Borrowed Future: Is Nigeria’s UK Deal a Strategic Partnership or a Debt Trap?

In this blockbuster piece, Advocatus Africa’s in-house data and annotation analyst, Dr. Ijuptil K Joseph, critically examines the £746 million agreement between Nigeria and the UK tied to infrastructure development and migration control within the wider context of Nigeria’s fiscal struggles and long-term economic independence.

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Miracles and Memoirs: My PhD Masterminded by Mother Mary

When I left the Nigeria on 8 October 2022 to Scotland where the then Fr. Andrew McKenzie (now Bishop of Dunkeld) and Fr. Chiedozie Ezeribe, whom Archbishop William Nolan had detailed to make me welcome at St. Andrew’s Metropolitan Cathedral House, Glasgow, the full picture of successfully defending a viva voce today at the University of Strathclyde, UK, was only in the mind of God.

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Solar for the People or Politics for 2027? Questions Trail Nigeria’s $750 Million Off-Grid Power Plan

Advocatus Africa’s in-house data and annotation analyst, Dr. Ijutil Joseph, interrogates Nigeria’s ambitious plan of deploying 1,350 mini solar grids and more than one million solar home systems across underserved communities. At a time when citizens struggle with inflation, unemployment, and insecurity, he asks, “Does this project reflect Nigeria’s most urgent needs?”

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