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| Identifier | Subject | Date | Office | Classification | Tags |
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| 07LAGOS57 |
SITREP #3: PROOF OF LIFE FOR KIDNAPPED PIVOT [...] (C) Summary: Control Risks Group representative told the Pivot-GIS Crisis Management Group (CMG) that the number and kinds of contacts between Amcit Bill Graham and individuals who know him well can be considered to meet the criteria for proof of life. End Summary. 2. (C) The Crisis Man [...] |
2007-01-29 16:10:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENERG ASEC PTER NI |
| 07LAGOS570 |
NIGERIA: Exxon Official Highlights Threats and [...] (U) Summary: An Exxon Mobil Official confirmed that 500,000 - 600,000 barrels per day (bpd) of oil is currently shut-in in the Niger Delta. The cost of rig renting has risen from USD 40,000 - 50,000 to approximately USD 200,000 per day, while a Niger Delta security premium of 10 - 40 percent ha [...] |
2007-08-14 10:37:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON PGOV SOCI NI |
| 07LAGOS571 |
DOE A/S HARBERT'S DAY IN LAGOS: GAS, OIL, POWER, [...] (C) Summary: On July 18, Department of Energy Assistant Secretary for Policy and International Affairs Karen Harbert SIPDIS met with Lagos business representatives from the power, gas, oil, and oil services sectors to assess the situation and hear energy companies' concerns. International [...] |
2007-08-14 11:48:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG ECON PREL NI |
| 07LAGOS575 |
GOVERNOR OBI'S SUMMER OF OPTIMISM IN ANAMBRA STATE [...] (C) Summary: In a July 30 visit by Pol-econ chief to Anambra State, Governor Peter Obi optimistically believed with the court cases finally resolved in his favor, now was the time for Anambra State to be the "Light of the Nation". Political observers agree that Obi has an opening to transform [...] |
2007-08-15 11:54:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM NI |
| 07LAGOS578 |
PORT HARCOURT VIOLENCE RESUMES; ATTACKERS IDENTITY [...] (C) Despite the increased deployment of military troops to Port Harcourt, Rivers State following the August 6-12 violence (Reftel), post has confirmed reports that serious fighting and the possible use of explosives broke out throughout the city on August 16. Fighting and violence has been r [...] |
2007-08-16 14:56:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PGOV PREL NI |
| 07LAGOS58 |
TRAFFIC STOP OF FUGITIVE SOBOMA GEORGE LEADS TO [...] (C) Summary: After the inadvertent arrest of their leader, Soboma George, a band of armed criminal militants attacked at least one police station in Port Harcourt. Details are sketchy and we have in hand conflicting reports whether George escaped. Apparently, the melee resulted in some casu [...] |
2007-01-29 16:47:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENERG ASEC PTER KCRM NI |
| 07LAGOS580 |
EBONYI STATE EXPERIENCES A SEAMLESS TRANSITION [...] (C) Summary: In a July 31 visit by Pol-econ chief to Ebonyi State, Governor Martin Elechi praised U.S. involvement in Nigeria and cited his top priorities as reforming the civil service and promoting development. Some observers contended Elechi's bureaucratic experience and acumen would bene [...] |
2007-08-17 14:03:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM NI |
| 07LAGOS590 |
NIGERIA: Aviation Briefs [...] (SBU) Virgin Nigeria passed the Shell Health, Safety, and Environment (HSE) Group Audit of Flight Operations and Airworthiness/Quality in August. Virgin Nigeria representatives said the airline scored better than Aero Contractors, Arik Air, and Bristows. A successful outcome in this audit sanct [...] |
2007-08-23 11:54:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EINV ETRD KIPR PGOV NI |
| 07LAGOS591 |
CODEL PAYNE MEETING WITH LAGOS STATE GOVERNOR [...] (SBU) Summary: Recently-installed Lagos State Governor Babatunde Fashola told HIRC Africa Subcommittee Chair Donald Payne August 21 he was determined to improve Lagos's miserable physical condition. Roads, power, water, and sanitation were in a shocking state and totally inadequate to cope wi [...] |
2007-08-23 12:39:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV NI |
| 07LAGOS592 |
ECONOMIC PERSPECTIVES: CBN NEW MONETARY POLICY [...] (SBU) Economic analysts see the Central Bank of Nigeria's (CBN) new economic policy, including redenomination of the naira, as a cosmetic makeover offering few economic improvements. One analyst thought the new policy could succeed if it were harmonized with macroeconomic policy objectives. End [...] |
2007-08-23 14:43:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN PGOV PREL NI |
| 07LAGOS594 |
NIGER DELTA PRESCRIPTIONS BY COMMUNITY LEADERS [...] (SBU) Summary: On August 20, Niger Delta community leaders told the Acting Consul General cultist groups were responsible for recent violence in Port Harcourt, Rivers State and said these groups hijacked the Niger Delta struggle. These leaders each offered different prescriptions for improvi [...] |
2007-08-24 14:47:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ASEC NI |
| 07LAGOS60 |
SHELL'S BAD DAY: NIGERIAN GOVERNMENT PULLS OIL [...] (C) Summary: Shell Managing Director Ann Pickard told visiting Deputy Director for West African Affairs Don Heflin the Government of Nigeria (GON) has notified the company that one of its oil blocks will be given to a Nigerian company. Unless the GON pays USD 1.2 billion in arrears Shell beli [...] |
2007-01-30 15:48:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENERG ASEC PTER NI |
| 07LAGOS600 |
NCAA DG SUPPORTS US BID FOR ICAO COUNCIL, PART I [...] (SBU) Harold Demuren, Director General of the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA), expressed support for the USG's bid for re-election to the ICAO Council, membership category Part I. During a meeting on August 20, Demuren said the Nigerian delegation to the ICAO Assembly is scheduled to [...] |
2007-08-28 13:08:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR EINV PREL NI |
| 07LAGOS601 |
OSHIOMHOLE DISCUSSES TRIBUNAL, ECONOMICS, YAR'ADUA [...] (C) Summary: Adams Oshiomhole was granted access to voting materials by the Edo State Election Tribunal; he expressed interest in hiring foreign forensic analysts to examine the ballots to prepare his case. Oshiomhole predicted the Tribunal would decide his claim to have won the April guberna [...] |
2007-08-29 10:29:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER NI |
| 07LAGOS602 |
NIGERIA ANNOUNCES REORGANIZATION OF ENERGY SECTOR [...] (C) Summary: On August 29, the Government of Nigeria announced the decision to "unbundle" the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) and to create five new independent agencies. International oil companies (IOCs) were aware of the plan to restructure, but did not expect it to take p [...] |
2007-08-30 15:35:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENERG PGOV NI |
| 07LAGOS603 |
Southern Election Tribunals [...] (SBU) Summary: Election Tribunals in southern states are rejecting challenges to their jurisdiction and affirming rights granted petitioners under the Electoral Act. Nonetheless, Governors elected in Nigeria's deeply flawed April 14 election continue to use every means the law allows to assur [...] |
2007-08-30 15:52:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KDEM NI |
| 07LAGOS605 |
A POLITICAL NOVICE TAKES OVER IN ENUGU STATE [...] (C) Summary: Enugu state has continued to live up to its reputation for political intrigue. After an election fraught with violence and controversy, newly-inaugurated Enugu State People's Democratic Party (PDP) Governor Sullivan Chime distanced himself from his political patron, former Governo [...] |
2007-09-05 10:35:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM NI |
| 07LAGOS607 |
CODEL PAYNE'S MEETING WITH LAGOS STATE GOVERNOR [...] (SBU) Summary: Recently-installed Lagos State Governor Babatunde Fashola told HIRC Africa Subcommittee Chair Donald Payne August 21 he was determined to improve Lagos's miserable physical condition. Roads, power, water, and sanitation were in a shocking state and totally inadequate to cope wi [...] |
2007-09-05 10:35:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV NI |
| 07LAGOS609 |
A LOOK BACK: OBASANJO REVIEWS HIS PRESIDENCY WITH [...] (C) Summary: In an August 21 meeting with HIRC Africa Subcommittee Chair Donald Payne, former President Olusegun Obasanjo said he would attend former President Clinton's Global Institute from September 26-28, dates which coincide with the second week of plenary sessions of the U.N. General Ass [...] |
2007-09-05 10:39:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM KPKO NI |
| 07LAGOS61 |
SITREP #4: PROOF OF LIFE SOUGHT FOR THIRD PIVOT [...] (C) The Pivot-GIS Hostage Crisis Group met January 26. There had been no contact with the hostages in the last 24 hours. A third hostage, Ezekial Akwa, a Nigerian national employed as a driver by Pivot, has not been mentioned by either the kidnappers or the hostages in conversations; proof o [...] |
2007-01-30 15:51:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENERG CASC ASEC PTER NI |
| 07LAGOS62 |
SITREP #5: SSS INVOLVEMENT IN NEGOTIATIONS [...] (C) The Pivot-GIS Hostage Crisis Group met January 29. The Nigerian State Security Services (SSS) had been in contact with the kidnappers and reported that all three hostages were well. The Director of the SSS Alhaji Kola Adeshina, has been personally involved in the release negotiations and [...] |
2007-01-31 16:30:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL CASC KCRM NI |
| 07LAGOS621 |
NIGER DELTA NGOS WARN FG ON IJAW FOCUS; CARMEN [...] (C) Summary: While Niger Delta militants have been in dialogue with the Federal and state governments, non-violent and non-Ijaw groups said they feel left out and have threatened to turn to violence to make their voices heard. In Delta State, a U.S. company leads a private-public venture inte [...] |
2007-09-11 10:05:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ASEC NI |
| 07LAGOS622 |
MILITANTS SEIZE PDP CHIEFTAINS IN ONDO STATE; MEND [...] (U) On September 9, militants claiming to be members of Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) seized 11 chieftains of the People's Democratic Party (PDP) in Ondo State, a state which had previously been unscathed by kidnapping activity. However, a MEND spokesperson disclaimed [...] |
2007-09-11 14:03:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM NI |
| 07LAGOS624 |
SOUTHERN NIGERIA POLITICAL TIDBITS FOR JULY/AUGUST [...] (SBU) Summary: Musings on the national political scene. Imo State Governor appoints Iwu family members. MASSOB leaders dismiss Yar'Adua's promise to pay Biafran pensions as propaganda. Some biographical tidbits on the new ministers. End summary. --------------------------------- Musings o [...] |
2007-09-12 08:58:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM PINR NI |
| 07LAGOS628 |
NDDC COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT SCHEME; NGO SEEKS LOCAL [...] (C) Summary: The Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) told international oil companies (IOCs) it would pursue community-driven development in pilot communities in 2008, and if successful, in all nine NDDC states by 2009. Bill Knight, Executive Director of Pro-Natura International, though [...] |
2007-09-17 14:35:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ASEC NI |
| 07LAGOS629 |
Struggles Over State Electoral Commissions Precede LGA [...] (U) Summary: Elections in the 353 Local Government Area (LGA) Councils of Nigeria's 17 southern states are scheduled to be held in the last quarter of this year. Struggles continue over control of the State Electoral Commissions which handle the LGA electoral process. End Summary. --------- [...] |
2007-09-18 10:45:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM KDEM NI |
| 07LAGOS63 |
SITREP #6: AMCIT & BRITISH NATIONAL REMAIN IN [...] (C) The Pivot-GIS Hostage Crisis Group met February 1. Wole Osinupebi of Pivot and John Walker of Control Risks traveled to Port Harcourt January 31 and met with Director of the State Security Services (SSS) Alhaji Kola Adeshina. Osinupebi and Walker spoke to American citizen Billy Graham and [...] |
2007-02-01 15:57:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENERG CASC ASEC PTER NI |
| 07LAGOS630 |
UNDP PLANS IN THE NIGER DELTA [...] (SBU) Summary: A United Nations (UN) official outlined a four part development program in the Niger Delta to be implemented in partnership with Shell Petroleum Development Company. He decried the lack of a concerted international plan to address ongoing unrest in the region. The UN continue [...] |
2007-09-18 14:52:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EPET SOCI NI |
| 07LAGOS631 |
LAGOS BAKERS ASSOCIATION ENDS BREAD STRIKE [...] (U) Summary: Small and medium-sized bakeries in southern Nigeria ended their strike over rising wheat prices. Post-strike prices for a loaf of bread have risen 33 percent. While no violence accompanied the strike, it served to highlight the continuing economic squeeze felt by the average Ni [...] |
2007-09-18 14:53:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR SOCI NI |
| 07LAGOS632 |
TOM POLO SUPPORTS NONVIOLENCE YOUTH TRAINING IN [...] (SBU) Sheriff Mulade, President of the Gbaramatu Youth Council (GYC), told Poloff approximately 200 youths from Gbaramatu and Ijaw Kingdoms in Delta state attended a non-violence sensitization program September 10-14. Presenters at the Riverine Host Community Youth Orientation Program were la [...] |
2007-09-18 15:05:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL ASEC NI |
| 07LAGOS633 |
WHO WILL GET NIGERIA'S NATURAL GAS? [...] XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX PLEASE ZFR IMI ZFR LAGOS 0633 IMI 0633 AND BLANK ALL ASSOCIATED MCNS, AND NEW MSG WILL BE SEND WITH NEW MCN AND MRN.XXXXXXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX ZFR ZFR [...] |
2007-09-19 13:45:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | EPET ENERG PGOV NI |
| 07LAGOS638 |
ND SPOT REPORT: OKAH ARRESTED, MILITARY PRESENCE [...] (C) Security sources reported on September 18 that criminal arms dealer Henry Okah, known to work in South Africa, Equatorial Guinea and Nigeria (Reftel), had been arrested in Angola. According to a press report, Okah is awaiting extradition to Equatorial Guinea where he will face criminal c [...] |
2007-09-20 11:46:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ASEC NI |
| 07LAGOS64 |
NIGER DELTA:"STATE OF INSURRECTION" PART II [...] (C) Summary: During a January 21 conversation with the Consul General, Bayelsa State Secretary Godknows Igali stressed that the activity of militant groups in the Niger Delta was approximating a "state of insurrection." Amending previous estimates of aggregate militant strength, Igali asserted [...] |
2007-02-02 07:57:00 | Consulate Lagos | SECRET | PREL PGOV KDEM NI |
| 07LAGOS640 |
WHO WILL GET NIGERIA'S NATURAL GAS? (CORRECTED [...] (C) Summary: Godwin Billy Agha, Deputy Director, Gas Division, Department of Petroleum Resources told Pol-Econ Chief that the Government of Nigeria (GON) has shifted its priorities from gas to export to gas for domestic use. Currently, there is not enough gas to feed into export projects awai [...] |
2007-09-20 15:46:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENERG PGOV NI |
| 07LAGOS642 |
YAR'ADUA RELEASES EXCESS CRUDE FUNDS; SYLVA [...] (C) Summary: Bayelsa State received USD 64 million from the Federal excess crude account; the state rarely received allocations from the account under former President Obasanjo. Bayelsa Governor Timipre Sylva, an outsider foisted on the state from Abuja, is slowly working his way through gov [...] |
2007-09-21 13:42:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ASEC NI |
| 07LAGOS644 |
RUMORS SURFACE ABOUT FUTURE OF NIGERIAN LNG PROJECT [...] (C) Summary: The head of a major gas project in Nigeria says there are indications that plans for the OK liquefied natural gas (LNG) plant will not proceed. He also said new gas tax legislation could cripple future gas exploration and production in Nigeria. A Shell managing director reports [...] |
2007-09-24 15:20:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG PGOV NI |
| 07LAGOS645 |
CHEVRON CONTEMPLATES BYPASSING ELP TO LINK TO WEST [...] (C) Summary: The West African Gas Pipeline (WAGP), originally scheduled for completion in December 2006, has stalled repeatedly. Vandalism to the Escravos to Lagos Pipeline (ELP) is slowing the flow of gas to existing facilities and threatens Nigeria's ability to supply gas to the WAGP. Che [...] |
