•Pope Leo XIV Pope Leo XIV today condemned the widening “chasms between the poor and the rich” during a visit to the tiny Catholic principality of Monaco, a playground of millionaires on the French Riviera. He arrived in Monaco for a whirlwind visit to the tiny Catholic principality, a millionaire’s playground that is the surprise […]...
•Tinubu and Most Reverend Musa Bishop of the Katsina Catholic Diocese, Most Reverend Gerald Mamman Musa, has urged the federal government to provide targeted support for farmers and rural workers, and to strengthen micro, small, and medium enterprises through grants and soft loans in the spirit of this year’s Christmas season. He also cautione...
•Tinubu The World Bank has projected that poverty will increase in Nigeria by three percentage points in five years to 2027. The World Bank made this projection in its Africa Pulse report released on the sidelines of the ongoing Spring Meetings of the IMF and World Bank in Washington DC, reports Vanguard. The report, among […]
•Shettima and Tinubu Amid the hardship faced by Nigerians, the federal government says it empathises with the citizens, especially the poor. The Vice President, Senator Shettima, stated this in Abuja today during the 30th anniversary of the Nigerian Economic Summit, reports Channels TV. He defended the economic policies of the current administ...
•Cardinal Onaiyekan The former Archbishop of Abuja Catholic Archdiocese, Cardinal John Onaiyekan, has called for a policy review to minimise the current economic hardship in the country, pointing out that “you can’t tell someone to be patient with poverty while we see the people who are supposed to address our poverty live flamboyantly.” He ma...
•Momodu and Fayose Prominent journalist and publisher, Chief Dele Momodu has criticised former Ekiti State governor, Ayo Fayose over his recent comments that poor men having multiple wives and children is a hindrance to Nigeria’s growth. Fayose in an interview with Channels TV yesterday, claimed that poor men having many wives and children, ci...
•Poor Nigerians No fewer than four federal administrations in Nigeria have had more than 18 poverty alleviation programmes since 1999 whereas poverty has steadily grown, Sunday Vanguard findings reveal. The schemes, which heralded hope at inception, have left Nigerians poorer as they fail to combat poverty, reports Sunday Vanguard. With huge b...
•Governor Alia The Benue State Bureau for Education Quality Assurance (BEQA) in collaboration with the Benue State Urban Development Board has vowed to demolish all substandard schools by the end of the 2023/2024 academic session. Dr. Terna Francis made the disclosure when he led a delegation to the Urban Development Board. He stressed BEQA’s ...
•Atiku Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar says the lacklustre posture of the federal government is reversing military successes recorded against terrorists in Nigeria’s North-East geopolitical zone. “It is unfortunate that much of the pushback that had been achieved against the Boko Haram terror sect are being cancelled, owing mainly to the ...
The Ogun State branch of the Nigerian Medical Association Ogun has threatened to embark on industrial action within the next one week over alleged poor working conditions. Speaking at a press conference held at Doctors’ House, Lukosi, Abeokuta, the Chairman of the Association, Dr. Azim Kunle Ashimi, revealed that the 21-day ultimatum given on ...

