Barely a month into 2012 and Nigeria has unwittingly brewed itself a veritable molotov cocktail. Africa's most populous state has ushered in to the New Year with a potent mix of fuel and fury, one that threatens to push the country down an incendiary future. - The spate of violence, unrest, and outrage, which has roiled Nigeria in the past several weeks, has at its heart a prodigious wave of discontent now ominously finding expression through a twin-headed conduit - Boko Haram and Nigeria’s disgruntled plebeian class. The collective force of the two stirred up nationwide protests, ground economic activities to a near-halt, paralyzed oil and energy industry, fuelled fears of se…