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How Insurgency Claimed Over 10,000 Lives In 2021
An analysis by Twentyten Daily has shown that a total of 10,366 individuals were killed by insurgency attacks or interventions in 2021. These figures indicated that at least 24 people died everyday owing to the constant insecurity threat facing the country. The figures, which were obtained from the compilation of media reported killings in 2021,…
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Over 3,000 Died By Road Crashes In Six Months
The National Bureau of Statistics has disclosed that a total of 3,121 persons were killed in road accidents in the first six months of 2021. The NBS in its Road Transport Data report released said that a total of 6,486 road crashes occurred within the review period, consisting of 3,301 and 3,185 cases recorded in…
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INFOGRAPHICS: Over 5000 People Killed In 6 Months
The rising insecurity challenges in Nigeria have become a scar threatening the sovereignty of the country. These violent attacks have been perpetrated by militant terrorists, sub-ethnical groups, unknown or unidentified gunmen and bandits. The impact of these multiple attacks has led to the destruction of properties, displacement of people from homes and communities and…
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Special Report: Dead People Don’t Pay Tax, The Downside Of Bad Governance
Bad governance is likened to the unfavourable relationship between those who govern and those who are governed which eventually results in negative consequences. The failure in governance in Nigeria, one of the world’s most corrupt countries, is accompanied by a score of other specific threats to human security, including the pressures of globalization, poverty, unemployment,…