07/10/2011
Nigeria, arrestati tre ex governatori per frode
ottobre 11, 2011 - NIGERIA
POVERTÀ E POLITICA DIETRO LE VIOLENZE ELETTORALI
ottobre 12, 2011 - NIGERIA
ARRESTI AL “NATION”, QUOTIDIANO SCOMODO
ottobre 13, 2011 - NIGERIA
RILASCIATI I GIORNALISTI DEL ‘NATION’
Nigeria: scoperta una "fabbrica di bambini"
15 OTT
ottobre 18, 2011 - NIGERIA
I SINDACATI CONTRO L’ABOLIZIONE DEI SUSSIDI PER LA BENZINA
ottobre 21, 2011 - NIGERIA
DELTA DEL NIGER: IN CAUSA CON SHELL ANCHE NEGLI STATI UNITI
ottobre 25, 2011 - NIGERIA
DELTA DEL NIGER, CONDANNE PER CONTRABBANDO DI PETROLIO
Nigeria, decima asta mensile per i bond sovrani
Investisicuro.com 26/10/2011
2 October 2011
Violent attack in Nigeria
6 October 2011
7 October 2011
11 October 2011
Pirates hijack tanker off Nigeria
16 October 2011
17 October 2011
18 October 2011
Church HIV prayer cure claims 'cause three deaths'
20 October 2011
22 October 2011
Nigerian reporter death blamed on Islamists Boko Haram
07/10/2011
Nigeria, arrestati tre ex governatori per frode
Sono tre politici del partito di governo che sono stati al potere nello Stato di Ogun. La frode vale 508 milioni di euro
Uno scandalo finanziario scuote i vertici del People's democratic party (Pdp), il partito del presidente Jonathan Goodluck, al governo in Nigeria.
Tre ex governatori dello Stato di Ogun sono stati arrestati su mandato dell'agenzia nazionale anti corruzione, la Commissione per i crimini economici e finanziari (Efcc). Gbenga Daniel, Oyo -Adebayo Alao-Akala e Nasarawa -Ali Akwe Doma sono accusati aver abusato di contratti nazionali per frodare lo Stato. In totale, i tre politici secondo l'accusa hanno rubato 508 milioni di euro, usati poi per spese personali.
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ottobre 11, 2011 - NIGERIA
POVERTÀ E POLITICA DIETRO LE VIOLENZE ELETTORALI
Povertà diffusa, inadeguatezza delle infrastrutture e, non da ultimo, lotta per un potere politico inteso come risorsa economica da conquistare a tutti i costi: sono queste, secondo un comitato di esperti nominato dal governo, le cause principali delle violenze seguite alle elezioni di aprile nel nord della Nigeria.
“All’origine della crisi – si sostiene nel documento – c’è stato un profondo desiderio di cambiamento determinato dalla frustrazione e dalla delusione della popolazione per l’incapacità dei governi di risolvere i problemi delle interruzioni nelle forniture di elettricità, dello stato deplorevole delle strade e di una corruzione legittimata ormai in tutti gli aspetti della vita pubblica”.
Le violenze sono esplose nel Nord semiarido e musulmano dopo l’elezione di Goodluck Jonathan, un presidente originario del Sud petrolifero e cristiano. Secondo gli esperti, però, l’appartenenza etnica o religiosa è divenuta fattore di scontro soltanto a causa delle strumentalizzazioni dei politici. “I sentimenti etnici e religiosi – si legge nel documento – sono divenuti parte della crisi a causa di campagne elettorali distruttive e della diffusione di notizie false da parte di individui senza scrupoli impegnati a raggiungere i propri personali obiettivi”.
Le violenze, suggeriscono gli esperti, sono state il frutto della trasformazione della politica nell’unica fonte di ricchezza in una realtà povera e degradata. “In Nigeria – si sostiene nel rapporto – la politica è divenuta questione di vita o di morte, con molti dirigenti pronti a reclutare eserciti personali per uccidere; l’accesso facile alle droghe, la povertà diffusa e la disoccupazione giovanile garantiscono manodopera a basso costo”.
