A flooded highway in Nigeria.
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Despite the impact of flooding on food security, it is not recognised as a threat by policymakers.
An entrepreneur.
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Sometimes the street trader, roadside mechanic or food vendor is the best person to teach students about entrepreneurship.
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Green spaces have the potential to reduce heat and improve health, especially in urban areas.
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.
The flooding wiped out farms in Kogi and other affected states.
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Proper dam management can help check flooding in Nigeria.
A woman removes water from her house after heavy rains.
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Nigerians’ capacity to prevent, cope with and reduce flood risks is determined by access to housing, transport, drainage, income and education.
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Breast cancer is curable, provided it is detected early and treated promptly.
Floods have hit 27 of Nigeria’s 36 states this year.
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Nigeria must adopt a multi-pronged approach to address its flooding menace and minimise the effects.
A UK mural employs the trending hashtag #BringBackOurGirls.
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BringBackOurGirls led to a global outcry, but it simplified a complex history that is best understood through survivor accounts.
The 2020 COVID lockdown witnessed an upsurge in crime in Ibadan, Nigeria.
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Nigeria should consider embracing a decentralised policing system as community mobilisation during COVID lockdown ensured law and order.
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Experts share their insights into Nigeria’s flooding challenge and steps needed to alleviate their worst effects.
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Nigeria’s Afrobeats stars love to identify with Fela’s activism and music - but their tributes are becoming opportunistic and empty.
Low birth weight is the primary cause of infant morbidity and mortality in Nigeria.
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Pregnant women attending antenatal care should be asked about cooking fuels and given help to minimise prenatal biomass exposure to reduce low birth weight in Nigeria.
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African countries need to be more deliberate in developing space capabilities.
Carnegie Mellon University’s denouncing of Uju Anya’s tweet about the Queen shows that universities need to do much more the support racialized faculty.
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Reaction to criticism of the monarchy shows that universities need to do much more to support racialized faculty and staff.
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Experts explain why there might not be much to celebrate and proffer solutions.
A woman selling Nigerian flags in preparation for Nigeria’s independence anniversary in Lagos on September 30, 2020. Photo by Olukayode Jaiyeola/NurPhoto via Getty Images.
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If Nigeria’s public office holders behave, there’s no reason why the country can’t progress.
Regular elections have not translated to development in Nigeria.
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Nigeria must strengthen its democratic institutions and improve governance for economic development.
Nigeria’s economy needs to diversify away from oil.
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There should be a better long-term strategy for foreign direct investments in Nigeria that’s not tied to its oil reserves.
Nigerian law forbids abortion unless a woman’s life is in danger.
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In the context of Nigeria’s restrictive abortion laws, promoting access to medication abortion drugs is a life saver.