FG, Oxfam on collision course over inequality, poverty in Nigeria
The Federal Government, yesterday, accused Oxfam International of trying to incite some sections of Nigerians with its latest statistics on poverty and inequality in Nigeria.
Pop stars, world leaders rally to end poverty
Some of the biggest names in music and politics from Beyonce to European prime ministers rallied Saturday in a concert aimed at mobilizing action to eradicate extreme poverty.
World leaders adopt UN goals to end poverty in 15 years
World leaders on Friday pledged to end extreme poverty within 15 years, adopting an ambitious set of UN goals to be backed up by trillions of dollars in development spending.
Poverty of ideas, corruption, inefficiency killing Civil Service, says Buhari
President Muhammadu Buhari has said that Nigeria’s civil service has lost its steam to poverty of ideas and corruption, which have resulted in inefficiency and poor output.
Nigeria has no business with poverty – Buhari
President Mohammadu Buhari has said that Nigerians have no business with poverty given the enormous resources which God has endowed the country with.
“Poverty is no excuse to shun insurance”
Immediate past President of the Chartered Insurance Institute of Nigeria, CIIN, Mr. Wole Adetimehin has said that Nigerians should stop using poverty as an excuse for shunning insurance.
Why Nigeria may not achieve MDGs, by don
NIGERIANS have been warned that eradication of poverty and hunger may remain a mirage in the country despite the declarations by the federal and state governments to abide with the Millennium Development Goals.
Passports, privileges, poverty
ONE of the most urgent bills before the National Assembly is one seeking amendments to the 2004 Passport Act. It has gone through the second reading at the House of Representatives and it is a matter of time for the amendments to become law.
Now slave trade booms with ‘black’ merchants
Strangely, in Nigeria, 206 years after the 1807 abolition of slave trade by Britian and 15 years into the yearly remembrance of victims by the United Nations, the business has taken a new twist with two forms— internal and international— booming. Focus has shifted from energetic men preferred by Europeans for labour on plantations, to women and teenage girls as young as eight.
Africa: Poverty, hunger attributed to decline in agriculture
Dr Kanayo Nwanze, the President, International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) has identified the decline in agriculture as the cause of hunger and poverty in Africa which he described as waste of human lives.
Govt targets poverty reduction through insurance
In a quest to reduce poverty in the economy, the Federal Government is putting finishing touches on the insurance industry bill for onward transmission to the National Assembly.