Nel documento, frutto di cinque mesi di indagini, non mancano accuse a politici di rilievo nazionale. È soprattutto il caso di Muhammadu Buhari, il più popolare candidato alla presidenza originario del Nord. Prima e durante la crisi, sostengono gli esperti, ha rilasciato dichiarazioni “provocatorie” che avrebbero aggravato le tensioni. (MISNA)
ottobre 12, 2011 - NIGERIA
ARRESTI AL “NATION”, QUOTIDIANO SCOMODO
“Potrebbe essere il tentativo di colpire un quotidiano critico nei confronti del governo” dice alla MISNA Mohammed Garba, il presidente dell’Unione dei giornalisti della Nigeria, mentre i quattro reporter di “The Nation” restano in carcere senza che gli sia stato notificato alcun capo di accusa.
Secondo i colleghi dei quattro, gli arresti e le perquisizioni delle redazioni del giornale a Logos e ad Abuja sono dovute alla pubblicazione dei contenuti di una lettera nella quale l’ex presidente Olusegun Obasanjo chiedeva al capo di Stato Goodluck Jonathan di effettuare nuove nomine ai vertici di alcuni enti di Stato. Oggi diversi quotidiani nigeriani hanno sostenuto che le perquisizioni mirassero a identificare la fonte della notizia, smentita da Obasanjo all’indomani della pubblicazione.
Alla MISNA Garba dice che se i capi di accusa nei confronti dei cronisti non saranno notificati entro 24 ore dall’arresto, come previsto dalla legge, l’Unione dei giornalisti della Nigeria avvierà un’azione legale.
L’ipotesi di un attentato alla libertà di informazione potrebbe essere suggerita dalla collocazione politica di “The Nation”. “Il quotidiano è di proprietà dell’ex governatore di Lagos – sottolinea Garba – e può essere considerato come una delle voci più autorevoli dell’opposizione progressista”.
Dalla fine dei regimi militari, nel 1999, in Nigeria il diritto di cronaca è stato rispettato più di quanto non fosse avvenuto in passato. “Le condizioni di lavoro per i giornalisti sono migliori di quelle che si riscontrano in altri paesi dell’Africa occidentale – sostiene Garba – ma gli ultimi arresti sono un segnale allarmante”. Nessuno ha dimenticato Edo Ugbagwu, un giornalista di “The Nation” che si occupava di cronaca giudiziaria assassinato nell’aprile 2010 in circostanze mai chiarite. (MISNA)
ottobre 13, 2011 - NIGERIA
RILASCIATI I GIORNALISTI DEL ‘NATION’
Sono stati tutti liberati i giornalisti e i dipendenti della Vintage Press Limited – la casa editrice del quotidiano ‘The Nation’ – arrestati martedì nelle redazioni del giornale a Lagos e Abuja. Lo riferisce il ‘Nation’ secondo cui già ieri erano stati rilasciati sei dipendenti (tra giornalisti e impiegati) mentre oggi è stato rimesso in libertà il direttore degli uffici di Abuja, Yusuf Alli, che dovrà però ripresentarsi al Dipartimento di investigazione criminale il prossimo mercoledì. Alli è l’autore dell’articolo che avrebbe fatto scattare l’operazione della polizia.
Secondo il ‘Nation’, gli arresti e le perquisizioni delle redazioni del giornale a Lagos e Abuja sono dovute alla pubblicazione dei contenuti di una lettera nella quale l’ex presidente Olusegun Obasanjo chiedeva al capo di Stato Goodluck Jonathan di effettuare nuove nomine ai vertici di alcuni enti di Stato. Diversi quotidiani nigeriani hanno sostenuto che le perquisizioni mirassero a identificare la fonte della notizia, smentita da Obasanjo all’indomani della pubblicazione.
L’arresto dei giornalisti ha suscitato diverse reazioni in Nigeria. A criticare la misura è stata in particolare l’Unione dei giornalisti, l’Associazione degli editori, l’Istituto di stampa internazionale ma anche organizzazioni non governative come Amnesty International. Quest’ultima ha invitato le autorità giudiziarie a promuovere un’inchiesta sugli atti di intimidazione e le violenze contro i difensori dei diritti umani e i giornalisti. (MISNA)
Nigeria: scoperta una "fabbrica di bambini"
LAGOS, 15 OTT
La polizia nigeriana ha condotto un raid contro un 'orfanotrofio' nel sud del paese nel quale sono state scoperte 17 adolescenti incinte, presumibilmente in attesa di far nascere dei bambini destinati ad essere venduti.
