resolutions, and provided responses on the issue [...] |
2008-09-10 16:40:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL KIRF KNNP AF UN IR ZI NI |
| 08ABUJA184 |
ALIYU WILL NOT PUBLICLY NAME FRAUDSTERS IN NASS [...] (C) SUMMARY: PolOff and INLOff met with Nuhu Aliyu, Chairman of the Senate Committee on Security and Intelligence, to discuss his recent disclosure that he had overseen fraud investigations of current members of the National Assembly while he served as Deputy Inspector General of Police in cha [...] |
2008-01-30 08:10:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER KCOR KCRM NI |
| 08ABUJA1842 |
NIGERIA: NIGER DELTA MINISTRY CREATED, OTHER [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On September 9, the the GON announced a restructuring of federal ministries, establishing Aviation, Transport, Works, Housing and Urban Development, Water Resources, Agriculture and Rural Development, and Police Affairs as substantive ministries, and creating a Ministry of the N [...] |
2008-09-11 09:49:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV NI |
| 08ABUJA1844 |
DRL A/S KRAMER MEETS NIGERIAN FONMIN MADUEKWE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights and Labor (DRL) David Kramer and DAS Jeffrey Krilla met with Nigerian Foreign Minister Ojo Maduekwe to discuss Nigerian involvement in peacekeeping, Sudan, the UN Human Rights Council, the Niger Delta and coordinating positi [...] |
2008-09-11 11:11:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM MASS MARR MCAP KNNP KPKO KUNR |
| 08ABUJA1847 |
NIGERIA: A/S KRAMER VISITS NATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (U) SUMMARY: Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights and Labor David J. Kramer met with National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) Executive Secretary, Mrs. Kehinde Foloshade Ajoni, during a September 8-9 visit to Abuja. Discussions focused on the role of the Commission in polic [...] |
2008-09-11 15:19:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL PGOV AF NI |
| 08ABUJA1848 |
NIGERIA: A/S KRAMER AND DAS KRILLA MEET MINISTER [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a September 8-9 visit to Abuja, Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights and Labor, David J. Kramer and DAS Jeffrey Krilla met with Minister of Interior Major-General Godwin Abbe to discuss prison congestion and conditions, access to legal representation and [...] |
2008-09-11 15:32:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL PGOV CASC NI AF |
| 08ABUJA1854 |
NIGERIA: GOVERNMENT FORMS NIGER DELTA TECHNICAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: The GON continues to feel its way forward in developing a coherent policy toward development of the Niger Delta and resolution of the conflict there. Two months after the resignation of Ibrahim Gambari as Chairman of the Steering Committee of the long-awaited Niger Delta Summit, a [...] |
2008-09-12 13:53:00 | Embassy Abuja | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV NI |
| 08ABUJA1868 |
NIGERIA: ANALYSIS ON NEXT STEPS SCENARIOS IN THE [...] (C/NF) Summary: Below is Post's interim analysis on the current atmospherics and state of play in Nigeria as a result of concerns about President Yar'Adua's health and the degree to which his continued decline could lead to either sudden death or possible incapacitation. This, coupled with a l [...] |
2008-09-16 17:10:00 | Embassy Abuja | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PREL NI |
| 08ABUJA1869 |
UPDATE: NIGERIAN ATTENDANCE AT 63RD UNGA [...] On September 17, Ambassador M.K. Ibrahim, Director of the Second United Nations Division at the MFA, provided Poloff with confirmation of attendance for the following individuals at the 63rd United Nations General Assembly (UNGA). More information will be provided septel as it becomes availabl [...] |
2008-09-17 15:45:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL OTRA OVIP KSEP UNGA NI |
| 08ABUJA1870 |
NIGERIA: BILATERAL RELATIONS POST-EFCC DEMARCHE [...] (C) SUMMARY: On September 14 and September 15 respectively, Ambassador met with Foreign Minister Ojo Maduekwe and newly appointed Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF) Mahmud Yayale Ahmed. Both Maduekwe and Ahmed expressed their comments and concerns about our bilateral relation [...] |
2008-09-17 16:04:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL EFIN KCROR KCRM MARR MASS NI |
| 08ABUJA1872 |
NIGERIA: DEMARCHE DELIVERED: UNAIDS EXECUTIVE [...] No summary [...] |
2008-09-17 16:12:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV NI |
| 08ABUJA1873 |
NIGERIA: ECONOMIC ADVISOR, NOW A MAJOR PLAYER, [...] (C/NF) Nigeria's Chief Economic Advisor (CEA), Dr. Tanimu Yakubu Kurfi, and CEA Desk Officer for Food and Security and U.S. Affairs, Engr. Waziri Ahmadu, joined Ambassador and Acting DCM for a two-hour working dinner at the CMR on September 15. Yakubu, who is understated compared to many seni [...] |
2008-09-17 16:25:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV ECON ETRD EAGR EFIN EAID NI |
| 08ABUJA1874 |
NIGERIA: ECONOMIC ADVISOR SAYS NIGERIA WILL [...] (C) Nigeria's Chief Economic Advisor (CEA), Dr. Tanimu Yakubu Kurfi, and CEA Desk Officer for Food and Security and U.S. Affairs Engr. Waziri Ahmadu, joined Ambassador and Acting DCM for a two-hour working dinner at the CMR on September 15. In the course of the dinner conversation, Dr. Yakubu [...] |
2008-09-17 16:38:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD ECON PREL PGOV EAGR EFIN EAID NI |
| 08ABUJA1887 |
GOVERNMENT SHUTS CHANNELS TV AFTER REPORT THAT [...] (C) SUMMARY: On September 16, democracy in Nigeria took another step backward with the shutting down of the private broadcast outlet Channels TV after it reported that President Yar'adua may resign on health grounds after completing the upcoming reshuffle of his cabinet, which is now scheduled [...] |
2008-09-22 06:41:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM ECPS KDEM KPAO OPRC NI |
| 08ABUJA1898 |
POLITICAL MANEUVERING DELAYS DECISION ON PICK FOR [...] (C) Governor of Bayelsa State, Timpre Silva, told Ambassador September 17 that the position of the Niger Delta (ND) Minister, in the recently created ND Ministry, is causing a lot of political jockeying. The ND Ministry was created recently by ailing President Umaru Musa Yar'Adua as part of [...] |
2008-09-22 12:17:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PM KDEM NI |
| 08ABUJA1899 |
NIGERIAN TERRORISM BILL PASSES 2ND SENATE READING, [...] (U) Summary: On September 16, the Nigerian Senate voted to send counterterrorism legislation to an ad-hoc committee comprised of members of the Senate National Security & Intelligence, Judiciary and Foreign Affairs committees, after passing its second reading. The ad-hoc committee, headed by [...] |
2008-09-22 12:27:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PINS PINR PGOV KCRM KHLS KTFN EPET NI |
| 08ABUJA1907 |
NIGERIA: MEND DECLARES CEASEFIRE FOLLOWING WEEK OF [...] (SBU) Following a September 13 raid by the Joint Task Force (JTF) on the Elem Tombia area (south of Port Harcourt, Rivers State), the armed group MEND (Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta) mounted a week-long string of attacks against oil interests in the Niger Delta region. Howev [...] |
2008-09-22 16:10:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PM EPET KDEM NI |
| 08ABUJA1914 |
NIGERIA: FOREIGN MINISTER DISCUSSES CLOSURE OF CHANNELS TV [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. On September 19, Ambassador Sanders called Foreign Minister Ojo Maduekwe to discuss his upcoming visit to the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA). In a side conversation, the Ambassador raised concerns about the way in which Channels TV was summarily shut down, saying it fell [...] |
2008-09-24 08:23:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV ECON KHUM NI |
| 08ABUJA1920 |
NIGERIA: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON 63RD UNGA FIRST [...] No summary [...] |
2008-09-26 08:41:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PARM PREL CDG UNGA NI |
| 08ABUJA1924 |
AMBASSADOR IN KWARA STATE: INFLUENTIAL EMIR SPEAKS [...] (SBU) Summary. During a September 21-22, 2008, trip to Kwara State, Ambassador Sanders paid a courtesy visit on the well-respected and influential Emir of Ilorin, Alhaji Ibrahim Kolapo Sulu Gambari. The Emir, a former appeals court judge and cousin of UN Special Envoy Ibrahim Gambari, stepped o [...] |
2008-09-26 14:18:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR KJUS NI |
| 08ABUJA1925 |
NIGERIA: GOOD NEWS-GON DROPS SOME IMPORT BANS [...] Summary. In a major breakthrough, September 25 the Government of Nigeria (GON) announced the number of banned import categories would decrease from 44 to 26 items, and that there would be tariff reductions on a wide range of products. Bright Okogu, Director General of the Budget Office of th [...] |
