Will Connors is the Nigeria correspondent for the Wall Street Journal and Dow Jones Newswires and is based in Lagos. He has lived and worked in Ethiopia, the Democratic Republic of Congo and Kenya, and written for the New York Times, Time Magazine, the Washington Post, Slate.com and Esquire.com, among other publications. He is a graduate of the University of Chicago and is originally from a beautiful small town in northern New Hampshire, USA. Contact him at connors dot will at gmail dot com.

08/15/09 - Wall Street Journal - Nigeria Plans $2.6 Billion Bailout, Ousts Top Executives

08/13/09 - Wall Street Journal - Clinton Urges Overhaul of Nigeria Elections

08/05/09 - Wall Street Journal - Nigeria’s Amnesty Program Draws Criticism

08/04/09 - Wall Street Journal - Nigeria Violence Sparks Fresh Concerns

07/31/09 - Wall Street Journal - Nigeria Police Kill Militant Leader Yusuf

07/30/09 - Wall Street Journal - Nigeria Battles Muslim Militants

07/29/09 - Wall Street Journal - Oil Firms Slam Nigeria’s Bid to Overhaul Energy Industry

07/28/09 - Wall Street Journal - Ghana Signs Development Deal With International Oil Firms

07/28/09 - Wall Street Journal - In Nigeria, An Islamist Expansion

07/27/09 - Wall Street Journal - Islamist Clashes in Nigeria End in Deaths, Arrests

07/14/09 - Wall Street Journal - Nigeria Militants Attack Lagos Oil Dock

07/12/09 - Wall Street Journal - Obama Exhorts Africans to Fight Corruption, Embrace Democracy

07/11/09 - Wall Street Journal - Africa Trip Highlights Obama’s Challenges

07/06/09 - Wall Street Journal - Nigeria Weighs Offer to Disarm Militants

05/19/09 - Wall Street Journal - Nigeria Moves Against Militants in Delta

05/25/2009 - Wall Street Journal - Nigeria Attack Disrupts Chevron Flow

05/25/2009 - Wall Street Journal - Nollywood Babylon

05/22/2009 - Wall Street Journal - Nigeria Escalates Fight With Rebels

05/16/2009 - Wall Street Journal - Heavy Fighting in Nigeria’s Delta State

05/15/2009 - Wall Street Journal - Militant Group Warns Oil Companies

05/14/2009 - Wall Street Journal - Nigerians March Over Fuel Costs, Wages and Voting Reform

04/24/2009 - Wall Street Journal - Nigeria Moves to Address Chronic Power Outages

04/03/2009 - Slate Magazine - Lagos, Africa’s Mega-City - Tinkerer’s Paradise

04/02/2009 - Slate Magazine - Lagos, Africa’s Mega-City - Dapper, Dandy and Pissed Off

04/01/2009 - Slate Magazine - Lagos, Africa’s Mega-City - Too Busy to Burn

03/31/2009 - Slate Magazine - Lagos, Africa’s Mega-City - Soap-Seers, Snake-Fat Juice and Lemongrass Gin

03/30/2009 - Slate Magazine - Lagos, Africa’s Mega-City - Growth Continues, With or Without a Plan

03/19/2009 - The Wall Street Journal - Nigeria Sets Out to Undo a Reputation for Trouble

03/12/2009 - The Wall Street Journal - Nigeria Growth Falters on Oil Slide, Global Crisis

03/02/2009 - The Wall Street Journal - Soldiers Kill Guinea-Bissau President

02/27/2009 - Dow Jones Newswires - Sao Tome Drilling To Begin This Year - ERHC Official

02/26/2009 - Dow Jones Newswires - Nigeria’s Deep-water Akpo Oilfield Online In April - Total

02/25/2009 - Dow Jones Newswires - Total, Gazprom Interested In Trans-Sahara Gas Pipeline

2008

12/13/2008 - The New York Times - Legal Victory Can’t Erase Nigerian Leader’s Troubles

12/12/2008 - The International Herald Tribune - Nigerian Supreme Court upholds presidential election

12/05/2008 - Time.com - Religious Violence Rages in Nigeria

12/04/2008  - The Economist - Sectarian Killings in Nigeria

12/03/2008 - The New York Times - State Finds (or Buys) Some Measure of Peace in Nigeria

12/01/2008 - The New York Times - Counting the Dead in the Aftermath of Clashes in Nigeria

09/17/2008  - The New York Times - New Attacks on Pipelines in Delta of Nigeria

09/14/2008 - The Washington Post - From Boom to Bust in Nigerian Oil Town

09/08/2008 - Time Magazine - Reclaiming Lagos - Megacities Special Feature

09/02/2008 - The New York Times - American Filmmaker Arrested in Nigeria

08/14/2008 - The New York Times - Nigeria Turns Over Disputed Land to Cameroon

08/12/2008 - The New York Times - Opulence and Chaos Meet in an African Boomtown

06/12/2008 - The New York Times - Pirates Terrorize Nigeria’s Fishing Boats

06/09/2008 - Time.com - Punching Their Way Out of Poverty?

05/28/2008 - Time.com - The Nigerian Rebel Who ‘Taxes’ Your Gasoline

05/16/2008 - The New York Times - 100 Feared Dead in Nigerian Pipeline Fire

05/16/2008 - Esquire.com- My Big Nollywood Break, Busted

05/15/2008 - Esquire.com - How to Succeed at a Nollywood Audition

05/14/2008 - Esquire.com- My Burgeoning Nollywood Career, Stalled

05/13/2008 - Esquire.com - My Nollywood Debut

05/12/2008 - Esquire.com - A Night Out in Nollywood

04/08/2008 - McClatchy Newspapers - Another Clinton Fundraiser Has a Suspect Past

04/08/2008 - McClatchy Newspapers- A Look at the Nigerian Complaint Against Clinton Fundraiser Lawal

02/17/2008 - The New York Times - Judges Uphold Nigeria’s Presidential Election

2007

09/28/2007 - The New York Times - Kenyan Pins Election Hopes on a Big U.S. Name (Obama)

09/05/2007 - Slate - Why We Don’t Hear About the Conflict in the Ogaden (Ethiopia)

09/04/2007 - The New York Times - Congo by Rail: Filthy, Crowded and Dangerous

06/04/2007 - The New York Times - Surge in Adoptions Raises Concern in Ethiopia

05/20/2007 - The New York Times - Solar Flashlight Lets Africa’s Sun Deliver the Luxury of Light to the Poorest Villages