Lo ha detto la polizia secondo la quale la proprietaria dell'orfanotrofio e' stata arrestata. Nei locali e' stato trovato anche un giovane sospettato di essere ''il fecondatore delle ragazze''.
''Pensiamo che le giovani siano state incoraggiate a rimanere incinte per rivendere il loro bambino a persone interessate, soprattutto coppie senza figli'', ha detto la polizia.
Nel maggio scorso la polizia aveva liberato altre 32 ragazze in stato gravidanza tenute forzatamente in una sorta di fondazione accusata di 'sfornare' bambini per la vendita. Alcune di esse avevano detto che persone senza scrupoli avevano loro proposto l'equivalente di 130 euro per ogni bambino, che sarebbe stato rivenduto successivamente ad un prezzo dieci volte superiore.
BLITZ QUOTIDIANO 15 ottobre 2011
ottobre 18, 2011 - NIGERIA
I SINDACATI CONTRO L’ABOLIZIONE DEI SUSSIDI PER LA BENZINA
I principali sindacati della Nigeria hanno minacciato cortei di protesta e agitazioni se come annunciato il governo abolirà i sussidi che da anni tengono bassi i prezzi del carburante.
“La rivolta in Nord Africa e le proteste in tutto il mondo – ha detto Owei Lakemia, segretario generale del Congresso nazionale del lavoro – sono un ammonimento contro qualsiasi programma rovinoso di tagli alla spesa sociale”.
In un disegno di legge sulla politica fiscale per il periodo 2012-2015, si prevede di eliminare dal 1° gennaio sussidi che assorbono ogni anno un milione e 300.000 naira, circa cinque miliardi e 800 milioni di euro. Una parte del risparmio dovrebbe essere destinata a progetti di sviluppo infrastrutturale, un’altra parte a creare “reti di protezione per i segmenti poveri della società” colpiti dall’abolizione dei sussidi.
Nonostante sia il primo produttore di greggio d’Africa, a causa della mancanza di impianti e infrastrutture la Nigeria è costretta a importare quasi tutta la benzina che consuma. A causa di corruzione, cattive politiche e abusi delle multinazionali, per la popolazione i sussidi sono stati per anni l’unico beneficio concreto derivante dalla ricchezza petrolifera. (MISNA)
ottobre 21, 2011 - NIGERIA
DELTA DEL NIGER: IN CAUSA CON SHELL ANCHE NEGLI STATI UNITI
Cinque capi tradizionali della regione meridionale del Delta del Niger hanno fatto causa alla Royal Dutch Shell negli Stati Uniti, accusando la multinazionale di aver “inquinato in maniera indiscriminata” e messo a rischio la salute dalla popolazione.
I re Godwin Bebe Okpabi si è costituito parte civile insieme con altri rappresentanti degli Ogale, una comunità che vive nel distretto di Eleme. La zona è una delle più citate in un rapporto del Programma dell’Onu per l’ambiente (Unep), pubblicato ad agosto, che calcola in 30 anni il tempo necessario per rimediare ai danni causati dalle fuoriuscite di petrolio dagli oleodotti e dagli impianti della Shell.
Convinti che la multinazionale abbia adottato misure di sicurezza “al di sotto degli standard applicati in altre regioni del mondo”, i capi tradizionali chiedono un rimborso da un miliardo di dollari.
La causa è stata avviata negli Stati Uniti perché, secondo la parte civile, la Shell è sempre riuscita ad aggirare le sentenze della magistratura nigeriana. Grazie ai continui ricorsi e all’aumento esponenziale delle spese processuali, si denuncia nei documenti consegnati al tribunale di Chicago, la multinazionale non ha ancora pagato una multa da un miliardo e mezzo di dollari che le era stata comminata nel 2006 per l’inquinamento e gli altri danni causati alla comunità Ijaw. (MISNA)
ottobre 25, 2011 - NIGERIA
DELTA DEL NIGER, CONDANNE PER CONTRABBANDO DI PETROLIO
Nove persone sono state condannate a 90 anni di carcere ciascuna perché giudicate colpevoli di contrabbando di petrolio: lo ha annunciato la Commissione per i reati economici e finanziari, precisando che la sentenza colpisce sette cittadini nigeriani e due ghanesi.