2008-09-26 14:50:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD ECON ECIN EAGR EINV PREL PGOV NI |
| 08ABUJA1928 |
NIGERIA: IAEA BOARD ELECTION DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] (C) PolOff delivered reftel demarche on September 26 to Maria Laose, Deputy Director of the First United Nations Division at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, strongly urging Nigerian support for Afghanistan's candidacy for election to the Board of Governors of the International Atomic Energy A [...] |
2008-09-30 14:22:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PARM IAEA MNUC NI |
| 08ABUJA1929 |
NIGERIA: CODEL JOHNSON VISITS ABUJA [...] (U) SUMMARY: A Congressional Delegation, led by Congressman Hank Johnson and including Congresswoman Jean Schmidt, visited Abuja on August 19. The Codel discussed bilateral relations, mutual security issues, foreign investment and future cooperation between the GON and USG with members of Niger [...] |
2008-09-30 14:23:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM ECON EPET EFIN MOPS PHUM NI |
| 08ABUJA193 |
AGBIOTECH OUTREACH PROPOSAL FOR NIGERIA [...] Summary. The Government of Nigeria (GON) has signed the Convention of Biosafety, participated in the Cartagena Protocol and has begun the legal framework for biotechnology legislation. FAS/Lagos has proposed an orientation program in the United States for GON regulators and lawmakers through th [...] |
2008-01-30 15:39:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR TBIO ETRD SENV PGOV NI |
| 08ABUJA1930 |
NIGERIA ORDERS JOINT VENTURES TO PROVIDE NATURAL GAS TO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Unmet demand for electricity is pushing the Gas Ministry to price and deliver gas to specific power plants, as outlined in the Strategic Plan for the Sustainability of the Power Sector (Refs A and B), to achieve 6,700 average MW by December 2009. In February 2008, the Federal E [...] |
2008-10-01 15:10:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EPET ENRG ECON PGOV EAID PREL NI |
| 08ABUJA1932 |
NIGERIA: AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH CHIEF CLARK TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: On September 25, Ambassador received Bayelsa traditional leader Chief Edwin K. Clark at the residence to discuss recent developments in the Niger Delta. During the 90-minute discussion, the aging Ijaw leader and former Minister of Information under former military leader General [...] |
2008-10-02 13:57:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV NI |
| 08ABUJA1933 |
NIGERIAN SUPREME COURT TIMELINE -- PRESIDENTIAL [...] (U) The Supreme Court held preliminary hearings on September 25 for the appeals filed by the Action Congress (AC) candidate, former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, and the All Nigeria Peoples' Party (ANPP) candidate, former Head of State General Muhammadu Buahri, against the February 26 Appeals [...] |
2008-10-02 16:27:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV NI |
| 08ABUJA194 |
NIGERIA: FAA TEAM OUT-BRIEF [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. A FAA team of four arrived in Lagos January 14, 2008 to begin the first of many two week visits over the next 18-24 months. The FAA team is providing technical assistance to the government of Nigeria (GON) as they seek a category one rating in eight key areas: legislation, reg [...] |
2008-01-31 09:40:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ECON EAID ASEC ETRD NI |
| 08ABUJA1942 |
NIGERIA: USG COLLABORATES WITH WORLD BANK & DFID TO ASSIST [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Ambassador Sanders met with the Minister of Energy (Gas) Odusina on September 25 and offered U.S. support to assist with implementing the GON's gas policy, master plan, and pricing formula, funded through the Africa Infrastructure Program (AIP) program funded and managed by USAID [...] |
2008-10-03 11:59:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EPET ENRG ECON PGOV EAID PREL NI |
| 08ABUJA1950 |
NIGERIA: BI-WEEKLY POL/ECON UPDATES FOR SEPTEMBER 1-15, [...] (U) The following is a joint Embassy Abuja/ConGen Lagos compilation of September 1-15 political/economic highlights, which did not feature in our other reporting, covering: --Economic and Business --Trafficking in Persons --National Assembly --Oil and Gas --Southern Politics ----------- [...] |
2008-10-06 06:41:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM ECON EPET MOPS KTIP NI |
| 08ABUJA1951 |
NIGERIA: MITEE DISCUSSES NIGER DELTA TECHNICAL [...] (C) During their three hour September 30 meeting (other subjects covered in septel) the Ambassador (accompanied by Poloff, notetaker) and Ledum Mitee, Chairman of the new Niger Delta Technical Committee (NDTC), discussed the committee's outreach. Mitee reported that the NDTC has received over [...] |
2008-10-06 07:05:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV NI |
| 08ABUJA1952 |
NIGERIA: NIGER DELTA TECHNICAL COMMITEE CHAIRMAN [...] (C) Summary: During their three hour September 30 meeting the Ambassador (accompanied by Poloff, notetaker) and Ledum Mitee, Chairman of the new Niger Delta Technical Committee (NDTC), discussed the committee's mandate to review past reports and submit a comprehensive report to the Vice Presid [...] |
2008-10-06 07:05:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV NI |
| 08ABUJA1953 |
NIGERIA: OFFICERS TRAVEL NORTH TO HOST IFTARS [...] (U) Summary: The Acting Deputy Chief of Mission, two Poloffs, Econoff, and two PolFSNs traveled to Kano and Kaduna on September 3 and 4 to host Iftar dinners for members of each community. Approximately 50 guests from the government, business sector, academia, and civil society were invited to [...] |
2008-10-06 07:05:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KIRF KISL KPAO SCUL NI |
| 08ABUJA1954 |
DEMARCHE TO NIGERIA RE US CANDIDATE FOR PRESIDENT [...] (U) PolOff delivered biographic data and a copy of the nonpaper urging Nigerian support of the U.S. candidate Dr. Ines R. Triay to serve as President of the Third Review Meeting of the Contracting Parties to the Joint Convention on the Safety of Spent Fuel Management and on the Safety of Radio [...] |
2008-10-06 07:06:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG TRGY OTRA KNNP IAEA AORC NI |
| 08ABUJA1955 |
DEMARCHE TO NIGERIA RE IRANIAN COMPLIANCE WITH [...] (U) Per reftel, on October 3, PolOff delivered copy of UNSC Resolution 1835 (regarding Iranian compliance with all non-proliferation resolutions) and accompanying nonpaper to Maria Laose, Deputy Director of the First United Nations Division at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. PolOff noted the [...] |
2008-10-06 07:06:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | KNNP IR MNUC PARM |
| 08ABUJA1956 |
CHEVRON ON BUNKERING AND SECURITY, GAS FLARING, [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: Chevron Nigeria Chairman and Managing Director Fred Nelson told Ambassador on September 25 that the Joint Task Force has put a stop to illegal bunkering in and around Chevron's onshore operations. He noted that increased supplies of gas from the Escravos field have not led to [...] |
2008-10-06 07:06:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | EPET ENRG ELAB ECON SENV PGOV NI |
| 08ABUJA1957 |
NIGERIA: PRESIDENTIAL APPOINTEES TAKE AN OATH OF [...] (U) On September 23 some seventy political office holders within the presidency publicly took an oath of secrecy at the insistence of President Yar'Adua. On September 24, presidential spokesman Olusegun Adeniyi downplayed the oath, maintaining some of the advisors were never formally sworn in [...] |
2008-10-06 07:06:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KHUM NI |
| 08ABUJA1966 |
NIGERIAN SENATE'S DISSATISFACTION WITH MINISTERS, [...] (C) PolOff spoke with Jonathan "Tunde" Mark (strictly protect), son of Nigerian Senate President David Mark, who also serves as his father's Special Assistant for Special Duties on October 6, about whether the Senate had yet received the list of proposed new ministerial nominations. (NOTE: Rep [...] |
2008-10-06 16:05:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR NI |
| 08ABUJA1977 |
NIGERIA - 2009 AGOA ELIGIBILITY REVIEW [...] (U) Country: Nigeria Current AGOA Status: Eligible 2. (U) Country Background Summary: Estimated population of 147 million. 2006 GDP was $115.3 billion; 2006 GNI per capita was $620 (World Bank 2008 data). Nigeria continues to struggle to consolidate its fragile democracy following a ci [...] |
2008-10-07 14:37:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD AGOA ECON NI |
| 08ABUJA1986 |
