Nigeria

  • Apr 2, 2013
  • 7 min read

West Africa criminal networks adapt and shift east

West African organised criminal groups appear to be shifting their activity increasingly eastward...

West Africa
  • Mar 28, 2013
  • 2 min read

Pre-2015 window for Nigeria's reformers narrows

The CBN this week announced interest rates remaining unchanged at 12% to consolidate recent gains...

Nigeria
  • Mar 27, 2013
  • 7 min read

Nigerian Islamist insurgency exacts heavy toll

Attacks in north-east (and parts of north-west) Nigeria attributed to Islamic militant group Boko...

Nigeria
  • Mar 14, 2013
  • 2 min read

Nigeria inter-party contest eases major unrest risk

Nigeria's increasingly confident opposition leaders yesterday criticised the Council of States'...

Nigeria
  • Mar 13, 2013
  • 7 min read

Oil-reform spats echo Nigeria's north-south divisions

Petroleum Minister Diezani Alison-Madueke on March 11 issued a further attempted reassurance to...

Nigeria
  • Mar 11, 2013
  • 7 min read

Election run-up shapes Nigeria security outlook

President Goodluck Jonathan on March 7 rejected any amnesty for 'Boko Haram' Islamist militants,...

Nigeria
  • Mar 6, 2013
  • 2 min read

Nigeria oil theft rates erode other fiscal gains

Reports today stated that the damaging effects of oil theft in the Delta on Nigeria's ability to...

Nigeria