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Firing of Anti-Corruption Czar Won’t Fix Agency
Broad Reforms Needed to Make Commission Credible
The sudden dismissal of Nigeria’s controversial anti-corruption chairman will not fix the troubled agency she led, Human Rights Watch said today. The government should carry out broad institutional reforms if Nigeria is to make real progress against corruption. [Lire]
Human Rights Watch - 23 November 2011

Civil society groups condemn renewed threat to demolish Port Harcourt waterfront Communities
In their bid to ensure that citizens right to decent housing and the right to work and earn a living are not arbitrarily abused by a government that was supposed to protect and provide for the needs of the people, Social Action Nigeria, working in concert with civil society groups and community people, condemn the recent threat by the Governor of Rivers State to continue demolition exercise in Port Harcourt and call on the Rivers State government to stop further displacement of the poor waterfront residents until proper data are taken and alternative accommodation provided for them. [Lire]
Social Action - 27 January 2010

Memorandum on the Petroleum Industry Bill 2009 Submitted to the House of Representatives
This is a Memorandum of the representatives of Civil Society groups working on extractive revenue transparency and accountability across Nigeria. The memorandum is a product of a wellattended roundtable of over 50 Civil Society groups that brainstormed and came up with a consensus on the Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB) 2009 currently before the National Assembly. [Lire]
28 juillet 2009

L’industrie pétrolière a apporté la pauvreté et la pollution au delta du Niger
Selon un nouveau rapport d’Amnesty International, l’industrie pétrolière du delta du Niger (Nigeria) a entraîné, pour la majorité des personnes des zones concernées, la paupérisation, les conflits, les atteintes aux droits humains et le désespoir. [Lire]
Amnesty International - 30 juin 2009

Oil industry has brought poverty and pollution to Niger Delta
The oil industry in the Niger Delta of Nigeria has brought impoverishment, conflict, human rights abuses and despair to the majority of the people in the oil-producing areas, according to a new Amnesty International report. [Lire]
Amnesty International - 30 June 2009

NLC Supports Amnesty
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) supports the amnesty granted by the Federal Government on June 25, 2009 to all fighters in the Niger Delta. Congress is particularly happy that the amnesty is all encompassing including the grant of pardon to all persons under prosecution for alleged offences associated with the armed struggle in the region. [Lire]
Nigeria Labour Congress - NLC - 28 June 2009

Why We Are Resuming Rallies and Mass Protest
Text of press conference by the Nigeria Labour congress (NLC) addressed by Head of Information, Owei Lakemfa at the Kano State NLC Secretariat, Katsina Road, Kano on Sunday 14th June, 2009. [Lire]
Nigeria Labour Congress - NLC - 14 June 2009

Abusers Reign at Midterm
Ten Steps for Yar’Adua to Improve Human Rights Record
President Umaru Yar’Adua of Nigeria, halfway through his presidential mandate, has undermined the country’s foremost anti-corruption body, done little to rein in an abusive police force, and failed to address the root causes of the escalating crisis in the Niger Delta, Human Rights Watch said today. Human Rights Watch said in a letter to Yar’Adua that there have been serious setbacks during the first two years in addressing Nigeria’s chronic human rights problems and endemic corruption. [Lire]
Human Rights Watch - 7 June 2009

On-Going Protests By The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and Civil Society Organisations
On behalf of the National Executive Council (NEC) of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), we salute Nigerian workers and indeed all Nigerians for the support to the legitimate protests/mass rallies organized by Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and other civil society organizations. The rallies so far held in Lagos on Wednesday May 13, 2009 and Asaba on Friday May 15 2009 are meant to deepen democracy and enhance good governance. [Lire]
Trade Union Congress of Nigeria - TUC - 18 mai 2009

CDWR Calls for Significant Reduction in Prices of Petroleum Products
The Campaign for Democratic and Workers Rights (CDWR) considers the removal of N5 from the pump price of petrol, which hitherto was N70, as insulting tokenism. The poor working masses of Nigeria, whose appalling living conditions, caused by anti-poor neo-liberal programmes, have been worsened by the global economic meltdown, deserve much more than this marginal reduction. [Lire]
Campaign for Democratic and Workers’ Rights in Nigeria (CDWRN) - 29 January 2009

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Nigeria : Un réseau routier effroyable et la précarisation forcent le NUPENG à intervenir directement - 9 août 2010 - Après trois jours de blocus pétrolier partiel de la capitale nigériane, Abuja, NUPENG, le syndicat des travailleurs du pétrole et du gaz naturel, et les chauffeurs de camions-citernes affiliés ont levé la grève le 6 août, après que des ministres du gouvernement et des responsables du NUPENG et de PENGASSAN, qui représente les cadres du secteur pétrolier et gazier, aient signé des mémorandums d’accord à propos de la dégradation du réseau routier nigérian et l’utilisation croissante de travailleurs intermittents par les compagnies pétrolières et gazières, en particulier les multinationales. - Source : ICEM

