Nigeria

  • Aug 30, 2012
  • 6 min read

West Africa's ECOWAS struggling to repeat past success

The 15-member Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) is a long way from achieving its...

West Africa
  • Aug 30, 2012
  • 2 min read

Rising Nigerian reserves restore confidence

External reserves reportedly hit 38.4 billion dollars on August 27, up from 38 billion reported...

Nigeria
  • Aug 29, 2012
  • 2 min read

West Africa piracy trend suggests transnational links

An oil tanker has been attacked about 17 miles off the coast of Togo, the International Maritime...

West Africa
  • Aug 29, 2012
  • 2 min read

Nigerian minister's exit will not halt privatisation

Power Minister Bart Nnaji resigned yesterday, two months before the scheduled completion of...

Nigeria
  • Aug 28, 2012
  • 7 min read

Reforms show Nigerian banks' improved performance

Three years after a banking sector bail out and commencement of reforms by the Central Bank of...

Nigeria
  • Aug 27, 2012
  • 2 min read

Excessive force limits progress on Nigeria security

The government has entered into talks with Boko Haram in an effort to end the group's insurgency...

Nigeria
  • Aug 22, 2012
  • 2 min read

Oil theft is exacerbating Nigerian spillage problem

Mobil Producing Nigeria, a joint venture between oil giant ExxonMobil and state oil company NNPC,...

Nigeria
  • Aug 20, 2012
  • 2 min read

Scepticism will accompany Nigeria security reforms

A report published by The Guardian on August 19 of allegedly leaked internal financial data for...

Nigeria