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, …

Nollywood actress Iyabo Ojo has stated that the first time she experienced poverty was when she got married to her ex-husband, Ademidun Ojo. Ojo disclosed this in her interview with media personality Toke Makinwa while sharing her experience of being married to the father of her two children. She said: “When I went to my husband’s house for the first …

New minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation, Dr. Betta Edu has expressed the Federal Government’s commitment to lift 133 million Nigerians out of poverty. Mrs. Edu disclosed this when she assumed office on Monday in Abuja and held maiden meetings with the chief executive officers of the agencies under the ministry. She assured Nigerians of her determination to ensure …

Nigeria is no longer the country with the highest number of extremely poor people in the world, according to the World Poverty Clock (WPC).  WPC, which is a tool to monitor progress against poverty globally, now ranks India as the topmost country in that deplorable league. In 2018, Nigeria with 87 million people recorded to be in extreme poverty, held …