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Congrats to 2022 mentee @_EllieClifford on winning at the #PoliticalPodcastAwards last night! Well deserved for her work on Political Currency.

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"Safety first, story second": Dr Abdullahi Tasiu Abubakar trains Nigerian journalists on safe conflict reporting • City St George's, University of London citystgeorges.ac.uk/news-and-event…

Chairman, Board of Trustees, Malam Bilya Bala during his opening remarks to journalists.

Day 1 of the workshop on Broadcast and Digital Production, with Dr Abdullahi Tasiu @abdullahitasiu taking journalists through the rudiments of writing for broadcast.

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There's still time to apply for the Orwell Society/NUJ Young Journalists Award closing 24 March. Find out more on the full eligibility criteria and promote the award among your networks. nuj.org.uk/resource/orwel…

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We are very excited to post a camera trap picture of endangered African forest elephants in Okomu National Park. @ANI_Foundation and the @NigeriaParks Service are working in parternership to protect the 220 sq km park and its precious population of forest elephants alongside African grey parrots, white throated guenon monkey, red capped mangabeys and white bellied pangolins. We estimate there are about 30-40 elephants in the park. They face challenges from poaching, logging and farm encroachment. Over the last 2 years we have made good progress in bringing these threats under control through our rangers and engaging the local communities living around the park. This picture was taken near a lake in the park that the elephants go to in the dry season to drink water. The picture was taken just before Christmas. @FMEnvng @tusk_org @Nature_Africa @environewsng @EarthToLola @WildAfricaOrg @WestAfricanCon1 @EUinNigeria @UKinNigeria @GERinNigeria @USAIDWestAfrica @TomJRichardsUK @kingsobas @martine_sobey @WCS_Nigeria @ncfnigeria @SWNigerDelta @MrOllyOwen @NewsomCA @sharon_ikeazor @EPIAfrica @BarnabyPhillips @Save_OgunpaFR @PangolinCrisis @ElephantCrisis @USinNigeria @AfricanParks @CWatsonICRAF @Park_Protection @SalakoIziaq @BalarabeAbbas_ @morakinyo1tunde @mowaaofficial

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The increase in VAT is set to become the blazing inferno that will consume the very essence of our people. President Bola Tinubu, alongside his coterie of advisers, has resolved to raise the VAT rate from 7.5% to 10%, even as the NNPCL has announced a soaring PMS price increase at the pump. This move unveils a new era of regressive and punitive policies, and its impact is destined to deepen the domestic cost-of-living crisis and exacerbate Nigeria’s already fragile economic growth. President Tinubu and his entourage seem to be resorting to their familiar tactic: heaping burdens upon the impoverished while steadfastly ignoring their extravagant excesses! Tinubu’s actions reflect a profound insensitivity to the plight of the less fortunate as he indulges in the opulent renovation of villas and the acquisition of new jets and vehicles for himself and his family. One need not be an economist to grasp the ominous implications of President Tinubu’s ill-conceived policies for Nigeria’s future. The relentless rise in taxes and interest rates has proven excessively onerous, debilitating businesses of all sizes and leading to job losses while intensifying the suffering of the poor. The manufacturing sector, in particular, has endured relentless strife since Tinubu’s ascendancy, with its contribution to the GDP diminishing by over 20% since December 2023, as reported by the NBS. In early August, Tinubu turned his attention to agriculture. As is customary with this administration, a new policy was clandestinely formulated and announced, permitting duty-free importation of agricultural commodities such as wheat, maize, and paddy, despite vehement opposition from farmer groups nationwide. This policy poses a grave threat to Nigeria’s food security ambitions, as local farmers, facing unfair competition from low-cost producers in Asia, Europe, and America, are compelled to reduce or entirely abandon their production efforts. It jeopardizes job creation, wealth generation, and the sector’s long-term prosperity, casting a shadow over Nigeria’s sustainability and development. President Tinubu and his advisers would be wise to redirect their efforts towards crafting sustainable solutions to the systemic shocks afflicting the economy rather than compounding the crisis with measures destined to ignite further turmoil. -AA

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