Oltre a condannare i nove imputati il tribunale della città meridionale di Asaba ha disposto il sequestro della petroliera a bordo della quale i presunti contrabbandieri erano stati arrestati a maggio. La nave trasportava 83 metri cubi di prodotti petroliferi.
Nigeria, decima asta mensile per i bond sovrani
Entrando maggiormente nel dettaglio dell’offerta, c’è da dire che otto miliardi del totale menzionato in precedenza si riferiscono ai bond triennali (in realtà la maturazione è prevista prima, dopo due anni), 17,67 miliardi a quelli quinquennali e i restanti trenta miliardi di naira ai titoli decennali (la scadenza è prevista dunque nel 2014, nel 2018 e nel 2021). Il prodotto a maturazione più breve, inoltre, beneficerà di un tasso iniziale del 15,50%, ben superiore al 10,50% dello scorso mese di settembre, mentre quello intermedio sarà collegato a un interesse del 15,30%. Lo strumento a dieci anni, invece, potrà contare sul ritorno economico più elevato, vale a dire diciotto punti percentuali, a conferma dell’alta rischiosità di queste emissioni.
C’è però da specificare che le sottoscrizioni complessive dell’asta di ieri hanno raggiunto quota 124,77 miliardi di naira, un livello che è inferiore rispetto a quello di trenta giorni fa (183,16 miliardi), un altro dato fornito dall’ufficio per la gestione del debito nigeriano. Il governo di Abuja è solito emettere ogni singolo mese questi bond, la soluzione che viene ritenuta più idonea per sostenere il mercato obbligazionario locale, oltre che per creare un buon sottostante per le emissioni societarie e finanziare il deficit di bilancio.
Investisicuro.com 26/10/2011
2 October 2011
Violent attack in Nigeria
At least 19 people have been shot or hacked to death in a brutal attack in a village in north-west Nigeria
Eyewitnesses said about 150 people raided the village of Lingyado , in Zamfara state close to the border with Niger
A police spokesman said it appeared to be a reprisal attack in response to a similar incident in August.
Security forces have been sent to the area to restore order.
Police spokesman Sunusi Amiru said six others were wounded in the attack and were receiving medical attention.
"We are on top of the situation, we are on the trail of the suspects, we have deployed more men to the trouble spots," he told Reuters news agency.
The BBC's Nigeria
When the shooting began, some residents fled into nearby cornfields, the Associated Press news agency reports.
Some of the attackers shouted that they would rape any women they found, one witness, Ahmad Tsauri Lingyado, told AP.
One witness, speaking from hospital, told the BBC that his house was targeted first, and that he saw both his grand-daughter and daughter-in-law killed. BBC NEWS
6 October 2011
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) said the former governors of Ogun, Oyo and Nasarawa states faced a series of charges.
They are likely to appear in court in the next few days.
Correspondents say the EFCC has made high-profile arrests before but has found it hard to make charges stick.
'Abused state contracts'
Former Ogun state governor Olugbenga Daniel, Adebayo Alao-Akala of Oyo state and Aliyu Akwe Doma of Nasarawa state were arrested Thursday, EFCC spokesman Femi Babafemi said.
During their time in office, the men are alleged to have abused state contracts and diverted government money for their personal use.
Mr Babafemi said Mr Daniel is accused of defrauding the state of $387m. He said Mr Alao-Akala and Mr Doma each face $167m and $120m fraud allegations. All three men are members of the ruling party.
The BBC's Jonah Fisher in Lagos
7 October 2011
The agreement still requires approval from the Senate, where it is likely to pass soon.
About 600 Nigerian inmates are being held in British jails, but it is not clear how many will face deportation.
The decision follows a visit by British Prime Minister David Cameron to Nigeria
The UK Ministry of Justice said foreigners who "abuse our hospitality" and have no legal right to stay should be deported "at the earliest opportunity".
"Where possible those foreign nationals who receive a prison sentence should serve their sentences in their own countries," the ministry said.
The ministry said the British government had a number of transfer agreements, but most required the consent of the prisoner.
