Jul 16, 2008 Nigeria: Curse of the Black Gold
"This book lays out the dynamics of oil and development in Nigeria
and Africa. It reveals the complicity in this perfect storm of
international oil companies, foreign governments, corrupt
oil-producing states and U.S. consumers. ... the future of oil in
Nigeria is now in question in an unprecedented way. As we speak,
something like 25 percent of Nigerian oil is locked in or deferred
because of the attacks by militants." - Michael Watts
Feb 26, 2008 Nigeria: Prison System Report
"Nigeria's prisons are filled with people whose human rights are
systematically violated. Approximately 65 per cent of the inmates
are awaiting trial most of whom have been waiting for their trial
for years. Most of the people in Nigeria's prisons are too poor to
be able to pay lawyers, and only one in seven of those awaiting
trial have private legal representation." - Amnesty International
Aug 14, 2007 Nigeria: AIDS Advice Available
"We are indeed succeeding in our sensitization and public
enlightenment efforts. ... While we chose to whine and lampoon acts
such as the incident at Covenant University [which decided in June
not to allow HIV-positive students to graduate], the insurance
executive who was fired for testing positive to HIV and many more,
we cannot ignore ... condemnation such acts have attracted
especially through newspaper editorials, columnists, opinion polls
and wait for this - even discussions at amala joints, fast foods
outlets, drinking bars, pepper soup joints, discussions at taxi
parks." - Journalists against AIDS Nigeria
