poverty

FG targets 0.6% poverty rate, 6.3% unemployment rate by 2030

The Federal Government says it targets to reduce poverty rate to 0.6 per cent…

Aisha Yesufu slams Arewa muslims over silence on scavenging children 

A video of some children in the Arewa community scavenging for leftover food has…

Kano sex workers blame subsidy for low patronage

The removal of fuel subsidies in Nigeria has taken a toll on commercial sex…

My uncle said we’ll die wretched, Aisha Yesufu recounts childhood trauma

Human rights activist, Aisha Yesufu, says she suffered emotional and psychological abuse, as a…

VIDEO: Hunger, poverty made me give away my children for N300,000 – Mother

JUST IN: Insurgency fuelled by unemployment, poverty – Buhari

Nigeria’s President, Major General Major Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), on Thursday stated that the insurgency…

Over 3 million officials sent to fight poverty – China consul 

Chu Maoming, Consul General of the Peoples’ Republic of China in Nigeria, has revealed…

Humanitarian Minister calls for interstates collaboration to eradicate poverty

The Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, Hajiya Sadiya Umar Farouq,…

Poverty is a mental phenomenon, says Nollywood actor, Femi Jacobs

Nollywood actor and singer, Femi Jacobs has on Tuesday stated that poverty is a…

FG plans to lift 5m Nigerians out of poverty — Minister

Alhaji Suleiman Adamu, the Minister of Water Resources says that the Federal Government plans…

Social media pushing more Nigerians into migration than insecurity, poverty –IOM

The International Organisation for Migration (IOM) said on Sunday that social media is a…

FG plans lifting 100m Nigerians out of poverty

Federal Government sets the agenda towards lifting 100 million Nigerians out of poverty in…

Umahi is lifting Ebonyi people out of poverty — Commissioner

Gov. David Umahi of Ebonyi State has reiterated his commitment to lift the people…

I am 62-years-old and every gossiper I know is broke – American clergyman, TD Jakes

It is said that the devil’s workshop is an idle mind and only empty…

North ranks highest in poverty and illiteracy levels – FG

The federal government on Saturday in Katsina declared that the northern part of the…