Young journalists and media experts said the rising threats and arrests of journalists have created a culture of fear, deterring many aspiring journalists from pursuing their dreams.
The growing trend of journalists’ arrest and abduction does not just show a decline in press freedom in Nigeria, it also raises serious concerns about the future of journalism in the country.
Our findings revealed that by dictating to hardworking Nigerians how much to sell their goods, not only is the price control immoral, but such policies can create more scarcity and further inflate the price of goods.
Repression remains an issue in Nigeria despite practicing democracy for over two decades. This is exemplified by different instances of police brutality.
The call for a “living wage”, a connotation for an increment of the minimum wage, should focus on asking the government to fix the causes of inflation and not be a demand that will drown the country further into debt.
The abysmal treatment of media practitioners in the past one year depicts the degeneration and misuse of the rule of law in handling journalists.
“It’s an indirect tax on the masses. The service providers will not feel it that much. They will accommodate it and add it to their cost of services, and the masses will keep suffering.”
He worked very hard to succeed in his small-scale business, but the harder he tried, the tougher it turned. Yusuf Taiyelolu, a local hand-weaver in
The essence of financial freedom lies in the ability to make choices aligned with personal interests and goals, and this new policy appears to curtail that autonomy.
Nigerians don’t necessarily need alms, they only need an environment that makes it possible for them to make money and create wealth.
Section 15 empowers the regulatory commission to refuse the registration of an NGO simply because “it is satisfied that the applicant should not be registered”.
President Tinubu needs to promote policies that incentivize hard work, innovation, and investment… Instead of relying on top-down solutions, there is a need to empower individuals and businesses by reducing regulatory hurdles and promoting entrepreneurship.
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