Nigeria

At a time when fresh attacks from militias in the Niger Delta have reasserted the rebels' ability to severely impact oil production, the government's policy for bringing peace to... 2008-06-30

Following the kidnapping of five Cameroonian soldiers and a local government official, hundreds of Nigerians left the Bakassi peninsula on June 13 and gathered in the town of Ikang,... 2008-06-30

The May headline inflation figure of 9.7% y-o-y in Nigeria is in line with our view that inflation could decline in the first half of 2008 before rising in H208 towards our revised... 2008-06-27

The Central Bank of Nigeria recorded real GDP growth of 6.5% y-o-y in Q108, and we see economic expansion picking up over the course of 2008 as the budget - which was delayed for... 2008-06-27

BMI View: We are forecasting real GDP growth of 8.8% in 2008, 8.7% in 2009 and 9.0% in 2010 for Nigeria. Growth through 2008 should continue to be driven by investments in gross... 2008-05-30

The Nigerian food and drink industry has managed to attract significant foreign investment of late, as discussed in BMI's recently published Nigeria Food & Drink Report for Q308.... 2008-05-30

BMI View: The insurance and banking sectors are set to see strong expansion on the back of relatively low bases and improved regulation. We are forecasting annual growth in total... 2008-05-23

BMI View: We continue to see the naira strengthening over the rest of the year to NGN114.00/US$, from NGN118.00/US$ at the end of 2007. The currency's strength is driven by major... 2008-05-06

The Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) attacked a series of oil pipelines, mostly belonging to Shell in April, and has vowed to continue sabotaging oil pipelines.... 2008-05-02

Nigeria's ruling People's Democratic Party (PDP) selected its fifth national chairman on March 8 2008, choosing the compromise candidate of Prince Vincent Ogbulafor. The selection... 2008-04-04