Nigeria

  • Aug 7, 2012
  • 2 min read

Nigeria criminal gangs complicate security challenge

Unknown gunmen last night attacked a church in a central region of the country, killing 16 people...

Nigeria
  • Aug 6, 2012
  • 5 min read

Politics limits debate on population size in Nigeria

President Goodluck Jonathan attracted public criticism last month with remarks that birth control...

Nigeria
  • Aug 6, 2012
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Piracy poses new threat to Nigeria's oil sector

Gunmen attacked a barge belonging to an oil services company off the country's coast on August 5,...

Nigeria
  • Aug 2, 2012
  • 2 min read

Medium-term fears for Nigerian banking sector persist

The governor of the central bank of Nigeria (CBN), Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, dismissed yesterday the...

Nigeria
  • Jul 31, 2012
  • 7 min read

Nigerian insecurity may strain development in Lagos

Over the past decade, the Lagos state government has embarked various development projects aimed...

Nigeria
  • Jul 31, 2012
  • 2 min read

Nigerian SWF launch should spark cautious optimism

Finance Minister Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala said yesterday that the administration expects to launch its...

Nigeria
  • Jul 30, 2012
  • 2 min read

Scepticism may trail Nigerian oil subsidy fraud arrest

Anti-graft agency EFCC is expected to arrest more suspects today on charges of fuel subsidy fraud.

Nigeria
  • Jul 25, 2012
  • 7 min read

Reform may boost West African long-term cocoa output

Forecasts of cocoa output volume and quality in the world's two leading producers, Ivory Coast...

West Africa