Vice President Kashim Shettima has called for enhanced partnership to address the humanitarian challenges facing crisis-affected regions across the country. This is just as the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) has commended Nigeria’s significant strides in migration governance and disaster preparedness. Shettima said there was an urgent need for comprehensive solutions to address the interconnected problems of climate change and …

As Nigeria joined the rest of the world to commemorate the International Day of Families, the Federal Government has unveiled plans to launch three major national initiatives aimed at strengthening family cohesion, protecting vulnerable children, and combating poverty at the grassroots. The Minister of Women Affairs, Imaan Sulaiman-Ibrahim, made this known in a statement by her Special Adviser on Media …

The Oyo State Government has partnered with the Federal Government to address the challenges faced by vulnerable members of society. The Commissioner for Women Affairs and Social Inclusion, Toyin Balogun, announced this on Wednesday during the unveiling and symbolic presentation of debit cards to beneficiaries of the Renewed Hope Cash Transfer programme across the 33 Local Government Areas in the …

Labour Party presidential candidate in Nigeria’s 2023 general elections, Mr Peter Obi, says security challenges bedevilling Africa are directly linked to poverty, with over 50 per cent of the population multi-dimensionally poor. The former governor of Anambra was speaking on Saturday in Athens, Greece’s capital, at an international dialogue of global leaders that includes former Presidents and top government officials. …

Cross River State Government is combating unemployment and poverty by training and funding two hundred youths to engage in mass maize farming. The farmers are being provided 240 hectares of land and maize seedlings and land for the cultivator of the crop in the three Senatorial districts of the state. The state governor, Senator Bassey Otu while flagging off the …

The Vice President, Senator Kashim Shettima, has called for a formidable alliance among key government players at all levels and development partners to lift Nigerians out of poverty and enhance the quality of life for all citizens. This, he said, will never happen if all those involved in the business of governance do not align with one another to create …

Nigeria’s Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), General Christopher Musa, has decried the extreme poverty in Nigeria and the porous state of the country’s borders, attributing them to the rising incidents of banditry, kidnapping, and other related crimes. Speaking as the Guest Speaker at the Institute of Development Research and Training, Ahmadu Bello University (ABU) Zaria, Kaduna State, on Friday, the …

The Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF), has said the North remains essentially a work in progress, saying “All the indices that track human progress, most of all poverty, illiteracy, health and security of life and property, tend to place the North at the deep end of the trough”. This came as the forum dissociated itself from the planned nationwide protest against …

Enugu State governor, Peter Mbah, has inaugurated the newly constituted Governing Council of the Enugu State University of Science and Technology (ESUT) in line with Section 6 (1) of ESUT Establishment Law. He asserted that education remained the strongest weapon against poverty. The council has Sir Chinyeaka Ohaa as Chairman with Prof. Ikenna Chukwu, Engr. James Ifeanyi, Mrs Gladys Okoro, …

The Northern Traditional Rulers’ Council are gathered in Kaduna to deliberate on the critical issues of insecurity and increasing poverty level in the region. During the 6th meeting of the Council at Arewa House on Wednesday, the Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar, said they would explore solutions to alleviate the challenges and advise governors in the region accordingly. Abubakar, …