Nigeria

  • Mar 5, 2015
  • 2 min read

Human cost in Nigeria conflict to escalate, widen

Recent figures indicate the scale of Boko Haram's humanitarian cost, further highlighting government failure

Nigeria
  • Mar 4, 2015
  • 2 min read

Nigeria fuel shortage measures will be piecemeal

Fuel shortages are politically toxic as elections loom, but reactive measures will not solve the problem

Nigeria
  • Mar 3, 2015
  • 2 min read

Nigeria militant beheadings offer little insight

Boko Haram's opportunistic efforts to align itself with global jihad do not send substantive signals

Nigeria
  • Mar 2, 2015
  • 2 min read

Politics over Nigerian electoral cards may heat up

Electoral administration pitfalls may influence the president's calculations over the electoral commission's future

Nigeria
  • Feb 26, 2015
  • 2 min read

Nigeria's Buhari promises change but not persecution

Buhari's policy platform emphasises change but is careful about alienating vested interests

Nigeria
  • Feb 25, 2015
  • 7 min read

Risk perceptions to delay Nigerian asset recovery

Slumping oil prices, a strengthening dollar and political insecurity has hit Nigeria's currency, bonds and stocks

Nigeria
  • Feb 25, 2015
  • 2 min read

If urban bombings grow, Nigeria poll risks increase

The military campaign against Boko Haram could provoke a backlash that may actualise the election security threat

Nigeria
  • Feb 23, 2015
  • 2 min read

Nigeria oil reliance weighs on wider growth story

The confidence effects of the oil price drop, combined with electoral uncertainty, weighs on non-oil growth

Nigeria