2007-09-24 16:32:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENERG PGOV NI |
| 07LAGOS646 |
Southern Nigeria Economic Update [...] (U) Summary: Lagos analysts estimate that Nigeria's inflation rate is as high as 10.97 percent in contrast with the 4.8 percent recorded by the Bureau of Statistics in July. A major Lagos textile mill, Atlantic Textile Mill, was forced to close because of unfavorable business environment, maki [...] |
2007-09-25 06:28:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EINV ETRD KIPR PGOV NI |
| 07LAGOS647 |
SENATOR SEES OIL COMPANY MALFEASANCE, PROMISES [...] (C) Summary: The Chairman of the Nigerian Senate's Upstream Petroleum Committee said Chevron had grossly inflated the cost of building its Escravos gas to liquids (GTL) plant. He accused Shell of the same in the construction of its Bonga offshore facility and said Nigeria should use Shell's [...] |
2007-09-25 07:12:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG PGOV NI |
| 07LAGOS652 |
IJAW YOUTH LEADER: GON TAKING POSITIVE STEPS; IOCS [...] (C) Summary: According to Chris Ekiyor, recently-elected President of the Ijaw Youth Council (IYC), the Ijaw youth delegation meeting with the Federal Government went well as Yar'Adua's administration has expressed much interest in including Niger Delta indigenes in talks to lower regional un [...] |
2007-09-26 10:47:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ASEC NI |
| 07LAGOS653 |
PRIVATIZATION LEADERS PRAISE PREVIOUS USG [...] (SBU) Summary: The leaders of Nigeria's Bureau of Public Enterprises (BPE) and the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) expressed their appreciation for US Trade and Development Agency (TDA) support in Nigeria, but noted that American financial assistance for privatization had c [...] |
2007-09-26 10:48:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EPET ENRG PGOV NI |
| 07LAGOS654 |
NIGERIA: SECOND PHASE OF BANK CONSOLIDATION UNDERWAY [...] (U) Summary: Another phase of bank consolidation in the wake of successful recapitalization of banks in 2005 pursuant to the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) banking reform is underway. Many banks are going to the stock market to raise capital. Banks which had criticized the CBN directive to recap [...] |
2007-09-26 14:27:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ECON EINV PGOV NI |
| 07LAGOS663 |
NIGERIA SEEKS ADVICE FROM PRESTIGIOUS ECONOMIC, [...] (C) Summary: In meetings with Theodore Craig, Office of Policy Planning, U.S. Department of State, Mansur Ahmed, Managing Director of the Nigerian Economic Summit Group (NESG) and Wole Olanipekun, former president of the Nigerian Bar Association, said President Yar'Adua has asked advice from [...] |
2007-10-05 10:55:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG PGOV NI |
| 07LAGOS664 |
NIGERIAN SHRIMPING INDUSTRY DECRIES PIRATE ATTACKS [...] (SBU) Summary: During a recent Turtle Excluder Device (TED) inspection visit, many Nigerian shrimp companies told the Poloff that pirates have boarded their boats, robbed their crew and equipment, and confiscated their catches. Eight Nigerian shrimp companies operate approximately 150 boats i [...] |
2007-10-05 10:59:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV OES PREL ASEC NI |
| 07LAGOS667 |
NIGERIA THREATENS FINES ON GAS FLARING; PROPOSES [...] (SBU) Summary: A World Bank workshop on gas flaring in Nigeria turned into a discussion on possible increases in prices for export natural gas. The Nigerian government accused oil companies of dragging their feet on eliminating gas flaring and said stiff fines would be imposed at the start of [...] |
2007-10-05 15:49:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG EPET SENV NI |
| 07LAGOS67 |
SITREP 7: PROOF OF LIFE FOR NIGERIAN HOSTAGE [...] (C) The Pivot-GIS Hostage Crisis Group met February 2. American citizen Bill Graham and British National Neil Mirrlees remain in captivity. Proof of life was established for the third hostage, Ezekiel Akwa, who is a Nigerian employed as a driver by Pivot, when he spoke to Pivot's Wole Osinu [...] |
2007-02-02 14:08:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | CASC EPET KDEM NI PGOV PREL |
| 07LAGOS672 |
LAGOS COMMISSIONERS ON SECURITY & DEVELOPMENT [...] (SBU) Summary: In meetings with Theodore Craig, Office of Policy Planning, U.S. Department of State, two Lagos State Commissioners explained that relations between Lagos Governor Fashola and President Yar'Adua are strong, that Yar'Adua has agreed to expand a major expressway from four to 16 la [...] |
2007-10-10 15:19:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL ASEC NI |
| 07LAGOS684 |
NIGERIA'S DOCK WORKERS ON STRIKE [...] (U) The Maritime Workers Union of Nigeria (MWUN) went on strike on October 18 to support a non-unionized group of Apapa terminal dockworkers. The Apapa dockworkers are legally recognized as casual employees and, therefore, unable to organize or receive guaranteed conditions of service. (Note [...] |
2007-10-19 14:04:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM NI |
| 07LAGOS685 |
NIGERIA'S EDO STATE RIVEN OVER TRIBUNALS, LG ELECTIONS [...] (U) Summary: The Edo State Election Petition Tribunal has been sitting daily to expedite proceedings, but has no jurisdiction to hear complaints alleging violent intimidation of witnesses. Edo State opposition parties will boycott November local government elections. Sitting Governor Osunbor' [...] |
2007-10-19 14:15:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM KDEM NI |
| 07LAGOS686 |
KALU'S CORRUPTION TRIAL PITCHES EFCC AGAINST ATTORNEY [...] (U) SUMMARY: The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) trial of former Abia State Governor Orji Uzor Kalu has set the EFCC and Attorney General (AG), Michael Aondoaaka, on a collision course. Aondoaaka wants the EFCC to discontinue Kalu's trial in obedience to an earlier Abia State [...] |
2007-10-22 12:40:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM KDEM NI |
| 07LAGOS688 |
PRISON RIOT SPARKS DEBATE ON PRISON REFORM [...] (U) SUMMARY: Several prisoners died recently during an attempted jail break in a federal prison in Ibadan, Oyo State. The Government of Nigeria (GON) pledged to institute lasting prison reform that would improve prisoners' living conditions. However, human rights activists argued that no mean [...] |
2007-10-22 12:41:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PGOV KDEM NI |
| 07LAGOS690 |
MOSOP PRESIDENT: EFCC MUST CHARGE CORRUPT [...] (C) Summary: The relative calm in Port Harcourt, Rivers State is misleading as state government officials have contributed to the violence, rather than decreased it. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) must hold government officials responsible for corruption and complicity i [...] |
2007-10-22 13:45:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM NI |
| 07LAGOS691 |
NIGER DELTA: 3 NON-AMERICAN EXPATS KIDNAPPED [...] (SBU) Militants in 20-30 speed boats attacked a Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC) support vessel at the EA Field offshore Bayelsa state around 20:45 on October 20. Shell security sources confirmed the kidnapping of three expatriate subcontractors: a Russian, Croatian and British nati [...] |
2007-10-22 13:45:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC PGOV PREL NI |
| 07LAGOS692 |
NIGER DELTA: 3 NON-AMERICAN EXPATS KIDNAPPED [...] (SBU) Militants in 20-30 speed boats attacked a Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC) support vessel at the EA Field offshore Bayelsa state around 20:45 on October 20. Shell security sources confirmed the kidnapping of three expatriate subcontractors: a Russian, Croatian and British nati [...] |
2007-10-22 13:45:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC PGOV PREL NI |
| 07LAGOS694 |
NIGER DELTA ROUNDUP: HOSTAGES RELEASED, PORT [...] (SBU) Three expatriates (Russian, Croatian, and British nationals), and four Nigerian hostages were released around 17:00 on October 22, two days after having been kidnapped offshore Bayelsa State, according to Shell representatives (Reftel). Shell attributed the release to quick community a [...] |
2007-10-23 15:07:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC PGOV PREL NI |
| 07LAGOS697 |
NIGERIA'S OIL REGULATOR ON SECTOR REFORM [...] (C) Summary: Nigeria's petroleum regulatory chief said the government will give its interests in oil production joint ventures to a newly formed national oil company. Costs for building the OK liquefied natural gas (LNG) plant have increased significantly and he said the plant's future is in [...] |
2007-10-24 12:24:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG PGOV NI |
| 07LAGOS704 |
NIGERIA: DELTA'S AMBITIOUS INTEGRATED DEVELOPMENT [...] (C) Summary: The Delta State Integrated Development Project has created an ambitious development plan for the state focused on establishing an industrial base, developing infrastructure, and privatizing some government functions to boost citizens' earning power. Two of the plan's larger proj [...] |
2007-10-26 10:54:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV EAGR EPET PREL ASEC NI |
| 07LAGOS705 |
NIGERIAN DRUG REGULATOR CLAIMS COUNTERFEITING SUCCESS [...] Summary: Professor Dora N. Akunyili has transformed Nigeria's National Agency for Food, Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) into an effective regulatory agency. NAFDAC has reduced the number of counterfeit drugs on the market, increased surveillance at ports, streamlined drug registratio [...] |
2007-10-29 12:06:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | EIND KIPR EAGR SNAR NI |
| 07LAGOS710 |
COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR FBI DEPTUY DIRECTOR, [...] (C)U.S. Mission Nigeria warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to FBI Debuty Director John S. Pistole, his delegation (Tracey A. North, J. Donaldson Shamwell, Alan W. Sosebee, Kenneth W. Kaiser, Arther M. Cummings, Welsely D. Lacy, Leonard C. Parker, Russell J. Atanasio and Timothy Sobu [...] |
2007-10-30 09:22:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | OTRA AMGT PREL NI |
| 07LAGOS711 |
NIGER DELTA: 6 EXPATS RELEASED, GOVERNMENTS [...] (C) Summary: Four Indian and two Polish nationals kidnapped offshore Rivers State on October 26 were released on October 29. Despite being swindled by the Rivers and Lagos state governments, the Foundation for Ethnic Harmony in Nigeria (FEHN) will host a high level Global Conference on Nonvi [...] |
2007-10-30 14:55:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ASEC NI |
| 07LAGOS712 |
MILITANT LEADER DOKUBO ASARI EXPOSES OKAH AS A [...] (C) In mid-October militant leader Dokubo Asari circulated a letter exposing Henry Okah's arms trafficking activities and connections in a self-proclaimed effort to separate criminality from the Niger Delta struggle. (Note: According to security sources, this letter was intended only for Ija [...] |
2007-10-30 14:58:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM NI |
| 07LAGOS717 |
OIL ADVISOR SAYS NIGERIA IS NO VENEZUELA [...] (SBU) Summary. The Nigerian president's special advisor on petroleum said that recent press reports on petroleum contract renegotiations were overblown and Nigeria was "no Venezuela." He clarified that the older oil production contracts were past due to be reworked, but the process will take [...] |
2007-10-31 14:38:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EPET ENRG PGOV NI |
| 07LAGOS719 |
NIGERIA: NEW RIVERS GOVERNOR REINVENTS HIMSELF BUT [...] (C) Summary: Recently inaugurated Governor Amaechi of Rivers State has pledged to fight corruption and promised to pressent a bill creating a Due Process and Public Procurement Commission to the legislature. After having been sidelined by the People's Democratic Party for six months, Amaechi [...] |
2007-11-01 13:58:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ASEC NI |
| 07LAGOS726 |
Nigeria's Information and Communications Sector [...] SUMMARY: Nigeria's information and communications sector will implement policies to improve intra-regional connectivity and roaming as an aid to economic growth, a senior member of the National Communications Commission (NCC) said. He expects that IT improvements will result in increased eco [...] |
2007-11-07 13:48:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ECPS NI |
| 07LAGOS727 |
CITIBANK NIGERIA: CONTRACT ENFORCEMENT CONSTRAINS LENDING. [...] (U) Summary: Citibank, the only U.S. bank operating in Nigeria, believes corporate lending is constrained by difficulty in enforcing contracts. Retail banks have difficulty verifying customers' identity and credit worthiness; to get around these problems, they lend to civil servants and employe [...] |
2007-11-07 15:13:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN PGOV PREL NI |
| 07LAGOS729 |
Southern Nigeria Election Tribunals Rule On Challenges [...] (U) Summary: Election tribunals in Nigeria's southern states continued to hand down rulings, some of which may be appealed. Bayelsa and Ogun State tribunals ruled against Action Congress (AC) and All Nigerian People's Party (ANPP) challengers in governorship elections. House races were over [...] |
2007-11-07 15:19:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM KDEM NI |
| 07LAGOS73 |
WILLBROS PLANS TO LEAVE NIGERIA, LABOR DISPUTE [...] (C) Summary: Due to myriad challenges, ranging from labor difficulties to diminution of business caused by militant activity in the Delta, U.S. oil service contractor Willbros plans to exit Nigeria by March. The company executives hope to sell its Nigerian subsidiary to Ascot Drilling. The [...] |
2007-02-05 10:44:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ELAB ASEC PTER CASC NI |
| 07LAGOS736 |
Nigerian Grain Production Drop Leads to Higher Food Prices [...] Summary: With the drop in Nigeria's grain production from reduced acreage and late season dryness, the price of grain has risen and with it animal feed, leading to higher prices for eggs, poultry, and meats to consumers. These price increases come at a time when the price of bread, which is [...] |
2007-11-10 07:43:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR SOCI NI |
| 07LAGOS737 |
NIGERIA: NORTH AMERICAN AIRLINES CHIEF SEES MARKET GROWING [...] (U) Summary: North American Airlines (NAA) Chief Henry Seymour says NAA's code share arrangement with Virgin Nigeria will continue until March 2008, when Virgin will begin flights to the United States. Delta Airlines begins flights to Nigeria in December and Continental Airlines hopes to begin [...] |
2007-11-13 08:40:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR ECON NI |
| 07LAGOS740 |
RESOURCE NATIONALISM IN NIGERIA [...] (C) Summary: Resource nationalism is not a significant movement in Nigeria. GON officials publicly and privately express a desire to attract more foreign investment in the petroleum sector. However, tough new local content requirements are in practice nationalistic and could hamper petroleu [...] |
2007-11-13 15:37:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG PGOV NI |
| 07LAGOS741 |
NIGER DELTA MILITANTS HIT QUA IBOE TERMINAL [...] (C) Around 07:00 AM on November 12, six to seven militant boats were spotted shooting into the air offshore Exxon Mobil's Qua Iboe Terminal (QIT) in Akwa Ibom State. According to security sources, the military Joint Task Force (JTF) repelled the militants around 10:30 AM after a firefight whi [...] |
2007-11-13 15:59:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM NI |
| 07LAGOS743 |
NIGERIA TO HONOR HISTORICAL TAX WAIVERS [...] (U) Summary: The tax reforms begun under the previous administration will be continued, according to the head of Nigeria's Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS). The government will stand by its commitments on historical tax waivers but will not grant new ones. The increase from 5 to 10 percent [...] |
2007-11-15 07:58:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN PGOV PREL NI |
| 07LAGOS749 |
NIGERIA'S 2008 OIL PRODUCTION TO FALL SAYS TOP OIL [...] (C/NF) Summary: Shell's senior Africa executive reported that while no country in the world has the potential of Nigeria in terms of new reserves available to international oil companies, Shell would not develop new fields next year because of ongoing funding and security problems. The execut [...] |
2007-11-19 15:39:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ENRG EPET MARR MASS PGOV PREL NI |
| 07LAGOS750 |
