Things are churning in Nigeria. There is the publication of former president Olusegun Obasanjo’s letter to President Goodluck Jonathan cataloging the latter’s political failures. There is Central Ban…

Nigeria is experiencing a wave of kidnappings that now affect the entire social spectrum.

It has been nearly four months since Boko Haram kidnapped up to three hundred school girls from a school in Chibok, Borno state. Thus far, there has been little public evidence that the government ha…

Below is a visualization and description of some of the most significant incidents of political violence in Nigeria from July 22 to July 28, 2017. This update also represents violence related to Boko…

Textile vendors look after their Chinese-made goods inside their stalls in Kano, northern Nigeria, March 15, 2011. (STR New/Courtesy Reuters) Given that Nigeria has the second largest economy in Afr…