Nigeria

We now see growth coming in at 7.5% next year, as the oil sector rebounds from this year's contraction (on the back of the Niger Delta militancy), and new facilities come onstream.... 2006-10-30

On the whole, Nigeria's budget for fiscal year 2007/08 (April/March) is reasonably balanced, set in a context where excess revenues from the oil industry have been managed responsibly... 2006-10-27

Although Nigeria's record for democracy and transparency leaves much to be desired, one trend we are noticing is that, while malpractice does go on, it is increasingly being discussed... 2006-10-27

BMI View: President Olusegun Obasanjo's description of the situation in Ekiti state as 'sad and ridiculous' could well be applied to much of the country, as increasing levels of politicking,... 2006-10-25

BMI View: President Olusegun Obasanjo's description of the situation in Ekiti state as 'sad and ridiculous' could well be applied to much of the country, as increasing levels of politicking,... 2006-10-25

BMI View: The killing of 17 Nigerian soldiers in the troubled Delta region confirms our view that violence will increase in the run-up to the elections, and underscores the impotence... 2006-10-06

BMI View: With Atiku Abubakar looking increasingly unlikely to win the presidency, we believe that President Olusegun Obasanjo's successor will be one of his People's Democratic Party... 2006-10-04

After a surge in non oil sector GDP growth in Q206, we now predict that real GDP growth will register 4.2% y-o-y for 2006 as a whole, a rise from our earlier forecast of 2.4% y-o-y.... 2006-10-03

Last month, we stressed that the Obasanjo administration looks in danger of undoing much of the good work it has done in terms of political stability, in the face of the inevitable... 2006-09-29

Strong non-oil growth in the second quarter has generated an increase in our 2006 real GDP growth forecast to 4.2%, from 2.4% previously.