A POSSIBLE STRUCTURE FOR A NEW NIGERIAN OIL SECTOR [...] (SBU) Summary: This cable provides an initial view of plans by the government of Nigeria (GON) to reorganize its petroleum sector and national oil company. No official plan has been announced publicly. Clarification may come in February 2008, but the actual implementation is expected to take [...] |
2007-11-21 10:27:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG PGOV NI |
| 07LAGOS752 |
NIGERIA'S UBA PARTNERS CHINA DEVELOPMENT BANK [...] (U) Summary: United Bank for Africa (UBA) is in partnership with China Development Bank (CDB) to fund Chinese investments in two trade zones, and in infrastructure and energy projects. UBA, which believes it currently has 20% of Nigeria's retail banking market, introduced a phone card that doub [...] |
2007-11-21 15:04:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ECON EINV ETRD PGOV PREL NI |
| 07LAGOS759 |
NIGER DELTA TIDBITS: SECURITY, POLITICS, [...] (C) This cable provides updates to security and political developments in the Niger Delta. These events occurred in November and were not previously reported: --Bonny Island Labor Skirmish Results in 3 Fatalities --Delta: Joint Task Force-Uduaghan Prevent Itsekiri Attack on Chevron --Sena [...] |
2007-11-29 16:11:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL NI |
| 07LAGOS76 |
SIT REP #8: DIFFICULT COMMUNICATION WITH SSS [...] (C) The Pivot-GIS Hostage Crisis Group has not met since February 2, however Control Risk Group (CRG) provided the following information. On February 3, Director of State Security Services (SSS) Alhaji Kola Adeshina told CRG that the Oral Rehydration Treatment (ORT) sachets had not been passe [...] |
2007-02-05 15:34:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM CASC NI |
| 07LAGOS764 |
NIGERIA: ENERGY, OTHER SECTORS HAMPERED BY [...] (U) Summary: Representatives from an international investment firm expressed optimism about the Nigerian market but cautioned that volatility in all sectors hampers further growth. Continued stable economic growth, in their opinion, depends on the growth of the (nonvolatile) retail sector. P [...] |
2007-12-03 06:01:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV EIND EFIN ENRG NI |
| 07LAGOS765 |
NIGERIA: YOUNG ACHIEVERS BRIDGE GAP BETWEEN [...] (U) Summary: President Abbaly Johnson and other members of the Young Achievers Network told EconCouns Nigeria's system of higher education fails completely to prepare students for jobs. Young Achievers bridge the gap by engaging youth in conferences, volunteer activities and other interventi [...] |
2007-12-03 06:01:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON SOCI NI |
| 07LAGOS766 |
NIGERIA: AMERICAN BUSINESS COUNCIL SAYS CUSTOMS [...] (U) Summary: In a meeting with Embassy Economic Counselor November 15, representatives of the American Business Council (ABC) listed the Government of Nigeria's propensity to announce policies seemingly with little concern for their impact as problems they would like to see addressed during T [...] |
2007-12-03 06:01:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EINV ETRD PGOV NI |
| 07LAGOS767 |
NIGERIA: LOWER NIGERIAN TARIFFS COULD REDUCE [...] SUMMARY: At a recent lunch meeting, representatives of Pfizer, Microsoft, Hewlett Packard (HP), and the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI) discussed common obstacles their industries face in enforcing intellectual property rights (IPR) in Nigeria. While the lack of [...] |
2007-12-03 06:01:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD ECON KIPR PGOV NI |
| 07LAGOS768 |
NIGERIA: CUSTOMS CUMBERSOME BUT AVIATION HANDLING [...] (SBU) Summary: Local logistics company executives said internal Nigerian customs disputes contribute to the slow pace of the customs clearance process. Despite the cumbersome Nigerian customs process, the company is expanding their operations at the local airport. End Summary. ----------- [...] |
2007-12-03 06:03:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR ECON EFIN EINV NI |
| 07LAGOS769 |
NIGERIA: ITSEKIRI TAKE UP ARMS; MILITANTS SEEK TO [...] (C) Summary: The Itsekiri in Delta State have created the Niger Delta Survival Front, a militant body through which they reportedly hope to exert pressure on Chevron; however, an Ijaw contact believes this body will remain weak due to limited resources and the small geographic territory inhab [...] |
2007-12-03 14:07:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ASEC NI |
| 07LAGOS774 |
Nigeria: First Bank Chief Fears Banks Over Capitalized [...] (SBU) Summary: Central Bank insistence that only banks with USD 1 billion in capital will manage Nigeria's foreign reserves may have resulted in some banks being over-capitalized for their current operations and lead to bad loans. The Managing Director (MD) of First Bank, Nigeria's oldest bank [...] |
2007-12-05 13:06:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON NI |
| 07LAGOS778 |
NIGERIA: ADEDIBU LOSES GROUND [...] (C) Summary: Signs point to the slow decline of Lamidi Adedibu's influence in Oyo State politics. His recent court appearance in Abuja and struggles with NAFDAC show his weakened position. Traditional ruler Gbola Adesiyan says Adedibu's "godson" Governor Adebayo Akala anticipates that the t [...] |
2007-12-12 14:46:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM PGOV PHUM NI |
| 07LAGOS780 |
START OF GAS FLOW THROUGH WEST AFRICAN GAS [...] (SBU) A USAID contractor advising the West African Gas Pipeline Company (WAGPco) reports that the free flow of natural gas through the West African Gas Pipeline (WAGP) has been delayed until at least January 2008. WAGPco had announced December 5th as the date for starting the flow of gas. Ho [...] |
2007-12-13 12:13:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EPET ECIN ECON ENRG PGOV NI |
| 07LAGOS787 |
TSA COMPLETES INSPECTION OF LAGOS INTERNATIONAL [...] (SBU) In conjunction with the commencement of direct service between Atlanta and Lagos by Delta Airlines, Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officials completed an inspection of aviation security at Lagos' Murtala Muhammed Airport (MMA). The five day inspection covered all aspects o [...] |
2007-12-21 12:13:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR EINV PREL NI |
| 07LAGOS789 |
NIGERIA: DELTA STATE PURSUES PRIVATE INVESTMENT IN [...] (SBU) Summary: The Delta State Ministry of Environment is looking for assistance from donor agencies and private sector investment to spearhead projects such as erosion control, reforestation for timber, and waste management. The Delta State Waste Management Board, which falls under the purvi [...] |
2007-12-27 12:32:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL SENV NI |
| 07LAGOS792 |
EXXONMOBIL PREPARES FOR NIGERIA'S GAS FLARING [...] (C) Summary: ExxonMobil (EM) will not meet Nigeria's January 1, 2008 deadline to end natural gas flaring (Ref). EM has a multi-billion dollar plan in progress to reinject gas into near offshore fields, but will continue to flare some "routine" gas until at least 2011 unless it is forced to sh [...] |
2007-12-28 11:08:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG PGOV NI |
| 07LAGOS793 |
NIGER DELTA: DESOPADEC FOR OIL COMMUNITY [...] (SBU) Summary: The Delta State Oil Producing Areas Development Commission (DESOPADEC) has begun to develop riverine areas by offering health care to 180,000 individuals and by opening bids for more than 100 development projects. A decrease in oil production meant DESOPADEC received USD 8.5 mi [...] |
2007-12-31 08:32:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL SENV NI |
| 07LAGOS8 |
NGO ACTIVIST: OGONI SYMPATHY FOR VIOLENT APPROACH [...] (C) Summary: Violence as a vehicle to express frustration at the lack of economic development in Rivers State is gaining sympathy within the Ogoni community and will be compounded by a likely upsurge in political violence surrounding the 2007 elections, warned environmental and human rights a [...] |
2007-01-08 14:14:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC ELAB EPET PGOV PINR NI |
| 07LAGOS87 |
SITREP 9: HOSTAGES REMAIN CAPTIVE; GOVERNMENT [...] (C) On February 5, American citizen Bill Graham told Pivot employee Wole Osinupebi the negotiation process should conclude as soon as possible because British national Neil Mirrlees's condition is very weak. John Walker of Control Risks Group could not confirm delivery of the Oral Rehydratio [...] |
2007-02-06 15:37:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | CASC EPET KDEM NI PGOV PREL |
| 07LAGOS89 |
TINUBU CHARTS THE AC'S COURSE IN THE ELECTION [...] (C) Summary: In a January 29 conversation with the Consul General, Lagos Governor Bola Tinubu stated he would suggest to his old friend Vice-President Atiku Abubakar to step down from the presidential race. Tinubu thinks his friend's chances are nil given the strength of presidential enmity [...] |
2007-02-07 15:17:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM NI |
| 07LAGOS90 |
10,000 ARMED CRIMINALS, NIGER DELTA APPROACHING [...] (C) Summary. Secretary of Bayelsa State Government Dr. Godknows Igali believes that the release on bail of four jailed militant youths will result in the release of two Italian employees of Agip held hostage since December 7; kidnappers are willing to release the Lebanese hostage. Igali sees [...] |
2007-02-07 15:52:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV NI |
| 07LAGOS91 |
SITREP 10: BRITISH NATIONAL MIRRLEES RELEASED; [...] (C) Around 7:30 AM on February 7, militants released British national Neil Mirrlees due to the noticeable decline in his health since being held hostage. Mirrlees has been taken to a health clinic in Port Harcourt. Pivot will fly Mirrlees, a long time resident of Port Harcourt, to Lagos Feb [...] |
2007-02-07 16:03:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | CASC EPET KDEM NI PGOV PREL |
| 07LAGOS92 |
FUEL CRISIS IMMOBILIZES SECTIONS OF THE SOUTHWEST [...] (SBU) Summary: A visit by Poloff to the Southwest showed traffic sharply reduced and long fuel queues in every major city. With suppliers ordered to give priority to Lagos and Abuja, other cities had to grapple with not knowing when more fuel was coming. One distributor admitted to hoarding [...] |
2007-02-08 07:03:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | EPET ENERG ASEC PTER NI |
| 07LAGOS94 |
SITREP 11: HOSTAGES REMAIN CAPTIVE; FILIPINO FOUND [...] (C) Summary. John Walker of Control Risks Group told the Pivot-GIS Hostage Crisis Group on February 8 American citizen Bill Graham and Nigerian national Ezekiel Akwa remain in captivity. Security contacts confirmed to Regional Security Officer (RSO) a Filipino woman abducted on February 7 in [...] |
2007-02-08 14:30:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC CASC EPET KDEM NI PGOV PREL |
| 07LAGOS95 |
STATE OF EMERGENCY BRINGS SOME CALM TO EKITI STATE [...] (C) Summary. Although controversial, President Obasanjo's declaration in October 2006 of a state of emergency in Ekiti State has provided citizens a respite from the State's tumultuous political climate. Special Administrator Tunji Olurin has brought some order to Ekiti. However, the party [...] |
2007-02-09 07:07:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM PHUM NI |
| 07LAGOS96 |
EXXONMOBIL'S ASSESSMENT OF CHALLENGES TO THE OIL [...] (SBU) Summary: Nigeria's ambitious plans for increasing natural gas production could be hampered if the challenges facing the companies leading this enterprise are not resolved. The major challenges are underfunding of joint venture (JV) projects by the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporat [...] |
2007-02-09 09:25:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | EPET ENERG PGOV NI |
| 07LAGOS97 |
NIGERIA NATIONAL ASSEMBLY PREPARES DOWNSTREAM GAS [...] (U) Summary: Final investment decisions (FIDs) will be taken on the OK Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG), Brass LNG, Nigeria Liquefied Natural Gas (NLNG) and Equatorial Guinea LNG projects early in 2007. As a result, the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) is pushing Nigeria's Nationa [...] |
2007-02-09 09:47:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EPET NI PGOV ENERG |
| 07LAGOS99 |
ECONOMIC ROUND-UP: JANUARY [...] (U) Summary: In January, news media reported China granted duty-free status to manufactured goods imported from Nigeria; Delta State signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with China to rehabilitate several ailing publicly-owned companies; and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) was offered Nig [...] |
2007-02-09 12:12:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | ECPS ECON EINV EIND PGOV PREL NI |
| 08LAGOS100 |
NIGERIA COMMERCIAL AVIATION UPDATE [...] (SBU) Summary: U.S. carrier North American Airlines announced it will cease all scheduled passenger service, leaving Delta Airlines as the sole air carrier connecting the United States and Nigeria. A dispute between local airlines and the airport authorities over use of the new domestic term [...] |
2008-03-13 13:34:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ECON EINV NI |
| 08LAGOS104 |
CENTRAL BANK RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON FOREIGN [...] (SBU) Summary. The Ambassador met with the Nigerian Central Bank (CBN) Governor Chukwuma Soludo on March 6 to express U.S. concerns about planned restrictions on foreign investment in Nigerian banks. Soludo remained firm in his intention to press forward with the new rules. While foreigners [...] |
2008-03-14 10:48:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN EINV PREL PGOV NI |
| 08LAGOS11 |
NIGER DELTA DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION CHAIRMAN [...] (SBU) Summary: The Chairman of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) told the Consul General on January 3 that under President Yar'Adua the NDDC has begun to receive funding, a notable switch from President Obasanjo's days. The NDDC Master Plan is scheduled to develop the Niger Delta [...] |
2008-01-10 16:29:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL SENV NI |
| 08LAGOS112 |
NIGERIA: DYNCORP NOTIFIES AKWA IBOM STATE [...] (SBU) Summary: Dyncorp International, a U.S. firm, has notified Akwa Ibom State of its intention to terminate the contract for construction of the state's international airport and maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) facility; the state government currently owes Dyncorp over USD 5.1 million [...] |
2008-03-25 14:54:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR EINV PREL NI |
| 08LAGOS116 |
NIGERIA: WIDESPREAD IPR VIOLATIONS INCREASE COSTS [...] (SBU) Summary: The prevalence of software piracy in large, established Nigerian companies and in the movie industry hinders Microsoft in identifying domestic partners in the fight to enforce intellectual property rights. U.S. company Schlumberger faces theft of proprietary information required [...] |
2008-03-28 06:40:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | KIPR ECON PGOV NI |
| 08LAGOS118 |
NIGERIA: EDO NDDC PROJECTS APPEAR TO BENEFIT [...] (SBU) Summary: The Edo State Commissioner for the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) on March 12 showed visiting Nigeria desk officer Andrew Silski four projects around Benin City, including school blocks, road construction, and a solar powered water project. Emboffs were unable to det [...] |
2008-04-01 12:44:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL ASEC SENV NI |
| 08LAGOS120 |
NIGERIA: GON REQUEST FOR ASSISTANCE TO LOCATE [...] On March 31 Ambassador received a request dated March 26 from the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) requesting USG assistance to locate the missing Beechcraft 1900-5N JAH Aircraft. The letter reads: 2. NEMA/SAR/48/I The Ambassador, The American Embassy, Off Airport Road, Cent [...] |
2008-04-03 06:29:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR EINV NI |
| 08LAGOS121 |
NIGERIA: EXPERT TESTIMONY IN VOTE STEALING SETS [...] (SBU) Summary: Forensic evidence is providing new insights into vote rigging during the April 2007 gubernatorial election in Ekiti State. The state tribunal is the only election court thus far to allow forensic evidence, setting a precedent for the country. Visual aids especially are educati [...] |
2008-04-03 14:53:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV NI |
| 08LAGOS122 |
NIGERIA: NEW GAS POLICY MAY SLOW NATURAL GAS [...] (C) Summary: Nigeria's recently announced natural gas policy will likely slow development of domestic and export natural gas projects. The policy relies on cross-subsidies from commercial and industrial users for development of electrical power projects. The policy and regulation are vague [...] |