NIGERIA: RUMORS AND MURMURS OF CHANGE, BUT STILL [...] (C) Summary. Although the long-awaited and much-discussed Cabinet reshuffle still has not materialized, we are starting to see some changes around the edges of the administration. President Yar'Adua appointed three prominent ANPP members (FYI: the ANPP is one of two opposition parties which h [...] |
2008-10-08 17:36:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR NI |
| 08ABUJA1989 |
NIGERIA: U.N. CALLS FOR NIGER DELTA DEVELOPMENT [...] (U) SUMMARY: On September 24, PolCouns, USAID Director, and PolOff (notetaker) attended the "Development Partners' Consultations on the Niger Delta" at the United Nations House in Abuja. Also present were the Dutch and Norwegian Ambassadors, European Commission Charge d'Affaires, and other re [...] |
2008-10-09 12:46:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PM EPET KDEM NI |
| 08ABUJA20 |
PRESIDENT YAR,ADUA ON: RIBADU MISSTEP, PFIZER, [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador had a January 3, 2008 audience with Nigerian President Umaru Musa Yar'Adua to discuss a range of issues, mostly notably the current political environment and outcry surrounding the December 27, 2007, announcement by the GON to transfer to a study tour Nigeria's Econ [...] |
2008-01-07 06:34:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON EFIN EINV NI |
| 08ABUJA2001 |
NIGERIA'S REQUIREMENTS FOR OBTAINING MARINE SCIENTIFIC [...] Post provides the following response per reftel requests. 2. The Nigerian Institute for Oceanography and Marine Research (NIOMR) and the Nigerian Navy are the designated Nigerian government agencies for issuing approval for marine research in Nigerian waters. The NIOMR provided post with th [...] |
2008-10-09 15:51:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV KRVC EFIS TPHY EWWT NI |
| 08ABUJA2003 |
NIGERIA - CUSTOMS' VIEWS ON TRADE AND IP [...] (SBU) Summary: On October 8, 2008 DepEconCouns met with Grace Adeyemo, Deputy Comptroller For Economic Relations at the Nigerian Customs Service (NCS) to discuss trade and intellectual property (IP) issues. Adeyemo reported that the recent changes to Nigeria's trade policy that reduced banned [...] |
2008-10-10 10:19:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD KIPR ECON EINV EAID EAGR NI |
| 08ABUJA2006 |
REQUEST HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR CANDIDATE FOR [...] Post requests the Department's assistance pursuant to the Leahy Act and the Foreign Assistance Act in screening the following individual who has been nominated for training by the Office of Security Cooperation. The individual is to attend Flight Nurse Training at Lackland Air Force Base, Te [...] |
2008-10-10 11:07:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PGOV AF NI |
| 08ABUJA2007 |
BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: APPLICATION 050122252 [...] No summary [...] |
2008-10-10 11:42:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ETTC KOMC NI |
| 08ABUJA2008 |
NIGERIA: BIWEEKLY POL/ECON UPDATES FOR SEPT 16-30, 2008 [...] (U) Following is a joint Embassy Abuja-ConGen Lagos Compilation of September 16-30, 2008 political/economic highlights, which did not feature in our other reporting, covering: -- National Assembly -- Corruption -- Military Affairs -- Labor -- Economic News -- Oil and Gas -- Criminal Justic [...] |
2008-10-10 16:33:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM ECON EPET ETRD ELAB NI |
| 08ABUJA2009 |
NIGERIA: THE VIEWS OF ONE DELTA POLITICIAN [...] (C) On October 9, Polcouns spoke with Sokonte Davies, PDP Member of the House of Representatives for the Degema-Bonny constituency in Rivers State (protect fully). Davies said that, during a visit to his constituency a few days earlier, he had met with "militant" commander Fara Dagogo. He de [...] |
2008-10-10 16:34:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV NI |
| 08ABUJA202 |
NIGERIA: AF DAS MOSS'S MEETING WITH SGF KINGIBE [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador and AF DAS Moss met with Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF) Kingibe SIPDIS January 23, and discussed the situation in the Niger Delta, the recent sidelining of Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) Chair Ribadu, and the court case again [...] |
2008-02-01 08:10:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ETRD EINV ECON MARR NI |
| 08ABUJA2035 |
NIGERIA: EFCC CLARIFIES STATUS OF EX-GOVERNORS' [...] (C) Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) Chairman Farida Waziri's response October 13 to a question on the prosecution of 31 former governors (a number provided to the press by former EFCC Chairman Nuhu Ribadu prior to the May 2007 elections) at a roundtable discussion on the adverse [...] |
2008-10-15 15:17:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KCOR KCRI NI |
| 08ABUJA2045 |
NIGERIA: INFRASTRUCTURE CONDITIONS HINDER EXPORT [...] (U) SUMMARY. The overall state of Nigeria's infrastructure is poor. Rapid population growth and lack of investment and maintenance have greatly deteriorated existing infrastructure. In many areas of Nigeria, water supply, sewerage, sanitation, drainage, roads, electricity and waste disposal [...] |
2008-10-16 12:34:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ENRG EAIR ELTN ECON PGOV EAID NI |
| 08ABUJA2047 |
NIGERIA: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES COMMITTEES [...] (U) Summary: On October 9 Speaker of the House of Representatives Dimeji Bankole named new chairmen of the House's Standing Committees (reconstituting those he dissolved in July) and increased the number of committees from 72 to 84. Nearly all of the former chairmen retained their seats, but [...] |
2008-10-16 15:47:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM PINR NI |
| 08ABUJA2048 |
NIGERIA: UNGA VOTING RECORD DEMARCHE [...] (C) SUMMARY: On October 15, Charge d'Affaires delivered Ref A demarche to Ambassador M.K. Ibrahim, Director of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs International Organizations Department Second United Nations Division. Ambassador Ibrahim spoke openly about the GON position and votes on Iran, Cuba, [...] |
2008-10-16 15:51:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNGA NI |
| 08ABUJA2049 |
DRL DAS KRILLA DISCUSSES VOLUNTARY PRINCIPLES WITH GON [...] (SBU) Summary: DRL DAS Krilla met in Abuja with representatives of the offices of the President and Vice President and separately with international oil company (IOC) representatives to discuss the Voluntary Principles on Security and Human Rights and the potential for their wider implementatio [...] |
2008-10-17 06:44:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB PHUM EPET PGOV EINV PREL NI |
| 08ABUJA2064 |
NIGERIA: U.S. EPA SUPPORT FOR LANDFILL METHANE RECOVERY [...] Summary: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Landfill Methane Outreach Program Manager, Swarupa Ganguli, attended the International Renewable Energy Conference (IREC) from October 6-9 in Abuja. She delivered a presentation on "Landfill Gas to Energy Experience in the U.S. and oth [...] |
2008-10-17 14:16:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV ENRG ECON TRGY KRVC TPHY NI |
| 08ABUJA2077 |
NIGERIA: FLOUR INDUSTRY GROWING [...] (SBU) Summary. In an October 15 meeting with Aminu Abdulqadir Imam, Chief Administrative Officer of Bua Flour Mills, Imam reported that the flour milling business is very lucrative in Nigeria because domestic flour demand has grown. Despite profits production hurdles, such as epileptic power, [...] |
2008-10-21 11:59:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV ENRG ETRD PGOV PREL NI |
| 08ABUJA2079 |
TRIP REPORT: ADAMAWA GOVERNOR TALKS NATIONAL [...] (C) Summary: On October 17, the Ambassador (accompanied by StaffAide, notetaker) met with Adamawa Governor Admiral Murtala Nyako during her first trip to Adamawa State in Northeastern Nigeria. The governor spoke candidly about democracy, development, North/South politics, and President Yar'Adu [...] |
2008-10-21 17:02:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR KDEM NI |
| 08ABUJA2080 |
Contact List for Nigeria [...] No summary [...] |
2008-10-22 07:17:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | APER AMGT NI |
| 08ABUJA2091 |
NIGERIA: SUPREME COURT HEARS FINAL ARGUMENTS IN [...] (C) SUMMARY: On October 23, The Supreme Court heard final arguments in the appeal of presidential candidates Mohammadu Buhari (ANPP) and Atiku Abubakar (AC) against the ruling of the Electoral Tribual (a panel of Appeals Court Judges) upholding the April 2007 election of President Umaru Musa [...] |
2008-10-23 16:45:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM PINR NI |
| 08ABUJA2094 |
NIGERIA: RUMORS AND MURMURS OF CHANGE, BUT STILL [...] (C) Summary. Although the long-awaited and much-discussed Cabinet reshuffle still has not materialized, we are starting to see some changes around the edges of the administration. President Yar'Adua appointed three prominent ANPP members (FYI: the ANPP is one of two opposition parties which h [...] |
