Millions of Nigerians suffering because of corruption – Buhari
President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday said that corruption was the major factor responsible for the suffering of millions of Nigerians.
Rate of poverty: Buhari should match words with action ― Ohanaeze
By Dennis Agbo Ohanaeze Ndigbo in its reaction to the President Mohammadu Buhari’s concern on the growing rate of poverty in Nigeria said that the government was not really serious that it was concerned on the escalated rate of poverty in the country. The apex Igbo body said that talk was cheap and urged President […]
Child Rights: UNICEF blames Nigeria’s failure on poverty, community disintegration
By Chioma Obinna The United Nations Children’s Fund, UNICEF, yesterday blamed Nigeria’s failure to realise the provisions of the Convention on the Rights of the Child, CRC, 30 years after its adoption by the United Nations, UN, on poverty, community disintegration, family dysfunction, and child vulnerability. Although Nigeria in 2003 enacted the Child Rights Act […]
POVERTY IN AFRICA: Mamas In Need set for charity event in London
Mama In Need has announced the first edition of its annual African Night Charity Fundraiser, scheduled to hold on Sunday, 5th of May, 2019, to help support mums and babies in villages in Africa.
Population rise: More Nigerians to fall into extreme poverty – EXPERTS
LAGOS—More Nigerians will fall into extreme poverty as the nation’s population rose to a new high of 201 million, outpacing economic growth by 0.63 per cent.
The looming hunger, poverty time bomb
AMONG many others, two prominent Nigerians during the Easter weekend, raised the alarm over threats posed by hunger and poverty in Nigeria.
Poverty, unemployment forcing more Nigerians to migrate
Many Nigerians plan to leave the country in the next five years. Nearly half (45 percent) of adults say they plan to move to another country within five years, by far the highest share among 12 countries surveyed across four continents.
60% of North West, North East live in extreme poverty – Dangote
Africa’s richest man and president of the Dangote group, Aliko Dangote has challenged northern leaders to wake up from their lethargy and provide leadership that will lift the region from extreme poverty and wants.
Edo, firm strategise on poverty reduction, capacity building
Edo State Acting Governor, Rt. Hon. Comrade Philip Shaibu has said that the state government is willing to partner credible organisations in her quest to stem poverty, groom local capacity and engender sustainable development.
A president and the poverty red herring
PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari’s friends promote the narrative that he is poor, and he himself is enamoured with an “accolade” that holds him up as a clean man in the land of treasury thieves. They see virtue in his poverty, an idea which sits perfectly well with the hackneyed tale of integrity
Conquer poverty by planting bamboo, Ayade, monarch tell C’River villagers
EKORI—THE people of Ekori in Yakurr Local Government Area, Cross River State, have been called upon to embrace bamboo planting as part of efforts to sustain the Toothpick industry inaugurated by the state government as well as eradicate poverty.
