Tag: Poverty
Over 50% of Nigeria’s population live in poverty – World Bank
The World Bank says more than half of Nigeria’s population lives in poverty. In its latest Nigeria Development Update (NDU) report titled ...Nigerians lament hunger, World Bank says 129m trapped in poverty
The World Bank has released the Nigeria Development Update report, offering a bleak outlook on poverty in Nigeria, as it stated that ...Over 60% of Nigerians live in poverty – Obi
Presidential Candidate of the Labour Party (LP) in last year’s general election, Peter Obi, has said the security challenges bedeviling Africa are ...There’s poverty in the land — I won’t turn my back on Nigerians, says Tinubu
President Bola Tinubu says there is poverty in the land. Speaking on Monday, in Lagos, when he received a delegation from the ...We’re dealing with poverty in Nigeria, not food scarcity — Obanikoro
Former Nigerian lawmaker and former Minister of State for Defence, Senator Musiliu Obanikoro, said the problem facing Nigerians is not food scarcity, ...88.4m people in Nigeria living in extreme poverty – FG
The Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security, Mr Temitope Fadeshemi, has said 88.4 million people in Nigeria are living ...Internet access reduced poverty in Nigeria, Tanzania by 7% – World Bank
The World Bank estimates that improved access to Internet coverage over three years led to a seven per cent reduction in extreme ...Nigeria’s poverty reduced by seven per cent, says World Bank
The World Bank has estimated that improved access to internet coverage over three years led to a seven per cent reduction in ...FG determined to lift 133 million Nigerians out of poverty – Betta Edu
Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation, Betta Edu, has said the federal government is committed to lifting 133 million Nigerians out ...Palliatives not enough to address poverty – Shehu Sani
A former lawmaker representing Kaduna Central, Senator Shehu Sani, has faulted the Federal Government’s planned palliatives to cushion the effect of fuel ...
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