2008-10-24 09:30:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR NI |
| 08ABUJA2095 |
35 NIGERIANS YOU SHOULD KNOW: OUR TOP FIVE IN [...] (C) Introduction: Understanding who matters, not what matters, is often the half the battle in Nigeria. Perhaps more than any other country on the subcontinent, Nigeria has hundreds upon hundreds of politicians, businessmen, retired military generals, and traditional leaders who wield tremend [...] |
2008-10-24 09:40:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM PINR NI |
| 08ABUJA2098 |
NIGERIA: USG SUPPORTS HYDROELECTRIC POWER PLANT FEASIBILITY [...] (U) SUMMARY. In an October 17, 2008 ceremony at the Adamawa State Government House, the Ambassador and Adamawa State Governor Murtala Nyako signed a grant for commencement of a 35 megawatt (MW) hydroelectric power plant feasibility study at the existing Kiri Dam site. The grant was provided by [...] |
2008-10-24 12:45:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG EPET ECON PGOV EAID EINV NI |
| 08ABUJA2100 |
NIGERIA: AMBASSADOR'S COURTESY CALL ON SENATE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Ambassador paid a courtesy call on Senate President David Mark and the Senate leadership on Wednesday October 22. During this initial meeting, the Ambassador and Senators engaged in an informal discussion on issues of mutual concern, including health programs, AFRICOM, corruptio [...] |
2008-10-24 15:10:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL NI |
| 08ABUJA2102 |
NIGERIA CONTINUES TO TAKE A STRONG LINE ON [...] (SBU) On October 19, Mauritania's Ambassador to Nigeria Ahmedou Ould Mohamedou called on MFA and met with Nigerian Minister of State Tijani Kaura. Later, Kaura told journalists that he had told the Mauritanian Ambassador that President Yar,Adua,s government stood for the rule of law, and Nige [...] |
2008-10-24 15:37:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV NI OTHERSASNEEDED |
| 08ABUJA2103 |
NIGERIA: SUPREME COURT HEARD FINAL ARGUMENTS IN [...] (C) SUMMARY. Final arguments in the appeals of Mohammadu Buhari (ANPP) and Atiku Abubakar against the Appeals Court ruling to uphold the April 2007 election of President Umaru Musa Yar'Adua concluded on October 23, with the Supreme Court reserving judgment for a later (unannounced) date. Both [...] |
2008-10-24 15:56:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV NI |
| 08ABUJA2107 |
NIGERIA: RUMORS FROM THE NIGER DELTA [...] (C) SUMMARY: On October 16, Poloffs met with Olafemi Aduwo (protect), founder of the Rights Monitoring Group. In a rambling conversation, Aduwo made several claims about former Chief of Defense Staff Owoye Azazi and imprisoned arms dealer Henry Okah which were both interesting and, though unv [...] |
2008-10-27 11:33:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL PINR EPET KCOR NI |
| 08ABUJA2118 |
NIGERIA'S FORCE CONTRIBUTIONS TO UNAMID AND AMISOM [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In an October 21 meeting with DATT and Poloff, Defense Headquarters Director of Peacekeeping Operations Major General F.N. Osokogu confirmed that the GON will meet its stated commitments to deploy troops to UNAMID and AMISOM. He shared a number of details about the status of t [...] |
2008-10-27 17:03:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KPKO SU NI |
| 08ABUJA2119 |
NIGERIA: AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES WITH FONMIN CURRENT PRECARIOUS [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador had a two hour one-on-one meeting with Nigerian Foreign Minister Ojo Maduekwe at his home evening October 26 following his arrival from the Cotonou October 24-25 NEDPAD peer review meeting on Uganda and Nigeria. The main points the Ambassador raised during the meeting we [...] |
2008-10-27 20:11:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV NI |
| 08ABUJA2122 |
NIGERIA: BI-WEEKLY POL/ECON UPDATES FOR OCTOBER 1-15, [...] (U) The Following is a joint Embassy Abuja, ConGen Lagos compilation of October 1-15 political/economic highlights, which did not feature in our other reporting, covering: --Economic and Business --Oil and Gas --Politics --Delta Kidnappings Economic and Business News ------------------- [...] |
2008-10-28 12:02:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM ECON EPET EFIN MOPS PHUM NI |
| 08ABUJA2123 |
NIGERIA: AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH GOVERNOR SARAKI - [...] (S) Summary: Ambassador held an October 27 one-on-one meeting with influential Governor's Forum Chairman, PDP inner circle member, and close Presidential confidant Kwara Governor Bukola Saraki to get his viewpoint on the pending Supreme Court (SC) decision on the 2007 presidential election a [...] |
2008-10-28 19:09:00 | Embassy Abuja | SECRET | PGOV NI |
| 08ABUJA2124 |
NIGERIAN SUPREME COURT FOCUSES ON ELECTIONS [...] (C) On October 28 Kabiru Tanimu Turaki, a lead counsel on Yar'Adua's legal team, called PolAssistant. Turaki said that according to reports his office has received, the Supreme Court Justices are suspending deliberations on all other cases to focus on completing their judgment on the appeal c [...] |
2008-10-29 06:40:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM PGOV NI |
| 08ABUJA2125 |
NIGERIA: BUHARI'S CAMP ON THE PRESIDENTIAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: On October 24, Buba Galadima, ANPP National Campaign Secretary for General Mohammadu Buhari, accompanied by Bassey Ekpo Bassey, Obong of Calabar, told PolCouns and PolOffs there were different factions at work attempting to influence the outcome of the ongoing presidential electio [...] |
2008-10-29 07:18:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR NI |
| 08ABUJA2126 |
NIGERIA: FAVORABLE RAINY SEASON INCREASES GRAIN YIELDS [...] (U) Summary: Foreign Agriculture Service Attach (FASOff) and EconOff visited Nigerian's grain belt from October 13-17. It was noted that Nigeria's grain production in 2008 is up sharply from the poor harvest of 2007, especially for corn, because farmers planted larger areas and rainfall patter [...] |
2008-10-29 07:36:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR ECON ETRD EAID EFIN PREL NI |
| 08ABUJA2128 |
NIGERIA: USG TEAM ADVOCATING SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT [...] SUMMARY: On October 11, ESTH and ECONOff visited Zarazong villages in Plateau State and discussed with community leaders methods for developing and implementing sustainable income generating micro projects. EMBOffs also facilitated linkage with a local sustainable development network that coo [...] |
2008-10-29 08:27:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV EAGR ECON EAID ENRG NI |
| 08ABUJA2129 |
OCTOBER SITREP ON NIGERIAN POLIO ERADICATION EFFORTS [...] (U) Per reftel A action requests, U.S. Mission provides this first in the new series of sitreps on the Nigerian government's polio eradication efforts. We suggest this sitrep be read in conjunction with refs C and D, which have previously reported on the Mission's efforts on the polio epidemic [...] |
2008-10-29 12:21:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO KISL PGOV SOCI ECON KOCI EAID NI |
| 08ABUJA2131 |
NIGERIA TO EXTEND EXCLUSIVE ECONOMIC ZONE, NO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: According to October 10 press reports, President Yar'Adua has ordered the National Boundary Commission (NBC) to "ensure the extension of Nigeria's continental shelf beyond the present 200 nautical mile limit." The GON believes this move will not/not upset relations with Nigeria [...] |
2008-10-29 15:08:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PBTS EPET EFIS EMIN PHSA PGOV PREL GH CM TP |
| 08ABUJA2140 |
NIGERIA: DEMARCHE ON HUMAN CLONING DELIVERED [...] No summary [...] |
2008-10-29 16:19:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO UNESCO NI |
| 08ABUJA2141 |
NIGERIA: AMBASSADOR-FIRST LADY DISCUSS YAR'ADUA'S [...] (C) In an effort to achieve two objectives: finding out more about the state of Nigerian President Yar'Adua's health, and informing the Villa that they could call on and trust the Ambassador, if needed, regarding this situation, she met with the First Lady Alhaji Turai Yar'Adua one-on-one on O [...] |
2008-10-29 16:19:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | NI PGOV |
| 08ABUJA2142 |
NIGERIA'S NOMINEE FOR THE 2009 SECRETARY'S AWARD [...] (U) Mission Nigeria is pleased to nominate Mrs. Josephine Effah-Chukwuma as its nominee for the 2009 Secretary's Award for International Women of Courage. Her biographical details and nomination justification follow. 2. NOMINEE'S BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION: FULL LEGAL NAME: Josephine Effah- [...] |
2008-10-29 16:59:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM KWMN KPAO NI |
| 08ABUJA2145 |
