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Inflation has risen globally, which has increased the cost of goods and services. The global inflation rate increased from 4.7 percent in 2021 to 8.75 percent in 2022 and is projected to further rise in 2023 due to Russia’s war in Ukraine and US-China trade war.
He also cited the absence of regulations governing pesticides use as well as farmers’ need for diversification as major challenges facing the country. He encouraged government organisations and farmers to work together to address these problems.
The Handbook of Data-driven Reporting will also be made available on the platform for Journalists, providing a unique resource to support accurate reporting in the upcoming 2023 elections.
He emphasised that distribution, content, and research were impacting how digital disruptions shaped media and communication. Where and to whom people turned for information was being distorted by digital technology, and tools such as artificial intelligence, podcasts, and substack were democratising the field, he noted.
THE Nigerian government has vowed to ramp up electricity supply, but it has been unable to utilise available power sector funds.
Though a few of the less privileged are financially empowered and strategically positioned to serve the sectional elite interest, the majority of the people are left high and dry. Continue reading
More than 44,000 Nigerians were involved in road accidents claiming about 3,372 of their lives across the 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) as of the first half of 2022, data on road traffic crashes from the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) shows.
The workshop, themed; “Oil Dependency in Nigeria: Imagining a Future Beyond Oil”, held on Thursday, had over 50 participants including journalists from the extractive sector, CSOs, and social media influencers in attendance.
On May 9, 2022, Dataphyte welcomed 6 MSc candidates on research placement from the University of Edinburgh’s School of Social and Political Science (SSPS).
Nigeria’s strategy to combat wildlife and forest crime was recently launched by the Federal Department of Forestry and the National Stakeholders Forum for Combating Wildlife and Forest Crime.
The United States Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor has published its “2021 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices” and the report indicts Nigeria on many violations of Human Rights.
The Civil Society Legislative Advocacy Centre, has urged the Nigerian government to publish the full list of those granted state pardon.
Dataphyte, an initiative of the Interactive Initiative for Social Impact, has shortlisted 10 journalists as pioneer fellows in its inaugural Dataphyte Media Fellowship program. The fellowship program selected the fellows from over 300 journalists who applied through a rigorous selection.
Twenty researchers and journalists across different newsrooms in Nigeria have been equipped with learning in understanding the nexus between environment, health, and climate change to improve their research outputs and reporting on environment, health and climate change.
In the last few weeks in Nigeria, #HorribleBosses was trending on the courts of Twitter and one horror story followed another with tales of abuse fit for a blockbuster Nollywood movie.
