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Comparing Q1 Inflation Rate Across Five Years
According to the latest figures from the National Bureau of Statistics, Nigeria’s Consumer Price Index rose to 15.92 percent in March 2022. This new figure was the highest the country has recorded since November 2021. In the first quarter of the year, Nigeria’s inflation rate grew from 15.60 percent in January to 15.92 recorded in…
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Plateau State: Inside Recent Farmer-Herder Conflicts In Bassa LGA
Since 1999, Plateau State, home to about 40 ethnic groups, has endured horrific conflict centred on land disputes between farmers and nomadic herders, leading to the documented death of over 100,000 people and the displacement of at least 300,000 people. The clashes, majorly between Muslim Fulani herders and Christian farmers from the Berom and Irigwe…
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What Is To Blame For Soaring Inflation Rates In DRC?
Despite an exceptionally high deposit of natural resources, immense biodiversity and hydropower potential, the Democratic Republic of Congo(DRC) have the third-largest population living below poverty lines. Internal conflict, economic downtimes and the global hike in fuel prices have sparked the worst inflation rates in DRC since the peak of the Covid-19 pandemic in 2020, with…
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Fact Check: Can Algeria Match Russia’s Gas Export Capacity In Europe?
Following severe sanctions on Russian exports since its invasion of Ukraine, Europe and the rest of the west are looking to Africa and the Middle East to make up for their energy needs. But is Africa ready to match or perhaps surpass Russia’s energy-exporting capacity within Europe and on a global scale? Last week, Algeria…
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Senegal: Visualizing The Ongoing Conflict In The Casamance Region
On Sunday, March 13, 2022, security forces in Senegal launched a military operation against fighters of the Movement of Democratic Forces of Casamance (MDFC), a separatist group in the southern region of the country. In an official document transmitted by the Gambian National Crisis Management Agency, a total of 6350 people were forced away from their…
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Fact Check: Has The UK Suspended Study, Work Visas For Nigerians?
On Tuesday, March 15, 2021, the UK government shared its recent decision to prioritize applications made under the Ukraine Family Scheme, in response to the humanitarian crisis arising from Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Shortly after the announcement, several misleading headlines pushed the narrative of a total suspension of study, work and immigration visas for countries…
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What To Know About The National Integrated Infrastructure Masterplan (NIMP)
The Nigerian Aviation sector recently called on foreign and local investors to join the Public-Private Partnerships process for airport management, as the sector opens vast opportunities for return on investments. The sector was recently charged to contribute about $5 billion out of the $3.10 trillion required by the National Integrated Infrastructure Masterplan (NIMP) over 25 years…
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Fact Check: Are Moroccans Migrating In Thousands To Spain?
Local authorities on Tuesday reported the attempted migration of up to 1200 Africans to Spain through the Spanish enclave of Melilla, on Morocco’s northern coast, just days after the most massive attempt was recorded. The Melilla prefecture in a statement said an anti-intrusion device of the Civil Guard command detected a large group of migrants…
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Laser Fever: What You Should Know About The 2022 Outbreak In Nigeria
The Nigerian Center for Disease Control (NCDC) had officially announced the re-emergence of laser fever on January 3, 2022, and by the end of the month, the Centre confirmed 211 cases including 40 deaths from 14 of the 36 Nigerian states and the Federal Capital Territory across the country. By February, the centre had recorded…
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COVAX: How Nigeria Received Over 20 Million Doses In Two Years
On the night of Feb. 27, 2020, Nigeria reported its first case of COVID-19 in the country. The case was an Italian citizen who works in Nigeria and returned from Milan, Italy to Lagos, Nigeria on the 25th of February 2020. He was confirmed by the Virology Laboratory of the Lagos University Teaching Hospital, part…