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Visualizing Food Insecurity In Sub-Saharan Africa
Recent reports by the United Nations have shown varying degrees of food insecurity across the globe, with alarming rates found especially in Sub-Saharan Africa. The COVID-19 pandemic, constant conflict, drought, economic woes, and extreme weather have been labelled as active causes of food shortage across the world, according to the 2022 UN Global Humanitarian review (pdf).…
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Nigeria Records 15 Jailbreak Incidents In 14 Months, Eight Were Successful
Between October 2020 and December 2021, Nigeria recorded 15 incidence of jailbreak across 11 states in the country. Within the period, eight of these incidents were successful with a total of 5,238 inmates escaping from prison. The affected states include: Edo, Ondo, Lagos, Abia, Delta, Imo, Bauchi, Kano, Kogi Oyo and Jos. While the Nigerian…
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Suspension Of Petrol Subsidy Removal: Reactions And Implications
On Monday, the minister for finance, budget and national planning, Zainab Ahmed, announced President Buhari’s decision to suspend the removal of petrol subsidy for 18 months. This move is assumed to be the government’s attempt to lessen the bite of economic hardship and skyrocketing inflation rates on its people. The approved 18-months suspension means that…
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How Travelers, Transporters Fail To Take Precautions Amid Increasing Cases Of COVID-19 (2)
For Twentyten Daily, Tijani Abdulkabeer and Matthew Piponsuhu, visited various parks in Ogun State, Southwest Nigeria, to observe the ignorance of travelers and transporters to COVID-19 protocols during the festive season despite recording increasing cases in the state. The number of new COVID-19 cases in Ogun State leveled up between December 1st and Dec. 22,…
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INFOGRAPHICS ON 2022 BUDGET
In October 2021, President Muhammadu Buhari, presented the 2022 Appropriation bill tagged a “Budget of Economic Growth and Sustainability.” It was estimated at ₦16.39trillion. The president said that the bill was designed “to build on the achievements of previous budgets and to deliver on our goals and aspirations as will be reflected in our soon-to-be-launched…
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How Travelers, Transporters Fail To Take Precautions Amid Increasing Cases Of COVID-19 (1)
For Twentyten Daily, Precious Ewuji and Faith Omoniyi, visited various parks in Lagos State, Southwest Nigeria, to observe the ignorance of travelers and transporters to COVID-19 protocols during the festive season despite recording increasing cases in the state. Funsho Olapade had set out on a sunny afternoon – just about five days to the Christmas…
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National Assembly Increased Budget By N1.92tn In Six Years
Between 2017 and 2022, the Nigerian National Assembly had increased the budget expenditure by a total of N1.915 trillion. While several controversies– including budget padding, repetition of projects, unnecessary allocation of funds– trail these increases yearly, the legislators have increased the budget by an approximate average of 0.31 billion yearly. Despite this increase, NASS, in…
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Christmas Eve: 41 Killed By Armed Groups in Burkina Faso
The government has announced the gruesome killing of 41 people by armed groups in Burkina Faso’s troubled north. In a statement released late on Saturday, the government said the dead includes members of a government-backed civilian self-defence force known as the Volunteers for the Defence of the Motherland (VDP), set up to support the army.…
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Meal For Learning (3): Traders Struggle To Stock Their Shops As Prices Go Up
For Twentyten Daily, Taiwo Babatunde visited market places around tertiary institutions and spoke to traders on the increase in food prices and how it is affecting the growth of their businesses Ugwu Jullieth is a trader at Oye market in Ekiti where she sells rice, beans and other food items. This market is just 50…
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Omicron Variant: Tracking Travel Restrictions Across The Globe
About 30 countries and counting have outrightly closed their borders while others have imposed stricter measures to curb the spread of the Omicron variant. While countries like Nigeria have adopted no known level of border control, countries such as Israel, Morocco and Japan have closed their borders entirely. Countries like America maintain partial closure. The map…