Nigeria’s recession is causing hardship. Oluwasegun Olakoyenikan, 22, a Correspondent from Benin City, Nigeria, explains how a drop in oil prices hurts national revenue and leaves public servants without pay. “Four days ago, it clocked six months since I received my last pay from the government of this state. Nevertheless, I will still have to resume …
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Nigeria’s growing challenges call for more youth activism
December 16th, 2023by Similoluwa Ifedayo Youth activism is a powerful force for addressing pressing societal issues. Ni …
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Read moreFostering Ethno-Religious Tolerance in Nigeria Amongst Youths
April 19th, 2023by Victor Okechukwu Chimezie Nigeria, with a population of over 220 million, is a highly diverse nat …
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Read moreAn educator and social entrepreneur is helping solve Nigeria’s major challenge by training young people, especially girls, who are abused because of poverty. Sola Abe, 25, a Commonwealth Correspondent from Lagos in Nigeria, interviewed this mentor, who teaches the culture of entrepreneurship and provides seed capital. Ogechukwu Ezeokoli is an educator, social entrepreneur and founder of Teens Economic and …
Protest has long been a part of the interaction between the people and the institutions that have power over them. Aïdêè Amba, 20, a Correspondent from Calabar in Nigeria, writes that peaceful protest has a place in society, but violent protest is counter-productive. When citizens of a country or a group of people disagree with …
Nuraddeen Haruna Idris, 21, a Correspondent from Yobe State, Nigeria, writes that rice farming can boost Nigeria’s economic status by providing employment and using investment that now goes to imports. Rice farming will boost the economic status of Nigeria because agriculture is a branch of the economy that provides employment for about 30 per cent of the …
One reason for economic slow down is the decline of money in the hands of consumers, writes Samasi Anderson, 20, a Correspondent from Bayelsa State in Nigeria, while at the same time money is concentrated in other hands. Money at the disposal of an investor is mobile in the global economy, he writes. When the income of …
Retirees count on pensions for their well-being in old age, but Alabidun Sarat, 22, a Correspondent from Lagos in Nigeria, writes that mismanagement of funds or onerous bureaucracy can be a burden on the hoped-for golden years. About two months ago, a group of old people in Nigeria under the platform of Internally Displaced Pensioners …
Nigeria has been experiencing its first recession in 20 years. Jonathan Ugiagbe, a Commonwealth Correspondent alumni from Benin in Nigeria, examines the prospects for a recovery and some of the ways to achieve the turn around. An improved economy would be driven by policies aimed at boosting produçtivity, improved budgetary allocation to capital expenditure, and …
Disappointed with missed Millennium Declaration targets, Folmi Yohanna, 27, a Correspondent from Kano in Nigeria, examines whether uneven progress will be addressed through the implementation of recently-adopted Sustainable Development Goals. The MDGs came into existence in September 2000, where leaders of 189 countries gathered at the United Nations and signed the historic Millennium Declaration, in which …
Young people in Nigeria today are the change drivers, and investing in them will be of huge benefit to the country, writes Bryan Obaji, 26, a Commonwealth Correspondent from Calabar in Nigeria, who urges support for legislative change that will allow younger citizens to hold office. A country of more than 182 million people with …
A small town in a troubled area provides a shining example of tolerance and faith, writes Nuraddeen Haruna Idris, 21, a Correspondent from Yobe State, Nigeria. I am a young person growing up in north eastern part of Nigeria where crises are taking place. For the past six years, many challenges have faced this region, …