Business News

Poverty: Afreximbank’s president urges countries to de-emphasise grants, aids

Ihesiulo Grace 12 October 2017 0

President of the African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank),Dr. Benedict Oramah, said in New York yesterday, that African countries should lay far less emphasis on grants and aid in order to pull themselves out of poverty, which has been their development bane over the decades. Delivering a

Anambra Times

Nov. guber poll: Nollywood Actor, Yul Edochie links crime to hunger, poverty

Ihesiulo Grace 21 August 2017 0

A Nollywood actor and governorship aspirant for November 18, 2017 governorship election in Anambra State, Yul Edochue, has blamed increasing incidents of crime in the society on hunger and poverty. Edochie, who spoke when he met with the Anambra State Executive of Democratic Peoples Congress (DPC), said leadership is about fixing the problems and catering […]

Headlines News

Education is vital to combat poverty, says Ambode

Ihesiulo Grace 7 December 2016 0

Lagos state governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode, on Tuesday justified the massive investment of his administration on improvement of educational infrastructure and upgrade of curriculum to meet current realities, saying that education remains one of the critical tools to combat poverty and secure a better future for the state.Governor Ambode, who spoke at the Lagos House […]

News

With poverty in the land there can’t be peace -Cleric

Ihesiulo Grace 5 December 2016 0

As the federal and state governments are striving to face the security challenges facing the country, a cleric, Venerable Abiodun Oyindamola Oriola, the Provost of African Church, Owu Totoro Abeokuta has called on all tiers of government to as a matter of urgency stamped out poverty among Nigerians. Ven Oriola, who made the call at […]

Opinion

Africa: In Search of a New Image

Ihesiulo Grace 18 April 2015 0

A prominent feature of colonised people is the washing away of their important identities in the course of time. Even their selfbelief. Identity has much more to do with the intangible attributes of a people than with only their facial or personality peculiarities. Identity cuts deeper into the root and essence of a people. By […]

Opinion

Jega, register Me as an Independent Candidate, Please!

Ihesiulo Grace 2 April 2015 0

Nigerians should have a choice not only to jump from poverty to starvation, but also an opportunity to choose the prospect of prosperity, full employment, free tuition, freeways, and a full health care system in a functional democracy. That is the promise of my candidacy as an independent presidential candidate with policies and programmes for […]

Opinion

NIGERIA: Country in Need of Patriotic Leaders

Ihesiulo Grace 2 April 2015 0

“Poverty is the parent of revolution and crime” — Aristotle. “If we don’t change, we don’t grow. If we don’t grow, we aren’t really living” — Gail Sheehy. The seed that had been sown by elements of evil extraction in Nigeria had been producing fruits and the fruits have been poisonous ones. I am not […]