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International efforts, such as the Paris Agreement, aim to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. But experts say countries aren’t doing enough to limit dangerous global warming.
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January 24, 2018
Nigeria
Former President Obasanjo Excoriates Nigeria's Politics, Proposes New Path
Obasanjo’s statement is significant for its apparently clear-eyed assessment of the current state of Nigerian governance, as well as its harsh criticism of his successors, Goodluck Jonathan and Muhammadu Buhari. It is also indicative of the widespread reassessment of Nigeria’s political institutions now underway across the country.
January 17, 2014
Sub-Saharan Africa
Nigeria’s Central Bank Governor to Stay
According to the Nigerian media on January 9, an angry President Goodluck Jonathan asked the governor of the Central Bank, Lamido Sanusi, to resign immediately. Sanusi’s term is up in June, and he ha…
May 6, 2015
Sub-Saharan Africa
It Is Time for President Obama to Visit Nigeria
Up to now, President Barack Obama has never visited Nigeria. That has been appropriate given the country’s history of rigged elections and the government’s refusal to investigate credible reports of …
February 20, 2014
Sub-Saharan Africa
Lamido Sanusi Nigeria’s Central Bank Governor in Bombshell “Suspension”
Nigerian president, Goodluck Jonathan on Thursday ordered the immediate suspension of Lamido Sanusi, the governor of Nigeria’s Central Bank. According to the BBC, Reuters, and the Financial Times, tr…
June 5, 2020
Local and Traditional Leadership
In Bayelsa, Nigerian Government Response to COVID-19 Falls Short of Promises
In a recent editorial, Ereku argued that the COVID-19 pandemic showed how "grossly inadequate" all levels of government were at addressing the needs of rural people. He is writing from Yenagoa in Bayelsa state.
