October 2017

28 October 2017
The Punch
Herdsmen attacks: Pathetic lives, touching stories of Nigerian local farmers
The large crowd of protesters on Igbatoro-Akure Road in Ondo State reflects the sense of loss and grief felt throughout Ileyo village, an agrarian community in Igbatoro, Akure North Local Government Area of the state…

19 October 2017
Daily Times
Nigeria watches as Spain moves to suspend Catalonia’s autonomy
Spain will start the process of suspending Catalonia’s autonomy on Saturday, after Catalonia’s leader, Carles Puigdemont, threatened to declare independence, and then missed a deadline imposed by the central authorities to carry out his threat…

12 October 2017
Premium Times
Kabba-Kafanchan, Benin bypass, Onitsha-Enugu, Lokoja-Ajaokuta among ‘Nigeria’s worst roads’- Report
The Kabba-Kafanchan, Benin bypass, Mokwa-Jebba, Lokoja-Ajaokuta, Aba-Obigbo, Onitsha-Enugu, and Idoma-Benue highways have been listed as among Nigeria’s worst roads, according to a survey by SBM Intelligence…

11 October 2017
Daily Times
SBM unveils Nigeria’s worst roads
SBM Intelligence, a geopolitical and socio-economic research firm, on Tuesday, unveiled the worst roads in Nigeria…

10 October 2017
Raddington Report
Nigeria’s next security threat
In the slow demise of Boko Haram a new, larger scale security risk has emerged: militarised Fulani herdsmen…

5 October 2017
Barron’s
Catalan secession vote, Nigeria nightmares?
Religion, poverty and oil exacerbate ethnic and tribal divisions in Nigeria, which is why people in its southern region once known as the self-declared Republic of Biafra have a keen eye on Catalonian secessionists…

4 October 2017
Bloomberg
Nigerian minister is said to question $24 billion oil deals
Nigeria’s oil minister sent a letter to President Muhammadu Buhari listing at least $24 billion of contracts involving the state oil company that he said were never discussed with him or the firm’s board, a copy of the document seen by Bloomberg shows…

BusinessDay
Nigeria @ 57: National cohesion still elusive 57 years after
Perhaps at no time in Nigeria’s history, since after the civil war (1967-1970), had the country’s unity been more challenged than now…