It was now working on transfer agreements that did not require that consent, it said.
Nigerian prisons are already overcrowded but Nigerian MP Jerry Manwe said that they could accommodate the influx of new inmates. BBC NEWS
11 October 2011
Pirates hijack tanker off Nigeria
Pirates have seized a tanker and its crew off the Nigerian coast, the International Maritime Bureau (IMB) monitoring group says.
The attack happened about 90 nautical miles south of Nigeria 's economic capital, Lagos
"This is an organised crime activity," IMB Director Capt Pottengal Mukundan told the BBC.
Last month, Nigeria and neighbouring Benin launched joint navy patrols to curb growing piracy in West Africa .
Nineteen vessels have been attacked off Benin
Capt Mukundan said the seized tanker was registered in the Marshall Islands
The pirates were likely to siphon the cargo into a waiting tanker, he said, without specifying what the ship was carrying.
He said the tanker is likely to be released after its cargo had been stolen.
In August, a group of London-based insurers rated part of the West African coast in the same high-risk category as Somalia
Capt Mukundan said navies in the region needed more resources to tackle piracy.
Six Nigerian ships and helicopters and two vessels from Benin launched joint patrols late last month following mounting concern about piracy in West Africa .
International navies - including those from China and the US
Somali pirates normally seize ships and their crew and take them to their on-shore bases, where they are held - often for many months - until a ransom is paid. BBC NEWS
16 October 2011
Up to 100 rusty shipwrecks line Nigeria
The waterfront community at Alpha Beach in Lagos
"Because the ship is such a solid object being where it shouldn't be, it causes a direct impediment to the natural flow of the current and stops sedimentation," says Desmond Majek from the Nigeria Conservation Foundation.
"But what's worse than that is that it causes these eddy currents that immediately start to chew up the entire shoreline."
Buildings and roads have crumbled into the advancing water. Since April the local Muslim community has been forced to worship in a makeshift tent.
"The mosque is in the sea now," says the mosque's imam, Banuso Shamusideen. "The water just came and destroyed it. In three hours everything collapsed."
Other buildings along the waterfront are now little more than piles of rubble. For those whose homes are just a few metres from the sea, panic is starting to set in.
'Disaster zone'
"It's terrifying. In fact at night we don't sleep because we're thinking the water could come in at any moment," Bode Ajakaye says, pointing out the home he had bought with his wife Ladi to retire to.
"And the problem has been there for a while and it's caused by this wrecked ship. It's a disaster zone I must tell you."
"The sea is inching [forward] every second," Mrs Ajakaye adds with a shake of her head.
"All the coconut trees have fallen into the sea. We need Nimasa [Nigerian Marine and Administration and Safety Agency] to remove this wrecked ship and hope that the beach comes back."
Nimasa is blamed by many for the number of wrecks, as it is responsible for the quality of ship that operates in Nigeria
The agency's director general Patrick Agpobolokemi defends his approach, saying officials were still carrying out an inventory of the number of ships stranded along the waterfront.
"Most of these ships that are abandoned in our waters are owned by foreigners. Foreigners have flouted our rules," he said.
"We are following due process in removing these wrecks and we are approaching the last lap of this process."
Painfully slow
Under maritime law it is the responsibility of the ship's owner to remove their stranded vessel from the coast.
But with many of the wrecks having been bought cheap and barely seaworthy to work in Nigeria's oil industry, when trouble strikes they are often abandoned to the elements.
"The major issue is that when it [the ship] comes in, it takes a while for the government to get involved because of avoidance of litigation," Kunle Akinde from Accurist Marine and Dredging told me.
"They want to appeal for the owners of the vessel to initially remove them. By the time the government comes in the ship has really sunk into the beach and it becomes more difficult to remove."
Mr Akinde is being employed as a contractor by Lagos
But it is a painfully slow process. Each wreck takes up to six months to be fully dismantled and conditions can be difficult and dangerous.
His work removing the barge near Alpha Beach
Not everyone is quite as convinced as the locals that shipwrecks are the underlying cause of the community's problem. Global warming and rising sea levels have also been cited as contributing factors.
"The problem of Alpha Beach is coastal erosion generated by the ocean's surge," says Prince Segun Oniru from Lagos
"If we act quickly enough we can save life and property. But we need federal help."
