A major union threatened Thursday to stop the beating heart of Nigeria’s economy — crude oil production — as part of a nationwide strike and protests gripping Africa’s most populous nation. World oil prices climbed on the news. Nigeria is the fifth-largest oil exporter to the U.S., and a shutdown […]

The leader of a radical Islamist sect has challenged the authority of Nigeria’s president in an online video, promising more attacks in a nation increasingly overcome by unrest and divided by religion. The video of Imam Abubakar Shekau cements his leadership in the sect known as Boko Haram. Analysts and […]

Preamble I won’t write about Nigeria as a journalist.  I am known in Nigeria as a national security specialist with decades of experience there.   I have close personal friends at the highest levels of government and only write these few words out of deep concern.  For those reading the news […]