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Despite the rapid growth in the size and influence of Nigeria’s public service, there has not been a corresponding improvement in their performance. Indeed, labour productivity in the public service is at best suboptimal, if not, inimical to Nigeria’s growth. The public service is the government machinery concerned with policies and programmes to deliver public […]

Nigeria alongside India and China are expected to account for 35% of the projected world population by 2030. With a population of over 200.96 million, Nigeria is expected to be the world’s third most populous country by the year 2050. This is arguably a massive market for economic trade. Across the world, trade policy debates

Nigeria’s 2019 presidential election was marred by violence against certain voters because of their ethnicity.  This situation aligns with other incidents of violence across Nigeria driven by religion, culture, class, gender, political ideology, sexual orientation, etc.  Nigeria is not alone in this challenge.  Identity politics is at the root of Trumpism, Brexit, and nativist politics

Following the apparent deadlock in the prosecution of the anti-terrorism war in Northeast Nigeria, Nextier SPD, in partnership with Shehu Musa Yar’Adua Foundation, on Tuesday, November 27, 2018, organised a pre-conferenceroundtable discussion on ‘Breaking the Stalemate: Strategies and Approaches in the Fight against Insurgency in Northeast Nigeria’. The objective of the meeting was to bring

This Nextier SPD study provides insights on how communities in Borno and Adamawa states are developing resilience approaches and civic solutions to counter violent extremism and insurgency. Some of these community-based initiatives include the emerging role of women and youths to undertake peacebuilding and early warning activities, which have contributed to community resilience. The objective