Over 129 million Nigerians are now living in poverty, according to a World Bank report. Soaring inflation, economic mismanagement, and external shocks have pushed millions into poverty since 2018, with rising food prices and low job productivity worsening the crisis. Urban poverty has also...
We all love a good rags to riches story, but the truth is that poverty never really leaves you. Not only does it have a lasting effect on your health and mental well-being, growing up poor changes you at a genetic level. A new study demonstrates the extent of …
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The Ministry of Budget and National Planning on Thursday disputed a report that poverty situation is worsening in Nigeria.
The ministry said the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) is the statutory agency of government with responsibility for producing Nigeria’s official statistics, including...
A cleric of Church of Christ Mission (CCM), Kuje-Abuja, Rev. Willie M. Sada, has called on the federal government to tackle headlong the challenges of poverty and injustice, to end the spate of violence in the country. In an interview with newsmen, Sada noted that many …
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Three children of the late Alhaji Hakeem Saludeen have been rendered fatherless by their own mother after she connived with an ex-convict to murder him.
The gruesome incident has left the children staring at an uncertain future, with their mother incarcerated at Ilesha prisons, where she has...
Did you know that each year, more movies come out of Nigeria’s ‘Nollywood’ than Hollywood? ONE, an international NGO picked top 10 films and documentaries from across Africa that you simply have to see.
1. Moolaadé (2004) | Senegal
2. The First Grader (2010) | UK / Kenya
3. Neria (1993) |...
The National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Chief John Oyegun, on Saturday urged the people of Kogi to vote out Gov, Idris Wada, in order to liberate themselves from poverty and underdevelopment.
Oyegun, who addressed a rally in Lokoja to drum support for the APC governorship...
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