Friday, April 26, 2024

Poverty

April 8, 2024

Pope condemns sex-change surgery, surrogacy abortion as against human dignity

Pope Francis has denounced abortions and the carrying of children by surrogate mothers as grave offences against human dignity.

Pope Francis
February 18, 2024

Blame Buhari, Emefiele for nationwide hunger; we didn’t know things were this bad: Akpabio

Mr Akpabio insists that eight months were not enough to effect a change and undo the damage of Messrs Buhari and Emefiele’s policy.

Buhari, Akpabio, Emefiele
February 14, 2024

Nationwide Hunger: Northerners will soon revolt; we can’t pacify them again, Sultan-led group tells FG

“We have reached that level, people are very agitated, people are hungry, they are angry.”

Muhammad Sa’ad Abubakar and Bola Tinubu
January 23, 2024

Mental health advocate calls for more efforts against substance abuse

A mental health advocate, Veronica Ezeh, has called for a holistic approach to reverse increasing cases of substance use and drug abuse in Nigeria.

A photo of hard drugs and alcohol to illustrate the story
December 10, 2023

Tinubu advocates good governance to avert coups in West Africa

The president identified good governance as a key catalyst to securing popular support through socio-economic transformation and development.

President Bola Tinubu
November 7, 2023

FG renews commitment to Nigerian-made fabrics

“These machines form part of our plans towards sustainable empowerment of women to be self-reliant.”

NAIJA-MADE FABRICS
October 19, 2023

Widespread poverty hampering human rights in Nigeria: NHRC

The executive secretary of the National Human Rights Commission, Tony Ojukwu, has identified poverty as one of the barriers to the enjoyment of human rights.

Nigerian Police (Credit: Daily Nigeria)
October 18, 2023

Governors back call for state of emergency in education sector

Mr Abdulrahman said education is in crisis, and a state of emergency should be declared in the sector.

Governors
October 15, 2023

Lawyer urges government to prioritise women empowerment

“Everyone will benefit from women empowerment because they are the mother of the family,” he advised.

Gathering of women 
October 8, 2023

Ex-lawmaker seeks more sustainable approach to end poverty, insecurity

He identified poor data gathering and implementation as reasons poverty alleviation programmes had failed in Nigeria.

Robinson Uwak