Nigeria
COVID-19: Kano Receives Vaccines.
By Sadik Muhammad Umar Kano The Kano State Government on Tuesday night received 209,520 doses of COVID-19 vaccines. Receiving the vaccines at Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport on Tuesday night , the state Commissioner for health, Dr Aminu Ibrahim Tsanyawa said the first phase will focus on frontline health workers. Tsanyawa, who represented Governor Abdullahi […]
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Open letter to Nigerian youth
By Sunusi Lamido Sunusi Dear Nigerian youth Tribalism is not our problem. Both tribalism and religion are artificial problems created by selfish leaders in their own personal interest and for their personal benefit. For your information, there are only two major tribes in Nigeria. The Elites and the Masses. Once you make lots of […]
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The new Service Chiefs and he high expectations from Nigerians
By Mu’azu Muhammad Sulaiman President Muhammadu Buhari has accepted the immediate resignation of the Service Chiefs, and their retirement from service. Those so appointed are Maj-Gen. Lucky E.O. Irabor as Chief of Defence Staff (CDS); Maj-Gen. Ibrahim Attahiru as Chief of Army Staff (COAS); Rear Admiral Awwal Zubairu Gambo as Chief of Naval Staff […]
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Cryptocurrency Ban in Nigeria: The Good but a Bad for the Nigerian Economy
By Muhammad Yusuf Musa The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) recently reiterated its earlier ban on all licensed financial institutions in the country from participating in any transaction involving cryptocurrencies a term referring to a cluster of digital currencies that operate in the virtual world, hence do not exist in the tangible form. In a […]
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Need to end Poverty for a better Nigeria
By Kabiru Yakubu About 90 million people – roughly half Nigeria’s population live in extreme poverty, according to estimates from the World Data Lab’s Poverty Clock. Around June 2018, Nigeria overtook India, a country with seven times its population, at the bottom of the table. Put in another context, if poor Nigerians were a country […]
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Increasing Women Political Participation for Economic Development in Nigeria
By Sani Dalhatu The exclusion of women in politics has been identified in recent times as one of the major setbacks for economic development. Women’s groups are a strong pillar for grassroots politics; and a drive for more women participating in politics at the grassroots still faces a lot of challenges, making it difficult […]
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Curbing the menace of street begging in Northern Nigeria
By Muhammad haruna Street begging is a social challenge that is more rampant in Northern Nigeria than elsewhere in the country. Some poor individuals resort to street begging to sustain their families. Street begging is found more among people living with physical challenges, particularly the blind persons. A literature review on the causes of […]
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Human trafficking as the major setback to Nigeria’s development
By Muhammad Sani Abdullahi The Government of Nigeria does not fully meet the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking but is making significant efforts to do so. These efforts included continuing efforts to train government officials and raise public awareness, collaborating with international organizations and NGOs to establish anti-trafficking task forces in Borno […]
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Unemployment amongst Nigerian Youths
By Isah Taiye A Unemployment is a generic term referring to individuals who are employable and seeking for job but unable to find a job. However, Tejuan Pettinger (2019) gave a classical definition that best capture the term, according to him, unemployment is defined as a situation where someone of a working age is […]
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SARA-SUKA AND POLITICAL THUGGERY: WAY FORWARD.
By : Dovou Janet Dung. Sara Suka and thuggery have social problem and also challenge that affect our communities. Sara Suka and political thuggery activities have become worrisome in Northern part of Nigeria since the return of democracy in 1999. Many have identified different causes of these heinous acts in the society. Some of […]
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