The Anambra electorate has spoken, giving its votes and the highest seat of the land to Charles Soludo, the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA). But what counts as the voice of the people if about 90% of these voices never spoke?
In the last 7 years, the sum of N3.37 trillion has been allocated to the Nigerian armed forces, the Army, Navy and Air Force.
Tomorrow, 6th November 2021, the people of Anambra will go to the polls to elect a new governor.
According to data from SBM Intelligence, between January 2020 and September 2021, 9,187 Nigerians (civilians and security personnel) have been killed.
According to the 2020 Women and Men report released by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), a total of 549 persons were arrested in Nigeria in 2019 for committing bank fraud.
Amidst the threat of a 6-day sit-at-home order in the South East, starting from the 5th of November and likely heavy presence of security personnel, there are questions about the impact of these on voter turnout for the Anambra governorship elections.
COP26 continues today in Glasgow and over 100 countries, including Nigeria, are gathered together to find solutions to the existential challenge of climate change.
According to the Subnational Ease of Doing Business survey conducted by the Presidential Enabling Business Environment Council, using a 10-point scale, these are the top states where one can do business in Nigeria.
ataphyte noted that the sum of N4.08 trillion has been allocated to the education sector between 2015-2021. If approved, the 2022 proposed budget would take total allocation to the sector over 8 years to N4.95 trillion.
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The total approved budget to the education sector in the last 7 years is N4.08 trillion. If the 2022 proposed budget is passed and the allocation to the sector is approved, it will bring the total allocation in 8 years to N4.59 trillion.
The most recent labour force statistics by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) placed the country’s unemployment rate at 33.3%. That is a combination of those who worked only between 1-19 hours a week and those who did nothing at all.
One of the revenue sources for states is road taxes. According to the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), they are daily levies paid by commercial transporters operating within the state.
On October 7, President Muhammadu Buhari presented before both sessions of the National Assembly, a proposed budget of N16.39 trillion (N16,391,023,917,692) for the 2022 fiscal year.
Ebonyi and Kebbi states emerged as outlier states in the 2021 edition of the State of States report by the BudgIT foundation.
Twelve months after, the Nigerian government has failed to meet all the five demands made by the youths during the ENDSARS protest. This was disclosed in a joint statement by Enough is Enough (EiE) and other civil society organizations including the Centre for Democracy and Development (CDD), The Interactive for Social Impact (The Interactive), and YIAGA Africa.
