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The Media’s Agenda-Setting Role: Insights from the Coverage of Nigeria’s 2023 Elections

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Dataphyte, an organisation dedicated to providing access to data, research services, and training, has released a comprehensive study examining the agenda-setting role of the Nigerian media, particularly in election coverage.  Titled “The Media’s Agenda-Setting Role: Insights from Coverage of Nigeria’s 2023 Elections,” the study assessed the nature of media coverage during the 2023 elections in […]

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Africa and the US-China Tech Competition

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2023 began with a ‘new’ wave of digital technologies: Generative AI platforms and the ‘AI-tisation’ of every possible aspect of social life, which have opened up a new dimension in geopolitics. This emergence of new forms of artificial intelligence only points to one thing: the ‘digital arms race’ among major world powers would only continue to

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Digital Technology‘s Long Shadow over Elections and Democracy

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Talking Twitter and Nigeria’s 2023 Elections On June 4, 2021, the Nigerian government banned the operations of microblogging site, Twitter, stating that the company’s activities are “capable of undermining Nigeria’s corporate existence”. Some have argued that the government’s action was not really predicated on a democratic concern about Twitter’s influence on Nigeria’s politics, but a

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From Farm to Future: Thoughts on Food Security, Farmers’ Prosperity and Fiscal Stability in Nigeria

From Farm to Future: Thoughts on Food Security, Farmers’ Prosperity and Fiscal Stability in Nigeria

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The economic dilemma of the country’s agriculture sector is x-rayed; accounting for the largest proportion (31%) of Nigeria’s labour force and contributing 89% of the country’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP), yet the sector only contributes 0.38% of federal government revenues with a trade deficit of N146 billion as of 2021. The research brief also examines

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Foreign Influence in West Africa’s Security Sector: The West, Russia, and China

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Recent coups in West Africa have highlighted the importance of evaluating the state of security stakeholders in the region due to the interconnectedness of actions in the international system. While Africa has traditionally sought African solutions for African problems, the influence of external powers such as China, Russia, Germany, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates,

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Illegal Chinese Mining in Nigeria and its Political Implications

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This piece looks at Sino-Nigerian relations with a particular focus on Chinese illegal extractive activities, which has raised concerns of a parasitic relationship detrimental to the socio-political and economic configuration of the Nigerian state. The consequences are myriad, but this study focuses on its political implications, highlighting the deficiency of policy, political leadership, corruption, etc.

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