Tag: poverty

To protect and strengthen local food value chains, the emerging and continuing challenges to food security calls for urgent action.

Statistics reveal that the coronavirus pandemic has caused much greater poverty in Italy than the economic crisis of 2008.

Niger State has received a total sum of N1.9 billion in total.

The Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations, in 1945, began celebrating the World Food Day on October 16.

The lawmakers, who took turns to speak on the nation’s 60th independence anniversary, also urged the president to continue to ...

About 150 million more children have been forced into poverty by the pandemic

Mr Obasanjo said he has never seen the country in such a bad state.

The head count, which is a physical exercise, will be carried out for 25 days, with officials administering questionnaires pertaining ...

ActionAid says the current trend of indictment corroborates its previous study that corruption contributes to poverty in Nigeria.

Despite being a low-risk group to contract coronavirus, between 42-66 million children could experience extreme poverty due to the COVID-19 ...

In Nigeria, 145 babies are born to every 1,000 girls aged 15-19 annually.

Many Arab countries have recently adopted tighter restrictions in an effort to curb the spread of COVID-19.

The measurement is global with France leading. In Africa, South Africa leads, followed by Kenya and Morocco in the second ...

Luanda Leaks, a new investigation by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists and 36 media partners, exposes two decades of ...

Ms Farouq says the federal government is working to lift the 90 million Nigerians out of the scourge.

Oxfam says the 94 million people live below the benchmark of N684 per day.

The president says the country would be peaceful and prosperous today if it had better managed its resources

Mr Murray-Bruce says overpopulation is contributing to Nigeria’s woes.

This is the largest number of counties to shake off poverty since China vowed in 2015 to win the tough ...

Bill Gates Foundation says it’s not more babies being born, but it is babies being born in poor countries.

The situation for children in 95 of 175 countries had improved since 2017.

The former diplomat served as U.S. ambassador to Nigeria between 1993 and 1997.

Ethiopia, as part of its agenda for 2025, aspires to become a middle-income country.

“The economic backdrop remains challenging, despite some signs of relief in the first half of 2017,” IMF said.