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 …