LABOUR-NIGERIA: “You Do Not Stop Workers Through Laws”

"Leaders come and go, but there will always be workers' unions." This is the philosophical view which Elder Linus Ukamba, Senior Assistant General Secretary of the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC), has adopted towards plans by President Olusegun Obasanjo to dismantle the union federation.

RIGHTS-NIGERIA: Freedom of Information Bill Proves Elusive

In recent decades, Nigeria has acquired the unhappy reputation of being one of the world's most corrupt states. It would also earn a high ranking in a list of the most secretive nations.

MAY DAY-NIGERIA: Pity the Victims of Workplace Accidents

Life on the job in Nigeria can be tough. But, it becomes even harder for those who have the misfortune to sustain injuries in the workplace.

RIGHTS: Cult Students Control the Campus, their Parents Run Nigeria

Omoyele Sowore’s attackers wore red baseball hats and covered their faces.

WORLD HEALTH DAY: Night Travel in Nigeria Saves Time – But Takes Lives

Okpara Williams says travelling at night along Nigeria's roads is a dangerous affair: "You can never tell whether or not you will get to your destination alive."

ECONOMY-NIGERIA: Putting the Oil Industry in Local Hands a Slippery Business

Oil is the undisputed kingpin of Nigeria's economy, contributing over 90 percent of its export earnings. But more than four decades after the start of oil extraction in Nigeria, the industry remains in foreign hands - much to the frustration of local entrepreneurs.

ECONOMY-NIGERIA: The Oil Leaks That Yield Vast Profits – and Tragedy

It happens at night, under cover of darkness. Thieves move into the mangrove swamps and creeks of Nigeria's southern Niger Delta region, homing in on the oil pipelines that criss-cross the area.

CORRUPTION-NIGERIA: Scam Artists Find Themselves in the Cross Hairs

"Our point is this," says Shamsudeen Usman, Deputy Governor of Nigeria's Central Bank: "You may not be able to catch all of them, but Nigeria must begin to catch a few and make a typical example of those that you catch. That is the way you can remove the incentive for other people to join them."

DEVELOPMENT-NIGERIA: Government Faces Vast Challenges in Water Provision

Nigeria's Niger Delta region is one of the largest wetlands in the world. It is a source of great irony, therefore, that people living in the area struggle to get hold of clean drinking water: they take what they can from creeks and rivers.

TRANSPORT-NIGERIA: Bad Drivers Find Themselves on the Couch

For those who navigate the chaotic streets of Nigeria's commercial centre, Lagos, it can seem that the city was designed to test the patience of commuters.

CULTURE-NIGERIA: Should the Death Penalty be Put on Death Row?

Almost 10 years after the death of Nigerian activist Ken Saro-Wiwa, his father - Pa Beesam Wiwa - remains angry and sad.

POLITICS-NIGERIA: 007 Babangida – Never Say Never Again

The next presidential election in Nigeria is not due until May 2007. While that might seem a long way off to some, aspirant contenders have already emerged - and they include the man who plunged Nigeria into a political crisis in 1993: former military ruler Ibrahim Babangida.