A newly commissioned air-conditioned first class coach in Ebute-Meta, Lagos, Nigeria.
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More efforts are needed to restore railways in Nigeria. It was a mainstay of the country’s economy in years gone by.
Bola Ahmed Tinubu arrives to attend his swearing-in ceremony at Eagle Square venue, Abuja, on May 29, 2023.
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President Bola Ahmed Tinubu inherits major security challenges. Job creation, poverty alleviation and inclusive growth may be the solution.
Bola Ahmed Tinubu speaking at a Chatham House event, London, in December 2022.
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Nigeria’s debt profile is disturbing but shouldn’t hinder Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s ability to tackle unemployment and poverty.
Protestors in Lagos rally against plans to remove the fuel subsidy in 2012.
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Fuel subsidy removal can benefit workers and poor Nigerians, if the process is carefully managed and implemented.
Nigeria’s president-elect, Bola Ahmed Tinubu in Abuja in July 2022.
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Once in office, the new president will face a myriad of challenges, chief of which is insecurity.
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With the controversies surrounding his electoral victory, Bola Ahmed Tinubu would need to build legitimacy, goodwill and demonstrate capacity to govern effectively.
Votes aplenty in 2023.
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Zimbabwe, Turkey, Argentina, Pakistan and Nigeria all have presidential or general elections in 2023.
Nigeria’s 2023 budget may not address food inflation.
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Nigeria’s 2023 budget could worsen the country’s cycle of deficits and debts.
President Muhammadu Buhari congratulates Acting Chief Justice Ariwoola.
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Corruption in the Nigeria judiciary is pervasive and complex.
Nigeria must improve the welfare of its police officers.
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Going on strike is not an option for the police in Nigeria as the consequences could be dire.
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Nigeria needs a new constitution to address its multi-faceted problems.
Cybercriminals exploited COVID-19 induced interventions in Nigeria.
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The lack of clear communication on COVID-19 palliatives by Nigeria’s government allowed cybercriminals to defraud vulnerable people.
A delegate gets accredited during the last All Progressives Congress presidential primary.
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Nigeria’s legislators have no constitutional right to force political parties to adopt direct primaries.
Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari and South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa
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A strategic partnership that is mutually rewarding and beneficial between Nigeria and South Africa should be the aim of President Cyril Ramaphosa’s visit to Nigeria.
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Africa’s Great Green Wall must immediately speed up to meet the needs of people along the edges of the Sahara Desert.
Nigerian naval members sit in a vessel during a multinational maritime exercise.
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For the Deep Blue Project to work the government must address the factors that enable piracy and insecurity in the Gulf of Guinea.
Nigeria’s poverty profile is embarrassing
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Nigeria needs more industrial production, foreign and domestic investment, not just handouts.
A US soldier carries his belongings to a waiting truck at a military camp on the outskirts of Niamey, Niger.
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Reforms that will entrench constitutionalism, the rule of law, and political inclusion will solve Africa’s security problems, not moving the US Africa Command headquarters to the continent.
Nigeria’s last census was conducted in 2006.
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Planning for Nigeria’s next census scheduled for 2021 must address critical issues.
Nigeria must invest more in solar panels like this to generate electricity
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The Buhari government must do more to solve Nigeria’s intractable energy problems.