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Dec 24, 2024 | 
dataphyte.com | Funmilayo Babatunde
It’s Sunday, the Lord’s Day for many in the Christian faith. But for Alphonsus, one of Dataphyte’s handsome bachelors, it’s also a day of love and new beginnings. Today, he walked his beloved, Adejoke Adeshewa down the aisle, sealing their commitment in a celebration of unity and joy. The journey to “forever” now begins for this beautiful duo!Data Dive is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support our work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.
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Dec 2, 2024 | 
dataphyte.com | Funmilayo Babatunde
On October 1 2024, the country marked three score and four years since it shed its label as a British colony. Sixteen other Sub-Saharan African countries gained independence in 1960. To commemorate this milestone, we present 64 charts reviewing Nigeria’s political, economic, social, technological, legal, and environmental progress throughout these years of supposed independence.
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Nov 29, 2024 | 
dataphyte.com | Funmilayo Babatunde
Nigeria’s president Ahmed Tinubu recently joined other world leaders at the G20 Summit. On November 7, he left for Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, after returning from Saudi Arabia, where he attended the Joint Arab-Islamic Summit. This marks the 29th international trip made by the president to 19 countries within his first 18 months in office.
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Nov 12, 2024 | 
dataphyte.com | Funmilayo Babatunde
On November 5, 2024, Donald Trump was returned as President-elect of the United States after losing his re-election bid in 2020. Trump is the first person to be elected to two non-consecutive terms as US President since Grover Cleveland, who served as the 22nd president and 24th president, the latter term beginning in 1883. Many propositions have emerged about why Trump won and his opponent, Kamala Harris, lost.
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Nov 7, 2024 | 
dataphyte.com | Kehinde Ogunyale |Funmilayo Babatunde
The total internal revenue generated by the thirty-six states in Nigeria in 2023 increased by 26% compared to 2022. It is also the highest internally generated revenue accrual by all the states in the last five years. This revenue growth may be due to the proliferation of new revenue sources, increased productivity, or improved tax remittances, which can amplify states’ financial strength and increase scarce resources leading to enhanced service delivery.
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Nov 4, 2024 | 
dataphyte.com | Funmilayo Babatunde
At the recent BRICS summit in Kazan, Russia, this October, the BRICS+ — a group by Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa, and other countries in the Global South — announced the addition of thirteen new partner countries, expanding its alliance to 22 members.
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Oct 29, 2024 | 
dataphyte.com | Funmilayo Babatunde
This November, Nigeria and nearly 200 other nations will convene for the 29th time at the Conference of the Parties (COP29) in Baku, Azerbaijan to review global climate efforts aimed at limiting the rise in global temperatures to 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels. This time, all the countries — from top emitters to those on the frontline bearing the heaviest burdens of climate change – will gather in the same conference room to discuss where the world stands and the way forward.
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Oct 22, 2024 | 
dataphyte.com | Funmilayo Babatunde
About 2 million children suffering from severe wasting are facing life-threatening risks due to a shortage of funds for Ready-to-use Therapeutic Food (RUTF), which is critical for treating this most severe form of malnutrition, a report by the United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF) shows. If these children are lucky, they may be salvaged. If not, the world might once again witness the loss of a generation brimming with untapped potential.
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Oct 16, 2024 | 
dataphyte.com | Funmilayo Babatunde
Dataphyte Editorial Trust Member, Dr. Temitope Laniran, joins other leaders of thought to produce a consequential book on public policy in Nigeria and the world’s emerging economies. Dr Laniran coauthored the book with the former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Emir Muhammad Sanusi, the former Deputy Governor of the CBN, and former Special Adviser on Finance and Economy to the President, Dr Sarah Alade.
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Oct 15, 2024 | 
dataphyte.com | Funmilayo Babatunde
She has a vision too!The theme for this year’s International Day of the Girl Child “Girls’ Vision for the Future” affirms that the girl child, like the boy child, has goals and aspirations she conceives and nurtures. And like every child, she needs the spark that fuels her dreams and sets her vision in motion—quality education, good health, and strong cognitive, physical and emotional development—are what bring that vision to life. Often, she gets little of these sparks for her vision.
