Internet crime has become attractive as a form of ‘hustle’ to many young Nigerians.
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Portraying the world of Yahoo Boys – or internet fraudsters – is a growing trend in Nigerian literature. The novels provide a scathing critique of economic exclusion.
Looted Benin Bronzes on display at the Linden Museum in Stuttgart, Germany.
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While some German museums are returning some of the famous Benin Bronzes, most remain in museums in the UK and the US even as calls for restitution grow.
Nigeria must increase its testing capacity to deal with rising COVID-19 cases
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Nigeria must increase its testing capacity and do more genomic studies to deal effectively with the Delta variant of COVID-19.
Resilience is a major key to success in poorly resourced schools.
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Access to quality infrastructure is important for students to succeed. However, resilience should be encouraged in the pursuit of academic success.
Chatbots can be utilised to enhance customer experience.
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Banks that do not have chatbots should explore the options of integrating them into their operations.
Monkeypox can only be diagnosed through a laboratory test.
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Recent developments have shown that Nigeria requires improved surveillance to keep other diseases like Monkeypox at bay while battling COVID-19.
Nigeria’s northern region has a disproportionate number of malnourished children.
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Nutrition for kids is key to achieving economic development.
Many doctors and healthcare staff feel the need to practice in richer countries that offer a more stable politics, better education and opportunities for their families.
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India, Nigeria, Pakistan and South Africa lose thousands of trained doctors each year, lured away to work in richer countries – at great cost to their nation’s healthcare systems.
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.
Machine learning can change patient care in Nigeria for good.
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Machine learning offers improved access to affordable testing and quality of care for those who are unaware of their hepatitis B status.
Statistical infrastructure can help improve everything from health care to politics.
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Data science infrastructure is sorely needed in many places. Doctors Without Borders brings medical help to nations in need, but similar efforts are relatively small for statistics.
Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari shows his COVID-19 certificate after receiving his first dose of the Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine in March 2021.
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Experts assess Nigeria’s response to COVID-19 so far and express worry that the country does not appear to have learnt much; it isn’t prepared for the next pandemic.
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The government must take some of the blame for the radicalisation of non-state actors like the Indigenous People of Biafra.
Women’s need for contraception and contraceptive use must be an ongoing priority.
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Contrary to expectations, researchers found that overall contraceptive use increased in most settings.
Cholera outbreaks are more common in internally displaced persons camps
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Nigeria needs a multisectoral approach to break its annual cholera epidemic.
Mothers wait with their babies to receive treatment at a dispensary .
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The average Nigerian woman or child faces a host of hindrances in accessing health services.
Catholics in Lagos protest against the incessant killings in Benue state.
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At the centre of the persisting violence in the north-central region of Nigeria is bad governance.
Protesters march at Alausa Secretariat in Ikeja, Lagos State, in October 2020.
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The protests paved the way for healing, vitality and a new vista of productive life.
Goat sellers in the Birnin Kudu market, Jigawa State, Nigeria
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The presence of multi drug-resistant bacteria in goats and sheep in southwest Nigeria may be due to regular use of antibiotics and unhygienic practices by farmers.
Nigeria needs more than trucks to achieve effective freight management.
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In addition to transport, Nigeria needs to pay more attention to logistics and supply chain management.