Some people take the new drugs to prolong sex.
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People in Nigeria are creating new drugs either because they can’t afford more traditional narcotics, because they’re not controlled or because they’re strong.
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The time to fix the roof is while the sun is still shining. Before the economic situation goes from bad to worse, the impact of rising interest rates can be mitigated in a combination of ways.
Members of the Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria protest over crude oil theft.
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Insecurity of assets and life with declining capacity for technical and market production are responsible for Nigeria’s low crude oil production.
A group of recent university graduates in Nigeria.
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Nigeria’s lecturers’ strike raises fundamental questions about how Nigerian universities are run and funded.
Kalk Bay, Western Cape, South Africa.
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The trend globally is for countries to be explicit about their maritime interests, underpinned by a sound security strategy.
Akin Mabogunje.
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Akinlawon Ladipo Mabogunje was Nigeria’s first professor of geography. He has died at 90.
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Nigeria’s public university system has lost about 57 months to industrial action since 1999. This has implications for the future workforce.
Niger soldiers conduct a simulated mounted patrol.
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West African governments need to be clearer about the similarities and differences of violent extremist groups.
Windcatchers in Iran use natural air flow to keep buildings cool.
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Members of the Nigerian Institute of Building during a walk against building collapse in Lagos in March 2022.
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Lagos, Nigeria’s commercial capital city, is notorious for frequent building collapses. A risk reduction expert offers five recommendations on how to prevent these disasters.
Nigerian terrorists Boko Haram attracted worldwide condemnation when it kidnapped hundreds of school girls.
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Families are worried that a new Nigerian law will stop them getting their kidnapped friends or relatives back.
Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, director general of the World Trade Organisation.
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Creating employment and fighting corruption are two of the subjects discussed in the wide ranging discussion.
Some development projects skip environmental impact assessments.
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Nigeria’s Environmental Impact Assessment Act is not protecting the environment enough and citizens need to get involved.
New train services like this, in Lagos, are designed to boost economic activities and ease movement of passengers.
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Bola Tinubu will be saddled with a near comatose economy. Here are four priorities that would make the difference.
Little bee-eater (Merops pusillus)
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Monitoring bird population trends in Nigeria is a valuable activity – but it requires trained people and commitment over the long term.
Central Bank of Nigeria, Ibadan zonal office.
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Nigeria’s banking sector is dominated by local players born out of state policy.
A protest against human trafficking in Lagos.
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Human trafficking has become a global concern. Nigeria’s efforts at reintegrating survivors into society have been largely unsuccessful.
The University of Lagos is one of the institutions affected by the lecturers’ strike in Nigeria.
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Creating more universities in Nigeria has serious implications for quality of graduates.
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Twitter users’ responses suggest that southern Yahoo boys are more criminalised by Nigeria’s Economic and Financial Crimes Commission than their northern counterparts. We explain why.
Things are not rosy for Nigerians as food prices keep rising.
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Inflation is perhaps the biggest poverty accelerator in the economy due to its weakening effect on people’s purchasing power.