Nigeria was quick to respond and control the 2014 Ebola outbreak.
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Nigeria’s health systems are overwhelmed and incapable of sustaining high quality disease surveillance, prevention, control and response.
The race is on to find a new head of the World Bank following Jim Yong Kim’s resignation.
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The power dynamics in the World Bank have changed dramatically.
Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari holding a flag during a recent campaign rally. He is running for a second term in office.
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This is not the first time a Nigerian poll has been postponed but it is certainly the most dramatic.
Presidential Candidate, President Muhammadu Buhari (L) and his running mate, Vice President Yemi Osinbajo (R) attend a campaign rally.
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Buhari’s handling of the economy has been somewhere between poor and appalling. But the same could be said of past administrations.
Fela Kuti’s Mr Follow Follow is the b-side of his album, Zombie.
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Cultural icons like Achebe, Fela and Saro-Wiwa were among those who highlighted Nigeria’s failings.
Biafran refugees flee federal Nigerian troops on a road near Ogbaku, Nigeria in this 1968 photo. Between one and three million people are estimated to have died.
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Nigerian poets and novelists have compared the Igbo massacres in the 60s to the Holocaust as a way to drive international attention to the atrocities.
Nigerian police patrol a after a bomb blast in Kaduna.
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Kaduna State in Nigeria has been the scene of ethnic and religious violence for years and there seems to be no end in sight.
President Muhammadu Buhari attends a campaign rally ahead of the 16 February elections.
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There are question marks over whether Nigeria’s upcoming elections will be credible.
While progress remains to be made, Nigeria has a growing high-technology sector.
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Despite reasonable fears, Nigeria – home to Africa’s largest economy – has a lot to gain from signing on the proposed continent-wide free trade agreement.
Former Nigerian finance minister Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala is eminently qualified to lead the World Bank.
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The World Bank needs to change as part of rethinking the current world order, and giving rising powers and developing countries a meaningful voice.
French president Emmanuel Macron with Nollywood artists during a live show in Lagos, Nigeria.
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One of the most potent promoters of Nigeria’s cultural soft power is arguably Nollywood.
Corruption is rife in the awarding of contracts for infrastructure projects, such as roads, in Nigeria.
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There is a huge amount of secrecy around the budgeting process at every level of the Nigerian government.
When the wheels of partnership turn smoothly, Africa can benefit enormously.
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It’s all too common for local scholars to be sidelined in what are supposed to be genuine research partnerships.
Different approaches to e-governance could bear fruit for African countries.
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African countries’ adoption of e-government platforms hasn’t served the majority of their citizens.
Many children got burn injuries because of poor housing.
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Research found that burns were most common among children under five years.
Smoking is a major public health threat.
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Research shows that a higher excise tax rate on tobacco would result in a decrease in the number of people who smoke.
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African countries need to find a way to present a common front to the rating agencies.
Nigerian soldiers clearing a Boko Haram camp in Borno State in 2015.
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Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari is hoping to be reelected but he’s fallen short on the country’s security challenges.
Fighting deadly diseases such as Ebola is a strong case for providing donor aid to authoritarian countries like the DRC.
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Aid has never been just about helping people. It’s also about gaining influence and exercising soft power.
Rapid urbanisation is one of the reasons that Nigeria’s demand for rice is so high.
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Nigeria’s agricultural sector simply isn’t equipped to produce the amount of rice to meet demand.