GOODLUCK JONATHAN

In the wake of two Nigerian airline crashes this weekend, it may seem that the country's aviation industry is in a dangerous tailspin. But the broader trends make a different case.

When a Dana Air plane crashed in Lagos, Nigeria on Sunday, it aroused concerns that, despite improvements made over the last five years, there are still major safety issues in the nation?s aviation industry.

Chadian President Idriss Deby Itno said on Tuesday that a regional security force must be established to stop Nigerian rebel group Boko Haram before it's too late.

Islamist rebel group Boko Haram unleashed another wave of terror in Nigeria over the weekend, attacking police officers in Taraba and opening fire on a university church service.

At least six people were killed in Nigeria on Thursday morning when suspected members of the Boko Haram rebel group attacked offices of ThisDay Newspapers.

The fuel sector probe -- which will be discussed in a live televised parliamentary session -- uncovered a litany of abuses, including allegations that fifteen oil importers collected more than $300 million without delivering a single drop of oil.

Nigerian rebels Boko Haram has claimed responsibility for the Easter day bombing that killed up to three dozen people in the northern city of Kaduna.

Nigerian rebel group Boko Haram has established bomb-making factories in the southern state of Kogi, a sign that the group is spreading around the country and could be gaining strength.

General Electric Co. (NYSE: GE) and Nigeria signed an agreement for the U.S. company to build power plants as Africa's most populous nation continues to privatize and expand its power generation capacity, Reuters said Monday.

Saying that Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan cannot be trusted, Islamic militant group Boko Haram said on Tuesday that it has closed all possible doors of negotiation with the government.

Nigerian Finance Minister Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala and former Colombian Finance Minister Jose Antonio Ocampo are set to be nominated to lead the World Bank, sources with knowledge of emerging market efforts to find candidates said on Tuesday.

The bodies of Chris McManus, 28, and Italian Franco Lamolinara were found after the combined British special forces and Nigerian military operation on Thursday.

A Briton and an Italian taken hostage by Nigerian rebel group Boko Haram last May were killed during a failed rescue mission on Thursday.

The Islamist group has announced a war on Christians and will launch a series of coordinated attacks in order to annihilate the entire Christian community living in the northern parts of the country.

Gas prices have risen to above $4 per gallon in many parts of the United States, sending economists into a tizzy about its impact on consumer spending, consumer confidence and the effects it will have on the housing market.

Radical Islamist sect Boko Haram claimed responsibility for the bombing, the latest in a series of religiously motivated attacks which have killed hundreds in the central Nigerian city.

Gas prices have risen to above $4 per gallon in many parts of the country, but compared to other countries, it's actually a rather low figure.

At least 30 people were killed in Nigeria on Monday when suspected Boko Haram militants attacked the Baga Road fish market in the northern city of Maiduguri.

Despite overall growth in the country's economy, poverty in Nigeria is on the rise.

An increasingly violent insurgency by Islamist sect Boko Haram in Nigeria's economically stagnant north has begun pressuring the country's finances by forcing extra spending on security. It could be costing as much as 2 percent of the country's gross domestic product.

Thanks to expansive oil fields and a reservoir of millions of barrels of crude, Nigeria is the third-richest country in Africa. But due to corruption, poor wealth distribution, and lack of infrastructure, the nation's people suffer from staggering rates of poverty.