Reforms undertaken by Nigeria’s government are “essential” but have piled pressure on its people, more than half of whom live in poverty, the World Bank has said. Since coming to power in May 2023, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has introduced reforms aimed at reviving the economy of Africa’s most populous nation. Measures include the liberalisat...
•Zainab Marwa The founder of a non-governmental organization (NGO), Aspire Women Forum, Dr. Zainab Marwa, has said systemic gender inequality is one of the major causes of poverty among women in Nigeria, especially in the Northcentral. Dr. Marwa said this in a paper, titled: The Intersectionality of Poverty and Gender in North Central Nigeria,...
•Tinubu, Shettima, Akpabio and other dignitaries cutting the anniversary cake yesterday The Centre for Human Rights and Civic Education (CHRICED) has lamented that Nigeria’s 64th Independence anniversary celebrations were overshadowed by widespread corruption and poverty. The country’s independence anniversary, marked on October 1, was meant t...
•Street beggars Nigerians are well known for the tradition of giving alms to the needy. Many people believe that the needy, particularly beggars, are angels sent to test their act of giving, reports Vanguard. Others believe that when the barren gives to those with children, she will give birth to children of her own, while […]
•Tinubu The Federation of Muslim Women’s Associations in Nigeria, FOMWAN, yesterday, fingered poor implementation of policies in the education sector, high rate of poverty and lack of empowerment as significant contributors to the insecurity challenges in the country. National Amirah of the association, Hajia Rafiah Sani, said this ahead of it...
•Tinubu A group known as the Indigent Farmers Association of the South East geopolitical zone of Nigeria (IFAS) has called on President Bola Tinubu to focus on addressing the grievances of protesters in order to prevent further unrest. The group’s open letter to the president emphasised the urgent need to address issues such as widespread [&he...
•A child at Nigeria’s IDP camp The deplorable state of the nation, the hardship level, heartbreaking state of Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) camps and the increasing poverty rate in Nigeria is a damning indictment of President Tinubu’s Renewed Hope Mandate promise to Nigerians. The further suspension of the activities of Humani...
•Former Minister Sadiya Umar-Farouk Justice Dehinde Dipeolu of the Federal High Court in Lagos has directed the former Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disasters Management and Social Development, Sadia Umar-Farouk, to give details of how N729bn allegedly disbursed to 24.3 million poor Nigerians was carried out. The court ruled that the ex-mi...
•Tinubu The Secretary General of Jama’atu Nasir Islam (JNI), Professor Khalid Abubakar Aliyu as well as the President, Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Archbishop Daniel C. Okoh, have noted that the increasing rate of hunger and insecurity in the country is worrisome. They made the observation at the 6th Annual Inter-Faith Peace Confere...
•Atiku Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has lamented the killing of another of the captives abducted by kidnappers from their homes in the Federal Capital Territory ( FCT). Folorunsho Ariyo, a 13-year-old student, was one of 10 people kidnapped from Sagwari Estate Layout in Dutse, Bwari Area Council of the FCT, on January 7, 2024. [&hellip...
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