Young Nigerians’ push for change must go beyond street protests – historian

By Toyin Falola, Professor of History, The University of Texas at Austin

Nigerians began a 10-day #EndBadGovernance protest on 1 August 2024 and are expected to continue until 10 August. They took to the streets to demand economic and political reforms, including the reversal of some government policies. Policies like the removal of petrol subsidies and the floating of the naira have led to Nigeria’s worst cost-of-living crisis in a generation as prices of goods and services more than doubled.

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~	Fewer journalists are training to be court reporters – that’s a problem for justice

~	I work with abuse survivors in Rotherham – the current discussion about grooming gangs risks retraumatising them

~	How the science of tiny timescales could speed up computers and improve solar cell technology

~	Nato: why the prospect of Trump 2.0 is putting such intense pressure on the western alliance

~	This class uses museums to show law students the high art of curating ideas

~	My beautiful ‘practicing’ Christians: As churchgoers’ numbers shrink, their social views grow more similar

~	Catholic cardinals play a key role in secular politics as well as the Catholic Church–and the importance of Pope Francis’ choice to head the church in DC

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