On January 1st, Nigerian President Goodluck Jonthan put into place a reform that he and key ministers have been discussing for years: he ended a 20-year old subsidy that kept Nigeria’s petrol prices the lowest on the continent. When Nigerians went back to work on Monday, the 2nd, they discovered that not only had petrol increased from $0.40 to $0.91 a litre, but the cost of private taxis, minibuses and other forms of transit had increased in price as well.

Climate change for its mitigation objective is driving a new trend around the world for energy efficiency; this submits that new solutions are sought in direction of power generation and low carbon transport. Nigeria recently benefitted from UK’s Climate Fund for low carbon public transport and energy efficiency. The funds came about to propel Nigeria to further advance in this direction and possibly have Nigeria face a major objective: Power generation.

Nigeria's President Goodluck Jonathan has ordered the military to "take all necessary actions" to stop ethnic and religious unrest in Plateau state as more than 100 people have been killed in the past two weeks in the state in conflict between Muslims and Christians from rival ethnic groups.

The name Nigeria was taken from the Niger River running through the country.  Located in West Africa, Nigeria shares land borders with the Republic of Benin, Chad and Cameroon in the east, and Niger in the north. Its south coast lies on the Gulf of Guinea on the Atlantic Ocean. She has more than 250 ethnic groups, with varying languages and customs, creating a country of rich ethnic diversity. The three most influential ethnic groups being Hausa, Igbo and Yoruba.