Nigerian government

Feature

Oyo Farmers Bemoan Persistent Losses Amidst Continued Herder Attacks

Deadly clashes between herders and farmers have resulted in numerous losses of human and livestock lives, and the destruction of crops, farms, houses, and means of livelihood in Nigeria. A 2021 report by the Africa Center for Strategic Studies claims that violence involving pastoralist herders in West and Central Africa—as perpetrators and victims—has been surging in recent years.

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Why CBN’s New Guidelines Cast a Cloud on Nigerian Crypto Traders

The new guidelines, instead of paving a pathway for prosperity, seem to pose a potential peril to the pulsating crypto pulse. In the recent Human Freedom Index (HFI), co-published by the Cato Institute and Fraser Institute, Nigeria is placed at 118th, a rank too poor for Africa’s biggest economy. Most of the countries that rank highly in the Human Freedom Index invest in cryptocurrency.

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Justice

Betta Edu: Ministerial Suspension in Nigeria Points Towards Reformative Shifts

It was learnt that Betta Edu issued a memo to the Accountant General of the Federation in December 2023, ordering the amount in question to be paid into the civil servant’s private bank account… Since 1999, which was the emergence of civilian rule that marked the era of the Fourth Republic, there have been 17 suspended ministers.

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Economy

Why NBS’s Data on Labour, Poverty Must Reflect Nigeria’s Reality in 2024

Under the NBS’s new system, ’employed’ individuals are anyone in the working-age population who engage in any activity to produce goods or provide services for pay or profit… Government uses these types of metrics to determine what to tax and who to tax, and the data processing unit might just be laying a foundation for the government to trap the poor struggling working class into taxation.

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Adamant Nigerian Police Officers Are Getting Dismissed. But Will That Change The Narratives?

The piece also hinged on why the  government should keep trying its best in investing in policing. This is because the welfare of “an average police operative is taken for granted by the same system that engaged their services. This may explain why they tend to vent their frustrations on members of the public”, and most times, resort to extortion…

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