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Security & Crime

Leadership crisis fueling insecurity, poverty in north-west – Experts

August 28, 2025August 28, 2025 - by Alabi Abdul

Management experts and policy leaders have warned that persistent leadership deficits across public and private sectors are undermining development in North-West Nigeria, fueling insecurity, poverty, and institutional fragility in the …

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Nigerian News

ActionAid cautions against associating lack of amenities to rural communities

July 25, 2025July 25, 2025 - by Adeola Akinbobola

The Country Director of ActionAid Nigeria (AAN), Andrew Mamedu, has cautioned Nigerians not to associate lack of amenities to rural communities across the country. Mamedu said rural communities in other …

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Nigerian News

Tagari Foundation donates N2m food items to the vulnerable

July 14, 2025July 14, 2025 - by Ahmid Lawal

 The Uwa Tagari Charity Foundation has donated food items worth two million naira to vulnerable individuals in Katsina state. While presenting a speech, the president of the organisation, Hajiya Fatima …

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Nigerian News

FG making progress in battle against hunger, malnutrition – Bagudu

July 11, 2025July 11, 2025 - by Benjamin Samson

The Minister of Budget and National Planning, Senator Abubakar Bagudu, has said “Nigeria is making significant progress in its efforts to stamp out hunger and malnutrition.” He said this Friday …

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Nigerian News

Adamawa: Over 51,000 vulnerable benefited from FG conditional cash transfer in 2025 -Coordinator

July 5, 2025July 5, 2025 - by Muazu Abari

Over 51,000 poor and vulnerable residents across the 21 local Governments in Adamawa state have benefited from the N75 thousand federal government conditional cash transfer in Adamawa state under social …

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Nigerian News

Hijrah 1447: NNPP chieftain urges govt to prioritise justice, good governance

June 27, 2025June 27, 2025 - by Bayo Agboola

A South West Chieftain of the New Nigeria Peoples Party, (NNPP), Ambassador Olufemi Ajadi Oguntoyinbo, on Friday tasked  governments at all levels to use the occasion of the Muslims’ New …

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Business

Extreme poverty rising fast in economies hit by conflict, instability – World Bank

June 27, 2025June 27, 2025 - by Benjamin Umuteme

…Conflicts’ frequency surges to 25-year high  Conflict and instability are taking a devastating toll on the 39 economies afflicted by them, driving up extreme poverty faster than anywhere else, intensifying …

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Nigerian News

EU, UNICEF, ILO launch €13m social protection project in Makurdi 

June 26, 2025June 26, 2025 - by John Shiaondo

As a major step towards building more resilient and inclusive social protection systems in Nigeria, the European Union (EU), in collaboration with UNICEF and the International Labour Organization (ILO), Wednesday, …

EU, UNICEF, ILO launch €13m social protection project in Makurdi  Read More
Nigerian News

No president invested in agric like Tinubu, says Gov Sani

May 12, 2025May 12, 2025 - by Alabi Abdul

 Governor Uba Sani of Kaduna state Monday said no government has invested in agriculture as the President Bola Ahmed Tinubu administration has done   within the last two years.The governor who spoke …

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Opinion

The World Bank poverty alarm

May 5, 2025May 5, 2025 - by Jerry Uwah

Some pundits have complained that the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) have a penchant for speaking with two sides of the mouth.  Two months ago the two …

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Politics

Hunger, poverty remain biggest threats to peace in Nigeria – Tinubu

May 2, 2025May 2, 2025 - by Abdullahi M. Gulloma

Hunger and poverty remain the biggest threats to peace in Nigeria, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has said. The president said this Friday during a two-day visit to Katsina state. “The …

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Business / Top Stories

Uphold equity, transparency, FG charges RMAFC

April 29, 2025April 29, 2025 - by Etim Uko

The federal government has urged members of the Revenue Mobilisation Allocation and Fiscal Commission (RMAFC) to recommit themselves to the aspirations of the government and the Nigerian people by upholding …

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Opinion

Beyond Hashtag: Adetoun Onajobi’s fight for real change

April 8, 2025April 8, 2025 - by Admin III

In the age of hashtags and fleeting trends, activism can sometimes feel performative, loud online but quiet in real life. For Adetoun Onajobi, social media is not the finish line. …

