For Today’ Numbers to Ponder, the National Bureau of Statistics has reported over 80 million Nigerians live in extreme poverty. Another unfavourable report - Nigeria ranked 115 out of 180 countries in ...
Read moreMore than 80 million Nigerians are in extreme poverty, living on less than N400 per day (approximately $1). This number represents 40.9 percent of the population. The National Bureau Of Statistics (NBS) ...
Read moreFor today's Numbers to Ponder, A report on States’ Health Budget released by Partnership for Advocacy in Child and Family Health at Scale (PACFaH@Scale (PAS) showed that the Nigerian Governments spent at ...
Read moreIn January 2020, barely a few days to his wedding, a Nigerian journalist, Maxwell Nashan, was reportedly gagged and hacked to death. According to reports, he was firs abducted from his home. ...
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On May 1st, 2020, the Nigeria Centre For Disease Control (NCDC) announced that confirmed cases of coronavirus have reached 2,170, with 351 recoveries and 68 deaths. The new figure is in line ...
Read moreFor today's Numbers to Ponder, A report on States’ Health Budget released by Partnership for Advocacy in Child and Family Health at Scale (PACFaH@Scale (PAS) showed that the Nigerian Governments spent at ...
Read moreFor today's Numbers to Ponder, Nigeria emerged 97th position in global budget transparency survey, falling behind Ghana, Liberia, and Sierra Leone. Experts told DATAPHYTE that the opacity in the budget process makes ...
Read moreThe failure to publish the Audit Report in a timely manner and non-disclosures of broad parameters of fiscal policies continue to affect Nigeria's ranking on budget transparency. A new survey by the ...
Read moreFor today's Numbers To Ponder, DATAPHYTE takes a critical look at how Nigeria plans to fund research-based policy decisions with a meagre N111.2 billion in 2020 budget. We are also sharing details ...
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There is a consensus that Nigeria underfunds research and innovation. This view is emphasized in an interview with Prof. Peter Okebukola, a former executive secretary of the National Universities Commission. He stated ...
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