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.
Cooking catfish for the working class can be time-consuming because of the preparation process.
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African catfish can be prepared for sale in canned form, which is more attractive to consumers.
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Countries must ensure adequate and full immunisation of every child to curb polio mutations.
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Gender, climate change and water scarcity together create a difficult challenge.
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Nigerians are fond of beans but they need to preserve them without using toxic chemicals.
Nigeria has to step up biosecurity measures to check frequent bird flu outbreaks.
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Bird flu has been recurring in Africa since 2006 and Nigeria is heavily affected. High-level biosecurity measures are required to keep people and animals safe.
Nigeria’s voter turnout has been declining since 2007.
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Greater awareness of the importance of voting is needed to improve the voter turnout in Nigeria’s elections.
People queue outside a bank in Lagos on February 22, 2023. Nigeria was hit with a scarcity of cash after the central bank began to swap old Naira notes for new bills.
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There are at least five errors that marred the currency redesign policy of the Central Bank of Nigeria, most of which could have been avoided.
Child abuse is above the global average in Nigeria.
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Adults don’t always listen to or understand children when they are abused.
Government investments in infrastructure in Nigeria will remain insufficient as urban populations grow.
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Cities are increasingly unsafe and unhealthy. Family planning can help curb unsustainable urbanisation.
Burkina Faso servicemen hold portraits during the burial of soldiers killed in an Al-Qaeda attack in Gaskinde in October 2022.
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The spike in violence was marked by a 68% increase in fatalities involving civilians.
Nigeria’s new president must prioritise capacity retention of the country’s scientists.
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Here’s what Nigeria’s new president should do to elevate science in the country.
The violence in north-east Nigeria has displaced thousands of people.
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The insecurity in the area has serious implications for development and the well-being of people, especially young people.
An election official uses the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System to take a picture of a voter during Nigeria’s presidential election.
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The use of the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System or BVAS and the result-viewing portal IReV improved the running of the elections.
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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.
SpaceX’s Starlink service is slowly arriving in Africa, starting with Nigeria and Rwanda.
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Internet access opens up the world in many ways.
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What a new president needs to know as he takes the reins of a deeply divided and disillusioned country.
Maternal health is an issue a new government must urgently address in Nigeria.
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When women have opportunities, a country’s economic productivity and development is enhanced.
South Africa provides fertile ground for money laundering and terrorism funding.
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In being grey listed South Africa joins a list of countries with poor governance. Others are war zones or countries with jihadist terror groupings operating on their land.
A house in Diobu, Port Harcourt
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Poverty drives vulnerability to climate risks in Port Harcourt, Nigeria.