Official statistics indicate that Nigeria’s inflation rate stands at 24.48% as at January 2025, one of the highest in its history and significantly above the global average of 6.5%. This alarming rate has eroded purchasing ...

Journalism is crucial for democracy, promoting transparency and accountability. However, in Nigeria, the lack of professional standards and weak regulatory frameworks undermines its credibility. The Nigerian Press Council ...

The quality of education in Nigeria is significantly hindered by inadequate teacher training and high attrition rates within the profession1. To address this, it is crucial for legislators to prioritise enacting policies ...

Nigeria currently has 38 doctors per 100,000 population, far short of the WHO standard of 166 doctors per 100,000 population. The low doctor-to-population ratio is further aggravated by the high emigration of medical ...

This brief discusses the issue of open defecation in Nigeria. It notes that open defecation is a major issue in Nigeria, as more than 47 million Nigerians (or 10 million households) are estimated to defecate in the open.1 ...

As of January 2025, approximately 14.3 million Nigerians, or 14.4% of the population aged 15 to 64, are involved in drug abuse, significantly exceeding the global average of 5.5%. The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency ...

Recently, the UK Government has released a list of unclaimed estates belonging to deceased individuals from different countries, including 58 Nigerians. As of March 26, 2025,1 these estates have been classified as "Bona ...

Although there are noticeable efforts to addressing the existing gender gap by the government. Firstly, the government is a signatory to most of the international conventions on gender equality. Secondly, there is evidence ...

This data brief analyses Nigeria’s position in the 2020 Corruption Perception Index. The brief reveals that despite all the measures taken to fight corruption by the present and past administrations, not so much has been ...

Nigeria's performance in Transparency International's 2024 Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) reflects a modest improvement in the country's ongoing battle against corruption. The nation ranked 140th out of 180 countries, ...

The Bill seeking to remove immunity from the Vice President, Governors, and their Deputies recently passed the second reading in the House of Representatives on Wednesday, March 26, 20251. On March 27, 2025, the House of ...

The Institute for Economics and Peace (IEP) (2024) survey has ranked Nigeria 147th on the Global Peace Index (GPI), indicating a troubling state of peace within the nation. According to the report, Nigeria outperformed ...

Cybercrime is a new wave of criminality confronting the law enforcement clusters of the world. The modus operandi of cyber criminals is different from those of conventional thieves and fraudsters. It is a new area of ...

Recent events on the African continent show that the Nigerian government has played significant hegemonic roles in the African region without really paying adequate attention to her internal domestic contradictions. To ...

Government’s ability to harness public trust is crucial for managing the COVID-19 pandemic and finding ways out of the crisis. This brief takes a look at what drives the widespread skepticism about government's coronavirus ...

Climate governance in Nigeria is a new entrant to the domain of public interest and attempts at legislating on it through agenda setting in-roads and eventual attainment of the list of state responsibilities for public ...

The agriculture sector plays a crucial role in the Nigerian economy, in terms of its contribution to GDP, employment, household income and poverty alleviation. However, statistics have shown that the sector’s performance ...

This policy paper examines the possibilities and options of conducting the scheduled governorship elections in Edo and Ondo States in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic. Using both primary and secondary sources of data, ...

Conflict always generates insecurity. Peace scholars recognise conflict as a non-economic factor that impacts negatively on economic growth and development. The conflict escalated by resource control is prevalent partly ...

The main issue addressed in this brief is Nigeria’s disregard for the sanctity of contracts and terms of agreement, and the failure of its representatives to enter into agreements that are in the best interest of the ...