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PPO: Mirage, mistake, or miracle?
Never mind that the government has extended those 3 costly queues of January into February – the Naira queue till February 10, the PVC queues till February 5, and the fuel queues reserved for forever.
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3 Costly Queues this Weekend
The average Nigerian will find herself/himself in one or more of three queues this weekend.
3 China-Africa Metaphors
Two decades ago, just as Nigeria returned to democracy in 1999, a young Nigerian afro-pop musician emerged with a rather funny stage name, ‘African China’.
22 Alphameric Data Points that Defined Nigeria in 2022 (Part 2)
About 4 of every 10 Nigerians are multidimensionally poor and experience deprivation in at least one of the Living standard-related deprivations that the National MPI 2022 captures for each household.
22 alphameric data points that defined Nigeria in 2022
Through the carefully crafted narrative, the variegated chart, and our varied art forms, we desire that, together, we can make sense of mined facts for informed perspectives and measured decisions throughout the year 2023.
That $1000 Ukrainian Fight, Young Nigerians’ Existential Fright, and Air Peace Controversial Flight
Last week, about 115 young Nigerians besieged the Ukraine Embassy in Abuja and offered to join Ukraine in its fight against Russia. The young people put down their names in a register provided by the embassy.
Valentine’s Week: Queuing for a Full Tank, A Quick Fuel Prank, and other Quiet Interbank Intercourse
Over time, Valentine’s day celebrations have taken up an amatory-monetary transactional format chiefly between ladies and their men. In the US, total spending in the valentine economy is estimated to hit $23.9 billion, its second-highest level since 2007.
Facing Unrelenting Coups in France’s Unweaned Colonies, Facing Unsparing Cancers and Nigeria’s Unhappy Clinicians
A new wave of coups in Mali, Guinea, and recently, Burkina Faso, all francophone countries, has reawakened West Africa’s infamous nickname – “Africa’s coup belt”.
FMC Owerri Director risks EFCC prosecution for mismanaging government revenue
FMC Owerri made extra-budgetary payments of Personnel and also failed to remit 25% of its IGR
FACT CHECK: Picture showing Nigerian soldiers ‘replacing Boko Haram flag’, not shot in Marte village
Twitter users claim Nigerian soldiers overran Boko Haram insurgents in Marte, proceeding to hang the Nigerian flag in the stronghold;
#2021 Budget: Nigeria to incur an additional debt of ₦6.98 trillion by 2022
2021 budget projected revenue stands at ₦7.89 trillion, creating a deficit of ₦5.61 trillion;
As NNPC forgave ₦423 billion debt in 2018, PPMC accrues fresh debt worth ₦20.74 billion
PPMC has started piling up debt stock, a year after NNPC forgave ₦423 billion debt
JUTH hoarded over ₦330 million, denying Nigeria much needed economic growth
The teaching hospital refused to remit ₦333.3 million to the Consolidated Revenue Fund;
Amotekun killed 10 Nigerians in less than three weeks
Amotekun killed ten people in 19 days;
Lagos University Teaching Hospital Pockets Over A Billion Naira in Taxes and Revenue
The Lagos University Teaching Hospital has deprived Nigeria over a billion in revenue;