Nigeria

Violence in Nigeria: The attacks continue

Boko Haram adds the media to its list of targets(15)

Schumpeter: Simplify and repeat

The best way to deal with growing complexity may be to keep things simple(27)

Reforming Nigeria: Back to the day job

Big hurdles await a high-profile finance minister(15)

Banking in the developing world: The poor are different

HOW many people in the world have bank accounts and what do they use them for? You would think there would be answers to those questions, given that banking is the quintessentially global business, and is important not only in the West but in developing countries, where banks can help poor people save, borrow and invest. Yet, until now, data on the global reach of financial institutions have been limited. The IMF publishes a financial access survey of depositors and borrowers. But there is little about how much people save or why they borrow. Especially little is known about the banking practices of the poor, women and young people. So a big data hole got plugged last year when the Gates Foundation, the World Bank and Gallup World Poll carried out the biggest survey yet of how people save, borrow, make payments and manage risk. The results have just appeared(42)

Presidential motorcades: You got a fast car

Presidential motorcades across Africa are lavish, no matter how poor the country(55)

Free exchange: The law and the poor

Courts in emerging markets are better for the poor than many assume(7)

The World Bank: Hats off to Ngozi

A golden opportunity for the rest of the world to show Barack Obama the meaning of meritocracy(131)

Nigerian corruption: A new type of scam

Nigerian fraudsters are using an American phone company to make money(43)

Private schools for the poor: Rich pickings

Bad state education means more fee-paying schools in poor countries(45)

Strife in the Sahel: A perfect desert storm

Political extremism, Libyan weapons and changing weather patterns are causing turmoil in the Sahel(2)

Schumpeter: Slaves to the smartphone

The horrors of hyperconnectivity—and how to restore a degree of freedom(81)

Nigeria’s finance minister: The iron lady

It takes a lot of armour to drain an oil-soaked swamp(9)

Africa’s oceans: A sea of riches

Coastal waters could feed many more Africans, but need better protection(5)

Nigeria’s northern capital: The terror they dare not name

Globalisation and jihadism intersect in the little-known metropolis of Kano(19)

Violence in Nigeria: The worst yet

The latest attacks by Boko Haram are its deadliest to date(26)

Polio: A Rotary engine

Can a businessmen’s club eradicate polio from the world?(32)

Protests in Nigeria: Let them have fuel

The president loses his nerve and brings back a controversial subsidy(27)

Nigeria's strikes: #OccupyNigeria

A third day of strikes in Nigeria has brought the country to a halt(37)