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Opinion

Gov. Aliyu and Ramadan: Positively touching the less privileged 

March 29, 2025March 29, 2025 - by Usman Garba Abubakar

The Ramadan is usually in the 9th month of Islamic Hijri calendar. Muslims around the world observe the Ramadan by fasting (Sawn) from sun rise to sun set every day …

Gov. Aliyu and Ramadan: Positively touching the less privileged  Read More
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Nigerian News

Sokoto government graduates another set of 500 women trainees under poverty reduction programme 

February 20, 2025February 21, 2025 - by Chamba Simeh 

  The Sokoto state government has graduated another set of 500 women trainees under the state poverty reduction programme.  The trainees, who were drawn from across the state, received training …

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Features

An insight into unique  lifestyle of Lagos Lagoonaires 

January 24, 2025January 24, 2025 - by Blueprint

Lagos, Nigeria’s bustling economic hub, is home to over 20 million people, yet nestling amidst its urban chaos, are tens of thousands of them who live in a world of …

An insight into unique  lifestyle of Lagos Lagoonaires  Read More
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Nigerian News / Top Stories

At G20 Summit, Tinubu backs launch of global alliance against hunger, poverty

November 19, 2024November 19, 2024 - by Abdullahi M. Gulloma

 President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has hailed the creation of the Global Alliance Against Hunger and Poverty, championed by President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva of Brazil. Tinubu described the alliance …

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Letters

Nigeria and World Day for the Eradication of Poverty

October 17, 2024October 17, 2024 - by Muhammad Tukur Mu'azu

The International Day for the Eradication of Poverty, observed on October 17 every year, provides an opportunity to reflect on the plight of the poor, marginalised, and vulnerable populations around …

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Columns

Sasakawa Africa Association: Three decades of fight against hunger, poverty in Nigeria

October 16, 2024October 16, 2024 - by MK Othman

On Monday, 7th October 2024, my book with the above title was unveiled at the Coronation Hall of the Kano state government house before a high-level audience from 10 countries …

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Nigerian News

71.5% Nigerian women live below poverty line, says Zainab

September 26, 2024September 26, 2024 - by Oyibo Salihu

The President and Founder of Aspire Women Forum (AWF), Dr. Zainab Marwa-Abubakar, has advocated for community-driven collaborations with policy makers on issues of gender, saying findings has clearly shown that …

71.5% Nigerian women live below poverty line, says Zainab Read More
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Nigerian News

SPI: More Nigerians falling into poverty, vulnerability – SCI laments

September 25, 2024September 25, 2024 - by Adeola Akinbobola

Save the Children International Nigeria (SCI) says it has observed that despite evidence of the impact of social protection interventions, financing options remain inadequate. According to the organization, coverage is …

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Features

Taking war against poverty to the grassroots

September 19, 2024September 19, 2024 - by ABARI MUAZU

Towards tackling poverty especially among children and women in the North-east, UNICEF has challenged stakeholders from the region to sit up. ABARI MUAZU reports. The challenges of poverty, hunger, malnutrition, …

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Politics

FG to tackle poverty, insecurity with national financial inclusion agenda

April 25, 2024April 25, 2024 - by Abdullahi M. Gulloma

The Presidency said Wednesday the federal government would tackle poverty and insecurity head on in Nigeria through financial inclusion for all Nigerians. Addressing journalists ahead of the National Stakeholders’ Workshop …

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Nigerian News

Anambra community moves to end poverty through agric revolution 

April 24, 2024April 24, 2024 - by Okechukwu Onuegbu

Nimo community in Njikoka local government area, Anambra State, Tuesday launched agricultural revolution with a view to fighting hunger and poverty in the country. The community, at a flag off …

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Nigerian News

Surveyors to Tinubu:  Introduce policies to take Nigerians out of poverty 

March 6, 2024March 6, 2024 - by Bayo Agboola

The Nigerian Institute of Surveyors (NIS) Tuesday asked President Bola Tinubu to introduce policies capable of taking Nigerians out of poverty. National coordinator of the female wing of NIS, Surveyor …

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