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Blogbeitrag#129. Februar 2024

The Lenin Centenary Conference in Nigeria

Blog: ROAPE

Owei Lakemfa and Salvador Ousmane write about a vibrant conference held in Abuja on the politics, life and ideas of Lenin. The conference involved a rich array of discussion and debate about socialist and working class politics in Nigeria, Africa and the world. Students, researchers and activists, discussed the relevance of Lenin's revolutionary ideas for the deep and on-going political and economic crisis in Nigeria.
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Blogbeitrag#224. Juli 2023

Politics in Nigeria After Social Media

Blog: OxPol

Lena Schorlemer

Lena Schorlemer

A Pew Research Centre survey showed that citizens of 19 advanced economies consider social media simultaneously constructive and destructive in political life. A majority of citizens believe that social media has had a positive impact on democracy. What about frontier economies? How has social media affected politics and political interaction in African countries with rapid population growth, increasing life expectancy, and widespread poverty? Consider Nigeria. In mid-2017, Nigeria was the most populous nation on the continent. By 2050, Nigeria will be the third most populous nation in the world. This large population has increasingly adopted social media. There were approximately 33 million users in 2022, up from 18 million in 2017. Young people aged 18 to 34 make up the ...

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Blogbeitrag#310. Juli 2023

Politics in Nigeria After Social Media

Blog: OxPol

A Pew Research Centre survey showed that citizens of 19 advanced economies consider social media simultaneously constructive and destructive in political life. A majority of citizens believe that social media has had a positive impact on democracy. What about frontier economies? How has social media affected politics and political interaction in African countries with rapid population growth, increasing life expectancy, and widespread poverty? Consider Nigeria. In mid-2017, Nigeria was the most populous nation on the continent. By 2050, Nigeria will be the third most populous nation in the world. This large population has increasingly adopted social media. There were approximately 33 million users in 2022, up from 18 million in 2017. Young people aged 18 to 34 make up the ...

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Blogbeitrag#427. März 2024

Crisis in Nigeria: How to Train a War Surgeon

Blog: Australian Institute of International Affairs

By Mohammed Ibrahim and Pat Griffiths

By Mohammed Ibrahim and Pat Griffiths

More than eight million people require humanitarian assistance in Nigeria. In a bid to save civilians in one of the longest-running conflicts in West Africa, training is underway to prepare the next generation of Nigerian war surgeons.

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Blogbeitrag#59. Februar 2024

Impact of Cash Transfers on Household Incomes in Nigeria

Blog: The Social Policy Blog

jspspsmediaeditor

jspspsmediaeditor

This blog is based on an article in the Journal of Social Policy by Titilope Eluwa, George Eluwa, Apera Iorwa, Babajide Daini, Kabir Abdullahi, Modasola Balogun, Sanni Yaya, Bright Ahinkorah and Abdullahi Lawal. Click here to access the article. Nigeria, with over 200 million people, has the largest number of poor persons globally with about… Continue reading Impact of Cash Transfers on Household Incomes in Nigeria →

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Blogbeitrag#610. August 2023

Has digital media influenced environmentally sustainable practices in Nigeria?

Blog: Global Voices

Guest Contributor

Guest Contributor

Only three states in Nigeria, compared to seven in 2021, are environmentally clean. This underscores the need for a deeper sense of responsibility and awareness about sustainable practices among citizens.

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Blogbeitrag#720. Juni 2023

Nigeria Looks To Reduce State Role in Energy Sector

Blog: Reason.com

The new administration plans to end the state monopoly on oil and gas.

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Blogbeitrag#814. Juli 2023

How digital media shapes public opinion about environmental sustainability in Nigeria

Blog: Global Voices

Guest Contributor

Guest Contributor

In a report on media coverage, it was found that fewer than 0.1 percent of articles published by two Nigerian newspapers over two three-month periods addressed climate change.

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Blogbeitrag#918. November 2023

Why some parents are accused of abandoning their disabled children in special schools in Nigeria

Blog: Global Voices

Guest Contributor

Guest Contributor

"The World Bank Group's assessment highlighted that Nigeria, the most populated country in West Africa, recorded 29 million persons with disabilities in 2018."

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Blogbeitrag#108. November 2023

Research exposes plantation giant Socfin's role in deforestation and displacement of Indigenous communities in Nigeria and Ghana

Blog: Global Voices

Greenpeace Media has cautioned that the Group's steadfast resistance to adopting the industry's zero-deforestation standard poses a significant and looming threat to the forests of West Africa.

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Blogbeitrag#1111. Dezember 2018

By: Weber Said There Is A Link Between Big Love Of God And Prosperity: Why Then Is Nigeria So Religious, Yet So Poor?

Blog: Comments on: Home

Weber Said There Is A Link Between Big Love Of God And Prosperity: Why Then Is Nigeria So Religious, Yet So Poor?

Weber Said There Is A Link Between Big Love Of God And Prosperity: Why Then Is Nigeria So Religious, Yet So Poor?

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Blogbeitrag#123. August 2018

"We are one Amnesty": Das Jugendcamp in Oyibi

Blog: Amnesty.de - Blog

Amnesty International Deutschland

Amnesty International Deutschland

Vor wenigen Tagen ging das Amnesty-Jugendcamp in Ghana zu Ende, an dem Mitglieder aus Ghana, Norwegen, Mali, Nigeria und Deutschland teilnahmen.

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Blogbeitrag#1327. September 2023

Media control, a threat to Nigeria's democracy

Blog: Global Voices

Guest Contributor

Guest Contributor

Nigeria was ranked 123rd out of 180 countries on the World Press Freedom Index for 2023.

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Blogbeitrag#1427. Januar 2024

How a Nigerian mother supported her son with Down syndrome to become a successful Olympian

Blog: Global Voices

Guest Contributor

Guest Contributor

The World Health Organisation estimates that Down syndrome affects approximately 1 in 1,000 live births worldwide. However, the prevalence rate of Down syndrome in Nigeria is unknown because of a lack of data.

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Blogbeitrag#1521. Dezember 2023

Shadow of terrorism: Nigeria's battles with healthcare access as polio persist

Blog: Global Voices

Adetomiwa Isiaka

Adetomiwa Isiaka

Polio is a viral disease that mainly affects children under five. While no longer a case for panic by WHO standards, the polio virus, which can cause paralysis, is still devastating communities within Nigeria.

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