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On the occasion of the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu unveiled a transformative initiative, the Renewed Hope Conditional Cash Transfer programme, aimed at extending …
Dr Betta Edu’s poverty eradication model Read More
Since her assumption of office on August 21, 2023, the Minister of Humanitarian affairs and poverty alleviation, Dr Betta Edu, has taken the bull by the horn in actualising the …
International Day for Poverty Eradication: Humanitarian ministry at a glance Read More
Reports that the World Bank has raised the poverty line to $2.15 (N936.32) from $1.90 (N827.45), effective September 2022 should, everything being equal, be a cause to cheer, especially by …
The rising poverty in Nigeria Read More
Reports that the World Bank has raised the poverty line to $2.15 (N936.32) from $1.90 (N827.45), effective September 2022 should, everything being equal, be a cause to cheer, especially by …
Nigeria’s poverty conundrum Read More
A financial researcher, Dr Akin Olaniyan has lamented the increasing poverty rate in the country caused by multiple factors among which is poor management of resources. Olaniyan who stated this …
High poverty rate in Nigeria blamed on poor resources management Read More
Poverty is a real concern in Nigeria. It permeates the lives of individuals and communities, leaving many trapped in a cycle of deprivation. Poverty is a pervasive issue in Nigeria. …
Unmasking poverty in Nigeria: The pains and remedies Read More
For the past 16 months, inflation has continued its upward movement and in the process dragging more Nigerians into the hunger and poverty bracket; BENJAMIN UMUTEME writes. It was not …
Inflation driving more Nigerians into hunger, poverty Read More
Events of the past few weeks have shown that Nigerians place little or no value on human lives as citizens have been killed over allegations bordering on theft of mobile …
How poverty, ignorance fuelling jungle justice Read More
The newly elected governor of Zamfara state on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Dr. Dauda Lawal Dare, has said his main priority is to rescue Zamfara state …
My priority is to rescue Zamfara from collapse, governor-elect Lawal speaks after emerging victorious Read More
One of the world’s leading humanitarian organisations, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, has announced that it would commit a whopping $8.3 billion to the global war against poverty, hunger, diseases and …
Gates Foundation to commit $8.3bn to global fight against poverty, diseases in 2023 Read More
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), has told workers and all Nigerian citizens to use the yuletide season and celebrations to reflect on their living condition, hardship situation economic situation in …
Be deliberate on your choice of candidate in 2023 elections, NLC tells workers Read More
His Eminence, Sunday Mbang, the former Prelate of the Methodist Church has prayed that God should not allow Nigeria to continue to continue to suffer, adding that He would do …
God ‘ll use you to deliver Nigeria, Prelate Mbang tells Obi Read More
“In a country well governed, poverty is something to be ashamed of. In a country badly governed, wealth is something to be ashamed of.” – Confucius Recent numerical facts culled …
Poverty’s neo-colonisation of Nigeria Read More
Federal House of Representatives candidate for Kaduna South on the platform of Labour Party, Ezekiel Baba, has promised to sponsor 52 students through university education if elected in the 2023 …
LP rep candidate to sponsor 52 varsity graduates if… Read More
Worried by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) figures which indicated that 133 million Nigerians representing 63% were living in poverty, the Northern Media Forum (NMF) has urged presidential candidates …
Northern Media Forum: Bandits now dictate where, when to campaign in Zamfara, Sokoto Read MoreWithout a doubt, the greatest challenge of third world countries, particularly in sub-Sahara Africa, is tackling poverty.Sadly, poverty is associated with people of the region, with different dimensions of it …
Burden of multi-dimensional poverty in Nigeria Read More
Nigeria is forecast to have a population of 450 million by 2050. This may not be the official figure by the National Population Commission (NPC), but as the population body …
How to transform Nigeria from a poverty capital into a global player Read More
Hunger is ransacking every nook and cranny of millions of households in Nigeria. The report of the National Bureau of Statistics released in April 2022 indicated an astronomical increase in …
SAA presidential visit: Intensifying war against hunger and poverty in Nigeria Read More
A former president of the Nigeria Bar Association (NBA), Chief Wole Olanipekun, Wednesday said that the ongoing constitutional amendment can not work, maintaining that Nigeria needs constitutional replacement. Olanipekun who …
Nigeria needs new constitution, not amendment – Olanipekun Read More
Two groups, Nigeria First Movement and True Nigeria Patriots have raised alarm over plot by some persons, described as impostors using the names of the organizations to smear the name President Muhammadu …
Groups petition IG, others, over plot to smear Buhari, Emefiele Read More
The Association of Ebonyi State Indigenes in Diaspora (AESID) has described the recent assessment of governor Dave Umahi’s performance in the state by the founder and Director of Adoration Ministry, …
Ebonyi indigenes disagree with Fr. Mbaka over Umahi’s performances as governor Read More
Governor Bala Mohammed of Bauchi state on Sunday distributed occupational equipments worth N99 million in Itas Gadau and Jama’are local governments of the state to 1, 000 youth and women. …
Bauchi distributes N99m occupational equipment in Itas, Jama’are LGs Read More
The governors of the All Progressives Congress (APC) on the platform of the Progressive Governors Forum (PGF) has described the governor of Gombe state Muhammad Inuwa Yahaya, as a ‘shining …
APC governors celebrate Inuwa Yahaya @60, call him ‘shining light’ Read More
Ebonyi state is 25years, the state which was one of the six state created by General Sanni Abacha on Oct 1996, from the old Abakaliki division of Enugu and old …
Ebonyi @25: Umahi ‘ll be remembered for track of progress by Egu Richard Read More
Governors of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) have described their counterparts in Osun, Gboyega Oyetola and Jigawa, Muhammad Badaru Abubakar as patriots who are committed to a united and …
APC govs commend Oyetola, Badaru’s commitment to a united Nigeria Read More