In July, President Goodluck Jonathan visited Alpha Beach
Mr Oniru has employed contractors to remove the wrecks but would like to see a barrier built out into the sea to protect the area.
But the costs of such a major project are huge and the wheels of government in Nigeria
Whether the erosion is being caused by the shipwreck, ocean conditions or a bit of both, by the time a decision is made Alpha Beach
17 October 2011
An MP in north-eastern Nigeria
The gunmen killed MP Modu Bintube at his home in the state capital, Maiduguri
The police also accused Boko Haram militants of bombing an army barracks in neighbouring Gombe state on Sunday.
Boko Haram, which is fighting for Islamic rule, has carried out a wave of bombings and killings in Nigeria
In August, it bombed the UN headquarters in Nigeria 's capital, Abuja
'Shoot-out'
Borno state police commissioner Simeon Midenda said Mr Bintube was standing outside his home when he was shot dead on Sunday evening, the AFP news agency reports.
"The pattern of the killing is similar to that of how Boko Haram members are targeting their victims," AFP quotes him as saying.
Earlier on Sunday, several explosives detonated at a police barracks in Gombe, police said.
The BBC's Abdullahi Kaura in the northern city of Kaduna
Boko Haram, whose name roughly translates as "Western education is forbidden", is fighting to topple the government and create an Islamic state.
18 October 2011
Church HIV prayer cure claims 'cause three deaths'
At least three people in London
The women died after attending churches in London
Responding to the BBC London investigation, Lord Fowler, the former health minister responsible for the famous Aids awareness campaign of the 1980s, condemned the practice.
"It's just wrong, bad advice that should be confronted," said the Tory peer, who chaired last month's House of Lords committee into HIV.
Jane Iwu, 48, from Newham, east London
"This lady believed it. She stopped taking her medication. She passed away," said Ms Iwu, who has HIV herself.
'Irresponsible' advice
BBC London spoke to a second woman from east London
Meanwhile, the director of a leading HIV research centre in east London
"I've only seen that once, but it has happened," said Prof Jane Anderson, director of the Centre for the Study of Sexual Health and HIV, in Hackney.
"We see patients quite often who will come having expressed the belief that if they pray frequently enough, their HIV will somehow be cured," she added.
"We have seen people who choose not to take the tablets at all so sometimes die."
Lord Fowler condemned pastors giving this advice, saying: "It's dangerous to the public and dangerous in terms of public health."
"It's irresponsible," he said, suggesting pastors should instead "come off the air on it, look at things much more seriously, and not give this completely wrong advice to the public".
HIV prevention charity African Health Policy Network (AHPN) says a growing number of London
"This is happening through a number of churches. We're hearing about more cases of this," AHPN chief Francis Kaikumba said.
AHPN said it believed the Synagogue Church Of All Nations (SCOAN), which has UK headquarters in Southwark, south London
The church is headed by Pastor T B Joshua, Nigeria
When approached by BBC London, leaders of the church described themselves as Evangelical Christian pastors.
The church's website, which was set up in Lagos, Nigeria, shows photos of people the church claims have been "cured" of HIV through prayer.
HIV-Aids healing
In one example, the church's website claims: "Mrs Badmus proudly displays her two different medical records confirming she is 100% free from HIV-Aids following the prayer of Pastor T B Joshua."
"HIV-Aids healing" is listed on the church's website among "miracles" it says it can perform.
"Cancer healing" and "baby miracles" are also advertised.
The church's UK
It has posted videos on the internet showing its services in south London
Mary Buhari, 44 , from central London
"I was told they can cure any illness on Earth through prayer, including HIV," she said.
However, when asked by BBC London if it claimed its pastors can cure HIV, SCOAN responded: "We are not the healer. God is the healer. Never a sickness God cannot heal. Never a disease God cannot cure.
"We don't ask people to stop taking medication," the church added. "Doctors treat; God heals."
The recent House of Lords committee report into HIV awareness said faith groups' approaches to supporting people with HIV had improved but more needed to be done.
"It is essential that faith leaders engage with HIV as an issue and provide effective and truthful support and communication around the subject," it said.
A Department of Health spokesman responded to the report saying: "Over 60 recommendations were made and we will be responding to Parliament in the next few months."
