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REPORT: Prices On Transport Fare Increased In 2020
A report by the National Bureau of Statistics shows that the average price spent on transportation increased in December 2020. This increase might not be unconnected to the yuletide season which usually comes with the high cost of goods and services. The Transport Fare Watch report covers the categories including bus journey within the city…
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29.3% of Poor Nigerians To Get N5,000 in 6 Months
The Federal Government has said about 24.3 million poor Nigerians would get N5,000 each for a period of six months. This translates to about 29.3 percent of 82.9 million poor Nigerians receiving a total of N729bn within the six-month period. The announcement was made by the Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development,…
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Nigeria Sustains over 1000 Daily Record of Covid19 Cases
In the second week of the new year, reported cases of COVID-19 surpassed 9000 with an average record of 1360.5 cases reported in a day. The total number of cases reported between 8th of January and 14 of January 2021 is 9524. The highest daily record was 1585 cases on Saturday while 1024 cases were…
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Insecurity: Approximately 23 People Died Everyday in 2020
A total of 8,279 deaths were recorded from insecurity in 2020. This is a report according to Nigeria Security Tracker (NST), a project of the Council on Foreign Relations’ Africa program. This insecurity ranges from insurgency, banditry, cultism robbery, kidnapping that occurred during the year. Nigeria, amid the fight to control coronavirus pandemic, had faced…
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BokoHaram: In 10 Years, over 34,000 Nigerians Have Been Killed
Data obtained from Nigeria Security Tracker has shown that a total of 34,579 Nigerians have died as a result of the insecurity threat posed by the jihadist group, Boko Haram. The group, said to have begun its insurgent attack on the Nigeria government in 2009, is known for extinguishing several Nigerians, ethnic group, farmers from…
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The Flooding Crisis in Nigeria
Flood is one of the most common natural disasters in Nigeria. Its devastating effect cut across both the rural areas and neighborhoods where the high and mighty lives. In 2012 alone, floods caused more than N2.6 trillion in economic damage, much of which could be attributed to large-scale transboundary floods (from rivers Niger and Benue).…
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NASS Proposes Voting Rights for Underage Marriage
The National Assembly joint committee on the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) recommended that married underage girls be recognised as eligible voters. Speaking at the inauguration of the technical committee in Abuja, Kabiru Gaya, chairman of the senate committee on INEC, said the recommendation is a unanimous decision by the joint panel. “The joint committee…