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The issue explores Nigeria’s development plan, Vision 2020, ten years after its launch and in the year of its eponymous deadline.
Onyenekenwa EnehMarch 23, 2020
Cynthia IgodoApril 6, 2020
Fife OgundeMarch 20, 2020
Bibiana Ossai and John BabalolaApril 3, 2020
Nigeria may still be able to achieve its Vision 2020 goals, after 2020.
Ore OgunbiyiFebruary 12, 2020
Amarachi IhekeFebruary 21, 2020
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Abdulrasheed IsahFebruary 10, 2020
Although Nigeria closed its border by exploiting loopholes in the ECOWAS rulebook (by claiming exemptions to justify its actions), the unilateralist, parochial border closure will negate the possibility of cooperation or forging stronger economic ties in the future.
Wole OlayinkaMarch 13, 2020
Zainab UsmanMarch 9, 2020
It will be a grave mistake to treat Nigeria’s recent US visa ban as a one-off event, rather than a larger issue of limited leverage in a rapidly changing world that we seem ill-prepared to navigate.