CNN’s Fareed Zakaria: Grim Prediction for Nigeria-Read What he said !

On Nigerian news, Fareed Zakaria has a grim prediction for Nigeria. Writing in his weekly Washington Post column Zakaria paints a picture of gloom for Nigeria. Read below what he wrote in his latest Column in Washington Post

Boko Haram/Niger Delta Problems will Tear Nigeria Apart

“When asked recently what keeps her up at night, IMF chief Christine Lagarde cited petro-states such as Nigeria, where 90 percent of exports and 60 percent of government revenue come from oil sales. Surging on the back of this crisis is Boko Haram, which surpassed the Islamic State as the world’s deadliest terrorist group in 2014, killing 6,644 people that year. As Nigeria’s government battles Boko Haram in the north, it also faces the possibility of renewed violence in the south in the Niger Delta, home to much of the country’s oil. At its worst, the southern insurgency there shut downhalf of Nigeria’s oil production. The insurgency ended with a fragile peace and amnesty for the insurgents in 2009. But the government does not have the cash to follow through on many of its promises. Now it could end up struggling against two brutal movements that could tear the country apart.