2008-04-04 10:34:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG PGOV NI |
| 08LAGOS13 |
NIGER DELTA MILITANTS REJECT CEASEFIRE [...] (C) Summary: The fragile peace agreement between the Federal Government and Niger Delta militants began unraveling in December 2007 and it now appears violence will escalate in early 2008. Criminals (Ateke Tom), militants (the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta and Tom Polo), an [...] |
2008-01-11 14:08:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL NI |
| 08LAGOS132 |
NIGERIA: PORT PRIVATIZATION YIELDS MIXED RESULTS [...] (SBU) Summary: During visit of Nigeria Desk Officer and EconOff of Lagos ports on March 11, efforts to modernize and clean up the Apapa Container Terminal have born fruit in some areas. The privatization of the Lagos ports that began in 2006 has introduced greater efficiency in operations, ma [...] |
2008-04-10 15:58:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ECON EINV NI |
| 08LAGOS143 |
NIGERIA: AES CORPORATION TO PURSUE INTERNATIONAL [...] (SBU) Summary: During a March 28 meeting with EconOffs, U.S. company AES Corporation said it will pursue international arbitration if the Government of Nigeria (GON) does not pay an owed USD 17.5 million and honor the terms of a power purchase agreement between AES and the Power Holding Compan [...] |
2008-04-18 07:21:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG EINV ECON NI |
| 08LAGOS147 |
NIGERIA: OPIC SUPPORTED INVESTMENT FUNDS IN THE [...] Summary: The objectives of OPIC,s supported GEF African Consumer Fund are compatible with the Government of Nigeria's desire for more and longer-term equity investment in private companies operating in sectors that do not traditionally receive funds. More private equity funds are needed for [...] |
2008-04-22 05:57:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV ECON NI |
| 08LAGOS151 |
NIGERIA: STAFFDEL MEETING WITH DELTA STATE [...] (SBU) Summary: In a 27 March meeting with Senate Foreign Relations Committee Staff members (Staffdel) Michael Phelan and Neil Brown, Godwin Akpobire (Head of the Delta State Integrated Development Project) complained that international donors insufficiently consult with state governments when [...] |
2008-04-24 13:50:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL SENV NI |
| 08LAGOS152 |
Appeal Court Voids Election of Bayelsa Governor [...] (SBU) Summary: On April 15, a federal appeals court overturned the election of Bayelsa Governor Timipre Sylva. Pursuant to the court's order, on April 16 the Speaker of the House of Assembly, Werinipe Seibarugu, was sworn in as acting governor pending a new election to be held within 90 days. [...] |
2008-04-24 14:00:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM KDEM NI |
| 08LAGOS153 |
NIGERIA: IBB CONFIDANT SAYS YAR'ADUA HAS FOOD [...] (C) Summary: Professor Ukandi G. Damachi (strictly protect throughout), confidant of former military head of state Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida (IBB) told Pol-Econ Chief that President Yar'Adua is ill with food poisoning. The remainder of the conversation followed a line of argument we have he [...] |
2008-04-24 17:38:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM NI |
| 08LAGOS154 |
Nigeria: Stakeholders Assess Impact of Port Reforms [...] (U) Summary: Nigeria's port reform program, which has turned over state-owned and operated ports to private concessionaires, has significantly improved efficiency of port operations and reduced vessel demurrage and turn around time. However, delays in customs clearance resulting from Nigeria's [...] |
2008-04-25 11:16:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD EFIN EINV PGOV NI |
| 08LAGOS157 |
NIGERIA: GAS PRICE AGREED TO BUT POLICY CONFUSION [...] (SBU) Summary: Negotiations between upstream gas producers and the Government of Nigeria have established a price for domestic natural gas of USD 0.50 per thousand standard cubic feet. A USAID contractor said Nigeria's Minister of State for Energy (Gas) Emmanuel Odusina had balked at supply [...] |
2008-04-28 09:45:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG PGOV NI |
| 08LAGOS159 |
FRAUD SUMMARY - LAGOS FIRST QUARTER 2008 [...] Background: Nigeria covers 356,669 sq miles and has a population of approximately 144 million. The major languages are English (official), Yoruba, Igbo, and Hausa. Approximately 60% of the population is below the poverty line for Nigeria. The current GDP is 1,500 dollars, and the inflation [...] |
2008-05-05 07:44:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | KFRD CVIS CMGT ASEC NI |
| 08LAGOS167 |
NIGERIA: UPDATE ON WEST AFRICAN GAS PIPELINE [...] (SBU) Summary: The West African Gas Pipeline (WAGP) Company will replace Willbros as its primary pipeline contractor. The pipeline received its first natural gas for testing in late April and is expected to be begin free flow of natural gas by the end of May. Because it lacks compressors, t [...] |
2008-05-09 16:02:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG PGOV NI |
| 08LAGOS168 |
NIGERIA SPOT REPORT: BAYELSA PDP BOMBED 2 DAYS [...] (SBU) The secretariat building of the Bayelsa State People's Democratic Party (PDP) was bombed with dynamite on May 8, two days before the state PDP chapter was to announce former governor Timipre Sylva as its candidate and begin campaigning for the gubernatorial by-election. A reliable conta [...] |
2008-05-09 16:02:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL NI |
| 08LAGOS169 |
NIGERIA: HERNANDO DE SOTO TELLS LAGOS GOVERNOR HOW TO MAKE [...] (U) Summary: Delegates to the 22-25 April Lagos State Economic summit discussed the challenges facing Lagos city as it attempts to transform itself from a congested urban environment to a modern mega city. Renowned economist Hernando De Soto said a property titling system can create access to [...] |
2008-05-12 08:31:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EINV NI |
| 08LAGOS171 |
NIGERIA: BAKERS STRIKE TO PROTEST RISING COSTS [...] (U) Summary: Members of Master Bakers Association of Nigeria on May 5 embarked on a weeklong strike to protest the rising price of wheat flour. Bread now sells for 10 to 20 percent more than last month. Although the Government of Nigeria announced plans to import more rice to combat the risin [...] |
2008-05-13 15:19:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ECON NI |
| 08LAGOS177 |
NIGERIA: US COMPANY BOAT HIJACKED; PORTUGUESE, [...] (SBU) The motor vessel Lordes Tide, contracted to Chevron and owned by US company Tidewater Marine, was hijacked by unknown gunmen on May 13 en route from Onne (River State) to Escravos (Delta State). A high ranking Chevron contact confirmed to Econoff on May 14 that two expatriates, the Port [...] |
2008-05-15 10:40:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ASEC NI |
| 08LAGOS18 |
NIGERIA: ENUGU GOVERNOR'S ELECTION NULLIFIED FOR [...] (U) Summary: The Enugu State Election Tribunal annulled the April election of Governor Sullivan Chime (People's Democratic Party) on January 18 on the grounds of gross electoral malpractice and non-compliance with the Electoral Act. Former Chime godfather Governor Chimaroke Nnamani (PDP) who [...] |
2008-01-23 12:00:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM PREL NI |
| 08LAGOS189 |
EXXONMOBIL PESSIMISTIC ABOUT INCREASED NIGERIAN [...] (C) Summary. In a May 23 meeting, the number two executive at ExxonMobil in Nigeria said he's not optimistic that Nigerian crude oil production will increase significantly in the next few months. Mark Ward placed the blame on the government of Nigeria's failure to reinvest in onshore and nea [...] |
2008-06-03 10:15:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EPET PGOV VE NI |
| 08LAGOS196 |
NIGERIA: SOUTHEAST GOVERNORS CLAIM IMPROVED [...] (SBU) Summary: Anambra State Governor Peter Obi told Poloffs April 12 that paved roads and the absence of teacher strikes were among his most important accomplishments; both were achieved despite wrangling with the State legislature and the persisten attempts by former Presidential Advisor Andy [...] |
2008-06-06 11:25:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV NI |
| 08LAGOS197 |
NIGERIA: ICITAP ASSESSES LAGOS, EDO TRAINING NEEDS [...] (SBU) Summary: As part of a State Department anti-trafficking grant to the Department of Justice (DOJ) to provide investigative training t Nigerian law enforcement agencies, two International Criminal Investigative Training Assistance Program (ICITAP) representatives visited Benin City, Edo St [...] |
2008-06-06 12:25:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KCRM NI |
| 08LAGOS198 |
NIGERIA: SOUTHEAST GOVERNORS CLAIM IMPROVED [...] (SBU) Summary: Anambra State Governor Peter Obi told Poloffs April 12 that paved roads and the absence of teacher strikes were among his most important accomplishments; both were achieved despite wrangling with the State legislature and the persistent attempts by former Presidential Advisor And [...] |
2008-06-06 12:34:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV NI |
| 08LAGOS199 |
NIGERIA: WILL GON RAISE GAS PRICES AS YEAR LONG [...] (SBU) Summary: The year-long agreement between the GON and labor union on gasoline prices comes to an end this month. Unions and the government are already holding informal talks on the future of subsidized gasoline prices. In 2007, the subsidy totaled USD 1.6 billion. While the increasing w [...] |
2008-06-06 12:41:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EPET ENRG ELAB PGOV NI |
| 08LAGOS201 |
NIGERIA: AFRICA FINANCE CORPORATION: DEVELOPMENT BANK OR [...] (SBU) Summary: President Yar'Adua has ordered an investigation into the Central Bank of Nigeria's (CBN) role in establishing the Africa Finance Corporation (AFC), which was set up in 2007 as an alternative to the African Development Bank (ADB). The AFC is owned by African banks (44 percent), i [...] |
2008-06-10 06:30:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON PGOV NI |
| 08LAGOS202 |
NIGERIA: SOUTHEAST NAPTIP ZONAL OFFICE GROWING IN [...] (SBU) Summary: In an April 15 meeting, the Director of the Southeast National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) office told PolOffs child and infant trafficking to augment family size, obtain domestic help and for ritual purposes, is growing. Revised adoption polici [...] |
2008-06-10 07:13:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB KCRM KWMN PGOV PHUM SMIG SOCI NI |
| 08LAGOS211 |
NIGERIA: BAKASSI ATTACKS RESULT IN REFUGEES [...] No summary [...] |
2008-06-17 06:22:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREF PHUM KDEM NI |
| 08LAGOS212 |
NIGERIA: EU ECONOMIC PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT RAISES CONCERNS [...] (U) Summary: The Manufacturers Association of Nigeria (MAN) and the Nigerian Economic Summit Group (NESG) held a seminar May 15-16 to determine under what conditions Nigeria might sign the European Union's (EU) Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA). Manufacturers contend that high overhead costs [...] |
2008-06-17 06:50:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD EFIN EINV PGOV NI |
| 08LAGOS219 |
NIGERIA: ATTACK, LABOR UNREST DISRUPT CHEVRON [...] (C) Summary: An attack on a Chevron Nigerian Limited pipeline in Delta State has forced the company to shut-in production of 120,000 barrels of oil per day. The company does not know who was responsible for the attack nor does it have an estimated date for repair. Chevron's Managing Directo [...] |
2008-06-24 14:48:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG PGOV NI |
| 08LAGOS224 |
NIGERIA: BAKASSI REFUGEES REMAIN IN NEED [...] (C) Acting Consul General spoke on June 22 with Dr. Theo Osin Oyuko (protect throughout), Executive Director of the Cross River State Youth Assembly. He said that the individual from his organization who has been in Ikang, where the refugees are sheltering in a school, has noted a decrease in [...] |
2008-06-26 12:30:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREF KDEM PBTS SMIG NI CM |
| 08LAGOS226 |
NIGERIA: OGONI BRACING FOR SHELL SUCCESSOR [...] (C) Summary: Ledum Mittee (strictly protect throughout), of the Movement for the Survival of the Ogoni People (MOSOP) told Acting Consul General June 6 and 24 that President Yar'Adua's announcement that Shell would lose its concession in Ogoniland came as a surprise. The Ogoni will soon engage [...] |
2008-06-27 12:15:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG PGOV NI |
| 08LAGOS227 |
NIGERIA: AMCIT TIDEWATER CAPTAIN RELEASED [...] (C) Summary: Amcit Captain Jackie Stone, kidnapped from a Tidewater boat under contract to Chevron June 19, was released unharmed and returned to the United States June 20. The kidnapping occurred 27 nautical miles off the Bayelsa/Delta coast as armed men returned from a 3:00 am attack on Shel [...] |
2008-06-30 07:58:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC CASC EPET KDEM NI PGOV PREL |
| 08LAGOS229 |
NIGERIA: CIVIL AVIATION ROUND UP [...] (U) Summary: Top officials of the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority, Federal Airport Authority, and other civil aviation agencies will relocate to Abuja from Lagos in July 2008. In addition, the high cost of fuel has caused Delta Airlines to postpone indefinitely plans to fly from New York to [...] |
2008-07-02 06:53:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR ECON EINV NI |
| 08LAGOS232 |
NIGERIA: MOSOP LEADER: BUNKERING AT HEART OF NIGER [...] (C) Summary: Ledum Mittee (protect throughout), a leader of the Movement for the Survival of the Ogoni People (MOSOP) decried the deterioration of the situation in the Niger Delta, and implied that bunkerers may have incited the attack on the Bonga offshore oil rig. According to Mittee, repre [...] |
2008-07-02 16:22:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG PGOV NI |
| 08LAGOS233 |
NIGERIA: NOT SUMMIT BUT DEVELOPMENT, JOBS, JTF [...] (C) Summary: Chief Edwin Kiagbodo Clark said he has worked to bring "relative peace" to Delta and Bayelsa States ever since President Yar'Adua attached the Niger Delta to his seven point plan. Clark believes the Niger Delta needs not another summit conference but development and jobs, especia [...] |
2008-07-02 16:23:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG PGOV NI |
| 08LAGOS235 |
NIGERIA: ELECTORAL REFORM COMMITTEE TAKES RECOMMENDATIONS [...] (U) SUMMARY: Nine months after its inauguration, the Electoral Reform Committee (ERC) held public hearings. Recommendations from the three southern zones included: inclusion of civil society as INEC members, funding of INEC from the Federation Account, staggered elections, queue voting, issuanc [...] |
2008-07-05 09:12:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM KDEM NI |
| 08LAGOS240 |
NIGERIA: TRANSPORTATION PLANNING IN LAGOS SLOW-GOING, BUT [...] (U) SUMMARY: The Lagos State Government (LASG) is attacking head-on go-slows (traffic jams) that hinder the Lagos mega-city's development plan. Lagos Metropolitan Area Transport Authority (LAMATA) is implementing its Transportation Master Plan, consisting of water ferries, light rail, and bus [...] |
2008-07-09 14:33:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | ELTN ECON EFIN EINV NI |
| 08LAGOS241 |
NIGERIA: BI-WEEKLY POL/ECON UPDATES FOR JUNE 16-30, 2008 [...] (U) The Following is a joint Embassy Abuja ConGen Lagos compilation of June 16-30 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 [...] |
2008-07-10 06:10:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM ECON EPET EFIN MOPS NI |
| 08LAGOS242 |
NIGERIA: BI-WEEKLY POL/ECON UPDATES FOR JUNE 16-30, 2008 [...] (U) The Following is a joint Embassy Abuja ConGen Lagos compilation of June 16-30 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 [...] |
2008-07-10 06:12:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM ECON EPET EFIN MOPS NI |
| 08LAGOS243 |
NIGERIA: BAKASSI REFUGEE SITUATION IMPROVED [...] (SBU) Acting Consul General spoke July 7 with Nzam Ogbe, Chief of Staff to the Governor of Cross Rivers State. Ogbe said that the refugee situation had stabilized and that the situation was under control. The Governor had visited Ikang, where the refugees are sheltering in a primary school, and [...] |
2008-07-10 06:16:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREF KDEM PBTS SMIG NI CM |
| 08LAGOS244 |
