The Oil Curse http://www.globalpost.com/taxonomy/term/22406/all en Nigeria should be a land of riches http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/news/regions/africa/nigeria/120911/nigeria-oil-gas-petroleum-bill-corruption <p>ABUJA &mdash; But instead the majority of it&#39;s people are hungry. Now, a controversial new oil and gas law seeks to change that.</p> <p><a href="http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/news/regions/africa/nigeria/120911/nigeria-oil-gas-petroleum-bill-corruption" target="_blank">read more</a></p> The Oil Curse Business Energy Nigeria Political Risk Wed, 12 Sep 2012 10:15:21 +0000 Heather Mudock 5718930 at http://www.globalpost.com Nigeria's illegal oil business is booming http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/news/regions/africa/nigeria/120711/nigeria-illegal-oil-trade-shell-chevron <p><span style="line-height: 20px; ">WARRI, Nigeria &mdash;&nbsp;Nigerian security services have torched nearly a thousand makeshift oil refineries here in the past five months. But on the waterways of the Niger Delta, the illegal oil business is still booming.&nbsp;</span></p> <p><a href="http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/news/regions/africa/nigeria/120711/nigeria-illegal-oil-trade-shell-chevron" target="_blank">read more</a></p> Africa The Oil Curse Business Energy Nigeria Thu, 12 Jul 2012 10:00:15 +0000 Heather Murdock 5711409 at http://www.globalpost.com