According to the afrobeat legend, Fela Anikulapo Kuti, “Water no get Enemy” because water is vital to all living forms, so the 22nd of March every year is designated World Water Day. The day is set aside to advocate for the sustainable management of freshwater resources, celebrate water and bring awareness to people living without access to clean water.
Today is World Down Syndrome Day, a day set aside to advocate for the rights of people with Down Syndrome. This year’s theme is “What does inclusion mean? And the focus is on full inclusion into the society for people with Down Syndrome.
The National Bureau of Statistics price watch report shows the average price paid by consumers to purchase Automotive Gas Oil (AGO) popularly called Diesel, across the 36 states in Nigeria including the FCT for February 2022 was 311.98 naira per litre.
According to National Oil Spill Detection and Response Agency (NOSDRA) data, Nigeria recorded 9,856 oil spills between 2011 to 2021 and a total of 468,803 barrels of oil has been released to the country’s inland waters, shores, open seas, and swamps.
During the launch of the Jolaade Adekola Initiative for the Retired Ageing and Aged (JAIRAA) event on 25th November 2021, Mr Harrison, a businessman brought attention to the fact that his bank did not grant him a business loan facility which he had previously had access to, claiming he was now unable to access the loan after he turned 60.
Nigeria is conducting a census in May 2022 and the Chairman, National Population Commission (NPC), Nasir Isa Kwarra has said it will be the country’s first ever digital census.
Urban population has experienced rapid growth since 2010 according to World Bank data.
People living below the poverty line according to the National Bureau of Statistics are individuals whose per capita living expenditure is below 137,340 naira per year. Over 82.9 million Nigerians are considered poor by national standards.
North West has the highest percentage of women that do not own a house according to the Nigeria Demographic and Health Survey (NDHS) of 2018.
Since the start of the fourth Republic until now, women’s representation in politics has never exceeded 6%. Nigeria currently ranks 139th out of 156 countries in the list of countries with the largest gender gap.
Road traffic crashes are one of the leading causes of death in Nigeria. The total casualties for Q4 2021 were 11,823.
We would have our own magistrate court by October 2021 and would not have to travel for 30 minutes to seek justice, the people of Oredo and Egor Local Government Areas (LGA) in Edo state would have thought when the contracts for the construction of a magistrate court in Oredo and Egor LGA respectively were awarded on May 4th, 2021
Nigeria’s military is ranked the fourth in Africa and thirty-fifth in the world with respect to strength.
When Dataphyhe’s project tracking team visited the school, the hostel project had been completed and been in use for a year. There were however already faults with the construction including peeling plasters and poor roofing. A civil engineer, Engr Joseph Ayu, who was a part of the Dataphyte tracking team noted that the plastering and roofing were poorly done.
Nigeria has a total working population of 122.1 million people out of which the age group 15-24 constitutes the highest number. According to the National Bureau of Statistics report, the age group 35-44 constitutes the highest number in the workforce.