NIGERIA: NIGER DELTA MILITANTS LEARN NON-VIOLENT [...] (C) Summary: U.S. scholar Dr. Bernard LaFayette led training in the principles and practice of nonviolence for 600 Niger Delta militants; the training was sponsored by the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) through Nigeria's Foundation for Ethnic Harmony (FEHN). Sheriff Mulade, Nationa [...] |
2008-07-10 06:16:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EPET KDEM NI |
| 08LAGOS245 |
NIGERIA: NIGER DELTA YOUTH LEADER ON CHEVRON [...] (C) Summary: Sheriff Mulade (strictly protect throughout), President of the Gbaramatu Youth Council (GYC), told Acting Consul General July 4 that youths from the Gbaramatu Kingdom blew up the Chevron pipeline while he was in the United States; Tom Polo allowed the youths to take the equipment a [...] |
2008-07-10 06:17:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EPET NI |
| 08LAGOS246 |
NIGERIA: BAYELSA GOVERNOR CALLS GGESS EXCELLENT [...] (C) Summary: Bayelsa Governor Timipre told Acting Consul General June 17 that he sees the Gulf of Guinea Energy Security Strategy (GGESS) meetings as an excellent forum in which to discuss the Niger Delta; he wants to open dialogue between Bayelsa State and the United States as well. Silva has [...] |
2008-07-10 06:17:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON EPET NI |
| 08LAGOS249 |
NIGERIA: DELTA STATE NDDC & NATIONAL OIL SPILL [...] (SBU) Summary: A Delta State Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) representative told Poloff on May 6 that state NDDC offices are now empowered to create a due process mechanism similar to that adopted by the national office in Port Harcourt. Delta State's three large road construction p [...] |
2008-07-10 14:52:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL SENV EPET ECON NI |
| 08LAGOS254 |
NIGERIA: LAGOS STATE TAKES STEPS TO LOWER MORTAGE INTEREST [...] No summary [...] |
2008-07-15 07:36:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV EAID EIND EFIN NI |
| 08LAGOS255 |
NIGERIA: FEDERAL, STATE SOLUTIONS TO ADDRESS NATIONAL [...] No summary [...] |
2008-07-15 08:16:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV EAID EIND EFIN NI |
| 08LAGOS258 |
NIGERIA: LAGOS STATE TAKES STEPS TO LOWER MORTAGE INTEREST [...] (U) Summary: Nigeria's housing shortage, ranging from 12 to 17 million units, remains a top policy issue for the government at all levels. Stakeholders in the housing construction and financing sector identified high and volatile interest rates as a primary challenge to developing a mortgage f [...] |
2008-07-16 07:31:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV EAID EIND EFIN NI |
| 08LAGOS259 |
NIGERIA: FEDERAL, STATE SOLUTIONS TO ADDRESS NATIONAL [...] (U) Summary: Federal and state governments have adopted policy solutions to encourage more private sector participation in housing construction and delivery throughout Nigeria. While some states, including Lagos, have taken the lead in pioneering housing financing and construction schemes, exi [...] |
2008-07-16 07:35:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV EAID EIND EFIN NI |
| 08LAGOS265 |
NIGERIA: DYNCORP AIRPORT PROJECT IN TERMINATION [...] (SBU) Summary: John Borden, project manager, told PolOff June 22 that Dyncorp employees left the Akwa Ibom (AI) airport site June 22, giving notice to the AI State government of project termination effective June 23. Dyncorp has been working under a contract to construct an international airp [...] |
2008-07-18 08:30:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR EINV PREL NI |
| 08LAGOS266 |
NIGERIA: U.S. TREASURY VISITOR HEARS STRENGTHS, WEAKNESSES [...] (U) Summary: During June 19-20 meetings with Richard Hall, U.S. Department of Treasury, stakeholders in the Nigeria's banking and financial sectors identified several weaknesses: the banking sector's inability to absorb excess liquidity through sound medium to long term investments; bank asset [...] |
2008-07-18 12:30:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ECON EINV ENRG NI |
| 08LAGOS268 |
NIGERIA: OGUN STATE GOVERNOR RUMORED IMPEACHED BUT [...] (C) Summary: On July 8, twenty of twenty-four Ogun State House of Assembly members began impeachment proceedings against Governor Gbenga Daniel (People's Democratic Party, PDP). Media reports state that many of the legislators then went into hiding, fearing assassination attempts. Both Gover [...] |
2008-07-21 12:08:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL NI |
| 08LAGOS27 |
FRAUD SUMMARY - LAGOS FOURTH QUARTER 07 [...] Background: Nigeria covers 356,669 sq miles and has a population of approximately 135 million. The major languages are English (official), Yoruba, Igbo, and Hausa. Approximately 60% of the population is below the poverty line for Nigeria. The current GDP is 1,500 dollars, and the inflation [...] |
2008-02-01 06:16:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | KFRD CVIS CMGT ASEC NI |
| 08LAGOS270 |
NIGERIA: TRANSPORTATION PLANNING IN LAGOS SLOW-GOING, BUT [...] (U) SUMMARY: The Lagos State Government (LASG) is attacking head-on go-slows (traffic jams) that hinder the Lagos mega-city's development plan. Lagos Metropolitan Area Transport Authority (LAMATA) is implementing its Transportation Master Plan, consisting of water ferries, light rail, and bus [...] |
2008-07-21 14:14:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | ELTN ECON EFIN EINV NI |
| 08LAGOS277 |
NIGERIA: CIVIL AVIATION ROUND UP [...] (U) Summary: Top officials of the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority, Federal Airport Authority, and other civil aviation agencies will relocate to Abuja from Lagos in July 2008. In addition, the high cost of fuel has caused Delta Airlines to postpone indefinitely plans to fly from New York to [...] |
2008-07-21 14:20:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR ECON EINV NI |
| 08LAGOS281 |
NIGERIA: ELECTORAL REFORM COMMITTEE TAKES RECOMMENDATIONS [...] (U) SUMMARY: Nine months after its inauguration, the Electoral Reform Committee (ERC) held public hearings. Recommendations from the three southern zones included: inclusion of civil society as INEC members, funding of INEC from the Federation Account, staggered elections, queue voting, issuanc [...] |
2008-07-21 14:32:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM KDEM NI |
| 08LAGOS283 |
NIGERIA: BI-WEEKLY POL/ECON UPDATES FOR JUNE 16-30, 2008 [...] (U) The Following is a joint Embassy Abuja ConGen Lagos compilation of June 16-30 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 [...] |
2008-07-21 14:34:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM ECON EPET EFIN MOPS NI |
| 08LAGOS284 |
NIGERIA: BI-WEEKLY POL/ECON UPDATES FOR JUNE 16-30, 2008 [...] (U) The Following is a joint Embassy Abuja ConGen Lagos compilation of June 16-30 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 [...] |
2008-07-21 14:34:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM ECON EPET EFIN MOPS NI |
| 08LAGOS288 |
NIGERIA: LAGOS STATE TAKES STEPS TO LOWER MORTAGE INTEREST [...] (U) Summary: Nigeria's housing shortage, ranging from 12 to 17 million units, remains a top policy issue for the government at all levels. Stakeholders in the housing construction and financing sector identified high and volatile interest rates as a primary challenge to developing a mortgage f [...] |
2008-07-22 06:12:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV EAID EIND EFIN NI |
| 08LAGOS29 |
NIGER DELTANS PREDICT MORE OF THE SAME IN 2008 [...] (C) Summary: Niger Delta ethnic leaders, government officials and civil society members told visiting African Affairs Deputy Assistant Secretary (DAS) Todd Moss and the Ambassador that they remain hopeful that a permanent peace can be negotiated, but feel manipulated by the greed and hypocris [...] |
2008-02-04 11:44:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SENV NI |
| 08LAGOS290 |
NIGERIA: U.S. TREASURY VISITOR DISCUSSES HOUSING AND [...] (SBU) Summary: During June 19-20 meetings with Richard Hall, U.S. Department of Treasury, Nigerian bankers and financiers expressed concerns about the need for more coherence in Nigeria's financial regulatory environment. Housing and mortgages hold the most promise for investment and high retu [...] |
2008-07-23 14:28:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ECON EINV ENRG NI |
| 08LAGOS291 |
NIGERIA: ONDO PEACEKEEPERS RIOT, DEMAND SALARY [...] (C) Summary: On July 4, hundreds of soldiers previously part of the United Nations peacekeeping mission to Liberia rioted over nonpayment of the salary due them for their service. Military officials described the non-payment as an accounting mistake; soldiers say the salaries were being stol [...] |
2008-07-25 05:59:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV NI |
| 08LAGOS298 |
NIGERIA: ABIA GOVERNOR'S CONVOY ATTACK ALLEGED [...] (U) Summary: A July 22 attack on Abia Governor Theodore Orji's (People's Progressive Alliance, PPA) convoy, alleged by the Governor's office to have been an assassination attempt, may have further widened the political divide in Abia State. Tension has risen over the failure of the appeals [...] |
2008-07-31 12:11:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV NI |
| 08LAGOS299 |
NIGERIA: SOUTHWEST, SOUTHEAST GUBERNATORIAL [...] (SBU) Summary: On July 15, a federal appeals court in Cross River State canceled the election of Governor Liyel Imoke, and ordered a new election within 90 days. On July 11, an appeals court in Enugu upheld the election of Governor Sullivan Chime. Also on July 11, a court of appeals validat [...] |
2008-07-31 12:12:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV NI |
| 08LAGOS3 |
NIGERIA: GOVERNMENT PROCUREMENT AS IMPLEMENTED IN LAGOS [...] (U) Summary: The Lagos state government presently has no specified office overseeing procurement; each ministry or agency executes its own annual budget. The Ministry of Economic Planning and Budget acts as a "due process" office; it monitors and evaluates contracts and projects to ensure that [...] |
2008-01-03 13:15:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINV NI |
| 08LAGOS302 |
NIGERIA: LOCAL INVESTOR SAYS POWER PROJECTS THAT [...] (SBU) Summary: In a June 30 meeting with Resources Officer, Adewale Audifferen, former Managing Director of General Electric Nigeria, now Vice President for Power at Global Energy Nigeria (GE), said independent power projects (IPPs) like the Geometric Plant being built in Abia State are the mo [...] |
2008-08-01 14:31:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG PGOV NI |
| 08LAGOS303 |
NIGERIA: TINAPA BUSINESS RESORT REMAINS DORMANT [...] (U) One year after its official opening in April 2007, under the administration of former Cross River State Governor Donald Duke, the Tinapa Business and Leisure Resort in Calabar, developed at a cost of naira 45 billion (USD 380 million) remains dormant. The failure of the Government of Nigeri [...] |
2008-08-01 14:33:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD EFIN EINV PGOV NI |
| 08LAGOS305 |
NIGERIA: MILITANTS TELL THEIR STORIES AT [...] (SBU) Summary: Over 100 formerly militant Niger Delta youths graduated from nonviolence training sponsored by the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) through the Foundation for Ethnic Harmony (FEHN) with trainers from the University of Rhode Island's Center for the Study of Peace and No [...] |
2008-08-04 12:01:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM NI |
| 08LAGOS308 |
NIGERIA: ONDO GOVERNOR AGAGU REMOVED BY ELECTION [...] (C) Summary: Ondo Governor Olesegun Agagu's (People's Democratic Party, PDP) election was overturned July 25 by an election tribunal, which declared the Labor Party (LP) candidate Olusegun Mimiko election winner and governor. Agagu plans to appeal the tribunal ruling; Mimiko alleges Agagu plan [...] |
2008-08-05 05:58:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV NI |
| 08LAGOS310 |
NIGERIA: MASSOB MEMBERS REFUSED BAIL; [...] (C) Summary: The federal government July 31 opposed an application for bail for 84 members of the Movement for the Actualization of the Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB, a group which advocates independence for Southeastern Nigeria), who are standing trial at the Federal High Court in Enugu on [...] |
2008-08-05 09:36:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV NI |
| 08LAGOS313 |
NIGERIA: SUCCESS OF NONVIOLENCE TRAINING DEPENDENT [...] (C) Summary. Nonviolence training for Niger Delta militant youth conducted by a team from the University of Rhode Island, Center for Nonviolence and Peace Studies under Dr.Bernard LaFayette, Jr., is becoming increasing popular with militants according to the National Chairman of the Foundation [...] |
2008-08-06 14:15:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV EPET PHUM NI |
| 08LAGOS314 |
NIGERIA: FIVE ATTACKS; NO AMERICANS INVOLVED [...] (C) Summary: Five separate attacks on foreign interests in the Niger Delta, including one attack on the Nembe pipeline, occurred in Rivers State between July 24 and July 30. No Americans were involved in the incidents. On July 24, the local press reported that the Movement for the Empancipa [...] |
2008-08-06 14:15:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EPET NI |
| 08LAGOS315 |
NIGERIA: REPORT CASTS DOUBTS ON VIABILITY OF AFRICA FINANCE [...] (SBU) Summary: On July 23, news media reported the submission of a report by the Presidential Committee set up by President Yar'Adua to investigate the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Governor Chukwuma Soludo's role in setting up the Africa Finanace Corporation (AFC), a multilateral development c [...] |
2008-08-07 07:31:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ECON PGOV NI |
| 08LAGOS317 |
NIGERIA: BAKASSI FREEDOM FIGHTERS, IN LEAGUE WITH [...] (C) Dr. Theo Osin Oyuko (protect throughout), Executive Director of the Cross River State Youth Assembly, told Pol-Econ Chief July 10 that youths from the southern Bakassi peninsula, calling themselves Bakassi Freedom Fighters, put on a show of force near the village of Ikang around mid-day Ju [...] |
2008-08-11 06:25:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM NI |
| 08LAGOS318 |
NIGERIA: STAKEHOLDERS BRIEF U/S JEFFERY ON BLEAK [...] (SBU) Summary: Nigeria's top electric power sector companies told Under Secretary of State Reuben Jeffery July 26 that the Government of Nigeria (GON) would not attain its ambitious goals to significantly expand electricity generation and distribution with its current policy mix, which discour [...] |
2008-08-11 08:26:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG EINV ECON NI |
| 08LAGOS321 |
NIGERIA: LAGOS' THIRD MAINLAND BRIDGE CLOSURE [...] (SBU) Summary: The partial closure of the Lagos Third Mainland Bridge, the arterial road between the city's commercial islands and the mainland, will last from early August to October, severely disrupting already congested traffic. The Federal Government and the Lagos State Government's (LASG) [...] |
2008-08-11 12:04:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | ELTN ECON PGOV NI |
| 08LAGOS322 |
NIGERIA: GGESS SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT [...] (SBU) Summary: The Subcommittee on Sustainable Development (SSD) of the Gulf of Guinea Energy Security Strategy (GGESS) met on July 14 in Akwa Ibom (AI) State. Participants for the State Government, international oil companies, Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) and banks agreed to provi [...] |
2008-08-11 15:03:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV EAID ECON EPET NI |
| 08LAGOS323 |
NIGERIA: FORMER MILITANT ASSESSES SITUATION IN THE [...] (C) Summary: Sheriff Mulade (strictly protect throughout), President of the Gbaramatu Youth Council (GYC), told Poloffs on July 23 that key players both inside the state governments in the Delta and among the various militant groups operating in the Niger Delta have no interest in ending the vi [...] |
2008-08-12 06:04:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EPET NI |
| 08LAGOS324 |
NIGERIA: LAGOS STATE GOVERNOR BRIEFS U/S JEFFERY [...] (SBU) Summary: Under Secretary of State for Economic Affairs Reuben Jeffery met July 25 with Lagos State Governor Babatunde Fashola (Action Congress). Fashola briefed the U/S on his efforts to develop Lagos State and was generally optimistic about the progress of democracy in Nigeria. Fashola [...] |
2008-08-13 10:51:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON PGOV PREL EINV ENRG EFIN ELTN EAGR NI |
| 08LAGOS328 |
