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Premature Political Campaigning in Nigeria: Aligning Law, Enforcement, and Digital Accountability

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September 2025 Executive Summary Premature political campaigning is a critical challenge to Nigeria’s electoral integrity. Despite the Electoral Act (2022) prohibiting campaigning before the statutory window, political actors routinely engage in off-window advertising, branded philanthropy, and digital mobilisation well ahead of elections. Existing regulatory instruments, designed for in-person campaigns, leave digital activity, surrogate messaging, and […]

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Compressed Natural Gas and Transport Costs in Nigeria: Challenges, Choices, and the Road to Effective Reform

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October 2025 Executive Summary The removal of fuel subsidies in 2023 triggered a more than 300 per cent surge in transport costs, intensifying food and commuter inflation and deepening household hardship nationwide. In this context, the adoption of compressed natural gas (CNG) offers one of the few credible near-term levers to stabilise logistics, cushion consumers,

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World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims

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Nigeria Cannot Endure Another Decade of Road Trauma November 2025 Executive Summary Nigeria’s road-safety crisis continues to impose substantial human and economic costs. In 2024, the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) recorded 5,421 deaths, even as total crashes declined by 10 per cent. This divergence underscores a critical trend: fatality severity is rising, signalling deeper

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Press Statement

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Athena Centre presents report on INEC’s voting technology, launches Election Observatory, calls for improved electoral processes ahead of 2027 polls Abuja, Nigeria — 6 October 2025 The Athena Centre for Policy and Leadership on Monday, 6 October 2025, convened the public presentation of its independent review of the Independent National Electoral Commission’s (INEC) report on

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Press Statement

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Athena Centre Advocates Data-Driven Governance in Nigeria’s Education System Abuja, Nigeria – 25 September 2025 On 24 September 2025, the Athena Centre for Policy and Leadership, in collaboration with the U.S. Embassy, hosted a landmark virtual educational conference: From Data to Decisions: Adopting Technology to Improve School Administration and Learning Outcomes in Nigeria. The conference

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Leveraging Digital Data for a Cost-Effective and Credible Census

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Download the PDF: Executive Summary Nigeria has not conducted a reliable national census since 2006. This has left policymakers reliant on outdated and contested data. The planned 2023 census was budgeted at N896 billion and designed as the first fully digital count. However, it was indefinitely postponed after N234 billion had already been spent. Traditional nationwide headcounts

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Digging into the Future: Uncovering the Hidden Costs of Mining on Education in Bauchi and Plateau States, Nigeria

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Download the full version Executive Summary This paper explores the complex interplay between mining activities and school dropout rates in Bauchi and Plateau states, Nigeria. Mining is a significant economic activity, yet its social and environmental impacts often go unaddressed. In rural and peri-urban communities, mining displaces families, exposes children to labour, and compromises access

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Breaking the cycle: Policy options to end public primary school teachers’ strikes in FCT Abuja 

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Download the PDF here;  Executive Summary  Public primary school teachers in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja, boycotted classes twice in December 2024. The teachers who are protesting the non-implementation of N70,000 minimum wage, among other grievances, embarked on strike in February 2025. Yet again, the tutors have shut down classes in another strike action,

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