Ripples Nigeria current state of the country. Nobel Laureate Professor Wole Soyinka gave the keynote address for the maiden edition entitled 'Rebuilding trust in a divided Nigeria'.His speech was titled Miyetti to Haiti; Notes from a Solidarity Visit.Other notable speakers were former Anambra State Governor, Peter Obi,Dr (Mrs) Abiola Akiyode-Afolabi and Professor Pat Utomi. The event was moderated by Dr Reuben Abati former Special Adviser on Media and Publicity to Ex President Goodluck Jonathan of Nigeria Ripples Nigeria Ripples Nigeria is a Nigerian online newspaper based in Lagos. It was launched in 2015. It is an independent, pro-investigation multi-media online news platform
2014 Nigeria GDP rebasing 2014 Nigeria GDP rebasing In April 2014, the National Bureau of Statistics, Nigeria, under the government of Nigeria, announced changes to the way it calculated GDP, changing the calculation to more accurately reflect current prices and market structure, thus giving more weight to Nollywood and mobile phone services that had grown a lot recently. As a result, Nigeria's estimate of its GDP increased by 89%, moving it from Africa's second biggest economy (after South Africa) to the biggest economy. These changes were known as the 2014 Nigeria GDP rebasing or simply the rebasing. The base year for calculation (including information