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Femke van Zeijl

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Dutch journalist/writer based in Lagos, Nigeria. Just published 4th book, Do-It-Yourself Society: on life in Lagos (in Dutch - hoping for a translation).

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"Human rights are a hindrance." Interview of a retired Major on Arise TV. The disgrace here wasn't the old major's antiquated attitudes towards the people he served but the fact that not one of the journalists could summon the courage to challenge him.

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Most middle class Nigerians, and indeed the government of #Nigeria, are more concerned about the $-₦ debacle.

It's a big problem, but in looking at this issue let's be aware that the food crisis is the bigger problem.

Food is the kind of problem that can topple a government.

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"Keep your mouth shut. Talking back does not yield fruit, rather it leads to death and destruction, it leads to bringing up bad children for society", the #Nigerian Minister of Women's Affairs reportedly advises women at an #EU-funded conference this week in Abuja. dailytrust.com/shut-up-duri...

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One can comfortably say Nigeria's regulators are very terrible at their job if they'are able to pull this one off.

85.51 million accounts to be shut down because of regulatory incompetence?

They must be joking!

leadership.ng/nin-bank-lin...

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A new podcast. "Howard French on reframing history with Africa at the center
In his book "Born in Blackness," shows us what Western-centered history has gotten wrong." www.devex.com/news/howard-...

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Not much going on yet, true. But Threads for me is not an option because Meta. So I just sit it out here and engage every once in a while. Who knows when it will pick up!

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And who would they feed? A big pool in each LGA to pick from. Every morning there are hundreds of people waiting for a free meal at the church around the corner from me. And this is just one church in Surulere.

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I'm sorry, I wasn't polite enough with my comment earlier. I don't have a word to express how pained we felt as the election was stolen right in front of our eyes, and we couldn't do anything about it. You can Google Nigeria 2023 election irregularities. You'd see a lot. Thank you.

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The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has issued a warning that the official exchange rate of the Naira may depreciate by about 35 per cent this year. This depreciation could lead to an inflation rate peaking at 44 per cent before monetary policy tightening could stabilise the situation. As of…

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'Everytin don cost for dis #Nigeria o', the ambulant vegetable seller apologised as he charged me 50% more for his tomatoes than last week. He can't help it and it is all around: every time I go shopping, prices of essentials like bread, drinking water and rice have gone up again. #inflation #naira

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'Read Your Way Through #Lagos', the list of books that according to novelist Stephen Buoro make sense of the megacity of extremes. Number 1 under books that take you behind closed doors comes warmly recommended by me. But I might be biased. www.nytimes.com/2024/02/07/b...

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