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The subject of dogs has always been a touchy one for me. On one hand, I absolutely adore the little puppies - they are cute and playful and bring a lot of joy and happiness into any household. However, as they grow up and mature, I start to feel a sense of fear and unease around them.
The economy of Nigeria has been going through a hard time, with unemployment rates high, GDP per capita declining, and inflation increasing. This makes it difficult for people to make ends meet, resulting in stress and depression. Expert says the rise in suicides is linked to the economic crisis and depression that Nigerians experience daily. This is especially true when they don't have a social support system in place to help them through hard times.
One of the major problems that we have had to contend with since the return to civilian rule in 1999, and even long before then in previous electoral cycles and subsequently – 1959, 1979, 1983, 1993, 1999, 2007, 2011, 2015, and 2019 more notably, has been the spectre of electoral violence - in the form of killings, attacks, assault, assassination, affray, before during and after elections.
There are laws in place to check electoral violence, but the political gladiators think that it is business as usual.
Burnout leaves the victim flattened. Overwhelmed by a feeling of emptiness and drained of motivation, he believes he is hemmed in and unable to accomplish