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Poverty

March 26, 2022

Nigerians are not alone in poverty, even Americans are stealing petrol: Tunde Fashola

Still, the cabinet minister insists the administration is responding to economic challenges inflicted by the global pandemic and the results are becoming visible.

Tunde Fashola/Hungry Nigerian children
January 26, 2022

Obi urges govt to invest in education to tackle banditry, terrorism

Mr Obi reiterated that “education is the most important investment any nation can make.”

Peter Obi
December 20, 2021

My dream is to take 50,000 Nigerians out of poverty: Matthew Kukah

“As such, my next plan is how to take 50,000 families out of poverty through an empowerment programme that is coming soon, by the grace of God.”

Bishop Matthew Kukah, the Catholic Archbishop of Sokoto.
November 15, 2021

North’s selfish, visionless leaders made it Nigeria’s region of poverty, problems: Jega

Mr Jega major indices of development show that the North is backwards on all fronts. He attributed the “terrible statistics” to poor northern leaders.

Buhari and Jega
November 12, 2021

Insecurity, COVID-19 has forced 12 million Nigerians into hunger: UN

The organisation said the number of people in critical or worse phases of food insecurity might increase to about 16.9 million.

Beggars used to illustrate the story
October 8, 2021

One billion people are multidimensionally poor: UNDP

“About half of them, or 644 million, are children under age 18; and nearly 85 per cent live in Sub-Saharan Africa or South Asia.”

Poverty
August 28, 2021

FG’s N5,000 cash transfer to help poor graduates out of poverty: Ogun Govt

The federal government began disbursement of N5,000 to poor and vulnerable people in Ogun on Friday under its Conditional Cash Transfer programme.

June 15, 2021

Despite Buhari’s claims, World Bank says 7 million Nigerians became poor in 2020

“As of April 2021, the inflation rate was the highest in four years. Food prices accounted for over 60 per cent of the total increase in inflation.”

A composite of Buhari and Chaudhuri used to illustrate the story
June 12, 2021

Buhari lifted 10.5 million into poverty, death and anguish: Fayose

“I’m sure what he meant to say was that he has lifted 10.5m Nigerians out of wealth into poverty, death and anguish.”

Ayo Fayose and Muhammadu Buhari
May 6, 2021

Yorubas, Igbos will oppress, eliminate minority groups if Nigeria breaks up: Obasanjo

“If the Yoruba can stand as a country; if the Igbos and the Hausa/Fulani can stand as separate countries, where do we want the minority groups to be?”

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo, Ayo Adebanjo, and Professor George Obiozor