Tag: poverty

A socio-cultural group asked Mr. Akpabio to desist from endorsing, funding and campaigning for any of the PDP governorship aspirants ...

Every African country has shown a decline in at least one sub-category over the past five years.

“One of the biggest stories out of that country is Bolsa Familia, a conditional cash transfer scheme.” I spent two ...

The student said he needed the money to pay his school fees. An Abuja Magistrates' Court on Wednesday sentenced an ...

The former Vice President says the worsening poverty situation in the country is unacceptable. A former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, ...

The Chinese Ambassador to Nigeria stated this on Thursday. China has called on Nigeria to address the root causes of ...

“The world certainly cannot be at peace with itself when about one-third of us are poor," the IDB president said. ...

Mr. Maku said the report was outdated. The Federal Government on Monday described as ‘bogus’ the report by the African ...

The AfDB report said poverty has risen in Nigeria. In what has become a norm with the Goodluck Jonathan administration ...

The report also says the Federal Government's effort to reduce poverty rate by 2015 seems weak. More Nigerians became poorer ...

Ngomari ward, Maiduguri 1989. I came across Abdulhamid, a demure, intelligent, respectful and very bashful boy, about 13 years old. ...

SON blamed influx of sub-standard goods on importers. The Standard Organisation of Nigeria (SON) on Thursday blamed the influx of ...

The leaders will also commit to the introduction of new a malaria formula. Amid alarming rates of poverty and diseases ...

At this September's meeting of the United Nations General Assembly, governments will discuss elements of the development agenda to succeed ...

The presidency said individual world bank chiefs praised its performance. The presidency on Wednesday ignored a World Bank report which ...

I guess the idea of a media chat was perceived to be the perfect tool in the on-going search for ...

Nigerian sauntered into big resource wealth in the 1960s when oil was discovered in exploitable quantity. With huge revenues pouring ...

The Kano State Government stated this on Saturday. The Kano State Government said the rampant cases of maternal mortality in ...

Former Finance Minister says corruption has to be tackled for national development goals to be achieved. A former Minister of ...

Staunch supporter says poverty has made it difficult for Akwa Ibom residents to see the “uncommon transformation” in the state. ...

The documentary which will be premiered in January 2013, takes up a serious issue – corruption in governance.

Although Nigeria witnessed robust economic growth in 2011, it is still enmeshed in poverty. In what appears an indictment of ...

“There will be no nation without women; hence when women are impoverished, the nation will also be impoverished” – UI’s ...