Tag: Poverty
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 ...Student loans and the measure of poverty [OPINION]
By Abimbola Adelakun On Monday, the President signed into law a bill establishing an education bank that will provide interest-free loans to ...Obi takes campaigns to Katsina, promises to end insecurity, poverty
The presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, has said he will end insecurity and poverty if elected. Obi said this ...Poverty no longer scares me — Chinedu Ikedieze
Nollywood actor, Chinedu Ikedieze, popularly known as Aki, has said that though poverty used to be his greatest fear, it no longer ...133 million Nigerians are living in poverty – FG reveals
The FG disclosed that 63 percent of persons within Nigeria, 133 million, are living in poverty. The figure was presented during ...