On a very basic level Nigeria has a lot going for it. The people can be wonderful! It's when you get the government involved that the wheels fall off.
Benin City, eh? Check out that big mast, built many moons ago right smack in the path of aircraft using the airport, just for one tiny example of something or other. (Benin City is a VFR-only airport according to the rules, yet traffic still moves in and out even during Harmattan.)
Sorry if I hurt your feelings there. I was really hoping for the heavy hitters from London to weigh in here and tell us all how very much better the new regulators are than the old regulators and so on and on. That no aircraft have crashed for a while now... You really think that shows serious progress, to say that Nigeria is less dangerous than Thailand? That's not saying much, is it?