Naira, Naija, and Nigeria at 63
It is ironic now that the countries Nigerians now troop into for refuge from the Naira are those that still bow to the British Crown.
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#DailyDataCard: Percentage of Nigeria’s Urban dwellers that live in slums
#DailyDataCard: Percentage of Nigeria’s Urban dwellers that live in slums
Nigeria’s infrastructure deficit is 40% short of World Bank standard
Infrastructures are essential social services that not only aid economic activities but also stabilize the economy.
Happy Hour: International and individual perspectives
With zero as the lowest place and 10 the highest level of happiness, Nigerians score themselves 4.98 in the 2023 World Happiness Report.
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How Lagos, Rivers, Kano ramp up revenues through taxes
Dataphyte reviewed the budget performance documents of different states to analyse what they earn as tax. A review of some selected states reveals disparities in their tax earnings.
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President-elect Tinubu: Glimpses, Glitches, and Glints
Dataphyte was the first to give a detailed prediction of a clear win for Bola Ahmed Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress (APC) at the first round of elections, without a tie and a need for a run-off election.
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Nigeria records only 26.72% voter turnout in 2023 election
Compared to the voter turnout of 34.74 percent in the 2019 general election, the turnout in the just concluded election declined by 8.03 per cent.
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#NigeriaDecides: In a worrying trend, journalists, INEC officials suffer attacks
Reports and field evidence seen by Dataphyte show that in different locations, INEC officials were reportedly attacked by suspected thugs.
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Atiku wins presidential election in Osun, Tinubu takes Ekiti
Abubakar scored 354,366 votes to win in 20 local government areas, defeating Tinubu of the APC, who scored 343,945 votes and claimed victory in 10 local governments.
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Nearly 90m Nigerians to vote in make-or-mar election
Nigerians will go to the polls on Saturday (today) to elect their president and National Assembly members in a make-or-mar election that will define the country’s trajectory.
February 25: Calm Down!
However, you can’t vote if you’re one of the 6.26 million registered voters without their Permanent Voters Card (PVC), according to data from the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).
Cash redesign policy fails to halt naira free fall
Contrary to the views expressed by some financial experts that the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN)’s naira redesign policy will strengthen the currency, it has turned out to weaken it against the dollar.
How APC, PDP, LP, NNPP stand in National Assembly elections
However, for the position of the Senate, only ADC, PDP, APC, and NNPP have contestants in all the states and the FCT. The SDP has contestants in 36 of the 37 states (including the FCT).
#DailyDataCard: Disaggregation of Candidates for the 2023 General Elections
#DailyDataCard: Disaggregation of Candidates for the 2023 General Elections
Cash crunch likely to influence vote-buying during 2023 elections
With the current cash shortages amid an election, what is the fate of the election, given the history of vote-buying in previous elections?