A BEAUTIFUL looking lady, perhaps  in her mid- twenties, smiles into the camera. The chubby-cheeked child she is carrying is wearing a cap, but he is shirtless. They are part of the over 7,200 Latin Americans who embarked on an estimated  17-day walk towards the United States, US,  border.

When those in office regard the power vested in them as personal prerogative, they inevitably enrich themselves, promote their families, favour their friends. The fundamental structures of the modern state are eroded like the supporting beams of a house after termites have attacked them.

Poverty remains a perennial problem. Our Lord Jesus Christ declares: “You will always have the poor among you” (Matthew 26:11). The World Poverty according to Brookings Institute, more than 643 million people across the world live in extreme poverty, with Africans accounting for about two-thirds of the total number.

Determined to tackle the problem of poverty andunemployment ravaging Nigerians, Zakat and Sadaqat Foundation, ZSF, has again empowered 20 entrepreneurs with outstanding business ideas to develop their various businesses.

Determined to tackle the problem of poverty andunemployment ravaging Nigerians, Zakat and Sadaqat Foundation, ZSF, has again empowered 20 entrepreneurs with outstanding business ideas to develop their various businesses.

Seasoned broadcaster cum actress, Mabel Oboh Centre has declared that she has a desire to eradicate poverty among Nigerian entertainers, and already, she has started matching words with action.

THERE are four things of strategic importance which are lacking largely in most African economies and have resulted in the retardation of growth and development and prevalence of poverty in the vastly endowed continent.

People living on less than 1.90 dollars a day have fallen to record low of about 655 million – or nine per cent of the world’s population.

The federal government has boasted that it has moved 10.073million Nigerians from poverty to prosperity.

EARLIER in June, the Brookings Institution, an American think-tank research group, published data from the World Poverty Clock which showed that Nigeria, with the latest estimated population of 200 million, had overtaken India (1.32 billion population) as the “poverty capital” of the world. Specifically, it reported that with 87 million people already living below the poverty line, six new people fall into extreme poverty every minute.

Prof. Kenneth Kalu of the Ryerson University Canada has decried the culture of dependency on foreign aid by countries in Sub-Saharan Africa, saying it has done more harm than good to the people.

If young Nigerians after acquiring educational or vocational training are unable to find jobs, there is bound to be an effect on the rate of poverty in the country

Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer of Sigma Pensions, Mr. Dave Uduanu, in this interview talks on challenges of investing part of the pension fund in infrastructure.

Poverty killing us slowly

The reality on ground however is that poverty in Nigeria may have been under reported by the Brookings Institution. All around us we see poverty walking on four legs