NIGERIA: USG ENGAGES MIDLEVEL GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS [...] On October 14, as part of ongoing Mission effort to increase the capacity of the Nigerian civil service, ESTHOff led a presentation on the policy and governance factors that had contributed to the growth of the U.S. economy over the years and described the U.S. civil service at a workshop for m [...] |
2008-10-30 08:08:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON SENV EAGR EAID PGOV NI |
| 08ABUJA2146 |
NIGERIA: PRESIDENT DISMISSES 20 [...] (C) SUMMARY. Late on October 29, President Yar'Adua announced the dismissal of 9 Ministers and eleven Ministers of State, believed to be the first step in his long-awaited Cabinet reshuffle (reftel). The Ministers of Commerce, National Planning, Mines and Steel Development, Air Transport, Ed [...] |
2008-10-30 12:03:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR ECON NI |
| 08ABUJA2147 |
FORMER NIGERIAN PRES GOWON - NO NEED FOR CONCERN [...] (C) SUMMARY. Ambassador met with former Nigerian President Yakubu Gowon (1966-1975) on October 28 to discuss the Supreme Court case on the 2007 presidential elections and President Yar'Adua's health (Poloff was notetaker). Gowon assured the Ambassador there is "no reason for concern." He be [...] |
2008-10-30 12:03:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR KDEM NI |
| 08ABUJA2148 |
NORTHERN NIGERIA EXPERIENCES A RELATIVE REPRIEVE [...] (C) Summary: Over the last several months there has been relative calm in Northern Nigeria; there have been few religious conflicts and no indications of extremist activity. Several factors have contributed to this reduction in activity, including: a settling of reactions to Sharia law imple [...] |
2008-10-30 14:12:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | KIRF KISL PGOV NI |
| 08ABUJA2149 |
PRESIDENT OF NIGERIAN APPEALS COURT: NO MISCONDUCT [...] (C) Justice Umaru Abdullahi, President of the Federal Court of Appeal, told PolOff on October 30 that the committee of the National Judicial Council has found no evidence of misconduct by Appeals Court Judge Zainab Bulchukwa. Chief Justice Idris Legbo Kutigi requested the National Judicial Co [...] |
2008-10-30 16:02:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR KCOR NI |
| 08ABUJA215 |
NIGERIA: AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH PLATEAU [...] (U) Summary: In a January 25 meeting with the Ambassador, the Governor of Plateau State, Jonah David Jang (People's Democratic Party - PDP), and Deputy Governor, Pauline K. Tallen (PDP) presented a copy of their 10-Point Agenda and emphasized peace and stability, education, health, and touris [...] |
2008-02-04 08:03:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV ECON EAID NI |
| 08ABUJA2165 |
(C) NIGERIA: AMBASSADOR AND CBN GOVERNOR DISCUSS [...] (S) Summary: Ambassador had the rare opportunity to have an hour long substantive luncheon with Nigeria's elusive Governor of the Central Bank (GCBN), Professor Charles Soludo, while she was in Lagos November 1, 2008. The key points Soludo made centered on Nigeria's financial stability and P [...] |
2008-11-03 13:38:00 | Embassy Abuja | SECRET | EFIN ECON PGOV EINV PREL NI |
| 08ABUJA2169 |
NIGERIA: SUBSIDIZED FERTILIZER RARELY REACHES FARMERS [...] (SBU) Summary: Systemic corruption squeezes poor farmers' access to desperately needed fertilizer. Despite Nigerian government (GON) claims to the contrary, subsidized fertilizer most often ends up in the hands of crooked and politically connected middlemen. The final result is high fertilize [...] |
2008-11-04 08:01:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR ECON ETRD EAID EFIN PGOV NI |
| 08ABUJA217 |
NIGERIA: POL/ECON UPDATES FOR JANUARY 16-31, 2008 [...] (U) Following is a joint Embassy Abuja-ConGen Lagos compilation of January 16-31, 2008 political/economic highlights, which did not feature in our other reporting, covering: -- Elections: Tribunals, Reforms, Party Politics -- Corruption -- Niger Delta -- Military Affairs -- National Assembl [...] |
2008-02-04 09:30:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM ECON ELAB EPET MOPS KCOR SENV NI |
| 08ABUJA2170 |
NIGERIA: 2008-2009 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY [...] No summary [...] |
2008-11-04 10:26:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR KCRM NI IZ |
| 08ABUJA2177 |
NIGERIA: COPYRIGHT AND TRADEMARK OFFICIALS DESIRE MORE USG [...] (SBU) Summary. During the USG Intellectual Property Working Group (IPWG) October 27-28 visit to Abuja, Nigerian intellectual property rights officials expressed appreciation for USG technical assistance (TA). The goal of the visit was to hear from GON agencies on progress and steps taken sinc [...] |
2008-11-04 13:25:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KIPR EINV ETRD ECON EAID NI |
| 08ABUJA2179 |
Nigeria: Visit to Bauchi State [...] (U) Summary. DCM, Information Resources Officer (IRO) and Public Affairs Section Locally Employed Staffed (PAS LES) visited Bauchi, capital of Bauchi State in the north-eastern zone of Nigeria, October 29-30 for a Mission election-related panel discussion. They had an opportunity to meet with [...] |
2008-11-04 14:01:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM NI |
| 08ABUJA2180 |
NIGERIA: EX-IM HEARS POSITIVES ON FINANCIAL MARKET [...] (SBU) Summary. Nigerian bank regulators are confident that the current global financial crises will have little effect on the local financial system. They state that the current decline in market capitalization is a market correction and are taking measures to ensure that the correction does [...] |
2008-11-05 09:59:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ETRD ECON EINV PGOV NI |
| 08ABUJA219 |
NIGERIA: DAS MOSS'S MEETINGS WITH MOD AND NSA [...] (C) SUMMARY: During January 24 meetings at the Ministry of Defense (MOD) and the office of the National Security Adviser (NSA), Deputy Assistant Secretary Todd Moss expressed U.S. concerns and views on Nigerian peacekeeping commitments, the Niger Delta crisis, and U.S./Nigerian counterterroris [...] |
2008-02-04 13:48:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MASS NI |
| 08ABUJA2190 |
CONGRATULATORY MESSAGE TO PRESIDENT-ELECT FROM [...] Below is the text of a congratulatory message to President-elect Obama from Umaru Musa Yar A'dua, President, Federal Republic of Nigeria. The original letter will be sent via diplomatic pouch. 2. Text of letter: "Felicitation. On this epic day in the political history of the United [...] |
2008-11-06 09:24:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | OPDC PREL OVIP NI |
| 08ABUJA2192 |
CONGRATULATORY MESSAGE TO PRESIDENT-ELECT [...] Below is the text of a congratulatory message to President-elect Obama from Prince Vincent Eze Ogbulafor, OFR, National Chairman, and Alhaji Abubakar Baraje, National Secretary, of the Peoples Democratic Party of Nigeria. The original letter will be sent via diplomatic pouch. 2. Text of [...] |
2008-11-06 09:36:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | OPDC PREL OVIP NI |
| 08ABUJA2197 |
NIGERIA 2009 NATIONAL TRADE ESTIMATE [...] The following information is Nigeria's 2009 National Trade Estimate. . Trade Summary ------------- . 2. The U.S. goods trade deficit with Nigeria was $30.0 billion in 2007, an increase of $4.4 billion from $25.6 billion in 2006. U.S. goods exports in 2007 were $2.8 billion, up 24.8 percen [...] |
2008-11-07 12:34:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD ECON EFIN EAID EINV PGOV NI |
| 08ABUJA2198 |
CONGRATULATORY MESSAGE TO MRS. MICHELLE OBAMA, [...] Below is the text of a congratulatory message to Mrs. Michelle Obama, wife of President-Elect Barack Obama, from Turai Umaru Yar'Adua, the First Lady of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. The original letter will be sent via diplomatic pouch. 2. Text of letter: 5th November, 2008 Mrs [...] |
2008-11-07 13:04:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | OPDC PREL OVIP NI |
| 08ABUJA2200 |
NIGERIA: UNIVERSAL PERIODIC REVIEW PREPARATIONS [...] (U) SUMMARY: On November 3, Foreign Minister Ojo Maduekwe confirmed the GON's commitment to human rights during remarks at the opening ceremony of the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) National Consultative Forum. The Forum, organized by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, offered a two day worksho [...] |
2008-11-10 07:46:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL PGOV NI |
| 08ABUJA2201 |
NIGERIA: ECOWAS AND INTERNATIONAL RED CROSS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: From October 27-29, ECOWAS and the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) co-sponsored a seminar on international humanitarian law treaties in West Africa entitled "Even War Has Limits." Poloff attended the October 29 session, which was open to observers from foreign m [...] |
