Nigeria

Explore our coverage of Nigeria’s politics, economics, business and culture, in articles, charts, podcasts and video


Middle East and Africa

Soaring food-price inflation is hurting Nigeria’s poor

Conflict, a weakening currency and government blunders are all to blame

Culture

Chigozie Obioma’s visceral novel explores Nigeria’s civil war

The divisions described in “The Road to the Country” have not been reconciled

Middle East and Africa

Nigeria’s high-cost oil industry is in decline

That will leave a gaping hole in exports and public finances

Middle East and Africa

Kidnappers are wreaking havoc in Nigeria

Yet President Tinubu’s security plan is worryingly like his predecessor’s

Middle East and Africa

Nigeria is awash with dangerous pesticides

Many are banned elsewhere for causing cancer or harming the environment

Middle East and Africa

In just 100 days Nigeria’s new president has made bold reforms

But not everyone is pleased with Mr Tinubu’s liberal economics

Middle East and Africa

Why Nigeria’s hospitals are losing their staff

The country’s many problems are driving its own professionals abroad

Middle East and Africa

Nigeria’s new president acts fast

Bola Tinubu’s first moves are impressive

Middle East and Africa

Nigeria’s new president scraps the fuel subsidy

The move is necessary but confusion reigns 

Middle East and Africa

Foreign airlines in Nigeria are frustrated by the blocking of their funds

Will the new president urge the central bank to hand over the cash?

Middle East and Africa

Bola Tinubu, Nigeria’s political kingmaker, wins a flawed election

Allegations of rigging may hamper his efforts to unite a divided country

Video Nigeria’s election

How the young could save Nigeria

With two-thirds of the population under the age of 30, the country has immense potential

Leaders

Nigeria desperately needs a new kind of leadership

Peter Obi offers the best hope of it

By Invitation

Asiwaju Bola Tinubu on why he is running to be Nigeria’s president

He says the country cannot depend on oil revenues for prosperity

By Invitation

Peter Obi on why he is running to be Nigeria’s president

Inspired by young people, he values accountability and prudence

Middle East and Africa

Can a political underdog save Nigeria?

Peter Obi thinks he can renew Africa’s biggest economy and democracy

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