Infographics and Data Reports

OBY Ezekwesili, the presidential candidate of the Allied Congress Party of Nigeria (ACPN) says that from the year 2000 till date, Nigeria has never reduced the number of out-of-school children except the period she was the minister of…
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ON Thursday, Mohammed El-Yakub, who is the Managing Director of Gotel Communications, Atiku Abubakar's Adamawa-based media organisation, said his boss had approved minimum wage for all staff of his companies. He also put the total of these…
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THE vast majority of Nigeria's top universities either do not have official electronic mailing addresses or do not actively use them in responding to enquiries and requests, The ICIR has discovered.  A report published in May by The ICIR…
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FINDINGS by The ICIR show that only N55 billion was allocated to 14 state universities by their state governments across 12 states in 2018. This amount comprises both the recurrent and capital expenditure of the universities.  In…
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THE Saturday 22 September gubernatorial election in Osun State is going to be a different one, if not unprecedented. In 2014, only  20 parties presented candidates for election, and the number was even fewer in the previous polls – 2007,…
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VICE President Yemi Osinbajo and his predecessor, Abubakar Atiku, exchanged letters on Tuesday on the issue of restructuring, which has been a thorny issue in the Nigerian polity over the years. Osinbajo believes that "the problem with our…
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By Theophilus Abbah Every Nigerian owes China about N15,000 at the moment in goodwill and in debt, considering the quantum of Chinese aid for development, welfare and loans in the last few years. As at 2014, Nigeria was the sixth country…
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Each year, more than seven million babies – equal to the population of Sierra Leone – are born in Nigeria.  But over four million of these babies do not exist legally because their births are not registered. They do not have a birth…
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By: Jonas Nyabor (jnyabor@gmail.com) GHANA is faced with a major health crisis that jeopardizes the lives of millions of its citizens. The country of 29 million people only has 55 functioning ambulances serving all ten regions. While…
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Over I.6 million new voters have been registered ahead of the Osun State governorship election slated for September 22, and out of this number, 1.1 million Permanent Voter Cards so far have been collected.  INEC made this announcement on…
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