2008-11-10 08:18:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV MASS PHUM ICRC ECOWAS NI |
| 08ABUJA2204 |
NIGERIA: BURKINA FASO TSCTP DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] (U) PolOff delivered reftel demarche concerning the admission of Burkina Faso to the Trans-Sahara Counterterrorism Partnership (TSCTP) to Dr. Olawale Maiyegun, Deputy Director of the Second United Nations Division of the Nigerian Ministry of Foreign Affairs' Bureau of International Organizatio [...] |
2008-11-10 14:19:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PTER XA XI NI |
| 08ABUJA2206 |
NIGERIA: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON DEA EXPULSION FROM [...] (C) On November 11, PolCouns delivered reftel demarche to Ambassador M.K. Ibrahim, Director of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs' International Organizations Second UN Division. Ibrahim suggested that the situation in Bolivia is linked to existing tensions between the U.S. and Venezuela, and note [...] |
2008-11-10 16:24:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM SNAR NI |
| 08ABUJA2207 |
NIGERIA: FAA PROPOSES CANCELING TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE WITH [...] (SBU) Summary. The Ambassador and Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) Director General Dr. Harold Demuren met on November 3 to discuss the possible cancellation of Nigeria's technical assistance (TA) program with the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) and Federal Aviation Administrati [...] |
2008-11-12 06:52:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ECON EAID ASEC ERTD PREL NI |
| 08ABUJA2210 |
INL NIGERIA REQUEST APPROVAL FOR PURCHASE OF TWO VEHICLES [...] No summary [...] |
2008-11-12 06:57:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR NI IZ |
| 08ABUJA2212 |
NIGERIA: BI-WEEKLY POL/ECON UPDATES FOR OCTOBER 16-31, [...] (U) The Following is a joint Embassy Abuja, ConGen Lagos compilation of October 16-31 political/economic highlights, which did not feature in our other reporting, covering: --Fishing and Agriculture --Environment --Health --Financial News --Education --Labor --Corruption --Political/Int [...] |
2008-11-12 08:14:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON ELAB EPET EFIN EAGR KDEM NI |
| 08ABUJA2219 |
NIGERIA: UN VOTING RECORD DEMARCHE [...] (C) SUMMARY. During a previously scheduled November 7 meeting, Ambassador delivered reftel A points to Charles Onianwa, Director of the MFA North and Central Americas Division, and Bola A. Akinterinwa, Special Assistant to the Minister of Foreign Affairs, and stressed the importance of partne [...] |
2008-11-12 16:06:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL NI |
| 08ABUJA2222 |
NIGERIA: SOURCE COMMENTS ON PRESIDENT YAR'ADUA'S [...] (S) DOD/HIV Officer reported that Lebanese businessman Ramzi Abu Hassan (strictly protect) met with Nigerian President Yar'Adua on November 7 for approximately 20 minutes. Hassan reported to DOD/HIV Officer that Yar'Adua seemed in reasonably good shape and appeared "with it" and "on top of th [...] |
2008-11-13 10:30:00 | Embassy Abuja | SECRET | PGOV PREL PINR NI |
| 08ABUJA2223 |
NIGERIA: TRADE MINISTRY PUSHING FOR TIFA ASAP [...] (SBU) Summary. During a November 6, 2008 meeting with the Nigerian Ministry of Commerce and Industry (MCI) Permanent Secretary Elizabeth Emuren, she said the Government of Nigeria (GON) is eager to participate in the next Trade and Investment Framework Agreement (TIFA) Council Meeting and pro [...] |
2008-11-13 10:54:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON KIPR EINV EAID PGOV NI |
| 08ABUJA2224 |
NIGERIA: FEELING THE HEAT, EFCC CHAIR TRIES TO [...] (U) SUMMARY: Within the last week, the EFCC has revisited three high-profile corruption cases, with some ending in new arrests and arraignments. The surge in EFCC activity comes on the heels of EFCC Chair Farida Waziri's controversial remarks at an October 13 anti-corruption conference regard [...] |
2008-11-13 12:08:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KCOR KCRM NI |
| 08ABUJA2225 |
NIGERIA: MAKING SENSE OF THE 2008 BUDGET [...] (U) Summary. The 2008 amended and supplemented budgets were finally passed in October after much back and forth between the executive branch and the National Assembly. A reluctant compromise was reached, but the key remaining issue is implementation. This poor budget process between the exe [...] |
2008-11-13 12:44:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON EINV PGOV NI |
| 08ABUJA2243 |
U.S. Mission Partners with American Business on Energy [...] (SBU) SUMMARY U.S. Mission in Nigeria is working with the American Business Council (ABC) to operationalize a public-private partnership on energy issues and other economic and business issues. The Ambassador opened a recent meeting with ABC with a review of progress to date, which includes a [...] |
2008-11-14 12:18:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EPET ECON ENRG PGOV EAID ETRD EFIN EINV NI |
| 08ABUJA2247 |
NIGERIA: PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES LEGISLATION [...] (U) SUMMARY: The Peoples' Democratic Party (PDP) and International Republican Institute (IRI) hosted a workshop on "Mainstreaming People with Disabilities into Political Parties" in Abuja on October 30. During the workshop, House of Representatives Member and Chair of the Human Rights Commit [...] |
2008-11-14 13:02:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV KDEM NI |
| 08ABUJA2248 |
NIGERIA: EFCC CHAIR WAZIRI REVEALS SERIOUS [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Ambassador spoke to EFCC Chair Farida Waziri by phone on November 10 to discuss ongoing EFCC anti-corruption efforts and deliver USG benchmarks for cooperation. The conversation revealed little substantive detail on EFCC efforts, and instead revealed much more about the seri [...] |
2008-11-17 06:12:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KCOR KCRM NI |
| 08ABUJA2249 |
NIGERIA: FORMER EFCC CHAIR RIBADU BRIEFS THE [...] (C) SUMMARY. Former EFCC Chair, Mallam Nuhu Ribadu, met with the Ambassador on November 10 at the Ambassador's residence. (DCM and PolOff attended.) Ribadu criticized the current state of Nigerian political affairs, blaming President Yar'Adua for most of the country's woes and describing hi [...] |
2008-11-17 06:12:00 | Embassy Abuja | SECRET | PGOV KCOR KCRM NI |
| 08ABUJA2253 |
MISSION USES INTEREST IN U.S. ELECTIONS TO PROMOTE ITS [...] (SBU) Summary. The U.S. Mission took advantage of the extremely high interest among Nigerians in the 2008 U.S. Presidential Elections to promote its policies as outlined in the joint U.S.-Nigeria Framework for Partnership. In several speaking engagements the Ambassador highlighted the Mission [...] |
2008-11-17 10:38:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PINR KDEM KPAO NI |
| 08ABUJA2262 |
NIGERIA: LAUNCHING NATIONAL HIV/AIDS COUNSELING AND TESTING [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. From October 9 - 11 the Government of Nigeria hosted a forum to discuss and develop a national HIV/AIDS Counseling and Testing (HCT) initiative. The event provided a rare and useful platform for HIV/AIDS advocacy and frank discussions. The GON appears to view a new massive nat [...] |
2008-11-18 06:58:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO KISL PGOV SOCI ECON KOCI EAID NI |
| 08ABUJA2264 |
NIGERIA: POWER SECTOR TO GET $5.3 BILLION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On October 30, 2008 the National Assembly approved the Federal Government's portion of $2.4 billion the required $5.3 billion for Nigeria's short-term power strategic plan. The funds will be used to rehabilitate the electricity grid and begin the completion of the National Indep [...] |
2008-11-18 07:40:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG EPET ECON PGOV EAID NI |
| 08ABUJA2269 |
NIGERIA: PRESIDENT SUBMITS MINISTERIAL NOMINEES [...] (SBU) On the evening of November 17, Nigerian President Umaru Musa Yar'Adua submitted a list of 13 ministerial nominees to Senate President David Mark for confirmation. Mark presented the list at the opening of the November 18 Senate session. The 13 nominees are expected to fill positions lef [...] |
2008-11-18 15:25:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM PINR NI |
| 08ABUJA2270 |
PD OCTOBER ROUND-UP - MISSION NIGERIA PROGRAMS SUPPORT [...] Summary: In the month of October, public diplomacy activities of the U.S. Mission to Nigeria supported each of the four pillars of the U.S. - Nigeria Framework for Partnership: Governing Justly and Democratically, Investing in People, Economic Trade and Growth, and Peace and Security. Headlin [...] |
2008-11-18 15:29:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO SCUL KDEM ECON EFIN NI |
| 08ABUJA2274 |
