The Minister of Science and Technology, Dr. Ogbonnaya Onu, says the Federal Government is putting the necessary measures in place to achieve its target of moving 100 million Nigerians out of poverty in the next 10 years. Onu also said that the African Continental Free Trade Area would further afford Nigeria the opportunity to achieve […]
Hajia Sadiya Umar Farouq, the Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, says the ministry will help President Muhammadu Buhari lift 100 million Nigerians out of poverty in 10 years. Farouq stated this on Thursday in Barwa, a local settlement in Abuja, in her address at an event to celebrate this year’s International […]
President Muhammadu Buhari’s speech on reducing extreme poverty and hunger by his administration at the strategic High Level Event on the margins of the 74 Session of the United Nations General Assembly in New York. Protocol It is my pleasure to be here with you to deliver this Keynote Address at this strategic High Level Event […]
Abuja – President Muhammadu Buhari says reducing extreme poverty and hunger is one of the cardinal objectives of his administration. The president stated this in a keynote address at the Nigeria high level side event on ‘SDG Integration – Bridging the Policy Planning – Budgeting Gap for the Achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals.’ In […]
His Eminence, John Cardinal Onaiyekan, the Catholic Archbishop of Abuja, says that neither poverty nor any form of hardship is an acceptable excuse for Nigerians to engage in human trafficking. Onaiyekan made the assertion on Wednesday in Abuja during the First Africa Regional Conference of the Santa Marta Group in Collaboration with the Catholic Caritas […]
A beautiful looking lady, perhaps in her mid- twenties, smiles into the camera. The chubby-cheeked child she is carrying is wearing a cap, but he is shirtless. They are part of the over 7,200 Latin Americans who embarked on an estimated 17-day walk towards the United States (US) border. They had bid goodbye to their […]
President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday identified the factors responsible for the high growth figures, rising poverty and unemployment rate recorded in Nigeria. Buhari offered the explanation while declaring open the 24th Nigerian Economic Summit (NES), in Abuja with the theme, “From Poverty to Prosperity: Making Governance and Institutions Work’’. Represented by Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, […]
Commemorating the 2018 International Day for the Eradication of Poverty, on Wednesday, the UN Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres, said about 700 million people globally are unable to meet their basic daily needs. In his message, Mr Guterres restated that eradicating poverty in all its forms remained one of the greatest global challenges and priorities. On this […]
One of the governorship aspirants in the forthcoming general election in Enugu state, under the platform of the ruling All progressives congress (APC), Barrister Ifeanyi Nwoga, on Sunday expressed worry over the alarming rate of abject poverty in the state, saying the development makes him weep. Addressing his teeming supporters at his campaign office after […]
The current Federal administration led by President Muhammadu Buhari has completely failed to deliver quality service to the nation and therefore must be changed with a more robust and well-focused leadership that would deliver Nigeria from poverty, insecurity and other social plaques facing the country. The above was the position of a new group, Dankwambo […]
Nigeria has overtaken India as the country with the largest number of people living in extreme poverty, a new report by the World Poverty Clock has said. According to the report, extreme poverty in Nigeria is growing by six people every minute, the highest number in the world. India on the other hand, is witnessing […]
The Minister of Women Affairs and Social Development, Senator Jummai Aisha Alhassan has said that children experience more deprivations of their basic needs in the society than men and women saying hunger and poverty remains major concern for the African children. Hajia Jummai, speaking in Abuja on Thursday in a press briefing to commemorate the […]
Hameed Ali, Comptroller General of Customs on Tuesday, said it is only Nigerians that are lazy that are complaining of hunger, considering the strides of President Muhammadu Buhari within three years. He said this when he led members of the Buhari Support Group(BSG) to declare their support for the 2019 presidential ambition of President Buhari […]
…Obaseki’s reforms throws up vacancies in Edo The International Labour Organisation (ILO) has said that global youth unemployment figure has risen to 66 million and nearly 145 million youths who are working live in abject poverty. The ILO revealed this at its headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland, during a conference on innovations for decent jobs for […]
Aisha Yesufu, co-convener of BringBackOurGirls, BBOG, advocacy group, on Monday insisted that President Muhammadu Buhari was part of those “wicked people” that kept Nigerians in poverty. The activist made the remark while reacting to Buhari’s claim that “wicked people kept Nigerians poor.” Buhari had said this while receiving a delegation of the Buhari […]
Nigeria’s Presidency has reacted to reports of hunger in the country. Garba Shehu, senior special assistant to the president on media and publicity, who sat for an interview with Ben TV, disclosed that the Buhariled government has invested in people and also infrastructure, and those who are still complaining of hunger should “go and work”. […]
Evicted Big Brother Naija housemate, Ifu Ennada took to her Instagram page to share yet another touching story from her past. She talked about how her 4-year-old brother died right in front of her because they couldn’t afford healthcare and how her family once relocated to the village because of unpaid rent. Read her story […]
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has said that the Federal government and the African Development Bank (AfDB) have been synergizing to reduce poverty, create jobs and overcome fallouts of insurgency in Nigeria. Osinbajo said this on Thursday at the commissioning of the AfDB Nigeria Country Office, Abuja. According to the Vice President, while Africa has made […]
…As Tambuwal, Ibori, others attend exhibition in Asaba MORE than 400 beneficiaries of the skill acquisition programmes of Governor Ifeanyi Okowa’s administration in Delta State had an exhibition programmes on Tuesday with governor Okowa saying, investment in Micro, Small and Medium Scale Enterprises (MSMEs) is the easiest means of reducing youth unemployment and poverty. The […]
The Imo State chapter of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) has said that the government of Governor Rochas Okorocha has been spreading poverty, death and grief in the state for close to seven years since it came on board. In a statement by the State Publicity Secretary of the party, Dr George Nkwoji, the […]