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Hello, Moon. It’s great to be back.
Here’s a taste of what the Artemis II astronauts photographed during their flight around the Moon. Check out more photos from the mission: nasa.gov/artemis-ii-multimed…
ALT A crescent Earth setting behind the Moon\u2019s horizon. Credit: NASA
ALT Earth setting behind the Moon as seen by the Artemis II crew. Over half the left side of the image is filled by the gray lunar surface, pocked with craters. Credit: NASA
ALT A close view of the Moon. Jagged circles of craters dot the gray surface, fading to dark on the left side of the image. Credit: NASA
ALT A crescent Earth setting behind a hemisphere of the Moon. Credit: NASA
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this sermon needs to be preached every Sunday, every Friday, every damn day! 😅
Mar 14
@ Nigerian architects and engineers can you people see windows?? Can you see natural lighting?can you see greenery?? Do they have 2 heads?? Please change your ways Nigerian architects and engineers🙏🏾
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Investing in young children and families is essential to building strong communities. How can cities lead the way?
On March 12, join us for a conversation with city leaders sharing lessons and practical strategies from the field. brookings.edu/events/from-ev…
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Mar 8
why do global elites keep pretending that all women everywhere are struggling with the exact same obstacles?
and need one-size-fits-all solutions??
it's bonkers.
economist.com/by-invitation/…
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LOUDER IN THE FRONT AND THE BACK 📢📢📢📢‼️‼️‼️‼️
Mar 5
🗣️ Dear Nigerian women,
Many of the policies shaping women’s lives are decided in rooms where women are barely present.
That should worry us.
Now we need to change that by getting involved and following conversations about public finance. Women are passionate about issues that affect them. Public finance should be one of them.
#AskQuestions #GetInvolved #IWD2026
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Africa's creative economy is booming. @LandrySigne unpacks key investment opportunities across the continent in #ForesightAfrica. brookings.edu/articles/the-r…
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Chronic [and other forms of] undernutrition are critical for brain development.
But here’s what the data for Nigeria is also saying: many non-malnourished children under the age of 5 are not developmentally on track and fail to reach physical, cognitive and socio-emotional developmental milestones.
This signals that the pathway to holistic cognitive and early childhood development requires more: stimulation, caregiving, early learning, health, protection from stress.
If we are thinking about future economic losses or gains, a full early childhood lens looking at the #first2000days is needed.
Protein and calcium are disappearing from Nigerian diets.
39 million Nigerians are undernourished.
49 million face severe food insecurity.
1 in 3 children risk protein deficiency.
This is malnutrition by design.
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Human capital is built where life happens—where we learn, work and grow. When progress stalls, opportunity & growth stalls too.
The new @WorldBankGroup Human Capital Report shows where countries are falling behind & what it will take to move forward.
👉 wrld.bg/ME2P50YepGG
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Jan 14
In Japan wasting pencils is disrespectful, so pencil extenders are used to follow the mottainai spirit and use every bit.
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Valuing the forward looking piece here… that we can all start to choose differently. Wishing & hoping.
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Jan 7
In 1949 Nigeria played in the UK without wearing shoes and won 5-2. 🇳🇬✊🏿
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Yes, indeed!
29 Dec 2025
🚨 NIGERIA WILL HAVE MORE BIRTHS THIS YEAR THAN ALL OF EUROPE - THE MAP IS BEING REDRAWN
India: 23 million births in 2025. One in six humans born this year will be Indian.
Nigeria: 7.6 million births. More than Germany, the UK, France, Italy, Spain, Poland, the Netherlands, and Romania combined.
Europe's total: 6.3 million across the entire continent.
Japan, once a demographic powerhouse, will see fewer than 750,000 births. South Korea: 245,000. These aren't rounding errors - they're extinction-level fertility rates for advanced economies.
China is at 8.7 million despite decades of decline.
Africa has eight countries in the top 30 for births, and the Democratic Republic of Congo alone will produce 4.6 million - more than the entire United States.
Here's what the data actually means: economic power, military capacity, consumer markets, and geopolitical influence follow population over the long term. Europe is debating pension reform while Africa is building the world's youngest workforce.
Germany can't staff its factories. Nigeria can't employ its youth. One has capital and aging infrastructure. The other has surplus labor and resource wealth.
The 21st century's power map isn't being drawn in boardrooms - it's being determined by maternity wards in Lagos, Kinshasa, and Delhi.
Demographics aren't destiny, but they're a hell of a down payment.
Source: Visual Capitalist, UN World Population Prospects
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22 Dec 2025
Recently, we launched the State of Women’s Economic Empowerment (WEE) Report—Nigeria’s first data-driven assessment of how all 36 states are enabling women to thrive across agriculture, entrepreneurship, labour markets, emerging industries, and education/skills acquisition.
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#GetInvolved #WEE2025 #WEELiftNaija
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14 Sep 2025
To create jobs, people need more than opportunity—they need health, education, training, and energy.
From investing in nutrition to connecting millions to electricity, see how the @WorldBank Group is addressing the job creation challenge. wrld.bg/v4Pr50WUKuj
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18 Jun 2025
How have African countries met the challenges and opportunities of the 21st century?
On June 23, join us online for a discussion on #21stCenturyAfrica with @HMafudze, @LandrySigne, and more. RSVP: brookings.edu/events/a-road-…
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IS TINUBU TAKING A $21.5 BILLION LOAN?
In this video, it was clearly stated that “President Tinubu is seeking approval for an external borrowing *PLAN* of $21.5 billion plus €65 million grant for *2025 to 2026*.”
What does this really mean?
Let’s break it down
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27 May 2025
How do you attempt to borrow half of a country’s external debt in a single request?
For what purpose?
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Take our short survey to help uncover the real challenges women face and drive policies that create a safer, more equitable Nigeria. Every response counts. Let’s turn awareness into action! 💜✊ To participate: lnk.athenacentre.org/43pqYZ4
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