NIGERIA: WEAK HEALTH SYSTEM HURTING MDGS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. On October 9, the acting Supervising Minister of Health Mohammad Lawal, who is also the Minister of Labor, held a press conference in which he reported on the current health status of the nation. The report, while unrealistically laudatory of the ministry's efforts, described a [...] |
2008-11-19 11:23:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO KISL PGOV SOCI ECON KOCI EAID NI |
| 08ABUJA2275 |
NIGERIA: WEAK HEALTH SYSTEM HURTING MDGS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. On October 9, the acting Supervising Minister of Health Mohammad Lawal, who is also the Minister of Labor, held a press conference in which he reported on the current health status of the nation. The report, while unrealistically laudatory of the ministry's efforts, described a [...] |
2008-11-19 11:27:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO KISL PGOV SOCI ECON KOCI EAID NI |
| 08ABUJA2278 |
TRIP REPORT: NO-NONSENSE GOVERNOR OF TARABA TALKS [...] No summary [...] |
2008-11-19 15:13:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR KDEM NI |
| 08ABUJA2280 |
CONGRATULATORY MESSAGE TO PRESIDENT-ELECT [...] Below is the text of a congratulatory message to President-elect Obama from Cecilia Ibru, Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of the Oceanic Bank International Plc in Nigeria. The original letter will be sent via diplomatic pouch. 2. Text of letter: "Congratulations. On beha [...] |
2008-11-20 10:22:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | OPDC ECON PREL OVIP NI |
| 08ABUJA2292 |
NIGERIA: THREATS TO FREEDOM OF THE PRESS [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a November 18 dinner with Foreign Minister Ojo Maduekwe, Ambassador shared USG concerns over the recent GON crackdown on the press, which included the closure of one television station and the detention of several journalists, including one American citizen. FonMin replie [...] |
2008-11-21 07:13:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM NI |
| 08ABUJA2295 |
NIGERIA: CUSTOMS AND STANDARDS ORGANIZATION ENTHUSIASTIC [...] (SBU) Summary. During the USG Intellectual Property Working Group (IPWG) October 27-28 visit to Abuja, Nigeria intellectual property rights officials expressed appreciation for USG technical assistance (TA). While enforcement remains weak, some agencies are enthusiastic to work with the USG t [...] |
2008-11-21 11:30:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KIPR EINV ETRD ECON EAID NI |
| 08ABUJA2296 |
NIGERIA: ICE ATTACHE REACHES OUT TO ANTI-TIP [...] (U) SUMMARY: The United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Agency conducted a Bulk Cash Smuggling Workshop November 10-13 in Abuja. On November 12 and 13, ICE Attach Lydia St. John and Poloff met with representatives from the American Bar Association (ABA), the National Agency f [...] |
2008-11-21 12:27:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV KTIP ASEC DS NI |
| 08ABUJA23 |
NIGERIA: POL/ECON UPDATES FOR DECEMBER 2007 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Nigeria's fragile democracy continues to face several challenges. Domestic and international observers assessed the April elections, which brought President Umaru Yar'Adua (of the People's Democratic Party, PDP) to power as marred by gross irregularities, intimidation of voters [...] |
2008-01-07 07:05:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PINR PREL KDEM KCOR KJUS NI |
| 08ABUJA2300 |
NIGERIA: DEMARCHE DELIVERED, UNGA RESOLUTIONS [...] (C) PolOff delivered reftel demarche to Maria Laose, Director of the First United Nations Division at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on November 21. Laose maintained that the political realities of Nigeria's membership in the Organization of Islamic Conference (OIC) and the fact that Preside [...] |
2008-11-24 10:10:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNGA IS PA LE SY NI |
| 08ABUJA2302 |
NIGERIA: OPPORTUNITIES FOR US AG PRODUCT EXPORTS [...] Summary: Following the September 25, 2008 release of the 2008-2012 Nigerian government tariff book, a number of major import bans were eliminated and some tariffs were significantly reduced (reftel C). A review of the tariff book demonstrates that in several products there may be significant o [...] |
2008-11-24 10:35:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ECON ETRD EAID EFIN PGOV NI |
| 08ABUJA2304 |
NIGERIA: FIRST ENVIRONMENT SUMMIT EXPOSES PROBLEMS [...] Summary: From October 20-21, 2008 the Nigerian government (GON) hosted its first ever environmental summit where participants from the federal and state governments, civil society and academics assessed the environment and discussed approaches for sustainable development. The summit provided [...] |
2008-11-24 13:45:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV ENRG EAGR ECON EFIS EPET NI |
| 08ABUJA2306 |
CONGRATULATORY MESSAGE TO PRESIDENT-ELECT [...] Below is the text of a congratulatory message to President-elect Obama from Professor Maurice Fangnon, Secretary-General, Centre for the Defence of Human Rights and Democracy in Africa - CDHRDA (NGO). The original letter will be sent via diplomatic pouch. 2. Text of letter: "Dear Brot [...] |
2008-11-24 14:28:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | OPDC PREL OVIP NI |
| 08ABUJA2307 |
NIGERIA: FURTHER HARASSMENT OF FORMER EFCC CHAIR [...] (S) SUMMARY: In the latest attempt to discredit Former EFCC Chairman Nuhu Ribadu, he and his family were physically escorted away from his graduation ceremony from the National Institute of Policy and Strategic Studies (NIPSS) in Jos on November 22. On November 24, Ribadu came to the Embassy [...] |
2008-11-25 06:13:00 | Embassy Abuja | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV KCOR KCRM NI |
| 08ABUJA2309 |
NIGERIA: NEW POLIO CASE IN LAGOS [...] A World Health Organization (WHO) contact informed ESTHOff that a positive test for a single Type I polio case was reported on November 20-21 in Ali Mosho, a district within Lagos. The WHO contact coordinates polio vaccine efforts in Nigeria and has well-established ties to Nigerian public hea [...] |
2008-11-25 14:09:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO KISL PGOV SOCI ECON KOCI EAID NI |
| 08ABUJA2312 |
NIGERIA: TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS UPDATE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Poloff attended the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking In Persons (NAPTIP) 13th National Stakeholder's Consultative Forum in Abuja on October 30. Representatives from various civil society organizations; the Nigeria Police Force; Nigerian Customs; Nigeria Immigratio [...] |
2008-11-26 07:26:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV KTIP NI |
| 08ABUJA2313 |
NIGERIA: USG LED CIVIL AVIATION PRIVATE PUBLIC PARTNERSHIP [...] Summary. The U.S. Mission led a public private partnership (PPP) aviation workshop on November 17-18 with the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) and the Boeing Company to catapult Nigeria one step closer to attaining U.S. Federal Aviation Authority Category 1 status. The workshop rallied [...] |
2008-11-26 08:10:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR ECON EAID ASEC ERTD PREL NI |
| 08ABUJA2322 |
NIGERIA: EXXONMOBIL DISCUSSES YAR'ADUA'S HEALTH [...] (C) SUMMARY: On November 17, 2008 ExxonMobil (EM) senior officials reported to the Ambassador that President Yar'Adua appeared frail and thinner than usual in their meeting with him that day. EM officials also expressed disappointment in the lack of progress in the current administration and c [...] |
2008-11-26 14:51:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EPET ECON PREL NI |
| 08ABUJA2324 |
NIGERIA: G.E. VISITS NIGERIA TO DISCUSS INVESTMENT [...] (SBU) Summary. On November 12, 2008 the Ambassador met with a 23 member international delegation, plus 10 in-country staff, from General Electric's 12 business units to discuss potential for investment opportunities in Nigeria. GE expressed interest in increasing its investments in Nigeria, whi [...] |
2008-11-26 17:08:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ENRG EAIR ELTN EFIN ERTD EINV NI |
| 08ABUJA2325 |
MEETING WITH YAUKU ON RIBADU AND OTHER ISSUES [...] No summary [...] |
2008-11-26 17:59:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KCRM KCOR KDEM NI |
| 08ABUJA2327 |
NIGERIA: PROPOSED GLOBAL PARTNERSHIP FOR AGRICULTURE AND [...] Summary: Per reftel instructions, on November 25 the Mission conveyed to the Government of Nigeria (GON) talking points developed by the G-8 Experts Group on Global Food Security. The USG team consulted with senior representatives from the Nigerian National Food Reserve Agency, Ministry of Agr [...] |
2008-11-28 11:33:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EAGR TBIO EAID PGOV NI |
| 08ABUJA2328 |
