Nigeria

  • Jan 10, 2012
  • 11 min read

Storm over subsidies brings Nigeria to tipping point

The general strike called in protest against the abolition of fuel subsidies on January 1 entered...

Nigeria
  • Jan 9, 2012
  • 6 min read

Fuel subsidies will fall in Asia but rise in MENA

An indefinite national strike over the removal of fuel subsidies started in Nigeria today. The...

International
  • Jan 9, 2012
  • 2 min read

Strikes and insurgency risk 'perfect storm' in Nigeria

Unions rejected calls from Jonathan and key ministers to suspend the strike, which is...

Nigeria
  • Jan 6, 2012
  • 7 min read

Domestic challenges restrain Nigerian foreign policy

Nigeria has a long history of influence abroad, especially in West Africa. However, a period of...

Nigeria
  • Jan 4, 2012
  • 2 min read

Boko Haram incoherence could stymie Abuja's talks plan

A police station in a town on the border of Jigawa and Yobe States was attacked...

Nigeria
  • Jan 3, 2012
  • 2 min read

Nigeria's 2012 budget passage faces delay

Abuja announced on January 1 a complete removal of fuel subsidies, following their omission from...

Nigeria
  • Dec 29, 2011
  • 2 min read

Attack on southern Nigerian madrassa deepens tensions

According to reports yesterday, six children and one adult were injured by a handmade bomb thrown...

Nigeria
  • Dec 28, 2011
  • 2 min read

Boko Haram violence and response intensify in Nigeria

The Sultan of Sokoto yesterday met President Goodluck Jonathan to discuss the church bombings in...

Nigeria