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Since 1956, when Shell first struck oil in Nigeria, the Anglo-Dutch oil giant has never been under fire like it has since the beginning of the year, analysts said on Wednesday. Shell's foray into Nigeria's lucrative oil industry began with the historic feat of striking the first oil well in Oloibiri in present-day southern Bayelsa state.
Nigeria's literary giant and 1986 Nobel Prize-winner Wole Soyinka has joined widespread calls for the cancellation of the country's disputed general elections. The governorship, legislative and presidential polls held on April 14 and 21 have been roundly condemned by foreign and local observers.
More than 20 000 Nigerians marched through their bustling economic capital, Lagos, on Wednesday in a noisy but trouble-free protest against rising fuel prices and President Olusegun Obasanjo's increasingly unpopular economic policies. Nobel literature laureate Wole Soyinka was among well-known figures leading the march.
Nigeria's first national headcount in 15 years headed into a second day on Wednesday amid clashes between police and vigilantes, attacks on counters and protests by disgruntled census workers. Nigeria is recognised as Africa's most populous country but has never conducted an uncontested census.
Since 1956, when Shell first struck oil in Nigeria, the Anglo-Dutch oil giant has never been under fire like it has since the beginning of the year, analysts said on Wednesday. Shell's foray into Nigeria's lucrative oil industry began with the historic feat of striking the first oil well in Oloibiri in present-day southern Bayelsa state.
Nigeria's literary giant and 1986 Nobel Prize-winner Wole Soyinka has joined widespread calls for the cancellation of the country's disputed general elections. The governorship, legislative and presidential polls held on April 14 and 21 have been roundly condemned by foreign and local observers.
More than 20 000 Nigerians marched through their bustling economic capital, Lagos, on Wednesday in a noisy but trouble-free protest against rising fuel prices and President Olusegun Obasanjo's increasingly unpopular economic policies. Nobel literature laureate Wole Soyinka was among well-known figures leading the march.
Nigeria's first national headcount in 15 years headed into a second day on Wednesday amid clashes between police and vigilantes, attacks on counters and protests by disgruntled census workers. Nigeria is recognised as Africa's most populous country but has never conducted an uncontested census.