Jane Iwu and Mary Buhari had their identities changed in this article, at their request.
BBC NEWS
20 October 2011
At first glance Tunde Ogunrinde appears completely at home in Nigeria 's commercial capital Lagos
Armed with a winning smile, the 42 year old chats easily with the staff working behind the till at fast-food restaurant Chicken Republic
But this is all relatively new for the chain's chief operating officer.
For two decades the father of three lived in the UK
Then two years ago he took the difficult decision to move his family back to the country of his birth.
"It's a growing economy and time to get back in," he says in an accent that carries more than a few hints of his time living in the British city of Birmingham
"Growth here was going in the right direction, whereas in Europe it was flattening out. It's time to capitalise."
So Mr Ogunrinde became what is known locally as a "repat" with responsibility for 65 Chicken Republic
Brain gain
No-one keeps reliable statistics but he is one of thousands, possibly hundreds of thousands, of educated Nigerians who have decided to return because of a combination of strong growth back home, and the economic slowdown in the West.
"At the height of the recession in Europe and the US
"It's calmed down a bit now but lots of Nigerians who left in the 1980s and early 90s are now seeing other people being successful back home and that's a real magnet pulling them back."
With business booming, Mr Odutola says Nigerian companies are now in a position to pay salaries that are attractive to people living around the world.
"What we're seeing is what's being called a brain gain," he says.
"The pool of talent that people can hire from here is now growing and that is good news for Nigeria
But paying top salaries is only possible if Nigeria
If recession elsewhere leads to a collapse in the demand for oil, Nigeria
"Oil drives the economy here," says financial analyst Bismarck Rewane.
"Oil revenue drives investment, oil revenue drives government expenditure and consumer purchasing power. That's the bottom line."
Salary challenge
The "brain drain" of skilled professionals hit Nigeria 's health service particularly hard with the medical journal, the Lancet, estimating that there are more Nigerian doctors working in the United States than in the public health care sector in Nigeria
The man with the daunting task of providing care to Lagos
From behind a desk piled high with paper he tells me that there are currently just 20 doctors for every 100,000 Nigerians in Lagos State UK
"The trend of brain drain is now getting lower and lower for doctors," he says.
"With the economy as it is overseas, countries aren't as open to Nigerian doctors as they used to be."
However, salaries in Nigeria
The lowest paid doctors receive as little as 150,000 naira ($1,000; £63,000) a month.
The challenge is to make Nigeria
Not everyone who has returned looking for a job has found it easy.
Abiola Olanrewaju completed his secondary school and university in Kingston upon Thames in the UK before returning to Nigeria
After a compulsory year of national service he says he is waiting for a good offer.
"I'm open to anything. The possibilities are endless here and hopefully in the long run I can hold my hand up and say I've made a success of coming back."
Those coming back to Nigeria
Electricity only works for a few hours every day and the streets in Lagos
Mr Olanrewaju says he enjoys his vibrant new surroundings but has found it necessary to make a few changes in order to survive.
"If you're not clued up all the time here people can leave you behind," he says.
"When I'm at the market I have to make sure I don't stand out from the locals so that means leaving my British accent behind."
Back at Chicken Republic Nigeria
"Nigeria has been cast in a negative light but if you come back and look on the ground you'll see a serious entrepreneurial mindset which I think is lost in Europe ," he says.
"I think this is the beginning of great things for the country." BBC NEWS
22 October 2011
Nigerian reporter death blamed on Islamists Boko Haram
A cameraman for the Nigerian state-run television network has been killed by suspected Islamist militants.
Alhaji Zakariya Isa died after being shot in the head and chest at his home in the northern city of Maiduguri
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The sect is thought to be responsible for a series of attacks in northern Nigeria
Boko Haram - which means "Western education is forbidden" - usually targets the police and government officials.
However, in recent weeks, journalists have been threatened by the group, which says it wants sharia law more widely applied across Nigeria
It said it would target reporters after it claimed spokesmen who were not part of the sect were being quoted by the media.
Boko Haram is thought to have carried out the bombing of UN headquarters in the Nigerian capital, Abuja
The sect launched an uprising in 2009 which was crushed by the military, leaving hundreds dead. BBC NEWS
