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Poverty eradication under Buhari is achievable – Akume

Ihesiulo Grace 19 October 2019 0

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

Politics

What Buhari said on SDGs in New York

Ihesiulo Grace 25 September 2019 0

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 […]

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Reducing poverty, hunger are my cardinal objectives – Buhari

Ihesiulo Grace 24 September 2019 0

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 […]

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Poverty not an excuse for human trafficking — Cardinal Onaiyekan

Ihesiulo Grace 15 November 2018 0

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 […]

Opinion

Poverty anywhere is danger to prosperity everywhere

Ihesiulo Grace 28 October 2018 0

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 […]

Business News

Economic summit: Buhari explains Nigeria’s high growth figures amid rising poverty

Ihesiulo Grace 23 October 2018 0

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

News Nigeria

700m people still in poverty-UN

Ihesiulo Grace 18 October 2018 0

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 […]

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Guber aspirant says high rate of poverty in Enugu is alarming

Ihesiulo Grace 16 September 2018 0

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 […]

Politics

Buhari can’t secure Nigeria, must be changed, says Dankwambo group

Ihesiulo Grace 28 June 2018 0

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 […]

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Nigeria Overtakes India In New World’s Extreme Poverty Ranking

Ihesiulo Grace 26 June 2018 0

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 […]

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African Child Day: Children experience more deprivation – Minister

Ihesiulo Grace 22 June 2018 0

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 […]

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“Only Lazy People Are Crying Of Hunger Under Buhari’s Government” – Custom Boss, Hameed Alli

Ihesiulo Grace 23 May 2018 0

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 […]

Business Headlines

Poverty rises as global youth unemployment hits 66m – ILO

Ihesiulo Grace 15 May 2018 0

…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 […]

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“Buhari Is Part Of Those Who Have Kept Nigerians Poor” – Aisha

Ihesiulo Grace 18 April 2018 0

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 […]

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‘Anyone complaining of hunger should go and work’ – Presidency

Ihesiulo Grace 2 April 2018 0

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”.       […]

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#BBNaija: My brother died in front of me – Ifu Ennada

Ihesiulo Grace 26 March 2018 0

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 […]

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FG, AfDB working to reduce poverty, overcome insurgency –Osinbajo

Ihesiulo Grace 19 January 2018 0

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 […]

Business

MSMEs capable of eradicating poverty, says Okowa

Ihesiulo Grace 15 December 2017 0

…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

Politics

APGA tackles Okorocha, says he is spreading death, poverty in Imo

Ihesiulo Grace 12 December 2017 0

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 […]

Labour

Buhari gives Govs marching order to pay salaries before December

Ihesiulo Grace 28 November 2017 0

President Muhammadu Buhari has charged state governors to ensure that they pay all the salaries owed workers before Christmas, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), reports. The president gave the charge on Monday, when he met with the governors at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. Many states are still owing workers several months of salaries and […]