COVID-19 pushes 124 million people back to poverty, hunger – UN…
The United Nations (UN) says COVID-19 has magnified the challenges of making the world meet the Sustainable Development Goals…
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Poverty, illiteracy responsible for insurgency in Nigeria — Governor Zulum
Gov. Babagana Zulum of Borno has identified poverty and illiteracy as some of the factors responsible for insurgency in the…
Onaiyekan, others express concern over insecurity, poverty in Nigeria
His Eminence, John CardinalOnaiyekan and other Christian clerics have expressed concern over insecurity in the country, urging…
FG’s Goal To Lift 20m Nigerians Out Of Poverty In Two Years Now Within…
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo (SAN) has said that the Federal Government’s vision to lift at least 20 million Nigerians out of…
Nigeria will have 110m poor people by end of 2020 – Peter Obi
The former vice presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2019 general elections, Peter Obi has said…
COVID-19: More than 1bn people may live in extreme poverty by 2030 – UNDP
More than 1 billion people could live in extreme poverty by 2030 due to the long-term effects of the Coronavirus (COVID-19)…
COVID-19: Poverty situation in Nigeria deepening daily, Osinbajo laments
VICE President Yemi Osinbajo has lamented that the poverty situation in the country, as well the economic distortions and hardship…
NBS data: Over 82 million Nigerians living in poverty
The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) has said that more than 82.9 million Nigerians are poor by national standards.
NBS…
NGF, FG to lift 24m Nigerians out of poverty by 2030
The Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) and the Federal Government have commenced a Human Capital Development (HCD) plan towards…
90 million Nigerians live in poverty – FG
Ms Sadiya Farouq, Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster
Management and Social Development expressed the resolve of the…