NIGERIA

  • Democracy Now! February 11, 1999

    Chevron Under Fire; Sweatshop Reports |(23 Minutes) Chevron Under Fire The recent wave of repression and violence by the Nigerian military in the Niger Delta that has left scores of villagers dead has sparked worldwide attention. So has the role of oil companies such as Royal Dutch Shell and the US multinational Chevron in the…

  • Democracy Now! January 27, 1999

    Impeachment-Studs Terkel; Multinational Monitor’s 10 Worst Corporations of 1998; Chevron and Nigeria |(14 Minutes) Impeachment – Studs Terkel GUEST: Studs Terkel, the Pulitzer-winning author talks about impeachment. (20 Minutes) Multinational Monitor’s 10 Worst Corporations of 1998 Multinational Monitor magazine reports that 1998 was a record year for corporate crime and abuse that includes death without…

  • Democracy Now! October 13, 1998

    Activists Plan to Sue Chevron; Africans in America |(33 Minutes) Activists Plan to Sue Chevron Lawyers for Nigerian Himan rights activists are preparing to file a lawsuit in the US afainst Chevron Corporation, alleging that the US oil giant was complicit in the deaths of two protesters who were killed on a Cheron oil barge…

  • Democracy Now! September 9, 1998

    The Looting of Nigeria; Abubakar’s Transition Program; Resisting the Nigerian Regime |(14 Minutes) The Looting of Nigeria As Nigeria’s new military ruler, Abdulsalam Abubakar, closes the door on registering political parties, the president of Nigeria’s oldest legal rights organization chronicles the history of looting, corruption and repression in Africa’s most populous nation. GUEST: Ayo Obe,…

  • Democracy Now! September 8, 1998

    Voices From the Nigerian Resistance |(50 Minutes) Voices from the Nigerian Resistance As the West continues to praise Nigeria’s new military ruler, Abdulsalam Abubakar, Nigerian activists step up their resistance to military rule. Also, exposure of a large cross-section of Nigerians on a wide range of issues. GUEST: Femi Felana, Deputy National Chair of JACON…

  • Democracy Now! September 30, 1998

    Drilling and Killing: Chevron and Nigeria’s Oil Dictatorship |(50 Minutes) Drilling and Killing: Chevron and Nigeria’s Oil Dictatorship Expose’ on the role of the San Francisco oil giant in the killing of two Nigerian activists.

  • Democracy Now! October 1, 1998

    All Things Censored; Nigeria; War in the Delta |(4 Minutes) All Things Censored In Pennsylvania , the regulation that bans media visits to prisoners has been dubbed the Mumia rule. Democracy Now is continuing series in support of Free Speech titled All Things Censored. GUEST: Dorothy Allison, author of BOOK: BASTARD OUT OF CAROLINA. (10…

  • Democracy Now! September 17, 1997

    Nigeria Advocacy Day; Northern Ireland Peace Talks |(33 Minutes) Nigeria Advocacy Day Focus on Nigeria and the fight against the government of General Soni Abacha. This week in Washington, Nigerian democracy activists lobbied Congressmembers. Today, NY city council is holding hearings on a bid to rename the street where the Nigerian consulate is located after…

  • Democracy Now! January 5, 1999

    Police Shooting in California; Bloodbath in the Niger Delta |(14 Minutes) Police Shooting in California In Riverside, CA the black community wants answers in the police shooting death of a nineteen-year-old woman, Tyisha Miller. GUEST: Don Bardo, President and CEO of Urban League of Riverside and San Bernadino counties. GUEST: Reverend Bernel Butler, cousin of…

  • Ken Saro Wiwa Intervie; Drilling and Killing: Chevron and Nigeria’s Oil Dictatorship

    (5 Minutes) Ken Saro Wiwa Interview, conducted with Pacifica Radio’s WBAI in 1994. (50 Minutes) Drilling and Killing: Chevron and Nigeria’s Oil Dictatorship. Expose on the role of the San Francisco oil giant in the killing of two Nigerian activists.