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Africa’s most populous country, Nigeria, has been at the centre of several challenges, from economic to security, which has had an effect on its socio-economic well-being.
The International Anti-Corruption Day is observed by the international community on December 9 every year. It is the day set aside by the United Nations (UN) to create awareness about the negative impacts of corruption on nations and the need to fight it.
Nigeria dropped from the second-best country to invest in Africa in 2014 to number fourteen in 2021, the recent data from Rand Merchant Bank has revealed. The country dropped from its 5.62 scores in 2014 to a 5.13 score in 2021.
Nigeria’s debt profile increased by 2.15% in the fourth quarter (Q4) of 2020 to close at ₦32.92 trillion. The fourth quarter saw external debt increased by 4.26%, while domestic debt increased by 0.87%. Total external debt at the end of Q4 was ₦12.71 trillion, and domestic debt closed at ₦20.21 trillion.
HIV/AIDS shows that it’s still a concern with 45,000 casualties as at last year. And Nigeria records the lowest GTI in almost a decade, despite an increasing spate in civilian-targeted terrorism. Sani Umar has 9 days to provide Faisal.
Trafficking is the third largest crime in Nigeria, with the African giant leading the charge in the continent. Cultural norms, population, and the economy had a hand in this.
To support activities at combating COVID-19 pandemic in Nigeria, the donor community has raised about $6 billion in support of CSOs, media, and government agencies. This is according to checks by Dataphyte.
Over the years, Nigeria has been caught in spreading acts of violence, ranging from terrorism, ethnoreligious clashes and land disputes to crimes, and such as rape and armed robbery, and political clashes. An analysis of the Nigeria Watch Data, a platform which monitors violence between, 2006 and 2020, showed recorded 27,584 cases of violence. These acts of violence led to 130,527 deaths. The number of deaths recorded was at an all-time high in 2014 with a record of 22,119 deaths. This, the 2014 statistic, represents 16.95 per cent of all deaths in the period under review.
In the last couple of years, the Nigerian government has described its budget in manners that suggest high aspirations for growth and development. In 2016 for instance, the budget carried a theme of change. Similarly, the 2018 budget was described as a budget of consolidation.
Since the first case of Coronavirus (COVID-19) was reported in Lagos on February 27, twelve more states have reported cases in Nigeria. As shown in the visualization below, Cloneshouse and Dataphyte analysed the number of cases in the states over time. Based on a 95% prediction interval, by May 2020, with all current conditions still the same, we estimate the number of cases in Nigeria could reach 1,885.
The greatest fear that Nigerians have about the coronavirus pandemic is the inadequate healthcare infrastructure. For instance, it was reported recently that Nigeria has less than 500 ventilators for an estimated population of 206 million citizens.
My trip from the FCT to the Southwest last December was largely uneventful. A day before, I had called Akeem, a trusted cab driver, to pick me up at my residence at 5 am the next day so that I could join the first vehicle leaving Abuja for Ile-Ife, which was my destination. Ordinarily, at 5 am, I could have easily hailed a cab just a few metres away from my residence but of the series of security reports on the escalating growth of petty and violent crimes in Abuja made me choose the more costly alternative.