NIGERIA: POLITICAL VIOLENCE IN PLATEAU STATE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Violence erupted in Plateau State on November 27 and 28 following the long awaited Local Government Area (LGA) elections. Riots broke out resulting in numerous homes, businesses, and churches being torched and mob violence caused several deaths. Reports allege that the ruling [...] |
2008-11-28 15:20:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KIRF ASEC NI |
| 08ABUJA233 |
NIGERIA: 2007-2008 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY [...] Summary Nigeria remains a hub of narcotics trafficking and money laundering activity and is still ranked as one of the world's most corrupt countries. Nigerian criminal organizations dominate the African drug trade and transport narcotics to markets in the United States, Europe, Asia, and oth [...] |
2008-02-05 14:10:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR KCRM NI IZ |
| 08ABUJA2331 |
NIGERIA: RIBADU REITERATES THREAT AND NEED TO FLEE [...] (C) SUMMARY: In two late night conversations on November 27, former Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) Chair Nuhu Ribadu told the Ambassador that he felt he was in much greater danger than he did earlier in the week when he spoke with DCM (ref B). In response to a question from th [...] |
2008-12-01 06:11:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KCOR KCRM NI |
| 08ABUJA2332 |
NIGERIA: RIBADU REITERATES THREAT AND NEED TO FLEE [...] (C) SUMMARY: In two late night conversations on November 27, former Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) Chair Nuhu Ribadu told the Ambassador that he felt he was in much greater danger than he did earlier in the week when he spoke with DCM (ref B). In response to a question from th [...] |
2008-12-01 06:11:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KCOR KCRM NI |
| 08ABUJA2333 |
NIGERIA: BI-WEEKLY POL/ECON UPDATES FOR NOVEMBER 1-14, [...] (U) The Following is a US Mission Nigeria compilation of November 1-14 political/economic highlights, which did not feature in our other reporting, covering: --HIV/AIDS --HUMAN RIGHTS --CORRUPTION --FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY --SOUTHERN ECONOMIC NEWS --DELTA INCIDENTS --OIL AND GAS HIV/AID [...] |
2008-12-01 09:13:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM ECON EPET EFIN MOPS PHUM NI |
| 08ABUJA2339 |
NIGERIA: BUHARI SUPPORTS CONSTITUTION IN EVENT OF [...] (C) SUMMARY: PolCouns and PolOff (notetaker) traveled to Kaduna to meet with former Head of State General Muhammudu Buhari on November 26. Buhari conveyed his optimism to PolCouns about his legal case before the Supreme Court, which seeks to annul the 2007 presidential election. He reiterate [...] |
2008-12-01 13:53:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR NI |
| 08ABUJA2340 |
NIGERIA: GOVERNMENT AND EXPORTERS ARE OPTIMISTIC ON [...] (SBU) Summary. During the November 17 - 20 visit of Laurie-Ann Agama, Director for African Affairs in the Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR), Government of Nigeria (GON) officials reiterated Nigeria's commitment to the U.S. - Nigeria Trade and Investment Framework Agreemen [...] |
2008-12-01 14:12:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON KIPR EAGR EINV EAID PGOV NI |
| 08ABUJA2345 |
NIGERIA: VIOLENCE SUBSIDES IN PLATEAU STATE; BUT [...] (C) SUMMARY: After three days of political-turned-ethnoreligious violence, a forced calm was restored to Plateau State's capital of Jos when the Nigerian military occupied the city and imposed a curfew on November 30. The violence that erupted on November 27 due to alleged vote rigging in t [...] |
2008-12-01 17:50:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KIRF ASEC NI |
| 08ABUJA2346 |
NIGERIA: VIOLENCE SUBSIDES IN PLATEAU STATE; BUT [...] (C) SUMMARY: After three days of political-turned-ethnoreligious violence, a forced calm was restored to Plateau State's capital of Jos when the Nigerian military occupied the city and imposed a curfew on November 30. The violence that erupted on November 27 due to alleged vote rigging in t [...] |
2008-12-02 07:05:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KIRF ASEC NI |
| 08ABUJA2347 |
NIGERIA: AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES EFCC, RIBADU, BIT & [...] (C) Summary: On November 26, 2008 the Ambassador met with Tanimu Yakubu, the Chief Economic Advisor and close personal confidant to President Yar'Adua, to discuss the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and former EFCC Chair Ribadu. She also covered the lack of progress and roadblo [...] |
2008-12-02 07:07:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ETRD EINV ENRG PGOV NI |
| 08ABUJA2348 |
NIGERIA: AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES RIBADU ISSUE WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY: Following a luncheon at the home of Foreign Minister Ojo Maduekwe on Sunday, November 30, the Ambassador had a private one-hour meeting with the FonMin to discuss the GON's total mishandling of issues surrounding former Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) Chair Nuhu Rib [...] |
2008-12-02 11:36:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KCOR KCRM KJUS NI |
| 08ABUJA2350 |
NIGERIA: NFIU GIABA DELEGATES TELL ALL [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: INLOff was briefed on the developments relating to NFIU Director A.B. Okauru's resignation by two members of the Nigerian delegation at the Inter-Governmental Action Group against Money Laundering in West Africa (GIABA) Plenary in Dakar, Senegal on November 19. According to th [...] |
2008-12-02 13:45:00 | Embassy Abuja | SECRET | PGOV KCOR KCRM NI |
| 08ABUJA2354 |
NIGERIA: ANPP OFFICIAL ON PRESIDENTIAL TRIBUNAL [...] (C) SUMMARY. Poloff met with Sule Hamma (strictly protect), All Nigerian Peoples' Party (ANPP) Presidential Campaign Council Director General, on November 28 to discuss the pending Supreme Court decision on ANPP candidate General Mohammadu Buhari's election tribunal appeal and reports of diss [...] |
2008-12-02 17:14:00 | Embassy Abuja | SECRET | PGOV PREL KDEM NI |
| 08ABUJA2358 |
NIGERIA: SOME NORMALITY RETURNS TO PLATEAU STATE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Normality started to return to Plateau State's capital of Jos on December 2 as the military remained in control of the city. People were able to move about more freely; however, movement was still restricted in certain areas of the city. American citizen and Missionary contacts [...] |
2008-12-02 18:50:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KIRF ASEC NI |
| 08ABUJA2359 |
NIGERIA: THREATS TO FREEDOM OF PRESS TO CONTINUE [...] (C) SUMMARY: On November 27, Nigerian Police arrested "Leadership" publisher Sam Nda Isaiah and three others in relation to a November 8 article published regarding President Yar'Adua's health (ref A). All four were charged with defamation and subsequently released on bail until their Decemb [...] |
2008-12-03 07:25:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV NI |
| 08ABUJA236 |
NIGERIA: 2007-2008 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY [...] Although the Federal Republic of Nigeria is not an offshore financial center, Nigeria's large economy is a hub for the trafficking narcotics and other contraband. Nigeria is also a center of criminal financial activity, reportedly for the entire continent. Individuals and criminal organizations [...] |
2008-02-05 14:14:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN SNAR KTFN KCRM NI |
| 08ABUJA2360 |
NIGERIA: 2008-2012 TARIFF BOOK REVIEW [...] Summary. Following the September 25, 2008 release of the 2008-2012 Nigerian government tariff book, a number of major import bans were eliminated and some tariffs were significantly reduced (reftel I). The Government of Nigeria's (GON) tariff policy for 2008 to 2012 reduces the number of ban [...] |
2008-12-03 08:32:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD ECON KIPR EAGR EINV EAID PGOV SENV NI |
| 08ABUJA2363 |
NIGERIA: UNEASY CALM REMAINED IN JOS [...] (C) SUMMARY: An "uneasy calm" remained in the Plateau State capital of Jos on December 3, according to Mission contacts and Locally Engaged Staff (LES) family members. Missionary contacts reported occasional gunfire but no widespread violence. The military retained control and continued to e [...] |
2008-12-03 17:05:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KIRF ASEC NI |
| 08ABUJA2365 |
NIGERIA: PRESIDENT YAR'ADUA PRESENTS THE 2009 BUDGET [...] (U) Summary. President Umaru Musa Yar'Adau presented the 2.87 trillion naira ($24.53 billion), budget for calendar year 2009 to a joint session of the National Assembly on December 2, 2008. The 2009 budget is a slight increase from the final 2008 budget of 2.7 trillion naira ($23 billion) re [...] |
2008-12-04 11:29:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ECON |