Nigeria Archives | This is Africa https://thisisafrica.me/tag/nigeria/ Opinion, Lifestyle, Arts, Music #TIA Tue, 12 Dec 2023 07:30:50 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.3 https://i0.wp.com/thisisafrica.me/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/cropped-logo-512x512-2.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Nigeria Archives | This is Africa https://thisisafrica.me/tag/nigeria/ 32 32 67616479 Statement: Africans Rising commiserates with victims of Nigeria Army bombing and condemns the act by the army as barbaric https://thisisafrica.me/politics-and-society/africans-rising-commiserates-with-victims-of-nigeria-army-bombing/ https://thisisafrica.me/politics-and-society/africans-rising-commiserates-with-victims-of-nigeria-army-bombing/?noamp=mobile#respond Tue, 12 Dec 2023 07:30:50 +0000 https://thisisafrica.me/?p=573355 The Nigerian military carried out a drone strike on its own innocent citizens who had gathered for a religious festival. Africans Rising mourns with Nigerian families whose relatives were killed in the recent bomb strike in Kaduna State.

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]]> https://thisisafrica.me/politics-and-society/africans-rising-commiserates-with-victims-of-nigeria-army-bombing/feed/ 0 573355 Nigerian elections: Eight issues young people want the new government to address https://thisisafrica.me/politics-and-society/nigerian-elections-eight-issues-young-people-want-the-new-government-to-address/ https://thisisafrica.me/politics-and-society/nigerian-elections-eight-issues-young-people-want-the-new-government-to-address/?noamp=mobile#respond Tue, 14 Feb 2023 13:57:45 +0000 https://thisisafrica.me/?p=572823 Young Nigerians actively discuss politics and governance despite being kept on the sidelines. They seek a government that would promote their inclusion and solve problems affecting them.

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]]> https://thisisafrica.me/politics-and-society/nigerian-elections-eight-issues-young-people-want-the-new-government-to-address/feed/ 0 572823 Cartoon | Nigeria elections 2023 https://thisisafrica.me/politics-and-society/cartoon-nigeria-elections-2023/ https://thisisafrica.me/politics-and-society/cartoon-nigeria-elections-2023/?noamp=mobile#respond Fri, 03 Feb 2023 11:53:29 +0000 https://thisisafrica.me/?p=572766 Nigerians will soon choose who will be their next president in a general election and the stakes could not be higher for the frontrunners. The country faces various economic, security and social challenges.

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]]> https://thisisafrica.me/politics-and-society/cartoon-nigeria-elections-2023/feed/ 0 572766 Nigeria’s 2023 presidential election: 10 factors that could affect the outcome https://thisisafrica.me/politics-and-society/nigerias-2023-presidential-election-10-factors-that-could-affect-the-outcome/ https://thisisafrica.me/politics-and-society/nigerias-2023-presidential-election-10-factors-that-could-affect-the-outcome/?noamp=mobile#respond Sun, 22 Jan 2023 10:00:05 +0000 https://thisisafrica.me/?p=572646 Jideofor Adibe, Nasarawa State University, Keffi As Nigerians inch closer to the February 2023 presidential election, the seventh since the current wave of liberal democracy formally started in 1999, there are at least 10 key issues that are likely to drive and determine the outcome. Political scientist, Jideofor Adibe, explores them all. 1. Ethnicity and […]

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]]> https://thisisafrica.me/politics-and-society/nigerias-2023-presidential-election-10-factors-that-could-affect-the-outcome/feed/ 0 572646 Nigeria’s currency redesign and withdrawal limits: questionable policy and bad timing https://thisisafrica.me/politics-and-society/nigerias-currency-redesign-and-withdrawal-limits-questionable-policy-and-bad-timing/ https://thisisafrica.me/politics-and-society/nigerias-currency-redesign-and-withdrawal-limits-questionable-policy-and-bad-timing/?noamp=mobile#respond Sun, 22 Jan 2023 09:43:57 +0000 https://thisisafrica.me/?p=572636 For a country that aspires to reduce bureaucracy and liberalise its financial sector, currency redesign and cash withdrawal limits can only be counter-intuitive.

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