NIGERIA: BAYELSA STATE SEEKING PEACE WITH MILITANTS [...] (C) Summary: In a meeting with Poloffs on August 1, Dimieri Von Kemedi, Head of the Due Process and eGovernance Bureau for Bayelsa State reported efforts by Bayelsa State to negotiate a permanent peace with militant groups operating in the State. Kemedi indicated that key militant groups had a [...] |
2008-08-18 11:55:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EPET NI |
| 08LAGOS33 |
NIGER DELTA SPOT REPORT: MILITANTS KILL MILITARY [...] (SBU) In the early morning of February 3, militants attacked a military houseboat stationed near a Shell facility in Nembe Creek, Bayelsa, killing Nigerian navy personnel, according to local papers. Jomo Gbomo, reportedly a spokesman for the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta ( [...] |
2008-02-07 09:16:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ASEC NI |
| 08LAGOS341 |
NIGERIA: NATIONAL TAX POLICY ELICITS MIXED RESPONSES [...] (SBU) Summary: Nigeria's Draft National Tax Policy (DNTP) proposes sweeping reforms to the current tax system, including a shift from direct to indirect taxation; a simplified tax regime; and centralized tax authorities at the federal level. The private sector considers the formulation of a na [...] |
2008-08-28 14:22:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON PGOV NI |
| 08LAGOS344 |
NIGERIA: POWER STRUGGLE SURFACES AT NDDC [...] (C) Summary. The Chairman of the Board of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), Ambassador Sam Edem, was suspended from office for allegedly paying around $4 million to a witch doctor to cause harm to his rivals, notably the Managing Director of the NDDC, Timi Alaibe. According to a [...] |
2008-08-29 15:24:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV EPET NI |
| 08LAGOS35 |
OPPOSITION CANDIDATES ALLEGE IRREGULARITIES IN BY ELECTION [...] No summary [...] |
2008-02-07 13:59:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM KDEM NI |
| 08LAGOS353 |
NIGERIA: GOVERNMENT INTERVENTION TO HALT STOCK MARKET'S [...] (SBU) Summary: The Government of Nigeria adopted a series of measures and commissioned a Presidential Advisory Team to halt the decline in the Nigerian stock market. Since March, the market recorded a 30 percent loss in market capitalization. Industry interlocutors feared that the policy meas [...] |
2008-09-08 06:27:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON EINV ETRD PGOV NI |
| 08LAGOS356 |
NIGERIA: GOVERNOR IMOKE (PDP) WINS CROSS RIVER [...] (SBU) Summary: On August 23, Cross River State Governor Liyel Imoke of the People's Democratic Party (PDP) won the re-election ordered by a Federal Appeals Court on July 15. While the Independent National Election Commission (INEC) claimed the election was free and fair, opposition parties an [...] |
2008-09-08 11:35:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL NI |
| 08LAGOS357 |
NIGERIA: AMCIT CAUGHT IN ESCLATING POLITICAL [...] (C) Summary: On August 25 an American academic doing research in Cross River State was beaten and then detained for six hours by Nigerian police. The incident occurred against a background of increasing political violence in Cross River State. A traditional ruler in Calabar, Edidem Bassey Ekp [...] |
2008-09-08 11:35:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | CASC PGOV PHUM PREL CM NI |
| 08LAGOS358 |
NIGERIA: FORMER BAKASSI RESIDENTS ADEQUATELY CARED [...] 1. (SBU) Summary: While the Red Cross and others estimate that 9,500 families or between 40,000 and 70,000 people have left the Bakassi Peninsula for Nigeria since the completion of the August 14 handover to Cameroon, only a small fraction of that number of people were observed in a recent tour [...] |
2008-09-08 11:36:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PREF CM NI |
| 08LAGOS364 |
NIGERIA: BAYELSA STATE MOVES ON GOVERNMENT [...] (SBU) Summary: Dimieri Von Kemedi, Head of the Due Process and eGovernance Bureau for Bayelsa State told Poloffs in conversations on June 11, July 12 and August 1 that during Governor Timipre Sylva's (People's Democratic Party) first year in office his Bureau has taken concrete steps to ensure [...] |
2008-09-16 07:33:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL NI |
| 08LAGOS365 |
NIGERIA: MILITANTS ATTACK CHEVRON, SHELL FACILITIES [...] (SBU) Militants associated with the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) attacked Chevron and Shell oil facilities in Rivers State on the evening of September 13. A Chevron contact confirmed the company's Robertkiri flowstation was attacked. The flowstation has been shut-i [...] |
2008-09-17 16:08:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EPET PGOV NI |
| 08LAGOS366 |
NIGERIA: MILITANT ATTACKS REDUCE OIL PRODUCTION [...] (C) Summary: Chevron Nigeria's Acting Managing Director Andrew Fawthrop (strictly protect) said his company has lost 30,000 barrels per day of oil production recently and he estimates Nigeria's total daily production has fallen to 1.6 to 1.7 million barrels per day. He said recent events in [...] |
2008-09-17 16:27:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG PGOV EFIN PINR NI |
| 08LAGOS367 |
NIGERIA: IJAW LEADERS REPORTEDLY WORKING TO STEM [...] (U) Summary: Chief Edwin Clark, former Minister of Information, and other Ijaw elders have been engaged in talks with leaders of militant groups to attempt to halt the "oil war" (Ref B, Septel), according to a report in the September 17 Vanguard. Although the militant leaders have agreed to [...] |
2008-09-19 06:29:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV EPET ENRG NI |
| 08LAGOS368 |
NIGERIA: SHELL CLAIMS PRODUCTION UNAFFECTED BY [...] (S/NF) Summary: Shell's Vice President for Africa, Ann Pickard (strictly protect), said a September 13 attack on a Shell natural gas node in Rivers State may impact the supply of gas to Nigerian Liquefied Natural Gas (NLNG) plant, but she downplayed the impact of recent attacks on Shell's current o [...] |
2008-09-19 16:13:00 | Consulate Lagos | SECRET//NOFORN | EPET ENRG PGOV RS NI |
| 08LAGOS369 |
NIGERIA: EXXONMOBIL WORRIES ABOUT ESCALATION OF [...] (S/NF) Summary: On September 18, two ExxonMobil Nigeria executives told Energyoff that while September 13-16 attacks in Rivers State did not reduce oil production from their fields, they are concerned about growing instability in the state and the impact it might have on facilities which serve [...] |
2008-09-19 16:41:00 | Consulate Lagos | SECRET//NOFORN | EPET ENRG PGOV NI |
| 08LAGOS374 |
NIGERIA: MILITANTS ASK MITTEE FOR HELP FOR [...] (C) Summary: Ledum Mittee, newly elected Chairman of the Technical Committee on the Niger Delta, told Pol-Econ Chief September 17 that he has been barraged with calls from militants seeking help for villagers wounded in the on-going conflict in Rivers State. He has confirmed that villagers we [...] |
2008-09-24 07:36:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EPET NI |
| 08LAGOS375 |
NIGERIA: PRESS REPORTS ON CHAIRMAN'S PLANS FOR [...] (U) Summary: In press reports, Ledum Mittee, newly elected Chairman of the Technical Committee on the Niger Delta described his vision of how the Committee would function in the September 14 editions of Vanguard and The Guardian. According to the press articles, in addition to reviewing past r [...] |
2008-09-24 07:36:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL EPET NI |
| 08LAGOS376 |
NIGERIA: AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH GOVERNORS FORUM [...] (C) Summary: During Ambassador,s first trip to Kwara State in western Nigeria, she had an opportunity to have several meetings with Kwara State Governor and head of the powerful Governor,s Forum (GF), Bukola Saraki September 21-22. He met with the Ambassador just after finishing a 3-hour sess [...] |
2008-09-24 07:37:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PM KDEM NI |
| 08LAGOS377 |
ANPP LEADER: "NIGERIA IN A STATE OF INSTITUTIONAL [...] (C) Summary: Chief John Odigie-Oyegun, the first civilian governor of Edo State and now a leader in the All Nigeria Peoples Party (ANPP), told Poloff and Polspec on September 10 that he believed Nigeria is "slowly sliding into anarchy" as a result of "institutional collapse" which he blamed on [...] |
2008-09-24 07:37:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ENRG ECON ELTN NI |
| 08LAGOS378 |
NIGERIAN: LOCAL DRUG MANUFACTURERS PUSH FOR IMPORT BAN [...] (SBU) Summary: The Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Group of Nigeria (PMGMAN) is lobbying the Government of Nigeria (GON) for an import ban on additional pharmaceutical products, claiming that local manufacturing capacity is sufficient to meet Nigerian demand. Should the GON impose an import ban, m [...] |
2008-09-25 07:56:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EIND EAID ECON PGOV PREL NI |
| 08LAGOS382 |
NIGERIA: ECONOMIC IMPACT OF DELTA UNREST WORSE [...] (C) Summary: In a September 20 meeting, Levi Ajuonuma (strictly protect), Group General Manager for Public Affairs for the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) said unrest in the Niger Delta is hurting oil revenues far more than senior NNPC officials are publicly admitting. Because [...] |
2008-09-26 12:13:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG PGOV PREL RS CH NI |
| 08LAGOS384 |
NIGERIA: MARITIME AND SAFETY AGENCY SEEKS TECHNICAL [...] (SBU) Summary: The Director General of Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), in a July 18 meeting with EconOff, requested technical assistance in the areas of personnel training and capacity building. In response to a 2008 International Maritime Bureau (IMB) report that [...] |
2008-09-26 14:31:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EWWT EFIS PGOV IZ NI |
| 08LAGOS385 |
NIGERIA: AMBASSADOR AND INTERAGENCY TEAM VISIT [...] (C) Summary: During a September 27 interagency team visit to Bayelsa State to discuss development and political issues, Governor Timipre Silva told Ambassador (POL-ECON Lagos notetaker) that he, the other Niger Delta Governors, as well as the leadership in Abuja are growing impatient with mili [...] |
2008-10-02 06:11:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PM EPET ECON KDEM NI |
| 08LAGOS386 |
NIGERIA: AMBASSADOR HEARS BAYELSA GOVERNOR'S VIEWS [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador led an interagency team to Bayelsa September 27 for a one-day orientation trip to look at possible partnerships through a pilot program that would focus on youth needs and development (see septel on these issues), but also had the opportunity, on the three hour drive fr [...] |
2008-10-02 06:12:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PM EPET ECON KDEM NI |
| 08LAGOS393 |
NIGERIA: DHRF GRANT IMPROVES PRISONERS' PLIGHT IN [...] (SBU) Summary: A March 12, 2008 workshop funded by a 2007 Democracy and Human Rights Fund (DHRF) grant, and coordinated by the New Initiative for Social Development (NISD), brought together representatives of the prisons service, police, judges and other stakeholders to discuss issues related t [...] |
2008-10-03 13:02:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM NI |
| 08LAGOS394 |
NIGERIA: NAPTIP SEES RISE IN INTERNATIONAL [...] (SBU) Summary: In a September 17 meeting, an official from the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons and Other Related Matters (NAPTIP) told PolOff the current increase in international trafficking parallels an increase in sophistication of the traffickers; insufficient [...] |
2008-10-03 15:13:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM NI |
| 08LAGOS398 |
NIGERIA SURPRISES WITH MODEL PROGRAM FOR SEA [...] No summary [...] |
2008-10-08 07:16:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV ECON NOAA EFIS SENV NI |
| 08LAGOS399 |
NIGERIA: SURREAL SUMMIT ON INFRASTRUCTURE IN AKWA [...] (SBU) Summary: In an "Infrastucture Summit" held September 18 and 19 the government of Akwa Ibom State laid out its development strategy and attempted to interest the private sector in public private partnerships for infrastructure development in the state. Representatives of Akwa Ibom's civi [...] |
2008-10-08 09:56:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON NI |
| 08LAGOS400 |
NIGERIA: APPLICATION FOR OPIC FINANCE: PTS MANAGEMENT [...] (U) PTS Equipment Ltd told EconOff recently that the company is targeting its business operations in Lagos and its neighboring states, including Ogun, Osun, and Ondo. EconOff viewed eight pieces of construction machinery at the company's equipment yard in Lekki, all of which appeared to be in [...] |
2008-10-08 12:22:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | EIND EINV ECON NI |
| 08LAGOS401 |
NIGERIA: U.S. HOUSING COMPANY TRACKS DEVELOPMENTS IN [...] (SBU) Summary: According to a U.S. Company working in Nigeria's housing sector, the recent downturn in the Nigerian capital market has funneled money into land in Lagos, where land prices in key areas doubled between April and August. Nigerian banks are unable to handle mortgage loans; most of [...] |
2008-10-10 06:32:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EAID NI |
| 08LAGOS405 |
NIGERIA: OD TRAINING SUCCESSFUL BUT REVEALS [...] (SBU) Summary: During the August 18-19 two-day Optical Disc (OD) Enforcement workshop, Nigerian government agencies made progress in better understanding major deficiencies in Nigeria,s IPR enforcement. Despite the intentional harmful attempts by the Nigerian Copyright Commission (NCC) to sab [...] |
2008-10-15 07:28:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | KIPR ECON EINV ETRD PGOV NI |
| 08LAGOS409 |
PIRACY SLOWLY KILLING NIGERIAN COASTAL FISHING [...] No summary [...] |
2008-10-16 13:45:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON NOAA EPA FWS NI |
| 08LAGOS41 |
CHEVRON AND EXXON FACE CHALLENGES, CONTINUE [...] (SBU) Summary. Based on their operating locations, Chevron and ExxonMobil (EM) face distinct challenges in operating in the Niger Delta. Deputy Assistant Secretary (DAS) Todd Moss, the Ambassador, and Econoff (note taker) visited Chevron's Escravos oil and gas complex in Delta State and EM's [...] |
2008-02-08 15:06:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EPET ENRG PGOV NI |
| 08LAGOS415 |
NIGERIA: CONOCOPHILLIPS POWER PLANT POINTS TO [...] (SBU) Summary: Expansion of a 480 megawatt power plant in Delta State, which would double the plant's capacity, has stalled because the state power company consistently fails to make payments while demanding the power supply contract be renegotiated. ConocoPhillips, part owner of the plant in [...] |
2008-10-22 12:59:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG EINV EFIN PGOV NI |
| 08LAGOS426 |
NIGERIA: PROBLEMS IN NIGERIAN CAPITAL MARKET OUTWEIGH [...] (SBU) Summary: Financial analysts disagree on the effect of the global financial crisis on Nigeria, basing their argument on the perceived degrees of linkage between the Nigerian market and the global market. The Federal Government (FG) has mostly taken a laissez faire posture, contending that [...] |
2008-10-28 06:45:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN EAID NI |
| 08LAGOS427 |
Nigeria: Abia Commissioner of Finance Describes Progress on [...] (U) Summary: In an October 9 visit to the ConGen Lagos, Abia Commissioner of Finance, Max Adindu said that the state had increased revenue by 27 percent, in part because of an innovative program that utilizes the market unions as tax collectors. Abia has equipped 120 high school laboratories a [...] |
2008-10-28 14:13:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EFIN EINV PGOV NI |
| 08LAGOS428 |
NIGERIA: OIL COMPANIES TIGHTEN THEIR BELTS; DOUBT [...] (C) Summary: Executives at Chevron and Shell have expressed doubts about the potential for new exploration and production in deep water off the Nigerian coast. Additionally, a manager for an American oilfield service company said on October 22 that both Shell and Chevron are cutting their 2009 [...] |
2008-10-29 16:06:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG PGOV NI |
| 08LAGOS429 |
NIGERIA: LOCAL COMPANY DEVELOPS NATURAL GAS [...] (SBU) Summary. A natural gas distribution pipeline serving industrial customers is an example of a rare success story in Nigeria's slow developing domestic gas sector. The pipeline, owned by Oando Gas and Power, serves 82 industrial customers in Lagos. Oando does suffer from typical politica [...] |
2008-10-29 16:21:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG EINV NI EIND EPET |
| 08LAGOS430 |
