Reporters Without Borders sees a worrying decline in support and respect for media autonomy and increasing pressure from the state actors.
PoS agents are not just a convenience in Nigeria; they are the backbone of financial access for the underbanked and the unbanked. In areas where bank branches are non-existent, these agents are the last lifeline for rural dwellers.
During inflationary surges, such as the one Nigeria currently endures, additional money in workers’ pockets often serves as a stopgap measure rather than a solution to underlying issues like food insecurity.
Professor Oluwatoyin Ogundipe, Vice-Chancellor of the University of Lagos, put it succinctly: “Nigerian universities need to focus on developing skills that are relevant to the modern job market.”
Many Africans perceive racism primarily as a conflict between Black and White, rooted in skin color. However, Chidimma’s case reveals a bitter truth.
In nearly every instance, the ruling party in the state sweeps all local government chairmanship and council seats, raising serious concerns about the integrity of the electoral process and the prospects for genuine grassroots democracy.
In this report, MANASSEH MBACHII, a fellow of the Liberalist Centre’s Journalism for Liberty Fellowship uncovers how traders in Benue State, Middle-Belt Nigeria are forced to pay taxes and levies yet they get no benefits from the government, as they still pay more to provide the same amenities for themselves.
Despite its good intentions, the law has been poorly implemented, and its provisions consistently flouted. Having failed to deliver on its promises, PWDs face continued discrimination and marginalisation.
The most repressed country remains a silenced nation where expressing dissent often leads to persecution, torture, or disappearance, and citizens are left disconnected from the world through heavy internet censorship.
Apart from the fact that for the past decade, multinational firms have either exited or signaled their intention to leave the country, Nobel Prize-winning economist Angus Deaton warns that such taxes often backfire, prompting the wealthy to hoard assets, evade taxes, or relocate to friendlier jurisdictions.
Over the past eight years, 39 African countries significantly improved in their visa openness scores, indicating substantial progress in facilitating easy travel among the affected nations.
Oluwaferanmi Bello, a 2024 Journalism for Liberty Fellow with the Liberalist Centre, pointed out in the publication that the policy contradicts the core principle of merit-based access to education, as enshrined in Article 26 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
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