Nigeria pledges massive security for World Economic Forum event

Nigeria will mount a massive security operation to protect a World Economic Forum on Africa planned in Abuja next month, following the bomb attack by suspected Islamist militants on the capital's outskirts on Monday, the event's Nigerian hosts said.

Nigeria seen holding rates to support naira

JOHANNESBURG/LAGOS (Reuters) - Nigeria's central bank looks set to hold interest rates steady for the ninth time in a row on Tuesday, as it weighs falling inflation versus stronger economic growth and a weaker currency, analysts said.