NIGERIA: REPORTS OF "BABY FARM" DEMONSTRATE GAP IN [...] (SBU) Summary: An October 8 BBC News article claimed the discovery of a "baby farm" in Enugu, which was allegedly holding pregnant women hostage, then selling their babies to traffickers after birth. While an official from the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons and [...] |
2008-10-31 12:03:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KTIP NI |
| 08LAGOS431 |
NIGERIA: ACTION CONGRESS PARTY SWEEPS LAGOS LOCAL ELECTION [...] (U) Summary: PolOff and PolSpec observed the Lagos State Local Government's (LASG) local election on October 11. In the 20 local councils and 37 Local Council Development Areas (LCDAs), the opposition Peoples Democratic Party and All Nigeria Peoples Party (ANPP) refused to contest, and expectat [...] |
2008-11-03 06:03:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM KDEM NI |
| 08LAGOS434 |
NIGERIA: PIRATES ATTACK OIL SUPPLY VESSELS AND [...] (C) Summary: On October 25 and 26 in five separate incidents pirates attacked three oil supply vessels and six fishing trawlers, taking seventy Nigerian crewmen and seven Frenchmen hostage; by October 27 all hostages had been released. Bourbon Offshore, owner of two of the oil supply vessels [...] |
2008-11-04 08:54:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | PHSA PREL PTER EFIS EPET KCRM KCOR NI |
| 08LAGOS439 |
NIGERIA: EDO COMMISSIONER FOR LOCAL GOVERNMENT [...] (SBU) Summary: The Peoples' Democratic Party (PDP) Commissioner for Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs of Edo State, Austine Momodu, told PolOffs October 24 that the priorities of Governor Oserheimen Osunbor (PDP) included building roads, rehabilitating hospitals and building police b [...] |
2008-11-07 08:20:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV ECON ELTN SENV NI |
| 08LAGOS44 |
SOUTHERN NIGERIAN VOICES: EXPECT NEW ELECTIONS, [...] (C) Summary: NGO contacts recommended international donors focus on strengthening civil society and Nigerian institutions and told PolCouns that President Yar'Adua's political hands are tied until the election tribunal determines his fate. Presidential candidate for the African Democratic C [...] |
2008-02-11 06:46:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM PHUM NI |
| 08LAGOS440 |
NIGERIA: NIGER DELTA CHRISTIAN YOUTH MOVEMENT [...] No summary [...] |
2008-11-10 05:57:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER ECON KCRM KCOR NI |
| 08LAGOS441 |
NIGERIA: IMO STATE PROMOTES MICRO-ENTERPRISES [...] (U) Summary: In an October 17 visit to the Consulate, Imo State Executive Assistant to the Governor on Youth and Empowerment, Ambrose Obioha, claimed the state is focused on building the capacity of its youth and making strides to tap the potential of its natural resources. Entrepreneurship [...] |
2008-11-10 05:57:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV SENV SOCI NI |
| 08LAGOS446 |
NIGERIA: STATE SECRETARY EXPLAINS RIVERS STATE [...] No summary [...] |
2008-11-13 12:02:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PTER ECON KCOR NI |
| 08LAGOS447 |
NIGERIA: OPPOSITION CANDIDATE OSHIOMHOLE WINS EDO [...] (U) Summary: On November 11 the Appeals Court for Edo State confirmed the decision of the Edo State Election Tribunal that had declared the Action Congress (AC) candidate for the governorship, Adams Oshiomhole, the winner of the April 2007 gubernatorial election. Governor Oserheimen Osunbor, [...] |
2008-11-13 12:03:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL ECON NI |
| 08LAGOS448 |
NIGERIA: BANKS NEED HELP TO IMPLEMENT MONEY LAUNDERING LAW [...] (SBU) Summary: The Money Laundering (Prohibition) Act (MLA) 2004 sets strict reporting requirements on financial institutions in an effort to counter money laundering in Nigeria. Local banks established the Committee of Chief Compliance Officers of Banks in Nigeria (CCCOBIN) in 2007 as an indus [...] |
2008-11-14 09:37:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN EINV ECON EAID PGOV NI |
| 08LAGOS449 |
NIGERIA: FORMER MILITANT ON NEW NIGER DELTA [...] (C) Summary: Former militant and current President of the Gbaramatu Youth Council, Sheriff Mulade, and others met with Ijaw members of the Niger Delta Technical Advisory Committee to emphasize that unless the new Niger Delta Ministry were transparent and ministry officials held accountable it w [...] |
2008-11-14 12:11:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER ECON KCRM KCOR NI |
| 08LAGOS461 |
NIGERIA: LAGOS LABOR UNIONS ACTIVE; POTENTIAL FOR [...] (SBU) Summary: During an October 8-13 visit to Lagos by Tu Dang of the Office of International Labor Affairs and Corporate Social Responsibility, local labor union officials said that the use of casual labor in the oil industry is their top concern. Labor leaders are also worried about the sa [...] |
2008-11-19 14:16:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB PGOV SENV NI |
| 08LAGOS463 |
NIGERIAN GOVERNMENT LAUNCHES SEAFARERS' [...] (U) Summary: The Nigeria Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) has launched an initiative to increase the number of Nigerians engaged in maritime trades by training 5000 Nigerians overseas and expanding domestic training facilities. In the long term, Nigeria wants to become a net [...] |
2008-11-21 07:19:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ETDR PGOV EWWT KCRM NI |
| 08LAGOS464 |
NIGERIA: NGO BRINGS URGENTLY NEEDED MEDICAL CARE [...] No summary [...] |
2008-11-21 07:19:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV TBIO PHUM SOCI NI |
| 08LAGOS465 |
NIGERIA: 95 PERCENT OF BANK LOANS ARE SECURITIZED, EX-IM [...] (SBU) Summary: Over 95 percent of banks' loan portfolios are securitized, bank representatives told U.S. Export-Import Bank officials during their October 21-24 visit; this indicates that banks are unable to conduct risk assessment and project monitoring. Retail banking cannot develop due to th [...] |
2008-11-21 07:20:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN EAID NI |
| 08LAGOS472 |
NIGERIA: ACCUSATIONS OF GROUND CREW MALFEASANCE AT [...] (C) Summary. On November 17, Robert Bryan and Michael McTighe (strictly protect), executives with Delta and Arik Air respectively, said ground crews fueling aircraft at Lagos' Murtala Mohammed International Airport have attempted to short change them on fuel, loading less fuel onto airplanes [...] |
2008-11-21 13:15:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | EAIR EINV PREL NI |
| 08LAGOS473 |
DIRECTOR OF NIGERIAN FINANCIAL INTEL UNIT ON [...] (C) SUMMARY. Nigerian Financial Intelligence Unit (NFIU) Director A.B. Okauru (strictly protect) met with Poloffs on November 19 to discuss his sudden resignation from the NFIU on November 18 and the current state of affairs within the organization. He told Poloffs he resigned upon learning o [...] |
2008-11-21 13:48:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN PGOV CASC KCOR KCRIM NI |
| 08LAGOS474 |
THE VIEW FROM NIGERIA ON THE NIE [...] (S/NF) Summary: The recently released National Intelligence Estimate (NIE) on Nigeria presents a picture of a country on a downward spiral with gradually worsening economic, political and social conditions which, over the next five years, should produce increased political instability, civil [...] |
2008-11-21 16:15:00 | Consulate Lagos | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PREL ECON NI |
| 08LAGOS478 |
NIGERIAN GEOPHYSICISTS DISCUSS POTENTIAL FOR [...] (C) Summary: At the annual convention of the Nigerian Association of Petroleum Explorationists November 17-21, the head of the association said Nigeria has 40 billion barrels in unconventional oil deposits in Osun and Ogun States. The Minister of State for Energy (Petroleum) acknowledged the [...] |
2008-11-26 15:09:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ECON ENRG PGOV PREL NI |
| 08LAGOS479 |
NIGERIA: VICE PRESIDENT'S SENIOR SPECIAL ASSISTANT [...] (C) Summary: Senior Special Assistant to the Vice President Oronto Douglas (strictly protect throughout) told Pol-Econ Chief November 22 that Delta State Governor Uduaghan, with the support of the Vice President, has brought peace to the troubled Warri South and Burutu local Government Areas ( [...] |
2008-11-28 05:48:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PM EPET ECON KDEM NI |
| 08LAGOS480 |
NIGERIA: AMBASSADOR AWARDS SPECIAL SELF-HELP [...] (U) Summary: On November 21, Ambassador Sanders signed agreements with seven non-governmental organizations to implement Mission's Special Self-Help grants for 2008. Grantees received a ceremonial check and participated in a training on administration of grant funds. The event was featured i [...] |
2008-11-28 05:49:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PGOV PREL NI |
| 08LAGOS481 |
NIGERIAN ECONOMIC SUMMIT II: PRIVATE PARTICIPATION, RESPECT [...] (U) Summary: Participants at the Nigerian Economic Summit Group's power sector forum held October 22 agreed that private sector funding is crucial if Nigeria is to attain 70,000 megawatts of electricity, projected to cost USD 50 billion, by 2020. Forum participants concluded that Nigeria needs [...] |
2008-11-28 11:42:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EFIN EINV PGOV NI |
| 08LAGOS482 |
NIGERIA: FIRST CREDIT BUREAU TO LAUNCH APRIL 2009 [...] (U) Summary: The Central Bank of Nigeria released operational guidelines for credit bureaus in October 2008. Eleven Nigerian commercial banks have invested in Credit Reference Company, arguably the first credit bureau in Nigeria. Low quality data constitutes the biggest hurdle to developing a [...] |
2008-11-29 12:17:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN EAID NI |
| 08LAGOS483 |
NIGERIA: U.S.-BAYELSA PARTNERSHIP ESTABLISHES [...] (SBU) Summary: The Ambassador led the second meeting with Bayelsa State officials on November 20 in Lagos as part of the Mission's pilot program on engaging individual states. The Ambassador-led USG delegation welcomed Bayelsa Governor Timipre Silva and a team of State Commissioners, House of [...] |
2008-12-01 14:43:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV EAID ECON KDEM NI |
| 08LAGOS484 |
NIGERIA: LAWYERS, PRODUCERS HAVE NO CONFIDENCE IN [...] (SBU) Summary: In an October 13-14 seminar on intellectual property rights for professionals in the film industry, participants complained that the Nigerian Copyright Commission (NCC) turns a blind eye to massive, blatant piracy conducted in plain view of the agency. The NCC touted a new no [...] |
2008-12-01 14:43:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KIPR ECON ETRD EINV PGOV NI |
| 08LAGOS486 |
NIGERIA: OGUN STATE ATTRACTS BUSINESSES WITH LAND, LABOR, [...] (U) Summary: Governor Gbenga Daniel has branded Ogun "The Gateway State", increased Ogun State's internally generated revenue eight fold since taking office in 2003, and attracted over 100 new manufacturing companies to the state. Ogun's land, labor, and transportation are all less expensive t [...] |
2008-12-03 07:19:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM KDEM NI |
| 08LAGOS488 |
NIGERIA: CONSULATE GENERAL SENIOR STAFF OFFSITE [...] (U) Summary: The Consul General and Consulate senior staff held an off-site at the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA), in Ibadan, Oyo State November 6-8. The Consul General and staff toured the University of Ibadan and met with university's Vice Chancellor. The Vice Cha [...] |
2008-12-10 13:40:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | AMGT APER SCUL EAGR PGOV NI |
| 08LAGOS489 |
NIGERIA: SOUTHEAST, SOUTHSOUTH INFASTRUCTURE PROJECTS MAKE [...] (SBU) Summary: Abia State's Geometric independent power project (IPP), projected to be operational April 2009, has started construction on only one substation to date. Akwa Ibom's (AI) IPP, scheduled for testing in December 2009, will generate 165 megawatts (MWs) of power, 65 of those for distr [...] |
2008-12-11 15:03:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV EFIN ECON EAID PGOV NI |
| 08LAGOS493 |
NIGERIA: PRESIDENT OF IJAW YOUTH COUNCIL SAYS [...] (C) Summary: Dr. Chris Ekiyor, President of the Ijaw Youth Council, (protect throughout) condemned the tactics of the military Joint Task Force (JTF) in the Niger Delta, alleging that the JTF is so closely linked to illegal bunkering activities that it seeks to prolong the conflict rather than [...] |
2008-12-12 11:42:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PHUM KCRM KCOR NI |
| 08LAGOS500 |
NIGERIA: PIPELINE EXPERT SAYS 73 PERCENT OF NIGER [...] (SBU) Summary: The President of oil services company Nestoil, Ernest Azudialu, told PolOffs on November 17 that most oil spills in the Niger Delta occur because 73 percent of pipelines are corroded and need to be replaced; pipelines, which have a technical life of 15 years, have often been in [...] |
2008-12-17 06:50:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV EPET SENV NI |
| 08LAGOS501 |
NIGERIA: MILITANT CAMPS CONTROLLED BY DISTANT [...] No summary [...] |
2008-12-18 12:42:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV NI |
| 08LAGOS505 |
NIGERIA: OIL EXEC SAYS GON NOT READY FOR JOINT [...] (C) Summary: The chairman and managing director of Pan Ocean Oil Company, Dr. Festus Fadeyi (strictly protect), said on December 16 that the GON and the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) do not fully understand the implications of plans to turn the country's oil company joint vent [...] |
2008-12-19 13:53:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG PGOV NI |
| 08LAGOS507 |
NIGERIA: WITHOUT GON ENFORCEMENT, IMPOVERISHED [...] (C) Summary: Environmental lawyer Simon Amadoubogha told PolOffs on November 18 that Nigerian states lack the capacity to enforce existing environmental legislation and all cases involving international oil companies are tried in Federal Courts, making it difficult for affected communities to b [...] |
2008-12-22 12:24:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | SENV PREL PGOV EPET NI |
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NIGERIA: CRIME A WAY OF LIFE IN THE NIGER DELTA [...] (C) Summary: Simon Amadoubogha, an environmental activist and lawyer based in Port Harcourt and Yenegoa, told PolOffs on November 18 in Lagos that crime has become a way of life in the Niger Delta as more and more people engage in illegal bunkering or low-risk hostage taking. A boat to transpo [...] |
2008-12-22 12:24:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EPET PTER NI |
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NIGERIA: NIGER DELTA GOVERNORS TAP UTOMI TO [...] (C) Summary: Governors of the south-south states have chosen Patrick Utomi, Lagos Business School Dean and 2007 presidential candidate, to spearhead an integrated development strategy for the region. With the Governors, Utomi has recruited well-respected business leaders to create public-priva [...] |
2008-12-22 14:26:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV EPET ECON KDEM NI |
| 08LAGOS513 |
NIGERIA: MUSLIM RIGHTS ACTIVIST SEEKS DIALOGUE, [...] (C) Summary. On December 18, Pol-Econ Chief and PolOff met with Assistant Professor Is-haq Akintola, Director of Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC); MURIC has resolved numerous misunderstandings between Christians and Muslims that without intervention might have spiraled out of control. MURIC, whic [...] |
2008-12-29 06:08:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER NI |
| 08LAGOS514 |
NIGERIA: EDO'S NEW GOVERNOR SEEKS RADICAL CHANGE [...] (C) Summary: Adams Oshiomhole of the Action Congress (AC), who assumed the governorship of Edo State on November 12 following an Appeals Court ruling which voided the gubernatorial election results of 2007, told PolOffs in his offices in Benin City on December 17 that he intends to make radica [...] |
2008-12-29 06:09:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON EAGR ELAB ENRG NI |
| 08LAGOS516 |
NIGERIA: COURT NULLIFIED SENATORIAL ELECTION IN ANAMBRA [...] (U) Summary: A Federal Appeals Court has confirmed that no election was held in the Anambra South Senatorial District on April 21, 2007. The Court ordered the election rerun within 90 days. The decision is significant for its straightforward finding that no election was held. End Summary. 2 [...] |
2008-12-29 11:40:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM KDEM NI |
| 08LAGOS517 |
NIGERIA: OVER AC OBJECTIONS, EKITI HELD LOCAL GOVERNMENT [...] (U) Summary: Over objections by the Action Congress (AC), which had complained that the State Independent Electoral Commission's (SIEC) composition was not in accordance with the constitution, Ekiti State held local government area (LGA) elections on December 20. The AC did not participate in [...] |