Quand une péninsule pétrolière change de mains - 3 novembre 2008 - Par Léon Koungou - « C’est une grande victoire pour les valeurs essentielles des Nations unies ! » C’est ainsi que le secrétaire général Ban Ki-moon a salué la rétrocession pacifique par le Nigeria de la péninsule de Bakassi au Cameroun, le 14 août 2008. Après des décennies de conflits juridico-militaires, la Cour internationale de justice avait donné raison à Yaoundé en 2002. Cependant, indépendantistes et bandes armées nigérianes contestent la décision sur fond de partage du gâteau pétrolier. - Source : Le Monde diplomatique

Nigeria: Ogoni Land after Shell - 18 September 2008 - The Nigerian government’s 4 June 2008 decision to replace the Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC) as operator of oil concessions in Ogoni areas offers an opportunity for ending one of the longest-running conflicts between a multinational oil company and a local community in the Niger Delta. But to ensure that new friction does not develop between the Ogoni and Shell’s successor company, it must be followed by a comprehensive program of consultations with local populations to address the remaining issues involved in oil production in this area, including environmental protection and distribution of revenues. - Source : International Crisis Group

Nigeria : troisième tour social - juillet 2007 - Par Kohou Mbwélili - Après avoir été flouée dans les urnes, c’est dans la rue que la population a fait entendre sa voix. Au bulletin de vote, elle a substitué une arme plus décisive : la grève générale. A sa tête, une force d’envergure : la classe ouvrière. Début juin, la puissante confédération syndicale, le Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) lance un ultimatum de 14 jours au nouveau pouvoir. Elle proteste contre un ensemble de mesures prises par le gouvernement Obasanjo le dernier jour de son exercice. - Source : Imprecor

Nigerian after the April 2007 elections: What next? - 28 June 2007 - By Abdul Raufu Mustapha - Since 1999 there has been a consistent deterioration in the conduct of Nigerian elections. Abdul Raufu Mustapha assesses the impact on Nigeria’s recent fraudulent elections on the future political and economic development of Nigeria. - Source : Pambazuka News

South Africa’s Role in Nigeria and the Nigerian Elections - 12 June 2007 - By Shawn Hattingh - The question is: why would the South African government fall over itself to congratulate Yar’ Adua on ‘winning’ an election that was so clearly rigged? The answer to this question lies in South Africa’s policy towards Africa, in the form of New Partnership for Africa’s Development (NEPAD), the relationship that it has with the ruling party in Nigeria, and the expansionist agenda that South African corporations and parastatals have in Nigeria. - Source : Centre for Civil Society

Chinese firms’ ’dehumanising’ treatment of Nigerian workers - 25 February 2007 - Rampant ’union-busting’, arbitrary pay cuts, no written job contracts, and no maternity pay – these are the conditions at Chinese-owned companies not just in China but also in Africa. - Source : Campaign for Democratic and Workers’ Rights in Nigeria

Nigeria: World's Worst Anti-Gay Law May Pass Soon - 22 February 2007 - By Doug Ireland - One of the most sweeping anti-gay bills ever introduced in any parliament in the world is in danger of rapid passage in Nigeria in the coming weeks. Although billed as a ban on same-sex marriage, the proposed law includes provisions that would make any expression of homosexuality - not only sexual conduct but any homosexual inclination or reference - in public or in private, a crime. - Source : Znet

Les Politiques du pétrole et la pauvreté - 21 novembre 2006 - Par Emira Woods - Comme dans beaucoup de communautés de la région nigériane du Delta riche en pétrole, la plupart des gens de Yenagoa vivent dans des huttes construites en terre. Certains résident à seulement quelques pieds des puits de pétrole. Mais ils manquent d’électricité et de toilettes à l’intérieur de leurs maisons. Ils n’ont pas d’hôpitaux, pas d’eau de robinet, pas d’écoles. Et il y a aussi le chômage. Des compagnies pétrolières comme Royal Dutch Shell, BP, Chevron, et Exxon Mobil apportent des ouvriers étrangers même pour les postes subalternes... - Source : Pambazuka News

Private Management of Unity Schools – Not the Solution: Adequately Public Funding is Needed - 13 November 2006 - By Chinedu Bosah, Secretary of Education Rights Campaign - The recent twist from the Education Minister, which suggests that the Unity Schools will only have a joint management team comprising of private and public representatives and not outright privatisation, is absurd. We must remind the minister that, when the Unity Schools were still working, were they managed by any private individuals? If no, what then went wrong with unity schools? - Source : CDWRN

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