Tag: poverty
Minister: FG to take 133m Nigerians out of poverty
The Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation, Dr Betta Edu, has expressed the Federal Government’s commitment to lift 133 million Nigerians out of...
International Youth Day: A call to Jigawa governor
By ADAMU MUHD USMAN
Every year, August 12 is set aside as 'International Youth Day' Jigawa youths should not be exceptional to celebrate, jubilate or...
World Bank: How subsidy removal’ll affect vulnerable Nigerians
The World Bank has stated that without adequate compensation, the removal of fuel subsidy will impact negatively on Nigerians.
The Bank in its June 2023...
World Bank: 4m Nigerians pushed into poverty in six months
The World Bank says no fewer than four million Nigerians were pushed into the poverty trap in the first six months of 2023.
The World...
Tinubu to governors: We must get Nigerians out of poverty
President Bola Tinubu has called on the state governors to collaborate with the Federal Government in tackling poverty in the country, saying the level...
Obi in Abuja: Nigeria produces poverty, past leaders failed
The presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Peter Obi, says the challenges bedevilling Nigeria revolve around political leadership that has failed the country...
Gates Foundation earmarks $8.3bn to fight poverty in 2023
The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF) says it will spend $8.3 billion to fight poverty, disease, and inequity in 2023.
This was contained in...
Atiku: I’ll improve electricity supply, reduce poverty as president
The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, has vowed to enhance electricity supply in the country if elected as president...
Obi: I’ll address insecurity, poverty as president
The presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Peter Obi, has promised to address insecurity and poverty if elected as president in 2023.
Obi stated...
Okowa: Poverty, insecurity signposts of APC govt
The vice-presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and Delta State Governor, Ifeanyi Okowa, says poverty, hunger, and insecurity have characterised the ruling...
