poverty
14 Jun
With return tickets for players and officials to venues of 15 away matches costing over N2 billion in a season, the prohibitive cost of air travel has forced football clubs in the country to stick to gruelling and hazardous road trips, which compromises not only players’ health but also their performance on the pitch, and…
7 Jun
The persistent influx of street beggars and destitute into the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) and most states in the South West presents a worrisome trend, especially considering the perennial security challenges confronting the country.
30 May
Africa's economy has shown resilience overall despite global conditions but growth needs to be in double digits to truly tackle poverty on the continent, the African Development Bank (AfDB) said on Thursday.
16 May
Chairman of the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC), Dr Musa Adamu Aliyu, has identified poverty and illiteracy as key drivers of terrorism in Nigeria. Aliyu made this disclosure on Thursday in Abuja during a Multi-Stakeholders' National Dialogue on preventing terrorism financing and violent extremism. The event was organised by the Civil…
19 Apr
Rising inflation and weak earnings have pushed 10 million Nigerians into poverty in 2023, the World Bank in its Macro Poverty Outlook for Nigeria: April 2024 has stated.
9 Apr
Labour Party (LP) presidential candidate in the 2023 election, Peter Obi, has said the country needs to tackle the devastating effect of poverty and insecurity in the Northern region through agriculture and industrial revolution.
26 Mar
Governor Dauda Lawal of Zamfara State, on Tuesday, met with President Bola Tinubu over the seeming spike in banditry and related criminal activities in Zamfara. The meeting was described as “closed-door” in a statement by the Governor’s spokesperson, Sulaiman Bala Idris, who, however, disclosed that Lawal briefed President Tinubu on the security situation in Zamfara,…
21 Mar
More children are living in poverty across the United Kingdom than ever before, according to official government figures released Thursday. Previous studies have shown that growing social inequalities in the G7 nation have hit children's health and rising numbers are forced to use food banks. An estimated 4.33 million children were living in low-income households…
7 Mar
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27 Feb
The Nigerian Financial Intelligence Unit (NFIU) said the increasing rate of poverty and the attendant hardship ravaging the West African sub-region can be attributed to the activities of terrorist activities.
24 Feb
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Benin Zone, on Thursday, urged the President Bola Tinubu-led administration to work harder and provide effective measures that would cushion the effect of its anti-poor policies that has pushed Nigerians and the Nigerian academics down the intolerable abyss of abject poverty and hardship.
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