Nigeria in view

Nigeria is a country of vast human and natural capital, greatly enriched by cultural diversity; yet the majority of its people are suffering in the midst of this plenty. Blessed with the curse of black gold, Nigeria has been ridden with corruption and conflict over the control of oil and its operations. As economic prospects improve in parallel with the price of oil, President Olusegun Obasanjo faces the challenge of ethnic violence, especially between Muslims and Christians in northern states governed by Shari'a law