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Corruption is defined as the illegitimate use of power to benefit a private interest (Morris 1991). That word is second nature to Nigerians. It follows us as a leech wherever we go, well stuck to our necks for all to …
Continue readingWhen in January 2012 millions of Nigerians trooped out to protest against the removal of fuel subsidy by the Goodluck Jonathan administration, the conversation – as it often is in Africa’s most populous nation – was overshadowed by the prevalent …
Continue readingOn Tuesday, the National Bureau of Statistics gave a lot of Nigerians the news they desperately wished to hear – Nigeria is out of recession. After five consecutive quarters of negative GDP growth that started in Q1 2016, Nigeria’s economy …
Continue reading… Continue readingOver 134 suicide bombings have occurred since 2009 when Boko Haram unleashed a campaign of terror on Nigeria’s northeast region. According to research by Combating Terrorism Center at West Point and Yale University, at least 244 of the 338 attacks
Laws are instituted to serve as compass for the relationship of man with fellow humans and his environment. Upon these legal frameworks are built social, political and economic policies for the advancement of societies and the human race. When development …
Continue readingSince 1999, successive governments have at least two things in common; ASUU and strikes. ASUU strikes. The ASUU strikes always follow the same pattern; initial noise about a possible ASUU strike, a warning strike, government ignores ASUU all along, the …
Continue readingEvery year since 1999, the United Nations has continued to celebrate the youths all over the world. Eighteen years after, the youths have continued to gain increasing recognition as agents of change in the society – since they have very …
Continue readingSarah Logan, International Growth Centre
Critical elections are being held in Rwanda and Kenya. In Rwanda, the incumbent Paul Kagame will face Frank Habineza, of the Democratic Green Party of Rwanda and independent candidate Philippe Mpanyimana.
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Continue readingOn July 12 last year, THISDAY exclusively reported that in a bid to inject a fresh pair of hands to run the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), the Minister of Transportation, Mr. Chibuike Amaechi, had submitted Ms. Hadiza Bala Usman’s name …
Continue readingHow will Kenya’s next president be elected? What happens if there is no outright winner? And what will it cost? Our factsheet answers these and more.
Close to 20 million Kenyans are registered to vote tomorrow. The date is set
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