With a population of over 200M people, 7.7 million were in need of humanitarian aid as of 2020. This figure has since increased, requiring the sum of $1.01bn to meet their needs. Here’s the trend of Nigerians in need of humanitarian aid over the last 5 years.
As of November 2020, only 525,120 of the 7,588,972 metres contracted in 2019 had been installed, with Ikeja and Abuja DISCOs making up 62% of this number. Here is the number of metres installed by power distribution companies as of November 2020.
Nigeria was ranked 146 among 163 nations and territories in the 2021 Global Peace Index. With rising conflicts in the country, we consider the total reported deaths by geopolitical zone caused by social, political, and economic grievances between May 2011 and July 2021.
VAT in Nigeria was increased to 7.5% from 5%, effective from January 13, 2020. Though the increase didn’t affect Q1 2020’s figures that much, figures from Q1 2021 exceed Q1 2020’s by 53%. Here’s the total VAT generated for Q1 of the past ten years.
Of the total VAT generated in Q1 2021, Non-Import (foreign) VAT recorded a 116% increase — the highest compared with the same period of 2020. Here is a breakdown of the VAT generated by sectors in Q1 2020 and Q1 2021.
More Nigerians have taken an interest in non-fungible tokens (NFTs) in 2021, as shown by the subject's Google Trends Index of 100, an all-time high for the country. Here is a trend showing how NFT popularity has grown in Nigeria since January 2021.
Between 2017 and 2020, Nigeria’s announced Foreign Direct Investment figures were highest in 2018. However, there have been significant differences between investment announcements and FDI inflow over the years. Here are the FDI announcements and FDI inflow from 2017 to 2020.
As of March 2021, the Federal Government of Nigeria’s External DebtStock stood at $32.9 billion. Following President Muhammadu Buhari’s request to the Senate to approve $6.183 billion in May 2021, we give you the breakdown of the nation’s External DebtStock by category.
Nigeria’s House of Representatives recently approved pay-as-you-go pricing for DStv and other Cable TV operators. On average, Congolese subscribers pay the most for DStv as of 2021.
Since 1992, 265 journalists have reportedly been killed in 51 African countries. On this year's International Day to End Impunity for Crimes Against Journalists, here are the top 20 African countries with the most crimes against journalists by the number of deaths.
