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Analysing the gender gap in English literacy in Nigeria
In Nigeria, self-reported literacy rates in reading and writing in English Language is generally higher among males than in females: this was extrapolated from the Nigeria Living Standard…
How COVID-19 affects Africa’s debt profile
As the days morph into weeks and weeks into months, the world is moving and changing at such a rate that many new issues are cropping up daily. One of the major concerns is the rising number…
Nigeria Living Standards Survey – what has changed?
Nigeria’s population is dominated by young people, majority of whom are younger than 20 years of age. A report on Nigeria Living Standards Survey (NLSS) revealed that out of the total male…
Coronavirus sets a new stride for digital transformation
The recent National Bureau of Statistics’ (NBS) data on the contribution of the Information and Communications Technology’s (ICT) sub sector to the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) shows that…
COVID-19: Time to revive Nigeria’s diversification and industrialisation strategies
Data on the number of confirmed cases of coronavirus coded COVID-19 in Nigeria is getting scarier as the days morph into weeks. It should be recalled that the first index case in Nigeria…
COVID-19: What Nigeria should do to reduce economic losses
What started as a simple feverish condition in Wuhan China, has evolved into a much more global pandemic. At the heart of this, various conspiracy theories have emerged with many linked to…
Increasing recovery cases of COVID-19 as new cases surface
There have been several virus outbreaks in the past years which wreaked havoc; the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) possess greater chaos by crippling the economy of the world. Among the past…
How the three tiers of government shared N4.4 trn
Fiscal policy closely correlates with the character and dynamics of any federal arrangement. Resource disbursement is a fundamental fiscal issue in the practice of Nigeria federalism. The…
Nigeria rice production outshines other African countries
Despite the laudable progress made in rice production, Nigeria is still the largest importer of rice in Africa. Based on the available data from the United States Department of Agriculture…
RMBNS’ economic outlook for 2020: some growth, but not enough
The year 2019 was volatile for global growth as a result of trade tensions, civil unrest and weak investment sentiments. Towards the end of the year, the US reported its weakest…