2008-12-29 11:42:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM KDEM NI |
| 08LAGOS518 |
NIGERIA: UNION LEADERS EXTOL LABOR'S PERFORMANCE IN 2007 [...] (SBU) Summary: Nigeria's National Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Employees (NUPENG) played a role in mobilizing volunteers for the campaign of Governor Adams Oshiomhole, who ran with the support of both the Action Congress (AC) and Labor Party (LP). Labor volunteers also supported Labor Par [...] |
2008-12-29 12:16:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB PGOV PHUM KDEM NI |
| 08LAGOS520 |
Nigeria: Experts Say Nigerian Economy Faring Better Than [...] (U) Summary: On December 11, Economic Associates (EA), a firm of economists reviewed the Nigerian economy in 2008 at its annual economic outlook session in Lagos. EA analysts said commodity prices, particularly oil, are Nigeria's major link to the global economy, although a dearth of foreign ca [...] |
2008-12-30 06:42:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EINV EAID PGOV NI |
| 08LAGOS524 |
(S) NIGERIA: NSA MUKHTAR - A CLOSET EXTREMIST WE [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY. Ambassador had a one-plus hour meeting with National Security Advisor Major General Abdullahi Sarki Mukhtar on December 22 to discuss a range of issues, including the recent internecine violence in the northern city of Jos. Mukhtar also voiced his criticism of our bilateral r [...] |
2008-12-31 06:28:00 | Consulate Lagos | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PINR PREL NI |
| 08LAGOS57 |
NIGERIA: CHEVRON CONSIDERS GMOU MODEL SUCCESSFUL [...] (SBU) Summary: Chevron has deemed its global memoranda of understanding (GMOUs) "largely successful" in building a sustainable community-driven approach to development, according to Femi Odumabo, Executive Director and General Manager of Chevron's Policy, Government and Public Affairs office. [...] |
2008-02-13 16:05:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL SENV NI |
| 08LAGOS60 |
NIGERIA: CG'S ROAD TRIP HIGHLIGHTS ENUGU'S [...] (U) Summary: Consul General Donna Blair visited Enugu, which claims the highest percentage of American citizen residents of any state in Nigeria. The American Corner in Enugu has done educational outreach for more than 1,000 students. Calvary Foundation, recipient of Democracy, Human Rights [...] |
2008-02-14 13:40:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV SOCI SENV CASC NI PHUM |
| 08LAGOS61 |
NIGERIA: CG'S ROAD TRIP: A TOUR D'HORIZON OF CROSS [...] (U) Summary: Consul General Donna Blair heard Cross River State PDP Governor Imoke's vision for the ethnically-diverse state and his criticisms of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) and the federal government as ineffective in assisting further development. A customs official told [...] |
2008-02-14 13:40:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | EAGR ETRD PGOV PHUM CASC SOCI NI |
| 08LAGOS64 |
DELTA STATE, DESOPADEC: MAJOR & MINOR [...] (SBU) Summary: Delta State's Integrated Development Project and the Delta State Oil Producing Areas Development Commission (DESOPADEC) made a joint presentation to the Mission's FCS officer. DESOPADEC plans to order modular refineries and gas gathering plants to jump start the local economy [...] |
2008-02-15 15:27:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL SENV NI |
| 08LAGOS68 |
NIGERIA: CI/KR RESPONSE FOR S/CT [...] (C/NF) Summary: The only infrastructure/resource in Nigeria which could meet the definition in reftel is oil-related. While the country is a large exporter of crude oil to the United States, the Mission does not believe that Nigeria's oil and oil infrastructure meet the definition of "key" o [...] |
2008-02-22 13:46:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ASEC ECON PTER PREL PGOV ENRG NI |
| 08LAGOS69 |
NIGER DELTA SPOT REPORT: IJAW YOUTH PRESIDENT [...] (C) Chris Ekiyor, President of the Ijaw Youth Council (IYC), the pre-eminent Ijaw youth organization in Nigeria, notified Poloff on February 18 that he was beaten by military Joint Task Force (JTF) soldiers at a checkpoint in Bayelsa on February 16. Ekiyor and 60 IYC members were headed to Op [...] |
2008-02-22 13:57:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ASEC NI |
| 08LAGOS7 |
NIGERIA: OGUN STATE GOVERNMENT DEVELOPS TRANSPORTATION [...] (U) Summary: Ogun State's proposed transportation infrastructure comprising road, rail, sea and air will help manage the steady growth in population and economy stemming from its proximity to Lagos. In collaboration with private sector, the government plans to build an extensive road and rail n [...] |
2008-01-08 07:10:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EINV NI |
| 08LAGOS70 |
NIGER DELTA: AMAECHI PLEDGES TO SECURE RIVERS IN 3 [...] (C) Summary: Governor Rotimi Amaechi of Rivers State told OSAC contacts on February 7 that Port Harcourt would be safe enough in three months for expatriates to return. As kidnappings have decreased oil bunkering has risen, filling militant coffers, according to security contacts. The milita [...] |
2008-02-22 14:07:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL NI |
| 08LAGOS75 |
SHELL WORRIES ABOUT CHINESE IN NIGERIA; CLAIMS [...] (C) Summary. Shell's Vice President for Africa Ann Pickard met with the Ambassador on February 20. She admitted that the company badly miscalculated the new Nigerian administration and is playing catch up to ExxonMobil and Chevron. She claims new Nigerian petroleum legislation could lead to [...] |
2008-02-26 08:06:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EPET PGOV PREL NI CH |
| 08LAGOS76 |
U.S. COMPANY INVOLVEMENT IN HOUSING HAMPERED BY LACK OF [...] (SBU) Summary: While the National Housing Policy (NHP) of 2002 intended to promote private investment in the housing sector, a number of laws (including the Land Use Act and Primary Mortgage Institution Act) need amending to achieve this. An American owned housing development company plans to b [...] |
2008-02-26 14:48:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN EAID EIND EINV ETRD PGOV NI |
| 08LAGOS77 |
NIGERIA: THE RUSSIANS ARE COMING [...] (C/NF) Summary: Gazprom's Boris Ivanov announced the establishment of a Gazprom Nigeria subsidiary and said the company plans to announce new gas deals in Nigeria this year. He told an industry conference that Gazprom has already offered to share its reform experience with Nigerian National [...] |
2008-02-27 10:28:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ENRG EPET PGOV PREL NI RS |
| 08LAGOS91 |
NIGERIA: FY07 AMBASSADOR'S SPECIAL SELF HELP [...] (U) The following are answers to questions from Reftel regarding the FY07 Ambassador's Special Self Help program in Nigeria: --Approximately 354,032 people (184,097 women, 169,935 men) have benefited from SSH during this period (October 1, 2006 to September 30, 2007) --Approximately 282,60 [...] |
2008-03-10 06:34:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ECON XA NI |
| 08LAGOS92 |
NIGERIA: PDP CONGRESSES, CLASHES LAY GROUND FOR [...] (SBU) Summary: People's Democratic Party (PDP) state congresses held February 28 throughout the south reflect the fractured nature of the party. Party factions in Oyo, Enugu, and Anambra states held parallel congresses in defiance of court injunctions. The congresses in Edo and Bayelsa states [...] |
2008-03-10 06:36:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV NI |
| 08LAGOS93 |
NIGER DELTA: CORRUPTION PERMEATES ALL [...] (C) Summary: Sheriff Mulade, President of the Gbaramatu Youth Council (GYC) and assistant consultant to the Delta State Oil Producing Areas Development Commission (DESOPADEC) told us in February that DESOPADEC pays off House of Assembly members to ensure they will pass future DESOPADEC budgets, [...] |
2008-03-10 13:26:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SENV NI |
| 08LAGOS94 |
NIGER DELTA GOSSIP ON THE MOVERS & SHAKERS [...] (C) Summary: Dr. Godknows Igali says Henry Okah is being held in a secure facility in the north; Tom Polo is taking the position that, although Okah is a rival, he should not be harmed. Vice President Goodluck Jonathan and Delta Governor Uduaghan are finding it difficult to disarm youths in Ba [...] |
2008-03-10 13:26:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ASEC NI |
| 08LAGOS96 |
Nigerian Expert: When Only 6 Out of 100 Kids Complete Grade [...] (U) Summary: With only 6 out of 100 children completing primary school, Dr. Doyin Salami, a respected economist and faculty member at the prestigious Lagos Business School, believes the Government of Nigeria (GON) must change its model for delivering education to a public-private partnership. U [...] |
2008-03-13 09:11:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN SOCI NI |
| 08LAGOS98 |
NIGERIA: FY07 AMBASSADOR'S SPECIAL [...] (U) The following are answers to questions from Reftel regarding the FY07 Ambassador's Special Self Help program in Nigeria: --Approximately 354,032 people (184,097 women, 169,935 men) have benefited from SSH during this period (October 1, 2006 to September 30, 2007) --Approximately 282,60 [...] |
2008-03-13 10:30:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ECON XA NI |
| 08LAGOS99 |
OPIC-SUPPORTED INVESTMENT FUNDS IN THE REGION: [...] In response to reftel A, financial capital is needed to meet Nigeria's growing demand for middle income housing. Although Nigeria's middle-class is relatively small, affordable housing is in short supply across the country. Nigerian banks are well capitalized, but housing competes for funds wi [...] |
2008-03-13 13:32:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV ECON NI |
| 09LAGOS100 |
NIGERIA: DESPITE HEALTH RISKS, NIGER DELTANS LIVE, [...] (SBU) Summary: During his February 1-19 visit to Lagos, U.S. Science Fellow (USFF) and Environmental Protection Agency Federal On-Scene Coordinator Michael Solecki taught over 30 working level officers of the Nigerian Oil Spill Detection and Response Agency (NOSDRA) advanced techniques for dea [...] |
2009-03-05 06:28:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV EPET ECON SENV NI |
| 09LAGOS101 |
NIGERIA: OGUN STATE FREE TRADE ZONE PROJECTS STALLED [...] (SBU) Summary: The free trade zone (FTZ) projects in Ogun State, southwest Nigeria appear stalled by the global financial crisis and ongoing political wrangling in the state. EconSpec's visit to the Kajola Specialized Railway Industrial FTZ and the Ogun-Guangdong FTZ on February 23 revealed no [...] |
2009-03-05 06:33:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINV NI |
| 09LAGOS103 |
NIGERIA TO DEREGULATE DOWNSTREAM, END GASOLINE [...] (C) Summary: On February 26 Minister of State for Petroleum Resources Odein Ajumogobia announced at a conference on Nigeria's oil and gas sector that the GON plans to fully deregulate its downstream petroleum sector and end retail prices caps on gasoline and household kerosene. The Minister [...] |
2009-03-05 07:07:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EPET PGOV EINV ELAB NI |
| 09LAGOS106 |
NIGERIA: WARRI CHAMBER OF COMMERCE BLAMES FEDERAL [...] (U) Summary: The President of the Warri Chamber of Commerce, Edema Abrakata, told Pol-Econ Chief, PolOff and Office of Security Cooperation (OSC) representatives in Warri, Delta State, on February 5 that the current crisis in the Niger Delta was the result of neglect by the Federal Government [...] |
2009-03-05 13:44:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV ECON EIND ENRG NI |
| 09LAGOS107 |
NIGERIA: DESOPADEC'S QUICK START PROJECTS REAP [...] (U) Summary: At a meeting on February 5 in the main offices of the Delta State Oil Producing Areas Development Commission (DESOPADEC) in Warri, Delta State, officials of the organization told Pol-Econ Chief, PolOff and Office of Security Cooperation (OSC) representatives that over six hundred [...] |
2009-03-05 13:44:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV ECON EIND NI |
| 09LAGOS109 |
ENVIRONMENTAL NGOS SEEKS WAYS TO INCREASE NIGERIAN [...] (SBU) Summary: At a round table discussion in Lagos on February 18, Nigerian Environmental NGOs and visiting Science Fellow and Environmental Protection Agency Federal On-Scene Coordinator, Michael Solecki, identified weaknesses in the Nigerian oil spill response mechanisms and discussed ways [...] |
2009-03-05 13:44:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV SENV ECON EPET NI |
| 09LAGOS111 |
NIGERIA: TELECOM SECTOR TO WEATHER FINANCIAL STORM IN 2009 [...] (SBU) Summary: Nigeria logs approximately 55 million active GSM lines as of first quarter 2009, up by 13 million new lines from 2008. Local mobile operators are cash-strapped given the global credit crunch and are seeking financing and alternative payment schemes from suppliers. Quality in se [...] |
2009-03-11 07:53:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ECPS EFIN NI |
| 09LAGOS112 |
NIGERIA: AFENIFERE LEADER CLAIMS INCREASED [...] (C) Summary: In a February 27 meeting with Chief Supo Shonibare, Lagos State Chairman of the Yoruba socio-political organization Afenifere, Shonibare explained that Afenifere is playing an increased role as the principal socio-political vehicle to promote social democratic values in the South- [...] |
2009-03-11 12:44:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV NI |
| 09LAGOS114 |
NIGERIA: REAL ESTATE DEVELOPMENT PLOWS AHEAD, WHILE HEDGING [...] (SBU) Summary: Given Nigeria's housing shortage crisis of 16 million units, demand for real estate development has not waned in this economic downturn. CityScape, a Nigerian real estate firm, is developing 6 projects in Lagos and Ogun States, 2 in Rivers State, and 1 in Abuja, and is showing n [...] |
2009-03-11 15:00:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EIND EINV NI |
| 09LAGOS116 |
NIGERIA: GAZPROM ANNOUNCES PLANS FOR JOINT VENTURE [...] (C) Summary: Vladimir Ilyanin, Managing Director of GAZPROM Nigeria, told an audience at a major Nigerian oil conference in Abuja on February 25 that his company is close to signing a USD 2.5 billion oil and gas exploration deal with the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation. Described as [...] |
2009-03-12 15:49:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG PREL NI |
| 09LAGOS120 |
NIGERIA: DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS FOR PILOT ENGAGEMENT [...] (U) Summary: Three sites which had been identified as potential projects suitable for the Ambassador's Pilot Engagement with Bayelsa State were visited by Pol-Econ Chief, PolOff, and Office of Security Cooperation (OSC) Representatives on February 4 and 5. OSC representatives conducted surveys [...] |
2009-03-13 12:23:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV ECON EAID NI |
| 09LAGOS129 |
NIGER DELTA TECHNICAL COMMITTEE WARNS FAILURE TO [...] (SBU) Summary: The Niger Delta Technical Committee Report, submitted to President Yar 'Adua on December 1, 2008, reviewed 14 previous reports on the Niger Delta, and made recommendations to solve the long-standing crisis there. (Note: the report has not yet been made public and Post's analysis [...] |
2009-03-17 10:07:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON KCOR KCRM SENV EPET NI |
| 09LAGOS138 |
NIGERIA: DELTA STATE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM CLAIMS [...] (C) Summary: Gary Akpobire, Director of the Delta State Integrated Development Agency (DIDA) told Pol-Econ Chief on February 17 that Delta State's development plans are proceeding apace. The state plans four new gas-fired power plants to drive industry, but Akpobire seemed unaware of problems [...] |
2009-03-18 08:48:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PM EPET ECON KDEM NI |
| 09LAGOS14 |
NIGERIA: NIGER DELTA TECHNICAL COMMITTEE MEMBER [...] (U) Summary: Acting Consul General met on December 23 with Tony Uranta (protect throughout), a member of the Niger Delta Technical Committee and campaign manager for the 2007 presidential campaign of Patrick Utomi, Dean of the Lagos Business School. According to Uranta, the Technical Committe [...] |
2009-01-12 06:08:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PM EPET ECON KDEM NI |
| 09LAGOS142 |
NIGERIA: DOCUMENTARY HIGHLIGHTS RISING SEA LEVELS, [...] (U) Summary: Nigerian film director Desmond Majekodunmi, with funding from the Heinrich Boll Foundation, produced "Global Warming: Nigeria Under Attack", a documentary screened in Lagos on November 19. The 40 minute-long film documents the threat of rising seas levels on recent developments o [...] |
2009-03-19 05:52:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | |