Nigeria

  • May 8, 2017
  • 7 min read

Nigeria’s partial float will not relieve forex crunch

Uncertainty surrounds the Central Bank of Nigeria’s latest move to increase liquidity in the foreign exchange market

Nigeria
  • May 8, 2017
  • 2 min read

Nigerian government will not ease fears over Buhari

The president has returned to London for medical treatment, overshadowing new Abuja gains against Boko Haram

Nigeria
  • May 2, 2017
  • 7 min read

Nigeria's ruling party will speed up post-Buhari plans

Fears over the president's health are growing, with key ruling party figures poised for rival bids in 2019

Nigeria
  • Apr 20, 2017
  • 6 min read

Nigerian aviation woe will persist despite Abuja boost

While the capital's international airport has reopened on time, problems in the aviation sector are unlikely to subside

Nigeria
  • Apr 12, 2017
  • 7 min read

Nigerian economic plan will sidestep difficult choices

An Article IV consultation by the IMF has called into question Abuja's recently unveiled economic growth plan

Nigeria
  • Mar 28, 2017
  • 7 min read

Militancy may become chronic problem around Lake Chad

The Nigerian Boko Haram insurgency spillover to the wider Lake Chad region varies from famine to chronic insecurity

Chad
  • Mar 22, 2017
  • 2 min read

Nigerian government plans raise chances of Delta deal

New government directives have raised the prospects of a substantive peace deal in the Niger Delta

Nigeria
  • Mar 21, 2017
  • 7 min read

Lagos’s urban development could exacerbate inequality

An uneven distribution of municipal infrastructure and skewed governance raises conflict risks in Africa's largest city

Nigeria